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SparkBio

@SparkBio

Academic and industry professionals at the forefront of San Diego鈥檚 life science community with a focus on innovation.

 San Diego, CA
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Joined March 2011
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Tweeters take note! J. Levin of $BMY #PSA11 Social media skills not embedded in pharma BD yet. A must-have for pharma companies in future.
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Great story - Amira bought by BMS today. Less than $30M in equity raised, sold for $325M upfront. Nice to see another 10x+ deal in biotech
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Tim Shey@moth17 Jul 2011
Great story by Grant Morrison about a strange meeting with Superman one night in San Diego: http://lat.ms/nA14PS via @JahFurry #sdcc
Hero Complex

Hero Complex

Science fiction, comic book, fantasy, and video game news.

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On @John_LaMattina's comments on Pfizer R&D cuts: Certainly agree, but it's not how much you got, it's how you use it >> http://j.mp/mQA7wu
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So long as huge $ perceived as "winning," and not scientific advancement, #pharma R&D will continue to struggle.
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Has bad management destroyed two generations of pharmaceutical research? My blog commenters are awfully smart: http://ow.ly/5wSQQ
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Pharma is increasingly looking at academia to see how they can cut out the middleman of biotech." - Jit Patel, AstraZeneca #BIO2011
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BioWorld
@BioWorld27 Jun 2011
Forma鈥檚 deal with Genentech has echoes of LLC biz model, i.e. monetizing individual assets
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Optimer readies antibiotic campaign after winning FDA panel vote. http://bit.ly/fqfyIp
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Taking a closer look at the significance of statistical significance http://on.wsj.com/gDOkTF
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The Wall Street Journal - Breaking News, Business, Financial & Economic News, World News and Video

Breaking news and analysis from the U.S. and around the world at WSJ.com. Politics, Economics, Markets, Life & Arts, and in-depth reporting.

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>50% of academic findings can't be reproduced in biotech, driven in part by academic bias. Leads to biotech failures http://bit.ly/dUx06X

Academic bias & biotech failures - LifeSciVC

I just met with an entrepreneur who was the founding CEO of a company created around an academic lab鈥檚 discoveries. It was fascinating new approach to drugging hot receptor targets.聽 To protect the...

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Q&A w/UCSF's Jeff Bluestone on the tricky balancing act between academia and industry. http://bit.ly/idQwCU
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FDA hands GSK, Human Genome Sciences landmark Benlysta approval. http://bit.ly/dV4N5Z
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