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Drug inventor report profiles individuals, US states, and countries leading pharmaceutical innovation

August 16, 2010

A new report from DrugPatentWatch.com profiles the leading researchers, US states, and countries responsible for drugs approved over the past ten years. The report features: Top Inventors Which inventors were granted the most patents? Patents per Inventor The patents awarded to each inventor Approved Drugs per Inventor The approved drugs protected by each inventor’s patents [...]

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Scientific American WorldView 2010: Measuring global biotechnology innovation

May 10, 2010

Once again, the Scientific American WorldView project continues to measure global biotechnology innovation. I had the pleasure of serving as lead editorial consultant of this project, and my mission was to cut through the marketing messages and develop a coherent measure of biotechnology innovation on a country-by-country basis. Visit the WorldView homepage See the country [...]

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Scientific American Worldview — Measuring biotechnology innovation

May 4, 2010

The 2010 version of Scientific American’s Worldview is launching at BIO. I’ve updated last year’s rankings, and also included some new measures. The data section is also significantly expanded, with numerous tables and charts comparing biotechnology activities and supportive elements from around the world. While readers not at BIO2010 will have to wait until the [...]

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Fulfilling Market Needs for Success in Biotechnology

April 15, 2010

I was recently queried by the Israeli Life Science Industry on my thoughts regarding trends in the global biotechnology industry as well as elements of specific interest to Israel. You can see my full interview at ILSI’s website.

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The impact of the global financial crisis on biotechnology development

August 11, 2009

My most recent editorial in the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology, “The impact of the global financial crisis on biotechnology development,” examines the response of governments around the world to their investments in biotechnology and healthcare innovation. It is a theme that I also raised in the Scientific American WorldVIEW. The bottom line is: despite economic [...]

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Innovating Across Borders

June 8, 2009

Here is a recent keynote I gave for the Delaware Valley Innovation Network. The group is working on coordinating the activities of community colleges — and other parties –  between the adjacent Delaware, Philadelphia, and New Jersey regions. My objective was to use case studies to show that drawing circles around regions to count combined [...]

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Scientific American WorldVIEW: Measuring Global Biotechnology Innovation

May 18, 2009

After months of preparation, the Scientific American worldVIEW project has launched. I had the pleasure of serving as lead editorial consultant of this project, and my mission was to cut through the marketing messages and develop a coherent measure of biotechnology innovation on a country-by-country basis. You can hear me talk about the project and [...]

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Measuring Global Biotechnology

May 13, 2009

I’ve got two appearances at BIO related to the Scientific American worldView project: On May 18th I’ll be participating in a press conference at 1pm in room A340 On May 20th I’ll be participating in a roundtable at 3:30 in Thomas B. Murphy Ballroom I, Bldg. B, Level 5. Hope to see you all there!

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Assessing India’s Innovation Climate

April 23, 2009

In 2005 India mostly strengthened their patent laws to meet international norms, with the distinct requirement that new drug products must “differ significantly in properties with regard to efficacy.” This requirement for a significant improvement in efficacy only applies to drugs — not to other patentable inventions like pens, car engines, etc., and is of [...]

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Measuring global biotechnology innovation

April 9, 2009

The Scientific American WorldView project, where I’ve been serving as lead editorial consultant, is ramping up for its May 20th launch at BIO 2009. One of the objectives for the project was to put marketing-speak aside and objectively measure biotechnology innovation progress around the world. Going beyond gross regional measures, we compare individual countries to [...]

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