This mini-course is designed to fill a gap that far too many early-career professionals in biotech have experienced. You probably want to improve the world by helping to develop important new medicines that make a huge difference in people’s lives. But you can’t realistically do this without understanding the complexities of the biotech ecosystem in which you are operating. We want to change that and set you up for a thriving career.
Please watch: Peter shares what you’ll learn in this course that you’re unlikely to get elsewhere.
Completing this mini-course will give you a huge leg up. By the end of it, you will have:
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A solid grasp of how both the science and business aspects of the biotech ecosystem actually work, so that you can successfully navigate this landscape and thrive.
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Knowledge of how to increase the odds that the drugs and devices you work on can benefit the greatest possible number of people.
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A deeper understanding of the role health insurance plays in the drug-development eco-system, and why reforms are needed to continue to incentivize innovation.
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A baseline from which you can start thinking about effective ways to change policy to support continued innovation and development of important, new lifesaving drugs.
By the end of this mini-course, you’ll be deeply knowledgeable about:
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Various facets of the business and science of the drug development process.
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The different players in the drug development ecosystem and how they operate and interact.
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How investment decisions are typically made.
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The critical roles of insurance and government regulation.
You’ll be able to explain:
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What works well about our current realities, what doesn’t, and WHY.
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Practical ways to keep innovation alive and get critical medications to all who need them.