This is a guest post by Steven Lee, Senior Scientist in the Life Sciences Group at Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&E) Once you have the idea and the funding for a biotech start-up, you may think the biggest challenges are behind you. However, without proper planning and considerations, the environment you choose for your laboratory facility […]
This paper was originally published by Bhaven N. Sampat and Kenneth C. Shadlen in PLoS ONE 13(4): e0194714 under a Creative Commons license. Abstract India, like many developing countries, only recently…
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This paper was originally published by Rishi J Desai, Ameet Sarpatwari, Sara Dejene, Nazleen F Khan, Joyce Lii, James R Rogers, Sarah K Dutcher, Saeid Raofi, Justin Bohn, John Connolly, Michael A Fischer, Aaron S Kesselheim, and Joshua J Gagne in BMJ 2…
This paper was originally published by Glenn P. Carroll, Sanjay Srivastava, Adam S. Volini, Marta M. Piñeiro-Núñez, and TatianaVetman in Drug Discovery Today Volume 22, Issue 5, May 2017, Pages 776-785 under…
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This article was originally published by Andrew M Hill, Melissa J Barber, and Dzintars Gotham in BMJ Global Health Jan 2018, 3 (1) e000571 under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. Abstract Introduction There are persi…
This article was originally published by Antti Jekunen in Drug Des Devel Ther. 2014; 8: 2009–2016 under a Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License. Abstract Decision-making is a core function…
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Originally published by J. Javier Hernandez, Michael Pryszlak, Lindsay Smith, Connor Yanchus, Naheed Kurji, Vijay M. Shahani and Steven V. Molinski in Front. Oncol., 14 November 2017. Abstract The repositioning or…
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This is a guest post from Susan K Finston, President of Finston Consulting. A little over five years ago I penned the first installment in this irregular series, focused on Israel’s tech transfer prowess and efforts to encourage innovative life-sciences. I tracked the Start-Up Nation’s incremental progress here. In a nutshell, Israel leveraged excellence in basic science and […]
Originally published by Er J. Wouters, Panos G. Kavanos, Martin McKee in The Milbank Quarterly, 95: 554–601 under a Creative Commons License. Abstract Policy Points: Our study indicates that there are opportunities…
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This article was originally published by Ekaterina Galkina Cleary, Jennifer M. Beierlein, Navleen Surjit Khanuja, Laura M. McNamee and Fred D. Ledley in PNAS under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC…
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