“Hey kids, let’s put on a show!” That was a famous line from the 1937 Broadway musical, Babes in Arms, shouted to exhort the old gang to take action to save the orphanage. As the theater market just put on…
Category Archives: Orphan disease
The EMA’s Shambolic Handling of Glybera
May 7, 2012 – 2:58 pm
If you can’t see the wood for the trees the common sense response is to do a little thinning and let the light shine through.
He Said What?!?! Best Biotech Quotes of 2011
December 29, 2011 – 3:26 pm
As BioWorld Insight readers know, our “Word on the Street” column provides a sample of the most entertaining and thought-provoking quotes our staff stumbles upon each week. Some are gathered during interviews, some gleaned from analyst reports, and some overheard…
Biotech’s Emerging Giant
May 24, 2011 – 8:08 pm
While attending the China track at this year’s J.P. Morgan conference in January I sat next to a gentleman who was smiling as he scanned the jam-packed penthouse meeting room. Shooting him a questioning glance, he responded with “last year…
Race To Nowhere
May 19, 2011 – 6:42 pm
Racial profiling – long in the realm of bad law enforcement – was criticized as bad medicine, too, in a recent paper by scientists from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
The Public ROI from Drug Prices
May 16, 2011 – 10:16 pm
Biopharma is often the scapegoat for the escalating cost of healthcare, especially when it comes to the price of brand drugs. But since it’s hard to put a price on health and a long life, what gets lost in this…
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