A Biotech Manager's Handbook - A Practical Guide
by Michael O'Neill and Michael Hopkins
Woodhead Publishing | May 2012 | ISBN-10: 190756814X | PDF | 414 pages | 10.8 mb 
http://www.amazon.com/biotech-managers-handbook-Publishing-Biomedicine/dp/190756814X

This handbook lays out the basic principles of running a biotech company. Most managers in biotechnology companies are working for their first company or in their first managerial role. Their expertise and experience in the scientific part of the work can be a given, but there is a whole range of other skills and areas to lean and come to terms with. The contributors outline the state of the biopharmaceutical industry and go on to explain the importance of planning (no matter what the size of the company). They then deal with the basics of intellectual property, perspectives from a university technology transfer office and how to raise some initial funding from an investor and entrepreneur. The concluding chapters concentrate on the key skills required in managing research projects, emphasize the importance of concentrating on market needs from as early a stage as possible and advise on how to plan for success rather than hope that it arrives

About the Authors
Dr. Michael O'Neill has had a career of more than 20 years working in neuroscience research in the pharmaceutical industry.  His career has given him an expert knowledge of neuroscience balanced with a strong grasp of strategic principles of drug discovery and development.  Dr. O'Neill is an accomplished research leader with extensive program and portfolio management experience. He has lead specialist and multidisciplinary teams in the UK, Europe and in the US. As a consultant, Dr. O'Neill has helped companies of all sizes from university start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
Michael Hopkins is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Sussex's Science Policy Research Unit and a Visiting Research Fellow at Cass Business School, UK. He specializes in the study of innovation systems related to innovations in healthcare, spanning public and private sectors, products (e.g. drugs) and services (e.g. diagnostic testing).

CONTENTS
1 The bioscience sector: challenges and opportunities 1
2 Academic innovation: so you want to be a bio-entrepreneur? 23
3 Leadership and you 55
4 Managing self, situations and stress 79
5 It's all in the plan 105
6 Exploring funding routes for therapeutics firms 131
7 Raising funds and managing finances 157
8 Introduction to intellectual property 179
9 Managing projects and portfolios in R&D: why and how 209
10 Successful registration of new therapies 245
11 Clinical trials: design and practice 283
12 Business development: starting out 309
13 Business development: to the deal and beyond 341
14 Conclusions and final thoughts 359
Subject Index 369