International MBA in Life SciencesKey Programme Details
Key Details
Barcelona & Cambridge Co-ordination
12 Months. Part Time
18th of January 2023
English
24 years old
None to 5 years
> 60 Visiting Lecturers
Life Sciences & Biotechnology
4.900 £
Degree starting 18th of January 2022
Who Is It For?
The programme is designed for professionals willing to experience a deep immersion into the sector and develop a specialisation to help further their professional development in the pharmaceutical industry and the biotechnology sector. The course is ideal for students looking to expand their contacts into international networks in the Life Sciences industry and keen to develop their career into management positions.
Our programmes are oriented towards developing the careers of committed individuals with a BSc, MSc, PhD or equivalent qualification and a background in Life Sciences. Being passionate about the underpinning science and with a clear motivation towards the commercial biotechnology sector and the pharmaceutical industry is a part to the selection criteria for admission to the degree course.
Acquire a deep understanding in the Life Sciences commercial ecosystem for developing innovation and the business interactions between academia, the biotechnology sector, and the pharmaceutical industry from a global perspective to deliver new treatments for patients.
The BBI online MBA interactive experience, whereby you will learn more about new insights into how science and technology can be applied commercially across a wide range of business contexts and as the main core objective of the course from our educational team.
Curriculum
Within this module, students will explore the fields of management and strategy that are required to contribute to an organisation’s performance in the Life Sciences sector.
The objective of the module is to understand the process where the industry scouts for new compounds and technologies from biotech companies or other early sources of innovation.
The objective of the module is to acquire a deep understanding in key aspects and processes involving the organisational management, from the industry point of view, of a new drug approval (NDA).
This work will challenge students to examine marketing problems that have faced brands and pharmaceutical companies to critically analyse their approach and suggest new alternatives.
The objective of the module is to acquire a deep understanding in global strategy for innovation drug approvals and the launch sequence towards the best scenario for the patients and healthcare systems.
The objective of this module is to understand how the diseases of the different therapeutic areas and their prevalence and incidence areas are distributed in the world and more importantly learning from leading expert in what are the latest treatments and therapies in development for them.
Development of the final assignment project is typically though an agreement with an early-stage research project being developed in a partner company or institution, but students are encouraged to some with their own ideas as well.
Learning Support
Our eCampus combines the main principal tools to develop the lessons, projects, and to keep contact with the board of professors and the rest of the students live worldwide.
- Personal File Management Tool with colleagues and professors
- Track your progression, Qualifications and check your Personal Reviews.
- InMail - and other Notifications related with the programs
- Connect to your Calendar -Connect with your daily basis and keep track on communications, evaluations, events, seminars
- Library - Access to reports books, presentations and more material to expand your resources
The International MBA course in Life Sciences is flexible and will make an important contribution to developing the next generation of talent worldwide.
Dr. Mark Treherne Partner, Cambridge Drug Discovery
The International MBA Life Sciences aims to provide a flexible bridge between academic talent with real life commercial healthcare development. Using global key opinion leaders and professors to harmess the next generation of life science stakeholders.
Chris Howie Founder, Investor and Life Science Business Advisors
With the MBA you will able to meet and work with an international panel of lectures and experts in global leadership and management.
Roop Chandwani CEO at Mazards
The MBA has given me the opportunity to learn in a very flexible manner and interact with a broad international panel of visiting lectures and experts in Life Sciences mentors during the BBI career impact programme.
Marcos Casado MBA Candicate, Intership Program at EIT Health
The International MBA with the Market Access specialisation allowed me to understand how new drugs and products are developed in the healthcare industry, The BBI career impact development programme during academic year also helped me to expand my network internationally. I really benefited from the experience of working between Barcelona and London, which has increased my professional opportunities globally.
Rebeca Kenda Associate Consultant
During the BBI career impact program I had the opportunity to understand the global Life Science sector and focus my development towards my professional objectives. The skills developed added to an increase of my network was key to start my career in management.
