Mark D. Dibner is President and founder of BioAbility^®. Mark received his Ph.D. in neurobiology and pharmacology from Cornell University Medical College, his MBA in strategic planning from Widener University and his BA in Physiological Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.  He spent 10 years as a research scientist in both academia and industry. He has written more than 115 published articles and is the author or editor of 13 books on commercial biotechnology and the life sciences. For 13 years he served as adjunct associate professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, teaching courses in management of  technology and entrepreneurship, and for three years was a Management and Technology Fellow of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  He has served on the boards of directors for four biotechnology companies, the Council of Biotechnology Centers, the Association of Biotechnology Companies, and the Emerging Companies Section of BIO, as well as on editorial boards.  Prior to starting BioAbility in 1994, he spent eight years managing BioAbility’s precursor group as a vice president of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, and prior to that was a principal scientist at E.I. DuPont for six years.  He was also the co-founder and President of Strategic Outcomes Services, Inc., a pharmacoeconomics consulting firm (1998, until its sale in 2001), and is Chairman and Co-Founder of Kramden Institute, Inc., a 501(c)3 not-for-profit charity (2003- ).  Mark has expertise in strategic planning, new business formation, and regional development of technology.

 BioAbility's Research  Team

 

BioAbility has worked with a research team of Ph.D., MBA and MSLS researchers, all with background in the biological sciences and/or business and strategic information to best suit the needs of your projects.  Tell us what you require and we will point out the way.

 

Also on BioAbility's Team Affiliates.  Also joining BioAbility as affiliates on specific projects are numerous researchers and experts.  We add expertise as needed to best serve our clients. BioAbility has affiliated with other companies for joint projects.  Among them are:

        >>Regulatory Affairs North America, LLC -- Nancy Chew, RAC -- Regulatory expertise

        >>Pro Re Nata, Inc. -- Mark Witcher, Ph.D. -- Biomanufacturing expertise

        >>QED Technologies -- Dragan Cicic, MD -- Valuation and deal expertise

 

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PO Box 14569, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-4569   
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