October 24, 2011 Comments Off on Where in the world are drugs invented? Measuring pharmaceutical globalization. Posted in: Featured, General Biotechnology The global locations of drug invention are important for public health, economic development, and national security reasons. Inventors tend to focus on diseases endemic to where they live. This is one of the problems of neglected diseases — there are few/no researchers working on certain diseases, which can lead to significant public health problems. Drugs […]
October 24, 2011 Comments Off on Moving a foreign biotechnology company to the United States is easy as stealing in church Posted in: General Biotechnology “What is the biggest challenge in moving a foreign biotechnology company to the United States?” I asked this question at the Delaware-New Jersey-Pennsylvania annual biotechnology conference and received a surprising response. The consensus was neatly stated by one of the panelists: “Moving to the US is like stealing in church.” For all the problems one […]