physician, 106
customer satisfaction, 99
definition, 96
five-step process
market channel selection, 108–109
potential market size determination, 107
product’s value proposition
articulation, 108
target market segment, 107–108
validation and refining, 109
market development milestones, 115
Marketing Concept, 98–99
misconceptions
personal digital assistant (PDA), 96
technology, 96–97
molecular genetic test, breast cancer risk
assessment
market channel, 112
potential market size determination, 110
target market segment, 110–111
validation and refining, 112
value proposition, 111
nasal spray vaccine, influenza virus
market channel, 114
potential market size determination,
112–113
target market segment, 113
validation and refining, 114
value proposition, 113–114
product, understanding and appreciation,
99–100
Production Concept, 98
Sales Concept, 98
Marketing tools
branding, 103
market research and assessment
market size and opportunity, 104–105
primary and secondary market
research, 104
positioning, 102
segmentation
behavior and usage, 101–102
demography, 101
geographic location, 100–101
targeting, 102
Material transfer agreement (MTA), 201
Molecular testing business models, 46–47
N
Nanogen, 58
New Drug Application (NDA)
clinical trials, 213
marketing approval, 214
Noncompete agreement, 64
Nonexclusive/coexclusive licenses, 40–41
Nonprofit foundation partnership, 141–142
Non Qualified Options (NQOs), 62
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), 207
O
Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science
and Technology (OCAST), 5
P
Patent
claims, 34
novelty and nonobviousness, 33
patent attorney, 33, 34
property right, 32
types
international, 35–36
provisional, 35
traditional/regular (nonprovisional),
34–35
utility, 34
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), 35
Pharmaceutical companies
drug development, 200
marketing approval, 200
Pre-seed capital, 147–148
Private Placement Memorandum, 133
Product development pathway
assistance
preclincial therapeutic and biologic
drug development, 90
SBIR, commercialization, 91
winning competitive grants, 90–91
biotechnology R&D, 74
business and organizational development
path, 91–92
categories, types, 75–76
market development path, 91–92
milestones, 88–89
obstacles, 75
value creation, 73–74
Product development stages
analytics and tools
basic and translational research stage,
84–85
clinical validation stage, 86–87
marketing and growth stage, 87
proof-of-concept stage, 85
prototype development, 85–86
regulatory review stage, 87
scale-up and manufacturing stage, 87