Life Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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The Advanced Graduate Certificate (AGC) in Life Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship (LiSIE), is a collaboration between Stony Brook University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Business, and Center for Biotechnology. The AGC is granted after completing a four course program that prepares students to translate science into therapeutics, diagnostics and/or medical devices. Students learn fundamentals of business, finance, regulatory affairs, market need, and due-diligence necessary for leveraging technology into bioscience-oriented start-up companies, business ventures, or products in established companies. After completion of the LiSIE certificate, students can apply business strategies to innovations emerging from their own work, laboratories, incubators, and/or university community and prepare themselves for a broader range of career opportunities (e.g., intellectual property law, investment and financial analysis, business development, regulatory, and entrepreneurial activities).