Posted on March 13, 2008 by ecreese
….without the fire. But that’s okay since it was in the upper 50s yesterday! A Fireside Chat with Cheryl Scott, chief operating officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – what a nice way to end a very productive and informative two days in Reston. And what a pleasant, down-to-earth, and passionate woman who [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2008 by ecreese
The afternoon sessions here at PGH really got me thinking about innovation. It’s a word you hear thrown around a lot in biotech – as well as many other areas of science and technology. Actually, it probably gets overused. But when you really think about the word’s true meaning, you realize that innovation is what [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2008 by ecreese
It occurred to me at lunch today that with all my travels, I need to go on a quest – a quest for the best dessert. For those of you who watch the Today Show, you undoubtedly are familiar with the special segment, “Where in the world is Matt Lauer.” Well, I’m proposing a slightly [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2008 by ecreese
“Addressing Global Health from Bench to Beside: Necessary Actions at Each State of the Value Chain” was the topic of today’s luncheon discussion. It was another high-level panel discussion with folks from industry, government and the nonprofit sectors. Two issues in particular that kept resurfacing. One was that the term “bedside” is means much more [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2008 by ecreese
It’s a phrase we’ve all heard a million times, but I found it interesting in the context of today’s panel discussion on diagnostic testing for the developing world.
Dr. Jan Gheuens from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation made the comment “The research may be global but the delivery is local.” And when you think about [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2008 by ecreese
I’m fascinated by priority review vouchers. The concept is a creative new mechanism that’s capturing a lot of people’s attention at the PGH conference. And how the vouchers came into being is even more fascinating. Basically, the vouchers are a means of encouraging R&D for conditions that, otherwise, would be largely ignored - you know, [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2008 by ecreese
Every once in a while someone makes a statement that really resonates with you. At today’s luncheon, the topic was global health (of course!) and the challenges and opportunities for engaging in global health product development. Panelists included BIO’s Chairman of the Board, Joshua Boger, president and CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Una Ryan, CEO of [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2008 by ecreese
The question is what does the “e” stand for?
That was the subject of much discussion at the PGH Forum on this overcast morning in Reston, VA. The all-star panel discussion spent more than an hour talking passionately about malaria and what it will take to contain the disease.
For some, like the Bill & Melinda Gates [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2008 by TKtraveler
For me, it’s only about an hour’s drive time, but it’s always good to be prepared! My suggestions on what to pack (feel free to add to this list, obviously!):
Plenty of business cards, there will be networking galore
An open and engaged mind for taking in all the opportunities that will be presented for developing medicines [...]
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Posted on March 3, 2008 by TKtraveler
The list of notable speakers just keeps on growing, check it out:
Alice P. Albright, CFO, GAVI Alliance
Ted Bianco, PhD, Director of Technology Transfer, The Wellcome Trust
Joshua Boger, PhD, President and CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
U.S. Senator Sam Brownback
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, NIAID, NIH
Chris Hentschel, PhD, President & CEO, Medicines for Malaria Venture
Ruth Levine, Senior Fellow and [...]
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