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YOU CAN TEACH THE WORLD HOW TO START A BIOPHARMA SECTOR! PLEASE TEACH CATALUNYA HOW TO DO IT!" "" "Dear members: WE NEED YOUR EXPERT ADVICE! You have had great success figuring out how to start a biopharma industry in your country. The area of Northern Spain known as Catalunya is a new emerging Silicon Valley for biopharma companies and the statistics are impressive. Please come and join our group and teach us!" "" "The Linkedin group is called CATALUNYA BIOPHARMA CAPITAL." "" "There are opportunities for consulting, partnership, and much more. 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

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