John Rommel, Lauren DiCola, Kristen Kelly, Anil Taner, Cameron Scott
This website was created as a way for alumni, new and old, to come back and relive some Bio 8 memories, as well as stay up to date on the trends of management, biotechnology, and medical news. So feel free
to create a profile and check up on buddies in our biography section, start a debate about personalities
in our forum, or just look at some of new books and articles students are reading today.
Post-publishing, the Billion Dollar Molecule became required reading for investors in the biotech industry. Vertex became a model for the highly ambitious and volatile biotech industry. Joshua Boger, Vertex's CEO, became the token visionary of the biotech industry, relentlessly optimistic about the future of his company.
Elana Fishman, Craig Fountain, David Snitkof
Finance-based decision making in the biopharmaceutical industry. Will help to bridge the gap between science-driven management and product-driven management as they relate to the biotechnology industry, exposing students interested in biotechnology management to the financial aspects of a decision.
Presenting Articles on:
- Drug Discovery and Blockbusters
- Ethics
- FDA & Regulations
- Financial Background
- Management
- Medical Devices
- Mergers
- Books
- Patents
- Politics
- Top 50 Pharma
Katie Ahman, Emily Falk, Celinda Gourd, Jennifer Kim, Bronwyn Uber
This site is meant to be a networking tool for Brown students interested in careers in the biotech field. Introductions to multiple areas of this broad field are available as a starting point for your job search. Once you have narrowed your job search, explore our career profiles of people working in different aspects of biotechnology, ranging from academia to patent law to big pharma.
BI0008: BIOTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (Spring 2004) at Brown University
Professor M. Lysaght
An examination of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical product industries: what they are, how they function, whence they originate, and various perspectives on why some succeed and others fail. Pathways from lab-bench to marketplace are described as are the pervasive influences of the FDA, patent office, and courts. Primarily intended for students planning a career in biomedical industry. Not for biology concentration credit.




