tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80424791226402889202011-07-07T18:15:20.770-07:00Blogging from the BIO International Convention.<br>Boston, MA. May 4th through May 9th, 2007Bio Voices Blognoreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042479122640288920.post-51653057746758491232007-05-28T12:05:00.001-07:002007-05-28T12:24:06.072-07:00

Reflecting back upon my first BIO conference the experience bordered on overwhelming yet yielded a new understanding that this event is now to be filed under mandatory attendance for the coming years. Overwhelming in the sense that there were simply not enough hours in the day to attend all of the seminars of interest, connect with all of the incredible people and spend time interacting with

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As you can imagine, security was quite tight at the convention center during the BIO2007 conference. This was especially evident on Tuesday during the visit of Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan. Special Operations officers lined the walkways -- I would post a picture but they asked that I not photograph them.Because of an over-abundance of caution and fear of activists, there were a half-dozen

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On Tuesday late afternoon, a few lone protesters across the street from the Boston convention center caught my eye as they were holding up a large banner that read "Life Is Not Patentable." I really wanted to know why they were against biotech patents so I made my way over to their gathering and talked to a few of the protesters at length. I wanted to understand their point of view. What I

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The Exhibitor floor always feels like a party but on Tuesday, the festivities really kicked into gear as everyone loosened up and booths brought out their stashes of food and drink. The Australians and New Zealanders seemed to kick things off early with wine bars while the French brought out to die for desserts.Music groups popped up in booths from Ontario and Korea but the group that really

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I was intrigued by the title of this morning’s business development tract – Risky Business: Risk Reduced Models for the Biotech Industry – so I jumped ship from my finance focus and was not disappointed. What a lively and interesting dialogue by the CEO panelists (Steve Kelly – Innovive Pharma, Scott Cormack – OncoGeneX, Jay Lichter – Akesis Pharma and the very entertaining Rajesh Shrotriya –

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Now here is a uniquely fantastic program…the Biomedical Enterprise Program is jointly administered by the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and the MIT Sloan School of Management, it exposes students to an integrated curriculum focused on the complex process of product development and commercialization in the health care industry.Today I met some great folks in the program,

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What an action packed day. I live, eat and breathe in the world of seed-stage start-ups via my work with the Fitzsimons BioBusiness Incubator. Achieving a first institutional round (i.e. VC, PE or IB) financing is what we are constantly striving for, thus I found myself immersed in the finance tract for the morning, first in Creative Financing Options for Development-Stage Companies then moved

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The BIO2007 Conference Exhibitor Hall has been jam-packed with events. With 1,900 exhibitors, 60 pavilions and 60 countries available to stop by and visit, it's difficult to meet with all those you want and to spend enough time visiting.For readers of BioVoice, I'm passing on some insider information. The best chocolate can be found at the Switzerland pavilion. The best theme-based, game playing

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In a session entitled "Driving the Development and Availability of Novel Therapies," Michael J. Fox gave a keynote address today about the need for new approaches to speed translation of investments in research and discovery into patient-relevant advances in human health.He wants the industry to look for strategies and solutions to lower the risk to the high cost investment in novel therapeutics

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After registering at the BIO2007 conference, I found out that I won't get to meet with Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan after all. Queen Noor has requested that no members of the media attend her keynote address tomorrow. She is an avid activist regarding issues of world peace and justice and will be giving a speech entitled "Biotechnology and Its Impact on Global Health." I would love to hear

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A big question asked by many attendees on the way into the conference today was "Where are all the protesters?" Blame it on lackluster youth or the fact that there are so many other bigger problems in the world but either way, the BIO2007 conference is proceeding on a very upbeat mood.While protesters plan to hold seminars, rallies and parades during the conference through Wednesday, the number

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Had a blast today. Got registered. (Thanx to Doug Schulz BIO2007 Web Team Director who had me upgraded to full media credentials and naturally thanx to the Colorado BioScience Association and the Fitzsimons Life Science District for the invite). Started out at the Media Brunch for a comparison of an insiders’ view of the industry v. the general public’s view (let me know if you would like to see

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Arrived in Boston, well actually I am couch surfing in Cambridge. Could not be more excited to get going. Unfortunately the Cambridge BioBus and Human Genome Trail tour has been canceled. Disappointed about that but what can you do. Instead I will get registered and already have my first meeting slated for Sunday afternoon. If the timing works out I will try and do the Human Genome Trail myself,

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I'm excited to be attending BIO2007 in Boston where I'll be participating as a blogger on-site via BioVoice. It'll be fun to see an up-to-the-minute review of some of the sites and sounds at the largest gathering of biotech professionals in the world with over 20,000 attendees, 1,900 exhibitors, 60 pavilions, 60 countries represented and 300 public officials. I'm looking forward to working with

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The 2007 Bio convention promises to be a pulse check for the global biotech market. I am impressed by the diversity of included topics: from stem cell research according to scientists, lawyers and a Hollywood actor to an art exhibit highlighting drug safety. In solidarity and subsidiarity, solutions to social issues such as drug affordability will be discussed. For example Napo

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With still a few days to go before BIO2007 officially kicks off I am already impressed with the convention. Naturally I am ecstatic that BIO2007 has embraced the blog and I have been asked to participate! I love all of the functionality that the MyBIO online interactive event planner offers, particularly the fact that I am able to port my schedule from the MyBIO site to Outlook and ultimately

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