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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

Mechanism of Action (MOA) questions in drug discovery quite often smack of either hubris (think complex world) or forgetfulness (think history). That humble approaches have quantitatively out-performed MOA approaches is reassuring, if that is that is the word, about our modest knowledge of how complex systems really work. http://lnkd.in/RT8Dyr View in LinkedIn

Fantastic work! http://lnkd.in/TtPH46 View in LinkedIn

As the world shrinks, the Internet flattens it. It was rather revolutionary sone decade ago when MIT was among the first to put courses online. Then recently China declared an initiative to bring world class names to create brand new top universities in China from scratch. No 500 year traditions. This is an exciting and likely irreversible trend in education. http://lnkd.in/gAPXT5 View in LinkedIn

Personalized medicine solving the big economic and personal costs... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130104143621.htm View in LinkedIn

Reality check folks!!! I went to my local (Spanish) public health lab in a small village, recently. It has been electronic for years. Go figure!!! http://lnkd.in/2cuTEi View in LinkedIn

Fantastic start and so much in the right direction. The first real key is mentoring these young entrepreneurs. The second real key is follow-on funding. We say "Mind The Gap" in the UK underground. The same applies to some of the businesses that will be seeded by these vital funds. The higher value enterprises, that will create a lot of jobs, will be facing The Gap as they mature, and it appears obvious that tax incentives for investments of this sort are critical. This includes keeping a healthy Venture Capital incentive alive and well. http://lnkd.in/--ct3d View in LinkedIn

Age is not the innovator. Ideas are. Always will be. but ideas are cheap. implementation is not. That said, there is truth in the fact that earlier in life entrepreneurs may be less encumbered with family and other ties. By contrast, the older entrepreneur, especially the successful" "serial entrepreneur is emerging as a sought-after asset by some very smart VCs. http://lnkd.in/NS_vQT View in LinkedIn

This appears to be a move that recognizes the power of personalized medicine -- reduced patient heterogeneity, or a 'zero phase' clinical trial for drug screening, obviating the sometimes misleading results from animal models. Also, implicitly, the possibility of growing donor organs in a test tube. Awesome! http://lnkd.in/CXkW8P View in LinkedIn