If you’re looking for a plenary speaker, pick a Pulitzer Prize winner. That was one of the corollary lessons to be had from the talk of Columbia University’s Siddhartha Mukherjee at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Annual Meeting on…
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‘ImaginAb’ That! BioWorld Salutes ‘Overall Awesomeness’
April 1, 2013 – 1:46 pm
We at BioWorld actually contemplated putting out a zany blog about biotech to commemorate April Fools’ Day – i.e. biotech firm develops drug for childhood cooties, or something equally ridiculous – but, in the end, we decided to pass. And…
Big Wins, a Cliff, a Race and a Red Face: A 2012 Recap
December 21, 2012 – 9:08 am
Now that 2012 is drawing to a close, it’s once again time to take a look back at a year that saw some big hits and misses for the biotech industry – and there were plenty of both. The hits…
Fathers, Stop Being Such . . . Men!
June 13, 2012 – 3:37 pm
June is not only for Father’s Day greetings; it is also Men’s Health Month. And if any gender needs an aide memoire to engender the self-awareness to regard and conduct its health, it would be men!
To BioWorld: Farewell! All My Best. With Love, Trista
June 6, 2012 – 4:38 pm
As many of you know, after six wonderful years with BioWorld, I’m moving on to take a position as associate director of corporate communications with Ironwood Pharmaceuticals.
@ASCO12: Invisible Gorillas, IgNobel Prizes and What it All Means for Drug Discovery
June 5, 2012 – 9:45 am
As I may have mentioned before, I love the IgNobel Prizes. So imagine my delight when I found myself in a session at ASCO’s 2012 annual meeting earlier this week listening to the speaker, Anthony Tolcher, talking about The Invisible…
2010-12 Biotech IPOs Not Performing THAT Bad. Really.
March 12, 2012 – 3:50 pm
What a difference two weeks makes. When I was researching last week’s BioWorld Insight cover – about how emerging biotech Verastem Inc., mature biotech Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. and specialty pharma firm Clovis Oncology Inc. shared some surprising similarities in how…
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…
The Blame Game: BioPharma CEOs Shouldn’t Be Scapegoats
June 9, 2011 – 6:48 pm
By Ilene Schneider, BioWorld Perspectives Contributing Writer
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