"This book specifically provides the reader with the methodologies necessary to create a successful life sciences start-up from initiation to exit. The readers gain an appreciation for the necessary data, partnership, and skills to be acquired and the constituencies that must be satisfied, along...

Hundreds of research-intensive small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are active in the health sector. In recognition of their innovative potential, scientific strength and strategic importance, a special effort was made to involve them in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), where a very...

The aim of this chapter is to highlight the importance of emerging industries in a continuously changing and globalized world, dominated by constant shifts of consumers’ behavior, when the arising new needs fuel the innovative approach of companies to upgrade their products and services. The...