In Kidney, the Name Game not Just ‘A-Cute’ Switcheroo
I was on the phone last week with Rick Andrews, president and CEO of Thrasos, about acute kidney injury (AKI), and how it’s no longer called “acute renal failure,” the latter phrase having been scrapped in recent years.
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Kudos to the folks at Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) for selecting the industry’s “hot button” issues for panel discussions at the annual BIO Investor Forum (BIF) just concluded in San Francisco. In years past it has been my experience that…
Force Care Foundation Brings Military Opportunities to Bio-Entrepreneurs
Last autumn, I was searching for a way to get rid of the nerve-zapping pain that hit every time the barometer made a steep jump. My face full of post-plane crash titanium and regenerated bone acted like a weather station….
What Global Financial Crisis? Capital Markets Back Biotechs
It is that time of year again when we take the pulse of the industry at the close of the third quarter. Overall we find that it is performing well, more so for public biotechs than private ones. Despite the…
A Modest Proposal to the IgNobel Committee
I always love reading about the IgNobel Prizes. The stated goal of the prize is to reward research that “first makes people laugh, and then makes them think.” And this year’s crop of winners once again succeeds at those tasks.
‘Final Chapter’ on XMRV? Good Luck With That One
Viruses are on the border between living and dead. So are the theories about what some of them cause.
Life Isn’t as Sweet as it May Seem in Biotech’s C-Suites
Biotechnology is an idiosyncratic industry in which some executives can stake their careers on the pursuit of orphan drugs that, at best, will offer only limited opportunity for corporate profits and investors returns, while addressing the usually unmet needs of…
Grappling with the Ethics
With science boldly taking us where we’ve never gone before, we’re exploring new worlds and stretching the boundaries of our universe. While these are exciting times for the adventurer in us, they can be discomfiting for our inner ethicist.
Where’s Rube Goldberg When You Need Him?
What’s the difference between Congress and a Rube Goldberg contraption?
Is it Better to Forgive and Pharm-merge?
Aug. 5 was International Forgiveness Day, and the founding organization of this annual effort, Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance (WFA), says in its mission statement that a goal is to promote and publicize the research findings that show forgiveness creates better health,…
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