Valorisation

Full course description

Among the roles of the university is a responsibility to deliver research that will serve the needs and interests of society. The Drug Development and NeuroHealth research master teaches students the knowledge, skills and capabilities that are needed for the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Our workshop “Commercialising Science & Technology” helps you to understand and master the initial steps of the entrepreneurial process. That is, how to translate science into innovative product ideas and valorise your novel scientific insights. Valorisation is defined as ‘’The process of value creation from knowledge, by making it applicable and available for economic or societal utilisation, and by translating it in the form of new business, products, services, or processes’’. CNS drug discovery is an exceptional long and complex process with high failure rates. It is of paramount importance for students to learn first-hand what the unmet medical needs of patients are. Therefore, we opted for a patient-centric approach. With the help of tools such as ‘personification’ and ‘business canvas’ you will develop your ideas for novel therapeutics and present these to an expert panel at the last workshop session.

The final assessment for this course is pass or fail - and not a numerical grade between 0,0 and 10,0.