Professional Development Courses

Amp up your career development at BIO 2025

 

BIO offers industry professionals executive training and development resources for accelerating career growth. 1-3 day courses are held before the start of the BIO International Convention on business development, entrepreneurship and more.

Professional development courses take place at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. 

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8:30 AM
  1. This advanced course is ideal for professionals already in business development & licensing roles, from those with limited experience (2-3 years) to highly experienced dealmakers looking to hone their skills and network with other dealmakers. This is a three day course requiring attendance on all three days.
8:30 AM
  1. This advanced course is ideal for professionals already in business development & licensing roles, from those with limited experience (2-3 years) to highly experienced dealmakers looking to hone their skills and network with other dealmakers. This is a three day course requiring attendance on all three days.
8:30 AM
  1. This advanced course is ideal for professionals already in business development & licensing roles, from those with limited experience (2-3 years) to highly experienced dealmakers looking to hone their skills and network with other dealmakers. This is a three day course requiring attendance on all three days.
9:00 AM
  1. This intermediate course is for executives and business development professionals interested in enhancing their skills in negotiations, influencing, decision-making, and game theory. Game theory will be applied to real-life pharma/biotech negotiation cases.
  2. This intermediate course explains how to effectively position your company’s story, strategy, and value proposition for institutional investors by maximizing the chances of successfully completing a significant private financing round.
  3. This introductory-level course explains a systematic approach for producing a valuation and risk profile for a company or product to be used in investment rounds, mergers/acquisitions, licensing deals, or strategic development decisions in the pharma-biotech world.
12:00 PM
  1. This introductory-level course will equip early-stage biotechnology leaders with the commercialization knowledge they need to strategically position their organizations for financing success and meeting critical commercial milestones, including regulatory planning, market access pricing and reimbursement, value proposition development, and go-to-market preparation.

How to register

As part of your BIO International Convention registration

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COURSE-ONLY REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

  • Go to our REGISTRATION WEBSITE
  • Start New Registration
  • Enter your Email, First Name, Last Name, and Company. 
  • Select “Continue”
  • Provide requested personal information.
  • Enter the code STAND25 in the first “Registration Code” box and select “Apply Code.”
  • Select “Next”
  • Complete the required fields. 
  • Review your information on the “Review and Check Out” page and select “Next” for payment options and to complete the registration.
  • An e-mail confirmation will be sent automatically from the registration system. Please check your email filters if you do not receive them before contacting BIO.

If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact the registration team at customercare@bio.org or call (202) 962-6655. 

Have additional questions about the BIO Professional Development Program? Please email: courseshelp@bio.org.

What past attendees have said about their course experience:

  • “Instructors were extremely knowledgeable and taught with an open dialogue throughout the course. [Faculty] provided well-organized information about the principles, processes, and options for consideration."

BIO also offers courses on-demand so you can attend training at a time that works best for you.

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