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REID HOFFMAN, LINKEDIN FOUNDER: THOUGHTS ON ENTREPRENEURING. Valuable insights from a phenomenal entrepreneur who has been wildly successful, but also bounced back from an early and tough failure. This is a lesson to us all that failure is not the end of the road, but can be the beginning. Converting failure into shame is one of the dead-end roads. Converting it into a learning experience, however humbling, is a road to a new future adventure. http://lnkd.in/pHZypa View in LinkedIn

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GENERIC DRUGS DRIVE DOWN BRAND PRICES ONLY WHEN THE IP EXPIRES, OR IS OVERTURNED. This data is hardly new. When the innovator IP has expired on a drug, the first to file generic drug typically enter the market, with 190 day exclusivity and drives down the innovator price, and gaining market share. When that exclusivity is over, several generics launch and the price erodes considerably. This is the life cycle of the Pharma industry, and its two segments: brand and generic. Today, as soon as a new drug is launched, generic companies start preparing formulations to be first to file. http://lnkd.in/zKDD8q View in LinkedIn

'STARTUP AMERICA' AND 'NYSE BIG STARTUP' programs are programs using local champions to organize bootcamps and mentoring, and linking SMEs to big companies, respectively. Since 66% of new jobs come from small business in the US, and they are hotbeds of innovation, fostering startups has become the economic passion of America, and it is spreading worldwide. http://lnkd.in/Y4DjcC View in LinkedIn

AMERICAN HEALTHCARE NEEDS A DOCTOR. When about half of bankruptcies in the US are due to medical costs, and a big chunk of the population cannot afford health insurance, the picture is grim. For one of the wealthiest nations on the planet, this makes a big statement. That doctors are fighting any efforts to change this broken system comes as no surprise, because they are key stakeholders, along with insurance companies and healthcare delivery enterprises that stand to experience the greatest change. http://lnkd.in/6C-R7a View in LinkedIn

WHY WE HAVE PERMITTED WIDESPREAD USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN LIVESTOCK REARING is an anathema to me. Equally, they have been over-utilized in medicine. Everybody has been aware of the dangers of overexposure to antibiotics, namely the formation of drug resistant strains. Well, we are now facing the consequences of our lax behavior. It is going to be challenging to bridge the unmet need given the time it takes to develop and test a new drug. The FDA may need to develop a fast-track pathway to help solve this challenge. View in LinkedIn

COMPANY CULTURE IS ALWAYS GENERATED FROM THE TOP DOWN. I have visited many hundreds of small companies, and within minutes of walking in i can tell a lot about the character of the leadership. It shows itself in numerous subtle and not subtle ways: the ambiance, the greeting, decor, notices posted, even the physical layout. The CEO always sets the tone, for better or for worse. http://lnkd.in/sSdQ36 View in LinkedIn

BIOENTREPRENEURS WHO TACKLE NEXTGEN ANTIBIOTICS will be in very fertile turf, and likely get considerable government help. Serious bugs that are developing lethal resistance to antibiotics are on the increase, and the CDC has called the alarm. These organisms are adept at developing mutations to favor their survival from toxins designed to kill them. Biotechnologists are harvesting nature's own antibiotics in marine organisms which face the same battle, but have also evolved fast-responding systems to fight the clever bugs. Using nature's own solutions is the most promising approach. http://lnkd.in/QBGpNy View in LinkedIn

THE CALIFORNIAN APP ACADEMY TAKES A 15% ROYALTY on first year salary rather than fees for a coding boot camp. This is a creative solution, and is success-driven. No job, no payment. Other academic institutions worldwide need urgently to get creative with their fees, especially to compete against distance learning, and encourage student education. http://lnkd.in/tKbC4x View in LinkedIn