How to attract investors, secure patents and stay focused. These were the subjects discussed when Master\u2019s students, PhD students and professors gathered at the Copenhagen Biocenter, University of Copenhagen on Friday.<\/p>\n
The aim of the event was to inspire biotech students to start their own companies. Among the speakers was University of Copenhagen (UCPH) professor Ali Salanti, whose malaria research led him to a potential cancer drug discovery. <\/p>\n
He and other speakers emphasized the need for investors to successfully establish a company. But not just any investor. The right investor may want to be active in the company, others may not, he explained. For Ali Salanti one of the solutions was a public-private partnership where UCPH and private funds invest in the research. <\/p>\n
Arne Kousholt is one of the postdoctoral students who organized the event. <\/p>\n
\u201cMany people approached me afterwards and were happy with the content and the inspiration they had obtained. They now have a better view of what it takes to start a biotech company, and what kind of help can be obtained at the University of Copenhagen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Their goal is \u201cto inspire people to discover the potential commercial interest in relation to their research,” he said. The event included inspirational talks from biotech entrepreneurs “who have a similar PhD background as people at our institute,\u201d said Arne Kousholt.<\/p>\n
According to Arne Kousholt there is a need for new companies to take advantage of all the PhDs that are trained.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was great to be reminded by the speakers that being an entrepreneur is not an ambition to become rich. It comes down to your passion for seeing a product coming true and not just ending up as a good idea that was never made,\u201d he said to the University Post.<\/p>\n
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