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Bio-Pharma: Mastering The Business of Science
Bio-Pharma: Mastering The Business of Science

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The Challenge

As a professional in the bio-pharma industry, you bring unique skills to the table. Add a strong understanding of strategy, finance, marketing, and leadership, and your contribution to your organization will increase exponentially. Your understanding of the business of science is critical to your organization’s future—and to your career.

The Solution

Based on our experience working with leaders and high-potential professionals with industry companies Babson has created a five-day program specifically focused on and dedicated to the business issues faced by bio-pharma professionals. By integrating business skills within an industry-specific context, each component of this Program and its learning experience are designed to help you become a significant and essential part of your company's management and leadership team.

Covering the core business and management concepts relevant to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, this program is an essential development tool for enhancing the contribution and roles of those in marketing, research, development, finance, business development, human resources, and manufacturing. This is particularly true for bio-pharma scientists.

The program uses a variety of learning approaches, including interactive lectures, panel discussions, case studies, and group exercises. Each session is designed to actively involve participants in the classroom discussion, exploring present and future business and individual development issues in the bio-pharma industry. At the end of the program, participants complete a group project and present their findings regarding the future of the industry.

Why Babson Executive Education

Babson Executive Education is committed to developing talent and capability in the life science industry. As a leader in designing and delivering executive education programs for more than 25 years, Babson has worked closely with life science companies to provide custom, open enrollment, and consortium programs. Executives from bio-pharma and medical device companies regularly participate in our open enrollment programs. Babson has developed and delivered custom senior executive development programs for Serono and Novartis as well as a Strategic Alliance Workshop for Haemonetics. Eli Lilly & Co. and Applied Biosystems have been long-standing members of our Consortium for Executive Development. Babson Executive Education is a member of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council and the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).

Babson’s Open Enrollment programs have been ranked among the world's best in surveys by the Financial Times. In 2005 we were ranked 11th in the world (up from 16th in 2004) and 9th in the U.S.


How Will I Benefit From The Program?

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  • Bio-Pharma: Mastering the Business of Science will help you map your skills to the larger business enterprise. The process begins as you recognize your strategic role in your business. From there, you will learn the art and science of managing your skills as you navigate your company’s strategic, financial, marketing, and leadership issues.

    As a participant you will:

    • Develop business acumen relevant to industry and organizational contexts.
    • Enhance your managerial effectiveness.
    • Build understanding of the future of the bio-pharma industry and business environments, as well as the implications for career advancement.



    To Learn More

    For more detailed information you can go to our full Bio-Pharma Program page where you'll have more details on the program, including delivery dates.

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