Biotech Series A Funding Up in 2011 . . . But There’s a Catch
Despite the fact that private biotechs raised just $1.76 billion in the first five months of 2011 – putting this year on pace to be not only worse than last year, but worse than the dreaded low of 2008 –…
Equal Standards of Disclosure
Disclosure and transparency. They’re recurring themes often sung by lawmakers and critics who would have us believe that even the gift of a drug-labeled pen will put doctors and medical students under the influence of biopharma. translation
The Blame Game: BioPharma CEOs Shouldn’t Be Scapegoats
By Ilene Schneider, BioWorld Perspectives Contributing Writer translation
@ASCO2011: Genomics Era of Cancer has Arrived – Like a Tsunami
CHICAGO ‑ As a scientist by training, I tend to look with unbridled optimism at technological advances. So it was striking to me to see how those that are expected to do something useful with such advances sometimes have a…
Truth in Congressional Labeling
S. 990 was signed into law last week. At first glance, it looks like it extends the life of Small Business Administration programs that are near and dear to the bottom line of many small biotechs. translation
The Hottest Jobs in the Biotech’s Future
What are the hot jobs in the life sciences during the next decade? translation
Biotech’s Emerging Giant
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…
LJPC, GNTA Not Dead Yet
It looked Monday as if two of biotech’s long-suffering names might finally be biting the dust. translation
Race To Nowhere
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. translation
Can’t We Just Die Anymore?
Everyone loved my grandmother. That’s why they were rather relieved to hear she had died. translation
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