Biotech Demystified:
The Science Behind the Business
This course provides executives and decision makers with a practical understanding of the basic science powering the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
San Diego is one of the nation’s top-ranking biotech centers and is home to more than 500 biotech and four major research institutions. This course is offered through the Rady School of Management in collaboration with UC San Diego’s Division of Biological Sciences and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Program Topics
- Science fundamentals
- Tools and techniques
- Stem cell research
- Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine
- Cancer and therapeutic approaches
- Risk management in life sciences
Participant Mix
- CEOs and executives
- Venture capitalists and angel investors
- Service providers including attorneys, insurance brokers, real estate professionals
- Business development executives
- Consultants
- Marketing and sales professionals
- Government officials
- Executive recruiters
- Journalists covering related industries
Featured Companies
Course Faculty
| Vineet Bafna | Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego |
| Philip Bourne | Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Mandy Butler | UC San Diego Division of Biological Sciences |
| Williams Ettouati | Director, Industry Relations and Development; Associate Clinical Professor |
| Larry Goldstein | Professor of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego Biomedical Sciences Director, UC San Diego Stem Cell Program; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Vice President of Preclinical Development, Neurocrine Biosciences |
| Ananda Goldrath | Assistant Professor of Biology, UC San Diego Division of Biological Sciences |
| James Halpert | Professor and Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Randy Hampton | Professor of Biology, UC San Diego Division of Biological Sciences; Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Consultant |
| Jan Hirsch-Reid | Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Vivian Hook | Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Joe Ma | Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Tadeusz Molinski | Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Bernhard O. Palsson | Galetti Professor of Bioengineering and Adjunct Professor Medicine, UC San Diego |
| Jean Wang | Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego |
*Faculty subject to change.
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