At MBD, we've made it easy for you to get specialised insights tailored to you. If you work in Finance or Life Science we have courses with lecturers handpicked based on what is happening in your specific industry.

Life Science Specialization

The Pharma, BioTech and MedTech industries are characterised by changing business conditions. For example, competition from emerging markets, convergence between the technology and pharmaceutical industries, and government regulation and cost-benefit focus are making access to markets more difficult. This requires a particular focus on developing skills to better navigate these circumstances.

The Life Science specialisation is tailored for those working in the Pharma, Medtech or BioTech sector and are looking for:

To update and strengthen your business development and innovation skills.
To gain new insight based on models, frameworks and cases that fit your challenges, together with lecturers and guest lecturers who have solid knowledge and experience of the business.
Expand your professional and personal network by studying with others who work in the same field and understand the challenges your industry faces.

Watch the video below and let our Study Director, Sof Thrane, tell you more about the thoughts behind the specialisation

Focus on Business Development and Innovation

The specialisation consists of the 3 courses you see on the right.

You choose in which order you want to take the courses and when. You can also choose to take the courses individually. Each course takes place over 4 teaching days and the courses are offered in English.

The specialisation is accredited and and can be taken as part of a full MBD master's degree. If you choose to continue taking courses on the MBD, the courses "Business Development of the Life Sciences" and "Managing Open Innovation in the Life Sciences" will replace the core course "Business Development" and the core course "Managing Open Innovation".

Life Science: Business Development

All firms need to understand their business and find ways to develop it, and if necessary, change it. The course in business development gives you the tools and insights to analyse and pin-point challenges with existing as well as new business models. The course provides the foundations for managing business development and different innovation processes including open innovation processes in firms.

ECTS

Start Date

Fall 2025

Type

Mandatory

Life Science: Managing Open innovation

This course provides the foundation for managing open innovation processes for Life Science firms. Comparing closed to open innovation approaches, the course focuses on outside-in open innovation processes, such as sourcing external knowledge from and collaborating with users, universities, suppliers, competitors, and the like for generating innovation.

ECTS

Start Date

Fall 2025

Type

Core

Life Science: Markets

We look at key marketing and pricing concepts to address the complexities and challenges within the pharma, biotech, and medtech industries. You will work with concepts, theories, models, and cases which are specifically applied to these business domains in order to improve your stakeholder-oriented decision-making. This course is part of the Specialisation for Life Sciences for leaders working on developing, producing, and marketing products and solutions within the pharma, biotech, and medtech industries.

ECTS

Start Date

May 8

Type

Elective

Status

Available seats

Enroll at the full Life Science specialisation or just a single course, the options are many and the choice is yours.

Learn more about how to enroll

Life Science Specialization

The Specialization

Learn more about the Specailsation

The Courses

Focus on Business Development and Innovation

Life Science: Business Development

Life Science: Managing Open innovation

Life Science: Markets

Interested in this specialisation?