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CATALUNYA BIOPHARMA CAPITAL GROUP AT LINKEDIN" "" "Dear Members: Catalunya in Northern Spain is emerging as a new Silicon Valley for entrepreneuring, with opportunities for partnering, mentoring, investing and much more. This may be a useful adjunct to this group. Please come and see how dynamic the region is, and especially, we are interested in your observations about how to grow the industry. Your historical insights would be invaluable. View in LinkedIn

After about five years of tough times fir funding biopharma, is this a glint of daylight spurred by recent liquidity? http://lnkd.in/Ytv3s4 View in LinkedIn

Further evidence that the strategy of Big Pharma may be shifting. While they have always had significant investments in Universities, this may be an uptick. Consider the fact that only 25 years ago in the UK and some Universities in the US, such close ties between industry and academia were considered odious, corrupting pure science. Welcome new world! http://lnkd.in/3U9Xwn View in LinkedIn

That emerging and small biopharma companies, or rather, their individual products, will be the future pipelines of big Pharma, appears inevitable. The nimble and efficient smaller companies can create new pharmaceutical" "Products more cheaply and quicker than their giant forerunners. The pattern may be emerging that the Skunk Work companies create, while the Big Guys market. This would be a happy outcome for everyone. http://lnkd.in/NytvX5 View in LinkedIn

Printing On Demand has come of age, after years under the shadow of giants, but my hunch is that it has to be here to stay. Once considered the province of "vanity presses" because they sidestepped the fickle system of the gatekeepers of the big publishing houses, they represent an enormously logical model for book publishing, no longer a warehousing system for first editions. It is also egalitarian, and lets the reading public decide who is successful. The days of the giant publishing houses are, I believe, as numbered as those of the great newspaper enterprises. http://lnkd.in/8FFsi6 View in LinkedIn

Stay posted!" "" "Fellow group members: we will have a survey completed quite shortly, and it will be interesting to see the results. Secondly we have been working on a concrete vehicle to be able to work on some of these issues, so stay posted. I predict 2013 is going to prove to be a catalytic year in our sector! View in LinkedIn

This is an important and thoughtful commentary on cultural differences. http://lnkd.in/3BfJ2s View in LinkedIn

Important to remember this: workaholic lives, mega stress, being bombarded by the world is not the only option for your life on this small blue planet. This has become the paradigm for the US, and I am sad about that. The very concept of balance is not even a serious consideration." "I have to say that after recently moving from San Francisco to Spain, the quality of life questions have resurfaced. While no society is perfect, I watch with fascination as Spaniards continue to seek a quality, balanced, value-centric and family-centric life. Remember. We have options! http://lnkd.in/cFkyPY View in LinkedIn

It is really heartening to see rare diseases attract Pharma investments with increasing frequency. This trend promises future relief for the patients with these afflictions. The big issue remaining is how society may reward these developments without the need for drug pricing to be the only solution, where the patient and their family bear the brunt of the reward system for innovation. This needs an innovative remedy through tax or other incentives. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGhdk6rmj2wtFEgqlpE6eAR6OfoMA&url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2013/01/09/shire-to-buy-firm-working-on-genetic.html View in LinkedIn

Richard is an extraordinary example of a multitalented entrepreneur who is never afraid to think big, and we can all learn a lot from him. These are reality-based suggestions. Great stuff! http://lnkd.in/5h7Azt View in LinkedIn