The Office of Technology Management
and
The Office of Enterprise Development
From
Benchtop to Bedside:
What every scientist needs to know
A course for scientists and physicians who want to translate basic research discoveries for the benefit of the patient.
Begins January 26, 2010
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Course Application
“From Benchtop to Bedside” is a 10-week course designed to give research scientists, clinicians, and other interested parties the basic information necessary to assess the therapeutic or diagnostic potential of basic science research discoveries.
The course will help scientists understand the focused development of additional information, including proof of concept and validation experiments that increase the value of the technology and reduce the investment risk. The course will also give scientists insight into how intellectual property creates a barrier to entry for the competition, and the fundamentals of investment from the private sector to help finance the climb over regulatory hurdles and meet developmental milestones.
The course consists of a series of seminars designed to identify and provide details about the steps necessary to develop a scientific or clinical discovery from the laboratory to the patient.
Topics covered include how to:
- recognize an opportunity and the commercial potential of a scientific discovery,
- protect the intellectual property,
- disclose the invention to the university,
- initiate the university licensing process,
- begin early development of a drug candidate or a device for clinical use, and
- plan for success within the regulatory guidelines.
In addition, the course will clarify the scientist’s expected role and responsibilities as the process moves forward through clinical development.
Course instructors
This course is designed and hosted by the Office of Enterprise Development, established to encourage and support entrepreneurial activities throughout the University of Pittsburgh Schools of Health Sciences through education and resource support. The course is taught by:
- Marc Malandro, Ph.D. CLP Associate Vice Chancellor for Technology Management and Commercialization.
- Andrew Remes, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Office of Enterprise Development (OED).
- Babs Carryer President, Carryer Consulting
Previous guest speakers include:
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Theresa Colecchia, J.D., Associate General Counsel at the University of Pittsburgh
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Dottie Clower, Ph.D., Vice President of Business Development and Operations at Cohera Medical, Inc.
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Rick Confer, a regulatory consultant with various life sciences companies
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Jeanne Cunicelli, M.B.A., an Investment Partner at Bay City Capital
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Don DeLauder, Director of Product Innovation and Advanced Development at MEDRAD
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Carolyn Green, Chief Operating Officer of Logical Therapeutics
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Randy Jule, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research Conduct and Compliance for the University of Pittsburgh and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the School of Pharmacy
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Chiara Orsini, M.B.A. & J.D., Associate Director, Intellectual Property of the University of Pittsburgh's Office of Technology Management
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David Smith, J.D., a lawyer with Pepper Hamilton LLP
- David Wehrle, C.P.A., Director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Conflict of Interest Office and Associate Director of the Office for Investigator-Sponsored IND & IDE Support
"Chance may have favored Louis Pasteur's prepared mind, but the entrepreneurship course for biomedical scientists sponsored by OED is a much more predictable path to commercializing biomedical discoveries. The opportunity to meet pioneering biomedical entrepeneurs, gain insights into the university, industry, and regulatory perspectives on commercializing products and processes, and spend time with the OED staff and Pittsburgh community biotechnology leaders was highly worthwhile. This course is a must for biomedical scientists with emerging technologies." -- Bradley B. Keller, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
"If you only want to take one more course in your life, let it be this one! Taught by 110% dedicated experts from the Office of Enterprise Development as well as knowledgeable external experts from both academia and industry, this course teaches ALL the basics one needs to know, including how to protect proprietary information, how to approach the private sector to secure money for research, and even how to start up a biotech company. There's lots of valuable, user-friendly information and know-how to bring home from this course!" - Per Basse, Ph.D.
"The course instructors pull together some of the giants in Pittsburgh medical research seamlessly in ways students can understand." -- Nick Nuar, Ph.D. Candidate
"At least for me, as a scientist and physician who performs cancer research and treatment, I had very little idea regarding what was involved in the potential commercialization of work that I do. Because of this outstanding course I feel that I have more of an understanding of what is involved in commercial development of technology and the unavoidable business part of my work. This is something that is useful regardless of whether I ever develop my own technology or not. I thought the open and interactive nature of this course was great." -- John Yim, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery - University of Pittsburgh