Archive for 2007

The commercial prospects of biogenerics – how much will they save?

This follow-up to my post on the technical reasons why biogenerics are so hard to regulate provides some updates the status of biogenerics, background on the key issues, and the impacts on the industry of the various possible approval schemes. Clinical Trials The clinical trial requirement for biogenerics is the leading issue from a regulatory […]


VCs filling biotech funding gap

If there’s one sure rule about private equity, it is that there are no rules about private equity! Venture capitalists will tell you that they have different investment philosophies than everyone else, they’ll tell you that they’re not venture capitalists, they’ll tell you that they focus on areas that everyone else ignores. So, it should […]


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