May 2011

Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Finalists

May 31, 2011

It has been my pleasure to serve again on the selection committee for the Maryland Incubator Company of the Year. The finalists for the 2011 ICOY Awards come from all over the state and represent a diverse cross-section of technologies and services. In addition to the diverse categories, one incubator graduate company will be inducted [...]

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How many spam emails does it take to sell drugs on the Internet?

May 26, 2011

In short? A lot! As reported by the New York Times, it takes 12.5 million emails to earn $100 in Internet-based Viagra sales. The finding comes from a research group engaged in “spamalytics” — trying to find the mechanisms by which revenues are generated from spam. In their most recent paper they found that 95 [...]

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Going Global: Partnering and Investing in International Life Sciences

May 25, 2011

I will be presenting in an upcoming webinar: Going Global Partnering and Investing in International Life Sciences   Today, successful life sciences companies are feverishly evaluating international partnerships in search of places that are rapidly expanding. Some make the costly mistake of only using market size as the deciding factor, which is often misleading. Success [...]

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Therapies for Orphan Diseases: Public-Private Partnership in Drug Development

May 23, 2011

This paper is a final project from the NIH Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences TECH 366, a course in Biotechnology Management Therapies for Orphan Diseases: Public-Private Partnership in Drug Development Anuradha Ramamoorthy Research and development (R&D) of new drugs and therapies is both technologically and financially challenging.  As return on investment (ROI) in [...]

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Preview the next Scientific American Worldview

May 19, 2011

The next issue of Scientific American’s Worldview will be released at the BIO 2011 convention in late June. Worldview explores biotechnology development around the world, highlighting the opportunities and challenges in different markets. In the WorldView scorecard, I measure biotechnology innovation capacity around the world, and present multi-faceted data-driven comparisons to reveal greater clarity on [...]

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Next DCbiotech meeting: May 19th in Bethesda

May 10, 2011

Correction: The event is on Thursday May 19th, not the 18th. The next DCbiotech meeting will be at the Redwood Restaurant and Bar in Bethesda, MD on May 19th 2011. Redwoods is at 7121 Bethesda Ave, and we’ll be meeting in the bar area from 6:30-8:30pm. To facilitate finding the group, you may want to [...]

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Drug Patent Expirations in May 2011

May 3, 2011

Drug Patent Expirations in May 2011 *Drugs may be covered by multiple patents Tradename Applicant Generic Name Patent Number Patent Expiration OPTIVAR Meda Pharms azelastine hydrochloride 5,164,194*PED May 1, 2011 ASTELIN Meda Pharms azelastine hydrochloride 5,164,194*PED May 1, 2011 ENTOCORT EC Astrazeneca budesonide 6,423,340*PED May 15, 2011 ALORA Watson Labs estradiol 5,227,169 May 17, 2011 [...]

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