Salient Traits

• Access to who’s who in biotech

• Access to key players in the CROs

• Strong network of business-professional and pharmaceuticals executives

• Knowledge of dealing with the big pharmaceuticals in-terms of out-licensing technologies

• Dual knowledge in bio-venture – sciences and business – hands-on and academics

• Strategic PR, PR and PR – is key to the success of a bi-venture –
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• A Bio-business strategist who built biotech business from lab to a pre-clinical stage.

• An educator and a mentor for many biopreneurs.

• Knowledge and strategic vision for making a bioventure public (IPO)

Overview

Dr. Baidya has an overall 10+ years of experience in the bioventure business development. He founded BioZak, Inc. in 1999 and served as one of the founding management for the past five years.  He has built a strong network with the industry leaders. At BioZak he designed, developed and executed R&D, Pre-Clinical and product development strategies.  He is also provided the strategic vision for the business development and funding. He directly worked with primer legal firm for Private placements and maintained strong relationship with the.  Prior to BioZak he worked at Genprobe, Hyseq, Inc. and GeneAsia. 

Strategic Consulting

Currently Dr. Baidya serving as a strategic consultant several domestic and international companies (mainly from Japan) in the biotech and devices sector.  He is also a Business Strategic Counselor (BSC) for the Small Business Administration (Small Business Development Center, San Jose).  He advices IT-software, Biotech and related companies in business development, marketing as well as start-up issues.  He serves as advisor to several technology-based companies, e.g., Endext, Tokyo, Japan, Golden-Embryo, Pune/India; and CEMAC corp., Durgapur/India.

Drug -development Processes

He has thorough understanding of the drug development processes from lab-to-market.  He has clear knowledge of the FDA regulatory processes (IND-P1-P3, NDA and post market surveillance).  He also developed a clear understanding of generic drug business including the regulatory protocols.  He recently gave a six-week long course at UC Berkeley extension on the same subject. 

Technology Licensing

He initiated, negotiated and closed in-licensing deals for antiviral platform technologies from universities. During his tenure at BioZak he also initiated, negotiated and closed out-licensing deals.  He built relationship with most of the pharmaceuticals leaders in USA and Japan with in a very short period.

Marketing & Media Management

He gave numerous lectures on science and business topics at national and international conferences, primarily in USA, UK and Japan; and appeared on TV interviews.  Various media in USA and Japan have written about Dr. Baidya and his projects.  He published over 20 articles in peer-reviewed Journals and has seven patents. 

He is also a freelance writer and has written numerous articles on various subjects in Japan and in USA.  He held a yearlong column (Biopreneur) in a bi-monthly Magazine called Bioventure in Tokyo, Japan, where he wrote for the entrepreneurs in Japan.  His articles also been published in Silicon Valley Business Journals, California; Advanced Biotech, India, and Journal of Experimental Medicine (Tokyo). 

He served as a Thought Leader, Frost & Sullivan, Executive Summit, San Diego, Dec. 2003. He has been presenting at various life-sciences investment seminars and workshops in USA and Japan since 2000.  As a member of the University of California, Berkeley-Extension Business-Management program, he is advising the program director for strategic expansion of the program to the greater bay area with a specific target market segments.