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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

THE MIND OF THE STRATEGIST by Kenichi Ohamae, former McKinsey & Company Director. While it was published over 30 years ago, it remains a powerful resource for business analysis. View in LinkedIn

A great summary of the emerging light at the end of the tunnel. Young biopharma startups may have more optimism. At the end of the day, the Crisis may have brought some fiscal and portfolio discipline, which is positive. Leaner, more outsourced Pharma also has a significant trickle down opportunity for young companies. In particular, the emerging trend in companion diagnostics. http://lnkd.in/t4uQ-a View in LinkedIn

SIX THINKING HATS By erstwhile Cambridge academic Edward De Bono is a provocative guide to THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. "The biggest enemy of thinking is complexity, for that leads to confusion". He is a believer in simplifying thinking by dealing with one thing at a time. A MUST READ! View in LinkedIn

GETTING TO YES, by Harvard guys Roger Fisher and William Ury is a book that I have given away hundreds of copies. I used to carry it in my briefcase as moral support. If you are unacquainted with this of its sequels do yourself a favor and read it. View in LinkedIn

"IS THIS BRILLIANCE OR COMPLEX STUPIDITY?"" "" "By Shoe, the cartoonist View in LinkedIn

A quoted saying is: "entrepreneurs are the only people who work 100 hours per week to avoid working 40". http://lnkd.in/wdeEkS View in LinkedIn

Is this an example of disruptive technology ("innovators" in this article) being less important than what I call "incremental technology", which is not disruptive, but adds value? The disruptive technologies are relatively few in the absolute sense, the airplane, radio, electricity, computers, to name a few iconic examples. But incremental technologies, better than the innovator, form the vast majority of successful technology plays. This supports my advice to entrepreneurs: better is perfectly good, and it neither has to be scalable nor disruptive to be a successful venture! http://lnkd.in/kP-wJr View in LinkedIn

At last a great posting on this critical topic! The WHO numbers are conservative, as citations from some West African countries have been that over 80% of the pharmaceuticals are counterfeit. Never purchase medicines on the Internet! http://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/articles/2010/119.html?page=full View in LinkedIn

The awesome US cartoonist Shoe (think owl in a tree) had one strip that is still framed in my study with the line: "IS THIS BRILLIANCE IR COMPLEX STUPIDITY?" I wrote to Shoe in admiration and received a personalized version back. Always worth a Litmus Test for the seemingly brilliant...and thank you, Shoe! View in LinkedIn