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Qualcomm Reportedly Moving to Close Flo TV Operation
Last year, Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) announced during the CTIA Wireless trade show that it was introducing a handheld personal TV to help boost interest in its Flo TV business, which has been flagging. This year, it looks like the San Diego wireless giant will be confronting reports of a planned shutdown of its Flo TV … Continue reading “Qualcomm Reportedly Moving to Close Flo TV Operation”
VentiRx Cancer Drug Passes Early Trial
VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, the San Diego and Seattle-based drug developer, said today its experimental treatment for cancer passed its initial clinical trial in 33 patients. The drug, VTX-2337, was found to be safe and well-tolerated in the study and showed increasing signs of activity as doses escalated, the company said. The drug is designed to stimulate … Continue reading “VentiRx Cancer Drug Passes Early Trial”
Mellmo’s Mobile Visualization Technology for Business Data Gets More Versatile
Mellmo, which makes mobile software for visualizing business intelligence data, just keeps expanding the capabilities of its Roambi graphics display applications for the iPhone and iPad. The Del Mar, CA-based startup announced two weeks ago that it has integrated Roambi with Oracle’s suite of business intelligence products. So the Roambi enterprise server, which connects to … Continue reading “Mellmo’s Mobile Visualization Technology for Business Data Gets More Versatile”
Entropic Raises $99M, SDSU’s VizLab Pioneers Web-Based Disaster Maps, Avalon Raises $161M for 9th Fund, & More San Diego BizTech News
The Connect Innovation Report that was released last week shows that San Diego’s innovation economy is a mix of contrary signals. We also saw a number of tech sector deals, and we’ve got it all wrapped up for you here. —San Diego’s Entropic Communications (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ENTR]], which makes semiconductors for home entertainment networks, raised $99.1 … Continue reading “Entropic Raises $99M, SDSU’s VizLab Pioneers Web-Based Disaster Maps, Avalon Raises $161M for 9th Fund, & More San Diego BizTech News”
Vega Therapeutics, With Roots in Michigan and San Diego, Aims High in Fight Against Diabetes
Classic elements of a big biotech story are brewing in a little startup in South San Francisco called Vega Therapeutics. There’s leading-edge science from big names at the University of Michigan and UC San Diego. A proven management team from the Bay Area. If everything comes together, there is potential to shake up the standard … Continue reading “Vega Therapeutics, With Roots in Michigan and San Diego, Aims High in Fight Against Diabetes”
The Grand Challenge of Innovation
Recently, the X Prize Foundation awarded a total of $10 million to three companies at the forefront of building the world’s most efficient cars. It was the culmination of a competition that began in 2008 with 111 teams and was pared down to nine finalists. The competition was rigorous: it demanded teams to engineer and … Continue reading “The Grand Challenge of Innovation”
Genvault Secures $6,301,295 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d91db775-4ea6-415a-982a-b779d2879541&Preview=1 Date 10/3/2010 Company Name Genvault Mailing Address 6190 Corte Del Cedro Carlsbad, CA 92011-1515 Company Description GenVault is dedicated to stabilizing biosamples and to the integration of biosample transport, storage and retrieval, in a way that meshes seamlessly with day-to-day lab operations: thus simplifying sample sharing for customers in genomic medicine, … Continue reading “Genvault Secures $6,301,295 New Financing Round”
Life Technologies’ Recent Deals Reflect $100M Initiative in Synthetic Biology
Back on May 28th, Carlsbad, CA-based Life Technologies (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]) said it had agreed to pay approximately $47 million in cash to acquire a 74 percent stake in Geneart, a German company that specializes in making synthetic genes. Less than a week later, Life announced that it had made an undisclosed investment (which later turned … Continue reading “Life Technologies’ Recent Deals Reflect $100M Initiative in Synthetic Biology”
Introducing Your High-Tech Startup: An Irreverent Guide
You shape the view that others hold of your company via either one-to-one interactions or one-to-many interactions. Of course, the one-to-one interactions in business meetings and social settings are the most potent, because you have both quantity and quality of attention. But this doesn’t scale well. Another reason that personal one-to-one contact is so effective … Continue reading “Introducing Your High-Tech Startup: An Irreverent Guide”
Boston vs. NYC vs. Silicon Valley? Forget It—The Real City of Innovation Is Everywhere
In William Gibson’s 1984 cyberpunk masterpiece Neuromancer, the hero Case lives in a near-future place called BAMA—the Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis, aka the Sprawl, a giant city that has spread Coruscant-like across the whole eastern seaboard. (If it had extended to Orlando, maybe Gibson could have called it OBAMA.) But while this part of Gibson’s sci-fi … Continue reading “Boston vs. NYC vs. Silicon Valley? Forget It—The Real City of Innovation Is Everywhere”
