So You Want to Work in Biotech?

Then Start a Company

Euan Ramsay and James Taylor

Precision NanoSystems Inc.

SBN - Start Biotech Now

o Why you should start a biotech?

o How can you start a biotech?

o Case study – Precision NanoSystems

Start a Biotech

Why?

Societal NeedFood

Environment

Healthcare

Climate

Technical Skills

Absence of Opportunity

Resources Galore!

Training is unparalleled

Start Biotech Now

Societal need

Technical skills

Absence of opportunity

Resources galore

Training unparalleled

How?

o Find a entrepreneurial co-founder

o Find an academic co-founder

o Engage the technology transfer office

o Leverage local resources

First steps

Leverage Start-upR&D

Infrastructure- Product development

Commercialization Resources

- Business Development

Technical Expertise

- Scientific Advisory Board

Non-Dilutive Funding

- Financing

“Leverage”

Start-up

“Leverage”

Start-up

http://blogs.nature.com/trade_secrets/2011/06/09/the-leverage-start-up-model

Jan 10

Sep 10

Jan 11 Apr 11

Sep 11 - Concept

- P

NI incorporated

- license

- partnership -

NVBC

finalist

I2I grant - $125K

TDIF grant - $50K

Team grant - $2.5M

- Mentors (JT)- Seminars

- IP- Contracts

Start-up services voucher ($5K)- Mentors (ER)

- Seminars

$30K

$47K

- Mentors - Seminars

- testing- finance

AcknowledgementsTeam Pieter Cullis

Carl Hansen

Dan Nixon

Steve Fane

Nathan Belliveau

Andre Wild

Tim leaver

Jens Huft

Chen Wan

Igor Jigaltsev

Cullis/Hansen labs

Partners UBC UILO

Ian Bell

Mario Kasapi

Joshua Eades

Brad Wheeler

Lynsey Huxham

NRC-IRAP Graham North

Paul Barran

Genome BC Richard Howlett

Gabe Kalmar

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Akin Akinc

Hila Epstein-Barash

Research organizations UBC

Prostate Centre

BC Cancer Agency

Mentors BC Excels

Alexei Marko

Shaun Foy

Barry Allen

Paul Geyer

+ other mentors

NVBC Andrew Booth

David Dunnison

Kevin James

Scott Phillips

+ jury

Companies LightIntegra

Technology Elizabeth Maurer

Boreal Genomics Andre Marziali

SBN - Start Biotech Now

Nature Trade Secrets blogblogs.nature.com/trade_secrets/

Biotech Startbiotechstart.org

Jamesemail – jtaylor@precision-nano.comblog – persistentchange.comtwitter – jtbiotech

Euanemail – eramsay@precision-nano.com blog – scideation.orgtwitter – euanramsay