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A quick note from BIO2015. Biotechnology crowdfunding levels pale in comparison to other industries. There are many reasons for this

Scientific American has released its list of the 100 most influential people in biotechnology. I am honored to be included in this exclusive

Join me and an esteemed set of panelists at the opening plenary for the Emerging Opportunities in Global Markets track at BIO2015.

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This paper is part of the free Open Access archive of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology

Biotechnology policy in European countries: An assessment

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ABSTRACT: For more than 20 years, all major European governments have put biotechnology as a priority on their innovation policy agendas. How did each of the three big countries – France, the UK and Germany – manage their biotechnology policy, and what results have they achieved? A project funded by the European Commission tried to find out by assessing, over the period 1994–2001, the development of the knowledge base, patent activities, technology transfer measures, regulatory policy, industry promotion measure and public opinion…

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This is a guest post from Susan K Finston, President of Finston Consulting. Do you have a response to Susan’s

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I am looking forward to this year’s BIO convention, as it returns to Philadelphia. It will be a busy conference.

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