Cal-Comp Buys Spectragraphics
Cal-Comp Electronics, a public company in Thailand, is acquiring Spectragraphics, a holding company that operates two San Diego-based electronics manufacturing services companies—Total Electronics and SMS Technologies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cal-Comp, which is controlled by the New Kinpo Group of Taiwan, ships more than $5 billion worth of products annually, and … Continue reading “Cal-Comp Buys Spectragraphics”
Avalon Still Raising Capital After Landing $161M for Ninth Fund
Avalon Ventures, the San Diego-based venture capital firm founded by Kevin Kinsella, has surpassed its targeted minimum fund-raising goal for its ninth venture fund. After closing on a significant investment in the fund yesterday, Avalon Ventures IX now stands at $161 million, according to Kinsella. These days, it is practically headline news when a San … Continue reading “Avalon Still Raising Capital After Landing $161M for Ninth Fund”
Cypress Rejects Ramius—Again, Federal Health Sciences Funding at 2-Year High, Opthonix Raising More Venture Capital, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
An economic report shows federal funding for medical research has become a substantial factor in fueling the innovation economy in San Diego. And as if on cue, the National Cancer Institute issued a couple of grants here. We have the rest of your life sciences news in queue here: —The board at San Diego’s Cypress … Continue reading “Cypress Rejects Ramius—Again, Federal Health Sciences Funding at 2-Year High, Opthonix Raising More Venture Capital, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
eBridge Interactive Obtains $2,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9806879c-11ca-411f-93ef-390c894f9b4b&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2010 Company Name eBridge Interactive Mailing Address 647 Corwin Ave. Glendale, CA 91206 Company Description The company provides a wide range of interactive marketing services to small and medium businesses. Website http://www.ebridgeinteractive.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $2,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “eBridge Interactive Obtains $2,500,000 New Round”
Opthonix Raises $5.4M
Vista, CA-based Ophthonix, which has developed a laser-based diagnostic machine to precisely measure eyes for its proprietary iZon corrective lenses, has raised almost $5.4 million of a targeted $12.1 million financing round involving equity, rights, and securities, according to a regulatory filing. Ophthonix sells its diagnostic machine, the Z-View Aberrometer, to eye doctors. It also … Continue reading “Opthonix Raises $5.4M”
San Diego’s Wildfire Experience Provides an Edge in Disaster-Tracking Tech
Octobers have been cruel to San Diego. The infamous Cedar Fire started on a Saturday evening, Oct. 25, 2003, and raced more than 30 miles from the Cleveland National Forest into the San Diego suburbs by the next morning. The firestorm destroyed 2,232 homes and killed 15 people before it was contained nine days later. … Continue reading “San Diego’s Wildfire Experience Provides an Edge in Disaster-Tracking Tech”
Second to Market isn’t Always Second Best
About a year ago, I had the opportunity to hear Paul English, the CTO and Co-Founder of Kayak.com, speak. In his chat, Paul focused a great deal on ruthless efficiency and excellent customer experience. He wowed the crowd with stories of answering his own customer service calls, getting feedback on Kayak’s new iPhone application from … Continue reading “Second to Market isn’t Always Second Best”
Sanford-Burnham Gets $21M Grant
The Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute said today it has received a five-year grant renewal, worth more than $21 million through 2015, from the National Cancer Institute. The renewal represents a 21 percent budget increase over the prior grant, the institute said. “The significant budget increase we received is a tremendous honor and a reflection of … Continue reading “Sanford-Burnham Gets $21M Grant”
Cypress Bio Rejects Buyout Again, Calls Offer Opportunistic, Undervalued
[Updated 9/28/10 2:05 pm. See below.] There’s little surprise in the announcement today by San Diego’s Cypress Bioscience (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CYPB]]), which says its board of directors has “unanimously rejected” the slightly higher buyout offer that Ramius Value and Opportunity Advisors made two weeks ago. But Cypress is doing a far better job in explaining itself, … Continue reading “Cypress Bio Rejects Buyout Again, Calls Offer Opportunistic, Undervalued”
San Diego Report on Innovation Economy Still Shows Mixed Picture of Economic Recovery
The Connect Innovation Report is not exactly timely—the report on San Diego’s innovation economy for the second quarter that ended June 30th was released just yesterday. But the almost 40-page report offers a more comprehensive overview than the more immediate picture we get from venture capital investments in San Diego startups during the quarter. The … Continue reading “San Diego Report on Innovation Economy Still Shows Mixed Picture of Economic Recovery”
Verve Wireless Gets $7M in Round Led by BlueRun Ventures
