In addition, eight appendices containing: 1) abbreviations and acronyms used in biotechnology; 2) addresses of biotechnology recruiters; 3) domestic and foreign venture capitalists (including mailing addresses, telephone/Fax numbers, and E-mail addresses); 4) Institutes and Centers comprising the National Institutes of Health that award Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants and contracts; 5) laws and regulations governing the receipt of federal grants, and; 6) tables related to molecular biology and genetics. They say, "Knowledge is power!" This book should greatly increase your knowledge of the working terms and therefore the work performed within each department in biotechnology firms, making you more productive and enhancing your entrepreneurial skills.
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During his years in senior management at Covalent Technology Corp., Coulter Immunology Division of Coulter Corp., Cambridge BioScience Corp., and Advanced Instruments, Inc., Dr. Pappas directed the research and development, manufacturing, quality control, regulatory affairs, and marketing of diagnostic products for: 1) large clinical laboratories (instrument-based); 2) the doctor's office (point of care) setting, and; 3) the food and dairy industry.
As a biotechnology Consultant, he has provided services to private firms and to the Federal government for a decade. He has in-depth knowledge of emerging technologies in the biomedical field, corporate strategic planning, US and foreign technology evaluation and acquisition, and developing and conducting marketing studies. He reviews SBIR grants for the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, evaluating novel immunodiagnostic and DNA probe technologies and laboratory instrument (device) development. He has authored and managed Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants and contracts at his own companies, and has assisted other biotechnology start-ups in winning SBIR grants. He has prepared custom marketing surveys for client firms in the diagnostics, therapeutics, and research instrument markets and has assisted firms in both troubleshooting technology transfer and in public relations.
Dr. Pappas has chaired national and international symposia. He has authored over fifty books, chapters, refereed scientific articles, and abstracts on infectious disease diagnostics, drug detection, and analytical chemistry. He is a present and past member of numerous scientific and biomedical societies and has served as a reviewer to a number of scientific journals in the United States and Europe. He is on the Editorial Board of Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, an international pharmaceutical journal. The second edition of his book, The Biotech Business Handbook (Humana Press) is being prepared for release. He is also the author of Small Business Innovation Research Grants-1998 (Including Fast-Track SBIRs).
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This review is from: The Biotech Entrepreneur's Glossary: Including Terms In Accounting, Biotechnology, Business, Computers, Fund Acquisition, Human Resources, Law, Patents, Marketing And Sales - With Eight Appendices (Mass Market Paperback)
The Biotech Entrepreneur's Glossary by Dr. michael Pappas, is the only book I know of that combines both biotech and business terms in an easy to understand format, and is a very useful resource. The listing of venture capital firms and recruiters specializing in biotechnology was very helpful and saves an entrepreneur a lot of time. Wlodek Mandecki, Ph.D., President & CEO, PharmaSeq, Inc.
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Decent reference, but somewhat dated.,
By i-read "i-read" (Chevy Chase, MD United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Biotech Entrepreneur's Glossary: Including Terms In Accounting, Biotechnology, Business, Computers, Fund Acquisition, Human Resources, Law, Patents, Marketing And Sales - With Eight Appendices (Mass Market Paperback)
In perusing the book, I found it to be somewhat of a dissapointment. Technologies and terminologies which were present during its publication are not listed (snp's, est's). In addition, other terms I find are innapropriate for the book which, regardless of a persons background, should be obvious (dissatisfaction, five-line address, Netscape Navigator). Hopefully a revised/expanded edition is planned for 2000/01.
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Informative glossary for biotechnology business,
By Dr. N. Kogan (Helmetta, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Biotech Entrepreneur's Glossary: Including Terms In Accounting, Biotechnology, Business, Computers, Fund Acquisition, Human Resources, Law, Patents, Marketing And Sales - With Eight Appendices (Mass Market Paperback)
The Biotech Entrepreneur's Glossary is a very timely book, as the last 5 years has witnessed a dramatic increase in number of start-up companies in biotech and drug chemistry field. That's why I believe this Glossary will be extremely useful both for biotechnologists oriented to business settings and for business people who have shifted their interest to biotechnology.The Biotech Entrepreneur's Glossary combines a wide set of terms from business, law, biotechnology, and informatics. The terms are carefully selected on the basis of frequency of usage in above fields. They are arranged in alphabetic order, have printed in a large format, and covered the essential basic concepts in the financial and science areas. The explanations of terms are given in a short, understandable form. Especially useful are common sense terms , that in biotechnology have a specific meaning. For example, for the term "Attenuated" is defined as "...pathogenic organisms that have been weakened in a such way that they do not cause disease in a vaccinated individual." Alternatively, for biologists the term "Lead qualification" is unfamiliar but helpful to biotech employees: "The process of determining whether a lead is ready or able to purchase a product or service" From 8 Appendixes the list of US Venture Capital Companies with Interest in Biotechnology (Appendix 3) looks especially important. Appendix 3 gives information about investors who makes and who does not make fund to start-up companies in the USA. Appendix 4 gives the same information for possible foreign investors. The list of Recruiters Specializing in Biotechnology (Appendix 2) will save time for founders of biotech start-ups. The table showing triplet nucleotide sequences that define amino acids will help business types and sales people who need to become familiar with basic molecular biology. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in expanding their knowledge base in biotechnology business. N. Kogan, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, NYU, Anesthesiology Department.
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