Biotech Blog Archives: January 2007
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28 January 2007
Carnival of Biotechnology
This edition of the Carnival of Biotechnology features a number of posts on distressing industry trends, some enlightening patent discussion, and interesting commentary on issues in commercialization
Industry Trends
Forbes presents Genentech’s Next Act. his dialogue with Genentech’s chief officers acknowledges the longshot Genentech was in its early days and plots the future paths Genentech is pursuing [...]
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19 January 2007
Lessons and analogies from other industries
Guest content from John Avellanet, managing director of Cerulean Associates:
As professionals affiliated with the biotechnology industry, we often forget that many of the struggles faced today have been solved before by other fields and industries. As Ambrose Bierce wrote, “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are lots of old things we [...]
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1 January 2007
Can Science Be a Business?
Harvard’s Gary Pisano has recently published a book titled “Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future of Biotech“ in which he assesses the performance of the biotechnology sector and, in finding it lacking, proceeds to recommend a series of suggestions to improve the fundamental architecture of the industry.
While I enjoyed the book [...]