Encinitas, CA-based Verve Wireless, whose technology lets newspapers and other media companies publish their content and serve ads across a variety of mobile devices, says today it has raised $7 million in venture funding led by BlueRun Ventures of Menlo Park, CA. The Associated Press news service, a previous investor in Verve, joined in the … Continue reading “Verve Wireless Gets $7M in Round Led by BlueRun Ventures”
Entropic Plans Stock Offering
San Diego’s Entropic Communications (NASDAQ [[ticker:ENTR]]), a fabless semiconductor design company focused on the market for home networking and entertainment, announced after the market closed Monday that it plans to offer 10 million shares of its stock in a public offering. The company says it intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase … Continue reading “Entropic Plans Stock Offering”
Revolution Prep Lands $15,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aff0be2b-5e6d-4358-8d86-2a12bf81bed8&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2010 Company Name Revolution Prep Mailing Address 710 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90401 Company Description The company sells test preparation software. Website http://www.revolutionprep.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Kennet Partners Venture Investor Undisclosed
TigerText Receives $1,900,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a05a1e00-b3b0-410c-9eb9-4aa9154640dc&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2010 Company Name TigerText Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 90040 Company Description TigerText’s patent-pending technology allows users to send text messages that delete off of both the sender’s and receiver’s phone after a set period of time. Website http://www.Tigertext.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,900,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “TigerText Receives $1,900,000 New Funding”
Verve Wireless Secures $7,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f918698f-3a8c-44f4-a027-c05170b89e06&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2010 Company Name Verve Wireless Mailing Address 1010 S. Coast Highway 101 Encinitas, CA 92024 Company Description Verve is a wireless technology developer providing applications and services to publishers and media companies. Using the proprietary Verve Publishing Platform™, content partners are able to extend their readership onto mobile phones – … Continue reading “Verve Wireless Secures $7,000,000 New Round”
Amira Files to Start Clinical Trial
San Diego-based Amira Pharmaceuticals, the developer of treatments for lung diseases, said today it has filed an application to the FDA to start clinical trials of a new drug for fibrotic disorders. The company is seeking to run tests in healthy volunteers on AM152, an experimental blocker of a target called LPA1.
Cylene Raises $12M for Early Stage Trial Oral Drug for Multiple Myeloma
San Diego’s Cylene Pharmaceuticals says it has raised an additional $12 million from its existing venture investors to help fund its early stage trial of an oral drug for multiple myeloma. The company says investors include Sanderling Ventures, HBM BioVentures (Cayman), Novartis BioVenture Fund, BioVentures Investors, Lilly Ventures, Mitsui & Co., and Morningside Venture Investments. … Continue reading “Cylene Raises $12M for Early Stage Trial Oral Drug for Multiple Myeloma”
Dave Matthews Plays at 25th Anniversary Festival, ViaSat Partners with JetBlue for Inflight Wi-Fi, Oceanhouse Media Adds 3 Berenstain Bears Titles, & More San Diego BizTech News
Short and sweet: it was a busy week, but not exactly an avalanche of local tech news. The countdown has begun, and your wrap-up of local developments begins in 3, 2, 1: —San Diego’s PCN Technology has developed technology that converts an existing copper-wire control system or power line that was installed before the Internet … Continue reading “Dave Matthews Plays at 25th Anniversary Festival, ViaSat Partners with JetBlue for Inflight Wi-Fi, Oceanhouse Media Adds 3 Berenstain Bears Titles, & More San Diego BizTech News”
How the Wrong Decision in Schwarzenegger v. EMA Could Cripple Video Game Innovation
In 2005 the Terminator signed a bill to outlaw the sale of “violent” video games to anyone under 18 years of age in California. Granted, he was wearing his off-set persona as the Governor of California, but this irony flows through a case the U.S. Supreme Court is about to hear entitled Schwarzenegger v. EMA. … Continue reading “How the Wrong Decision in Schwarzenegger v. EMA Could Cripple Video Game Innovation”
A Connect Public Policy Forum: The Obama Administration and a New Era of Innovation
Connect, in partnership with the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce & San Diego Workforce Partnership has organized a presentation on President Obama’s innovation policy. Speakers for the event include Peter Cowhey, who recently returned to UC San Diego after serving a 12-month special assignment in the Obama Administration; John Fernandez, U.S. Assistant Secretary of … Continue reading “A Connect Public Policy Forum: The Obama Administration and a New Era of Innovation”
Legislative Update on R&D Tax Credits: What’s Available and How Can I Apply?
