Rapid advances in the life sciences means that there is now a far more detailed understanding of biological systems on the cellular, molecular and genetic levels. Sited at the intersection between the life sciences, the engineering sciences and the design sciences, innovations in the biomaterials industry are expected to garner increasing attention and play a key role in future development. This book examines the biomaterials innovations taking place in corporations and in academic research settings today.Biomaterials Innovation offers a comprehensive overview of life science innovation and presents empirical research in the field of biomaterials innovation. Alexander Styhre examines innovation management practices in the field of biomaterials development and explains institutional changes in the biomaterials industry. The demand for accomplishing biocompatibility between the human body and the materials developed is highlighted, as is the relationship between financial markets and biomaterials companies. Finally, the author discusses the therapeutic, regulatory and managerial implications of biomaterials innovation.Biomaterials Innovation will be required reading for any researcher, policy-maker or student interested in innovation management, the life sciences and the development of health care therapies.

Preface vi

Acknowledgements ix

PART I THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

1. Life and materiality, nature and artifice: transgressing the divide 3

2. Bios, materiality and biomateriality 19

3. Innovation management and innovation in the life sciences 49

PART II EMPIRICAL STUDIES

4. Shifting institutional logics in biomaterials companies 81

5. The epistemology of biomaterials :how biomaterials become embodied 108

6. Financing biomaterials innovation: selling science in venture capital markets 128

PART ill A BIOMATERIAL FUTURE?

7. Biomaterials innovation: recreating the human body 159

Appendix: Methodology of the studies 171

Bibliography 177

Index 207

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