Tag Archives: Biotechnology
California Biotech — Good Governance Tops Wish List
New industry survey data documents a fraying investment base marked by a distant and unresponsive FDA as well as an unprepared work force complacent about hungry foreign competition.
California’s biotech industry has taken its annual pulse of business conditions — and while the prognosis is not for putting the state on the policy equivalent of life [...]
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Fixing Biotech's Broken Business Model
Despite some notable successes, the global biotech industry has fallen short of expectations. Strategic collaborations have been on the increase, but there is now a need for more co-operation using new collaboration models, writes Jo Pisani.
The current business model on which biotech has relied is flawed. Due to poor rates of
return, investment has dried [...]
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BIO Convention: Potemkin Pavilions and the Power of NICE
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Last week’s annual meeting of BIO in Chicago once again proved illustrative in showcasing the high profile that governments now plays as the biotech sector’s chief advocate. While private venture capitalists confined themselves to the margins of the meeting, the Convention hall was bursting at the seams with host [...]
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Florida Builds on Biotech Industry