Connect’s Frameworks workshop, in partnership with the audit and accounting firm BDO, is offering a seminar about changes to the federal R&D tax credit following the November general election. Many states also are offering powerful R&D tax credits to middle-to-smaller tier companies. Shelly McGuire, a partner at BDO’s San Diego office, and Ryan Anderson, who … Continue reading “Legislative Update on R&D Tax Credits: What’s Available and How Can I Apply?”
Cyber Crime, Identity Theft, and Fraud Prevention: An Asset Protection Strategy
What are the risks associated with using technology-driven business solutions? And what can business owners and executives do to protect their assets from cyber crime and identity theft? Darin Anderson, the chief operating officer of San Diego security software developer Eset, and Gary Levine of GS Levine Insurance Services will discuss risks and statistics associated … Continue reading “Cyber Crime, Identity Theft, and Fraud Prevention: An Asset Protection Strategy”
Cylene Pharmaceuticals Lands $12,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1b5ef64f-72f9-45e5-adf2-cb32518f5bdd&Preview=1 Date 9/27/2010 Company Name Cylene Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 5820 Nancy Ridge Drive San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description Cylene Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a privately held pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class small molecule drugs to treat life-threatening diseases, with a particular emphasis in oncology. Website http://www.cylenepharma.com … Continue reading “Cylene Pharmaceuticals Lands $12,000,000 New Funding Round”
YouMail Receives $410,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=11fad3e3-8cc4-485e-83e3-2370caa7b755&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2010 Company Name YouMail Mailing Address 65 Enterprise Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Company Description YouMail is a patented, easy, fun and social mobile messaging experience that allows subscribers to create unique outgoing voice greetings for individual inbound callers, based on caller ID. Website http://www.youmail.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “YouMail Receives $410,000 New Financing Round”
Anybots, Y Combinator’s Housemate, Brings Remote-Controlled Robots to the White-Collar World
[Video included, please scroll down] Trevor Blackwell used to think that telepresence robots were all about manipulation: being able to grasp and move things from afar. So he and his colleagues at Mountain View, CA-based Anybots spent years building robots with beautifully articulated hands that users could operate over a standard Internet connection. The company’s … Continue reading “Anybots, Y Combinator’s Housemate, Brings Remote-Controlled Robots to the White-Collar World”
PCN Technology Translates Industrial “Tower of Babel” Networks Into Language of the Internet
The key to the formation of San Diego’s PCN Technology came almost a decade ago, while co-founders Daniel Drolet and David Stumpf were working in a corner of the information technology sector that the Internet had seemingly left in the 20th century dust. In the world of industrial computer networks and embedded systems, Drolet tells … Continue reading “PCN Technology Translates Industrial “Tower of Babel” Networks Into Language of the Internet”
ATS Gets $3M in Cancer Funding
The National Cancer Institute awarded $3 million to San Diego’s Advanced Targeting Systems, a company that develops and provides products for neuroscience researchers, and has developed technology for targeting specific types of cells. In 1997, for example, ATS developed SP-SAP, a reagent that eliminates specific pain transmission neurons that propagate chronic pain signals. In a … Continue reading “ATS Gets $3M in Cancer Funding”
Qualcomm Hosts Dave Matthews Band for 25th Anniversary Festival
The tweets have been flying out of San Diego’s Sorrento Valley, where wireless technology giant Qualcomm is hosting the Dave Matthews band and multi-instrumentalist Tim Reynolds tonight as part of the company’s 25th anniversary festival. Thousands of Qualcomm employees and invited guests flocked to the party, which began at 5:30 p.m. at the company’s headquarters … Continue reading “Qualcomm Hosts Dave Matthews Band for 25th Anniversary Festival”
ViaSat to Provide JetBlue In-Flight Internet
JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: [[ticker:JBLU]]) has signed up for a substantial chunk of the high-speed Internet bandwidth that Carlsbad, CA-based ViaSat is providing via its ViaSat1 satellite, which is scheduled for launch in 2011. ViaSat says its satellite will provide space-based Internet service in excess of 100 gigabits—which is about 10 times the capacity of existing … Continue reading “ViaSat to Provide JetBlue In-Flight Internet”
