Starting a Business in the Life Sciences : From Idea to Market

This practice-orientated guide provides comprehensive background knowledge for promoters of firms and all others involved in the sphere of biotechnology. Internationally acting professionals deal with subjects from business plan, financing/funding, site selection, patent portfolio, co-operations to long-term perspectives of how to prevail in the market. In a final chapter several promoters of firms report about their personal experiences. Apart from promoters of firms this book has also been written for educational organizations (universities), regulatory authorities, consulting firms, technology transfer centers, bio-science parks and financing/funding organizations or persons (banks, venture capital providers, other financiers). Book jacket.