I have selected these management-themed articles from the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology, exploring the practical aspects of product innovation, R&D, patent law and marketing. The collection is divided into distinct sections: Commentary; Policy; Commercial Strategy; Valuation/Licensing; Funding; Intellectual Property; International; and Case Studies.
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Commentary
Building biotechnology by design: Role of biotechnology in development
Patrick Nef
Why data exclusivity is the new patent protection
Peter J Pitts
The UK Government’s strategic approach to the biotechnology industry
Lord Sainsbury
Policy
Public–private partnerships in trust-based public health social networking: Connecting organizations for regional disease surveillance (CORDS)
Louise S Greshama, Leslie A Pray, Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Beverly Trayner
Building biotechnology in Okinawa
Yali Friedman
Startup America: What it includes and opportunities for innovators
David B Orange
Commercial Strategy
Revitalizing portfolio decision-making at Merck Serono S.A.
Vincent Aurentz, Bernhard Kirschbaum and Markus Thunecke
Rethinking commercial strategy – A patient-centered commercial model
Sanjay K Rao
Building biotechnology teams: Personality does matter
Anne S York, Kim A McCarthy and Todd C Darnold
Valuation/Licensing
Practical approaches to early stage life sciences technology valuations
Stephen Mayhew
Pharmaceutical royalties in licensing deals: No place for the 25 per cent rule of thumb
Nigel Borshell and Adrian Dawkes
Valuation of complex license contracts
Ralph Villiger and Boris Bogdan
Finance
R&D spending and sources of funding of private US biopharmaceutical firms seeking to go public
David R Williams and Richard W Pouder
Multiyear patterns regarding the relative availability of venture capital for the US biotechnology industry
J Leslie Glick
When should you fire the founder
William Bains
Intellectual Property
Dominating global intellectual property: Overview of patentability in the USA, Europe and Japan
Thomas J Kowalski, Antonio Maschio and Samuel H Megerditchian
Kinik: Raising the stakes for importing products derived from US patented processes practised abroad
Scott B Familant
International
Bioentrepreneurship in Japan: Institutional transformation and the growth of bioventures
Michael J Lynskey
Biotechnology in Cuba: 20 years of scientific, social and economic progress
Ernesto López Mola, Ricardo Silva, Boris Acevedo, José A Buxadó, Angel Aguilera and Luis Herrera
China 10-Point Patent Checklist: Integrating patents into an overall business strategy for a Western manufacturing entity in China
Catherine Sun, Sharon R Barner and Harold C Wegner
Commercial Case Study
Beacon Sciences: Commercialisation from biothreat detection to beauty enhancement
Rob Hanes, Damon Borich