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Tag Archives: biotechnology
Biotech is a Cornerstone of New Orleans’ Economic Renaissance
New Orleans shows the signs of a city reborn from the destruction brought on by Hurricane Katrina. The changes in the city’s infrastructure and building projects have certainly been among them. The Crescent City reached a milestone in its renaissance last June when the New Orleans BioInnovation Center opened for business. The center is a 65,000-square foot biotech business incubator created to foster entrepreneurship within the New Orleans bioscience community and help commercialize technologies developed at Read More >
Commercialization and Job Creation in the Biotechnology Sector
It’s tough presenting programs on technology transfer because so much has already been said that it’s hard to find something new. However, that was not a problem this week in San Francisco at the BIO Technology Transfer Symposium. The Symposium began with an overview of the efforts by the Obama Administration to spur innovation including funding macro and micro grants to encourage the development of regional technology clusters, and proof of concept centers to help Read More >
Technology Transfer Symposium in San Francisco
In the midst of turbulent economic times, and at a moment when the U.S. is looking to encourage technology job creation in the coming decade, an increasing number of public and private sector initiatives have been proposed to spur job creation. While the U.S. leads in the area of biotechnology, there is no guarantee that this competitive edge will continue. Moreover, although the U.S. is more prolific in life science discoveries than any other single country in the Read More >
Global Biotechnology IP Evaluation by Scientific American
Scientific American evaluated the strength of intellectual property in 48 countries (click on chart on top left side of story for data) in its Worldview Scorecard including a chart with country rankings. This data* is based on patentable inventions, membership of international treaties, duration of protection, enforcement mechanisms and restrictions (e.g., compulsory licensing). The U.S. holds the top spot, followed closely by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, and the Netherlands (all tied Read More >
FDA: How can we improve it?
By Stephen Sherwin, Former Chairman of BIO As Congress and the President work together to hammer out a new, national economic roadmap, it is important to point out to those working in, and interested in, our industry that we too have recently assembled a roadmap – one designed to fully realize the promise our industry holds for people everywhere. Several weeks ago, at the 2011 BIO International Convention in Washington, DC, BIO unveiled its first ever 5 Read More >
