Part 1. Markets & Strategies -- Chapter 1. Development of the Life Sciences Industry Over the Past 30 Years -- Chapter 2. Venture Capital Perspectives on Life Science Innovation -- Chapter 3. Implications of Precision Medicine on Marketing & Sales Strategies -- Chapter 4. Intellectual Property...

In this chapter, guest author Dr. Randy Burd discusses the conditions that both promote and hinder innovation in the life sciences. Burd presents his personal observations of how the traditional academic model fails to fully encourage academic innovation, and in doing so illuminates the cultural...

This volume contains summaries of joint research projects involving partners in Latin America. It covers all STDIII and INCO-DC projects, and ISC projects which started in the 1992-1994 period. A table summarizing the number of activities carried out and EC financial contribution is given below.

The Annual Report 1994/95 contains data on all contracts entered into under the Human capital and mobility (HCM) programme in 1994. Each chapter contains contract references, names and addresses, and the title of research for all fellowships, networks and Euroconferences. The projects covered by...

This paper investigates the impact of federal extramural research funding on total expenditures for life sciences research and development (R&D) at U.S. universities, to determine whether federal R&D funding spurs funding from non-federal (private and state/local government) sources. We use a...

This volume explores the linkage of the life sciences with policy (biopolicy). It features two points of departure: the implications of the neurosciences for public policy; and the implications of evolutionary theory for policy-making. It includes several case studies of how these points of...

The biological sciences are adding value to a host of products and services, producing what some have labelled the “bioeconomy” and offering the potential to make major socio-economic contributions in OECD countries. Using quantitative analyses of data on development pipelines and R&D...