Innovation and Technology Management in Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Year 2025
Code 5505
Main Department Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie - DIBINEM
Campus Bologna
Credits 5
Cost 120 €
Application deadline Jun 25, 2025
Subject area
Health
Learning outcomes
The Summer School, which will last for five days, will be taught in English. It awards 5 University educational credits (CFU) and has as its learning outcome: Training biotech students and graduates on basic bio-business concepts, such as product development, intellectual property rights, financing models, has become a prerequisite to their success in the biotechnology business world. However, in the traditional academic environment most of these subjects are not yet taken into account. The summer school aims to address this gap by providing students with useful bio-business competencies that will make them more competitive, and therefore more employable, at European and international level. Representatives from the biotech industry will share their experience and show the students a realistic and reliable picture of today's job opportunities in biotech companies. Specific group activities will also foster the interactions and connections between the participants, with a view to creating a lasting network between students, universities and industry.
Number of participants
minimum 7 maximum 35
Duration
five days
Language
English
Admission qualifications
-first cycle degree and/or second / single cycle degree obtained under D.M. 270/04 or first cycle degree and/or second / single cycle degree obtained under the laws previously in force (DM 509/99 and Old Regulations) in the following fields or classes: Management Engeneering (classe L-9); Biotechnology (classe L-2); Biology (classe L-13); Biomedical laboratory Technician (classeL/SNT3); LM-41 Medicine and Surgery; LM-09 Medical Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology; LM-08 Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology; LM-13 Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Techniques; LM-54 Chemistry; LM- 06 Health Biology and Cellular and molecular Biology; PhD Student;
-first cycle degree and/or second / single cycle degree obtained abroad deemed equivalent to those described
Academic director
Francesco Alviano
Study plan
  • Emerging Trends in the Life Sciences
  • Focus on the Biotech Industry
  • Clinical development of biopharmaceuticals
  • Etical aspects in the development of the biotechnological products for medical use
  • New applications in the Biotechnological Research part 1
  • New applications in the Biotechnological Research part 2
  • Nature-inspired bone impants: a revolution in regenerative medicine
  • Managment of technological innovation
  • University incubators and spin-offs. The case of AlmaCube srl and TGD - Targeting gut disease
  • Entrepreneurship and new firms in high-tech and Biotechnology
  • Intellectual property protection and explotation
  • Group work: Business Model Canvas
  • Business models and business plan connections
  • Students' work on final presentations

Prof. Francesco Alviano