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THERE ARE NEW ENTREPRENEUR PHILANTHROPIST HEROES. I had dinner with Dr. Nagata MD, PhD, FFPM, Chairman of SNBL Japan, a large CRO founded by his father. He started an innovative nasal drug delivery division within his 3,000 person company, and after almost a decade of failures, cracked nasal dry powder delivery. Not only a Professor, founder of a cancer care facility, he is a Buddhist Monk focused on helping humanity. He will all leave his wealth to charity. These are the fantastic new role models for young entrepreneurs. View in LinkedIn

THE CURRENT CANCER TREATMENT PARADIGM IS CLEARLY CHANGING, but not fast enough for some. The waste of money is less important than the very personal and immense human tragedy of treatment failures. Dr. Charlie Hsiao, the famous founder of Ivax Pharma and Impax Labs was a good friend, but died after numerous bone marrow transplants. Rational personalized medicine may have changed this outcome, had it been ready then. View in LinkedIn

"YOU MAY SEE A HEAVY PERSON RUN, BUT YOU NEVER SEE A HEAVY RUNNER". http://lnkd.in/3fzuPW View in LinkedIn

KEY DATA: THE US CANCER DRUG COSTS INCLUDE WHOPPING WASTES. Despite many new drugs, the US spends ~70 billion USD on cancer drugs annually, but still wastes ~40%, because the drugs don't work; this is largely because the patient rather than the tumor is the test subject. At a estimated cost of ~5 Bn USD to map those patients, ~25 Bn USD of wrong drugs would be saved (Time; May 20, 2013: p. 42). View in LinkedIn

ENTREPRENEURS SHOULD PICK A NUMBER that marks enough. The Donald Trump Disease is not knowing when to stop accumulating wealth and forgetting to live a rich life. Do the math on the back of an envelope about your needs and wants, pick a number and stick to it. When you hit that number, stop the manic quest and start to live. I know numerous people who have lost their way and forgotten that money is only a means to an end, not an end in itself (as long as you understand what that end is). View in LinkedIn

USING MICROBES TO RECOVER RARE METALS FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTE (The Japan News May 13, p. 7). Morishita Jitan and Mitsubishi have developed microencapsulated bacteria which can inexpensively extract rare metals from industrial slurries, without toxic chemicals. This will be implemented in Japan this year, and eventually sold overseas. Living on a small island makes this nation very creative and sensitive to resource issues. View in LinkedIn

IF YOU WIN THE LOTTERY, or get a large windfall, from a business deal, inheritance, or other source, put it in an escrow account you cannot touch for a year. There are endless examples of Struck it Rich Today Bankrupt Tomorrow. Somehow human nature goes loopy with heady cash and the majority of people loose all perspective with gifts, charities and wild living. Do yourself a favor and take yourself off the casualty list if this freak event happens to you. . View in LinkedIn

JAPAN WANTS TO NURTURE GLOBAL TALENT FROM WITHIN by emphasis on English and Chinese (editorial in The Japan News May 13 2013 p. 9). One of Japan's hot issues is university reforms to a achieve global competitiveness. The editorial emphasized the need to focus on IP which is "strategically vital for national security". The focus on the Chinese language is related both to the increasing number of Chinese employed in Japan, and to the "threat to the diplomacy and security of Japan" and the huge market it represents. Curiously, there is no mention to attract external talent. View in LinkedIn

GENOMIC DIAGNOSTIC COMPANIES EYE IPOs. The opening IPO market is especially appealing for companies interested in sequencing diagnostics. We may be in the edge of a new wave of important tools that have adequate financing to do the job right. http://lnkd.in/BS4ibC View in LinkedIn

WE STUBBORNLY PERSIST WITH THE NOTION OF A MAGIC BULLET TREATMENT IN CANCER. This very wording holds false hope, and is a rotten concept. Nixon's War on Cancer campaign started 40 years ago. It has turned out since then that cancer is very heterogeneous and is not one disease, but a condition with many genotypes. Today it is these genotypes that will be the definition of the cancer type. And each type has degrees of difficulty to treat. So the concept of a magic bullet is completely misleading. View in LinkedIn