2016 Biomedical Technology and Social System II

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Instructor(s)
Sengoku Shintaro 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Fri9-10(田町CIC711)  
Group
-
Course number
TIM.C515
Credits
1
Academic year
2016
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2016/4/27
Lecture notes updated
2017/1/25
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

The biohealthcare industry currently forms a huge market with a wide range of fields and spreads across academic, industry and public sectors.
This lecture course provides the overview of the biohealthcare industry, facilitates discussion on the perspective of strategic planning, R&D and management of related technology elements, and encourages practical learning from representative business cases.

Student learning outcomes

This lecture series aims to provide the overview of biohealthcare industry for corrective understanding of industry structure and dynamics, issues and persiectives.

Keywords

Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and medical products, regenerative medicine, industry structure, corporate management, ecosystem.

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Each industry topic has two classes. The part 1 provides the overview and dynamics of the industry of topic to nurture basic understanding and to discuss current issues and perspectives. The part 2 consists of a case study on firms of interest or a guest lecture by industry experts to discuss implications from the MOT and innovation management viewpoints.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Introduction None
Class 2 Health ICT: part 1 The overview and dynamics of the industry
Class 3 Health ICT: part 2 Cases studies of the industry
Class 4 Medical system: part 1 The overview and dynamics of the industry
Class 5 Medical system: part 2 Cases studies of the industry
Class 6 Health promotion and preventive medicine: part 1 The overview and dynamics of the industry
Class 7 Health promotion and preventive medicine: part 2 Cases studies of the industry
Class 8 General discussion None

Textbook(s)

To be circulated via OCW-I before each class.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

To be provided in every class.

Assessment criteria and methods

Physical attendance, corrective and constructive discussion in the two general discussion classes, and the performance of case study practices will be taken into consideration. Details are to be informed of in the Class 01.

Related courses

  • TIM.C514 : Biomedical Technology and Social System I

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None

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