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During his years leading drug-development efforts at major biomed companies, David Parkinson says his frustration mounted as the industry couldn’t quite...
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Introduction
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The
shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
—Abraham Lincoln
What...
A disciplined business case is the key to expanding market share and establishing strategic competitive advantage. The complexity and significant cost of...
Patent reform became a reality on September 16, 2011, with the enactment of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. While President Obama and the U.S. Patent and...