Biomedical Innovation And Entrepreneurship

Gain the expertise to succeed in your biomedical innovation ventures.

  • Integrated with Gen AI
  • Masterclasses with industry experts
  • Capstone project
  • Real-world case studies and examples
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Work Experience

Please note that the programme duration includes a break week for Christmas from 24th Dec 2024 to 1st Jan 2025, and for Chinese New Year from 28th Jan 2025 to 3rd Feb 2025.

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What will this Programme do for you?

  • Understand the journey of a biomedical innovation from the project stage to commercial adoption, illustrating the business from various perspectives and identifying key success factors along the way.

  • Identify a repeatable process for identifying and characterizing a significant unmet health need, including the invention and evaluation of a new technology designed to address it.

  • Explain the patenting process, intellectual property (IP) strategies, and licensing requirements essential for product development.

  • Identify market value propositions for technology-driven product innovation, and assess as well as manage risks throughout the process.

  • Recognize the importance of leadership and managerial skills in building a career or business within the biotech innovation field, and identify effective habits for developing these qualities.

  • Classify the unique risks and challenges facing the biomedical innovation industry, and explore strategies for assessing and managing them.

  • Define the essential elements of a business plan for establishing a biomedical sciences company.

  • Identify and explain the fundraising needs for both the early and growth stages of a start-up.

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Programme Highlights

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Pre-Recorded Video Lectures* from NUS faculty for self-paced learning interspersed with live lectures from industry practitioners

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Assignments

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Guest speakers

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Discussion boards

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Real-world case studies and examples

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Capstone project

NUS-BMI Generative AI

The programme includes emerging technologies like AI and Generative AI

NUS-BMI Masterclasses

Masterclasses with industry expert

Who Is This Programme For?

This programme is designed for professionals who want to expand their skillsets in health and biomedical innovation to become successful entrepreneurs.

It is particularly relevant to major industries such as Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Life Sciences, Research, Hospital and Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals.

The programme is designed for mid to senior healthcare professionals and fresh graduates or early healthcare professionals, who want to:

  • Understand the requirements for business ventures in the complex and highly regulated life sciences sector.

  • Learn biomedical entrepreneurship with a focus on commercializing academic discoveries and inventions.

  • Gain essential insights on launching a career in health and biomedical innovation.

Curriculum

The programme comprises 8 modules that cover the key elements of the Biomedical industry and innovation, as well as technologies and market opportunities, to equip participants with the Biomedical Entrepreneurship skills and understanding from academia to industry.

Note:

  • *This programme is primarily self-paced online with some live sessions conducted by programme faculty. The availability of post-session video recordings is at the discretion of the faculty members, and Emeritus or NUS Medicine cannot guarantee their availability. We have a curated panel of distinguished industry practitioners who will conduct weekly live doubt-clearing sessions.

  • **Assignments will be graded by industry practitioners who are available to support participants in their learning journey, and/or by the Emeritus grading team. The final number of quizzes, assignments, and discussions will be confirmed closer to the start of the programme.

Capstone Project

The Capstone Project will challenge you to apply the skills and techniques gained through the course to a real-world scenario.

Case Studies

Case Studies

AYOXXA - NUS Startup Company: AYOXXA Biosystems GmbH is a venture-backed life science tools company driving advances that empower translational proteomics, setting sights on better diagnostics and therapeutics. Presently entering the commercial phase of growth, our company is an international and multidisciplinary team of scientists, technicians, engineers, and business professionals working relentlessly to realize our vision of enabling success in translational proteomics.

Participants will understand the concept of risk, types of risk and how to mitigate/manage risks through real situations from the AYOXXA’s creation and development from a project into a full-scale life-science company.

Industry examples

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

The complete product development and company formation of this world market leader for RNAI based drugs

Coca Cola
Coca Cola

The secret formula for Coca Cola was never made public and nobody has been able to successfully copy the taste Case

BMW
BMW

An example where the company acronym is more recognisable than its full name

Amazon
Amazon

A company name that limits the company’s growth

*All product and company names mentioned in this material are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Their use does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.

Faculty

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Dr Volker Patzel

Senior Lecturer, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Dr Volker Patzel is Senior Lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He is also Assistant Director of Research, Department of Medicine...

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Dr Cheah Lai Yin Sarah

Associate Professor (Practice Track), National University of Singapore Business School

Dr Sarah Cheah, is an Associate Professor (Practice Track) at the National University of Singapore Business School, specialising in Management & Organisation.

Dr Sarah Cheah ...

Note: Programme Faculty for the live sessions might change due to unavoidable circumstances, and revised details will be shared closer to the programme start date. 

Guest Speakers

Dr. Lim Liting​

Ph.D. from University of Melbourne​

Dr. Ya-Ting Lei​

Ph.D. from Columbia University, MBA from Insead.​

Dr. Deiter Trau​

Ph.D from HKUST, Hong Kong​, Engineering degree from Aachen University​

Certificate

Certificate

Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a verified digital certificate by NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

Note:

  • All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of the National University of Singapore.

  • *Emeritus or NUS Medicine does not guarantee availability of any live faculty session recordings.

What does Emeritus offer?

Emeritus Career Services

Stepping into a business leadership career requires a variety of job-ready skills. Below given services are provided by Emeritus, our learning collaborator for this programme. The primary goal is to give you the skills needed to succeed in your career; however, job placement is not guaranteed. Emeritus provides the following career preparation services:

  • Resume building videos

  • Interview preparation videos

  • Linkedln profile building videos

  • Interview guidebooks

  • Glossary of resume templates

Note:

NUS Medicine or Emeritus do not promise or guarantee a job or progression in your current job. Career Services is only offered as a service that empowers you to manage your career proactively. The Career Services mentioned here are offered by Emeritus. NUS Medicine is not involved in any way and make no commitments regarding the Career Services mentioned here.

The Learning Experience

What is it like to learn with the learning collaborator, Emeritus?

More than 300,000 professionals globally, across 200 countries, have chosen to advance their skills with Emeritus and its educational learning partners. In fact, 90 percent of the respondents of a recent survey across all our programs said that their learning outcomes were met or exceeded. All the contents of the course would be made available to students at the commencement of the course. However, to ensure the program delivers the desired learning outcomes, the students may appoint Emeritus to manage the delivery of the program in a cohort-based manner during the course period the cost of which is already included in the overall Course fee of the course.

A dedicated program support team is available 7 days a week to answer questions about the learning platform, technical issues, or anything else that may affect your learning experience.

Early registrations are encouraged. Seats fill up quickly!

Flexible payment options available.

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