Digital & In-person Courses
Enhancing key business development skills and competencies for successful partnering and to accelerate career progression
Below you will find a list of upcoming classes taking place throughout the year.
MASTERCLASS LEVEL COURSE OFFERINGS
Masterclass course offerings are ideal for professionals looking to develop an executive-level skillset.
Course titles and dates are subject to change.
Advanced Business Development
Vienna, Austria
October 31 – November 2, 2025
For business development professionals who want to bring their skills in valuation, deal structuring, due diligence, negotiation and contracts to the next level.
Biotech and Pharmaceutical Mini MBA
London, United Kingdom
November 24–28, 2025
This course is designed for biotech and pharmaceutical executives who want to enhance their commercial skills in strategic thinking, marketing, change management, business finance and managing commercial partnerships to take the business to new heights.
Molecules to Market
London, United Kingdom
December 4–5, 2025
This course explores critical disciplines required for the successful launch of new innovations including, assessing partnership opportunities, clinical development strategies, managing effective collaborations and evaluating commercialisation strategies.
Negotiation
Online
Dates coming soon
For professionals who already have a business development role who want to gain experience with all parts of the negotiation process, learn the latest negotiation techniques and hone their skills for real-life dealmaking.
Product Valuation and Deal Structure
Online
September 23–30, 2025
Suitable for professionals who want to learn about valuation concepts, best practices for assessing and valuing assets and gain confidence in the financial aspect’s future negotiations.
FUNDAMENTALS LEVEL COURSE OFFERINGS
The fundamental course offerings are ideal for those that are a leader in a biotech start-up, new to life science business development, considering a move into life science business development, or encounter these topics on a regular basis and would like to learn more.
Course titles and dates are subject to change.
Pharmaceutical and Biotech Licensing
Online
September 15–October 16, 2025
This course is designed for those new to life science business development and licensing, someone who encounters licensing on a regular basis and would like to learn more, or someone considering a move into life science business development.
Due Diligence
Online
October 6–16, 2025
This course is suitable for anyone likely to be involved in a due diligence evaluation and who would like to prepare for the process. Attendees may include executives and commercial managers and those in legal departments.
The benefits of EBD Academy courses
Enhance your skill set, industry knowledge, and network by:
- Accessing on-demand online course materials, including recorded lectures and readings
- Engaging with the course instructor through live sessions, typically held each week the course is running
- Benchmarking the knowledge you have gained through virtual quizzes
- Building your network by connecting virtually with other course participants
- Claiming a printable course completion certificate upon completion of the virtual quizzes as well as an Acclaim badge that can be shared on social media, via email or embedded in a website
About Us
Brought to you by EBD Group, EBD Academy courses enhance key skills and competencies that enable you to successfully navigate biopharma business development. With a combination of in-person and online courses throughout the year, EBD Academy gives you the ability to conduct courses from anywhere in the world by accessing training materials and subject matter experts online. Our courses are developed and delivered by EBD Group’s expert network. EBD Group specializes in bringing people together, whether face-to-face at one of our life sciences partnering events, or virtually through our online community of dealmakers and thought leaders. Over the past two decades, our products and services have grown to become the heart of a highly networked ecosystem of industry collaborators. EBD Academy offers in-person, pre-event, courses at some of EBD Group’s flagship partnering conferences like BIO-Europe and BIO-Europe Spring as well as virtual courses alongside the partnering events. We look forward to providing you with industry-leading business development training.