2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
BIOL5269M Commercialising Biopharmaceutical Products
10 creditsClass Size: 30
Module manager: Professor John Colyer
Email: j.colyer@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2016/17
Pre-requisite qualifications
Normally a 2:1 honours degree or equivalent in a Biological Sciences subject, Bioprocessing or Biochemical Engineering. Relevant voluntary or work experience may be taken into account.Pre-requisites
| BIOL5164M | Biopharmaceutical Development Pathway |
This module is not approved as an Elective
Module summary
This module aims to explore how economic value is created in the biopharmaceutical industry. It aims to explore how intellectual property rights are used to maximise economic value, and how business strategies align with external drivers to bring economic (and healthcare) benefits from proprietary products.Objectives
The module objectives are to:- Provide students with an understanding of the economic drivers across the biopharmaceutical industry;
- Explore the role of intellectual property rights in the creation of economic value;
- Examine the exploitation models that can be used to take biopharmaceutical products to market;
- Develop students’ understanding of leadership and team roles within a commercial setting.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
- Appreciate commercial drivers for product development;
- Identify appropriate IPR, and how to protect these rights, to add value to applied R&D programmes;
- Understand how to identify, contextualise and communicate opportunities for biopharmaceutical products;
- Articulate their preferred roles within a team & leadership style and understand the range of skills needed to develop successful working relationships in a commercial setting;
Skills outcomes
Additionally, students will develop a full range of skills in creative problem solving, critical thinking, independent working, research skills, initiative and time management.
Syllabus
The module will cover the following:
- Forms of intellectual property (IP), protection of IP rights and mechanisms of exploitation of IP rights;
- The factors and strategies affecting commercial value:
a) Nurturing creativity and innovation;
b) Commercial, economic, societal, legal & technological drivers;
c) Opportunity dimensions; proposition, people, place, process, profit;
d) Open innovation – concept & implementation;
- The practical development of an opportunity business model.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Group learning | 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Lecture | 9 | 2.00 | 18.00 |
| Seminar | 5 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Tutorial | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Private study hours | 73.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 27.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
20 hour private study on assignment for IP component of course43 hour private study on the OBM
10 hours private study on the reflective log
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Student progress will be monitored through attendance at, and participation in, lectures and seminars. Progress will be measured through reflective logs and formative assessments (such as pitching the OBM) during the module.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Report | Project report: OBM, 3000 words (10:30 individual: group split) | 40.00 |
| Reflective log | Teamwork & leadership - self-assessment and reflection (individual) | 25.00 |
| Report | Patent claim report: Freedom to operate report, 1500 words (individual report) | 35.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Resit of whole module by submission of new coursework as defined below: - OBM coursework resit (40%) - Self-reflection coursework resit (25%): A resit of the same exercise, where the student has performed a group project on this module OR an alternative assignment that explores leadership and management of teams in the biopharmaceutical setting will be provided. - FTO coursework resit (35%): A revised FTO assignment to be set on a new topic, which can be performed by an individual student working alone, and which represents an equivalent workload and intellectual difficulty to the original assignment.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 24/08/2016
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