LifeScienceFest (“LSF”) is an entrepreneur-investor conference which brings together early stage companies with promising technologies with leading industry investors in one room. The idea is to maximize deal-flow, exposure and visibility for presenting companies. Majority of presenting companies have gone on to raise more than $250M dollars in funding since 2006. I just learned the [...]
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This week’s submission of ’52 Perspectives’ comes to us from Kurt Vorheis, Principal at V2 Bio-Consulting, Inc., a specialized consulting business providing operational expertise to BioPharma, Chemical, and Industrial companies. 1. Given the current state of the economy, what steps do you think are necessary for pharmaceutical companies to take with regard to outsourcing? Companies [...]
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This week’s submission of 52 Perspectives comes to us from Derek Hennecke. Derek is the CEO and Presidenct of Xcelience LLC, a Florida based contract manufacturer offering Formulation, Analytical & Stability, and Manufacturing services for the pharmaceutical industry. Derek provides us with his thoughts on what steps contract manufacturers should take to stand apart from [...]
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By Deb Borfitz August 24, 2009 | A newly launched website—goBalto.com—is providing the drug development industry with unprecedented intelligence about their would-be partners around the world. Initial response to the site, in beta testing since April, suggests life science companies have been latently hungering for the resource. Membership has been growing at the rate of [...]
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We’ve updated our About Us video with clips from our launch party back in June. We threw the party at the “District” in South of Market San Francisco, where the wine and h’ordeuvres were flowing. The evening was capped off with a raffle. The lucky winners won an assortment of treats. 1st Prize – Bottle of [...]
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This week’s submission comes to us from Jim Worrell, CEO of Pharma Services Network. Since 2002, Pharma Services Network has helped biopharma sponsors find the right CRO partners with a growing emphasis on India. Q. How popular is India as a country of choice for American or European sponsors? A. India is becoming more and more popular each [...]
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When people ask me what the hardest part of running a startup like goBalto is, they usually expect me to answer, “the long hours, getting funded, building buzz”… Nope. None of the above. Without a doubt, the biggest challenge has been finding qualified people that share our passion in not accepting the status quo. Read [...]
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This week’s submission of “52 Perspectives” comes to us from Dr. Scott Wheelwright. Dr. Wheelwright is the President and CEO of Strategic Manufacturing Worldwide.With over 20 years experience in manufacturing and product development, Dr. Wheelwright has led many projects to successful completion. Dr. Wheelwright received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, [...]
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Reprint from the Scientist magazine. The global economic crisis has got most businesses pinching pennies just to stay afloat, and the drug development industry is no exception. But at least one area of the biotechnology sector — contract research organizations (CROs) — is on the rise. Image: Wikimedia commons, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s [...]
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Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Congress sponsored an event where the head FDA inspector gave an overview of the FDA’s role in India. The USFDA is here in Mumbai for good. The Indian division met members of India’s pharmaceutical community today to discuss its role here in India. Mumbai is to have 5 FDA inspectors, 2 for inspection [...]
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