A Fireside Chat….

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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On Innovation

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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From Bench to Bedside: How Do We Make a Difference?

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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A Bipartisan Solution for Global Health

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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The Forgotten People

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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It’s All About the E

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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