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30 November 2007

Venture Capital Returns

At a recent event was recently asked about investment outcomes for venture capitalists. I didn’t have any recent data, so I said that VCs generally expect that 1/3 of their investments will see great returns, 1/3 will see modest or no returns, and 1/3 will not be profitable.
VC Fred Wilson as Union Square Ventures recently [...]

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29 November 2007

Call for Papers: Biotechnology Marketing

Journal of Commercial Biotechnology - Special Issue on Product Innovation Management and Marketing
Focus of the Special Issue
Biotechnology companies are product innovation firms, yet they face a collection of challenges which make it inappropriate to simply apply existing innovation management thinking. For instance, at present relatively few biotechnology firms generate earned income from sales. They [...]

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16 November 2007

Career Development in Biotechnology

I’ll be giving a talk on “Career Development in Biotechnology” next week in the AstraZeneca seminar series at the University of Toronto. More details are available at the MBiotech website.

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6 November 2007

Rethink PCR

Bio-Rad’s got an interesting website up: RethinkPCR.
The company’s name isn’t posted on the front page, but is readily available in the contest terms and conditions and privacy policy. It’s an interesting strategy to acquire consumer intelligence. Of course, consumers don’t always ask for what they want — they tend to ask for incremental improvements rather [...]

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1 November 2007

Drug Patent Expirations in November 2007

Courtesy of DrugPatentWatch.com:
Drug Patent Expirations in November 2007*Drugs may be covered by more than one patent

Tradename
Applicant
Generic Name
Patent Number
Patent Expiration

ANDRODERM
Watson Labs
testosterone
4,849,224
NOV 12,2007

ANDRODERM
Watson Labs
testosterone
4,983,395
NOV 12,2007

AVITA
Mylan Bertek
tretinoin
4,971,800
NOV 20,2007

COMTAN
Orion
entacapone
4,963,590
NOV 27,2007

ELOCON
Schering
mometasone furoate
4,775,529
NOV 21,2007

FLECTOR
Inst Biochem
diclofenac epolamine
4,948,805
NOV 09,2007

MERIDIA
Abbott
sibutramine hydrochloride
4,929,629
NOV 29,2007

MYLOTARG
Wyeth Pharms Inc
gemtuzumab ozogamicin
4,970,198
NOV 30,2007

PROVIGIL
Cephalon
modafinil
4,927,855
NOV 22,2007

STALEVO 100
Orion
carbidopa; entacapone; levodopa
4,963,590
NOV 27,2007

STALEVO 150
Orion
carbidopa; entacapone; levodopa
4,963,590
NOV 27,2007

STALEVO 50
Orion
carbidopa; entacapone; levodopa
4,963,590
NOV 27,2007

TOPROL-XL
Astrazeneca
metoprolol succinate
4,927,640
NOV 22,2007

TYLENOL (CAPLET)
Mcneil Cons
acetaminophen
4,968,509
NOV 06,2007

URSO [...]

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