FDA Panel Votes Against Arena’s Weight-Loss Drug, ImThera Encouraged by Early Test Results, Novartis Wins FDA Approval for MS Pill, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
Much of San Diego’s life sciences news over the past week was about drug development and the FDA approval process. We’ve wrapped it up for you here. —As setbacks go, this one was pretty substantial for San Diego’s Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARNA]]) and its partner, Japan-based Eisai Pharmaceuticals. The Food and Drug Administration’s expert advisory … Continue reading “FDA Panel Votes Against Arena’s Weight-Loss Drug, ImThera Encouraged by Early Test Results, Novartis Wins FDA Approval for MS Pill, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
RightScale Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f4c843b4-6fc5-4e70-bd3d-6f4330ca119e&Preview=1 Date 9/23/2010 Company Name RightScale Mailing Address 136 West Canon Perdido Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Company Description RightScale, Inc. delivers the platform, tools and expertise that enable companies to create scalable web solutions on cloud computing services that are reliable, easy to manage, and cost less. Website http://www.rightscale.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “RightScale Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Round”
Geodelic Obtains New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9ea7a2ed-7dcb-45ee-9972-8236fc96f75e&Preview=1 Date 9/23/2010 Company Name Geodelic Mailing Address 2110 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90405 Company Description The company operates as a mobile telecommunication company. Website http://www.geodelic.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company is launching a beta test for its new GeoGuides service. M&A … Continue reading “Geodelic Obtains New Funding Round”
CytomX Therapeutics Lands $30,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c6758873-dd35-4174-bee7-c7933696d5f9&Preview=1 Date 9/23/2010 Company Name CytomX Therapeutics Mailing Address 460 Ward Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111 Company Description CytomX Therapeutics is an early stage, privately-funded biotechnology company developing Probodies, proteolytically-activated antibodies. Website http://www.cytomx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds from the financing will be used … Continue reading “CytomX Therapeutics Lands $30,000,000 New Financing”
Glaukos Receives $6,000,392 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c200713b-c0c2-4f6e-8e32-37456484e4c6&Preview=1 Date 9/23/2010 Company Name Glaukos Mailing Address 26051 Merit Circle Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Company Description Glaukos is creating a new class of micro-bypass therapies to achieve sustainable, target intraocular pressures through the restoration of physiologic outflow, reduce the challenges and risks of glaucoma management associated with traditional therapies, and aid … Continue reading “Glaukos Receives $6,000,392 New Funding Round”
Oceanhouse Adds 3 “Berenstain Bears” Titles
Encinitas, CA-based Oceanhouse Media, the electronic publisher that landed publishing rights for the entire catalog of 44 Dr. Seuss childrens’ books for the iPad, iPhone, and iTouch, is expanding into another branch of the children’s library. The not-even-a-year-old startup, which I profiled last month, says today it is releasing three faith-oriented titles from the popular … Continue reading “Oceanhouse Adds 3 “Berenstain Bears” Titles”
Forget the Facebook Movie; Here’s the TechStars Casting Call
All this talk about “The Social Network,” and Mark Zuckerberg this and that, got me thinking. What if they made a movie about a technology company that’s doing something really innovative now? A modest company that’s expanding nationally and helping to set the agenda and culture for a new generation of techie entrepreneurs…One with deep … Continue reading “Forget the Facebook Movie; Here’s the TechStars Casting Call”
ImThera Encouraged by Results of European Sleep Apnea Study
ImThera Medical, the San Diego medical device startup developing an alternative to respirator-type treatments for sleep apnea, has disclosed what it calls “promising” results from a very small group of patients in a European study. Even though the test involved just 10 patients, ImThera chairman and CEO Marcelo Lima anticipated the results would be a … Continue reading “ImThera Encouraged by Results of European Sleep Apnea Study”
Biogen Rival Reaches Finish Line with Oral Drug for MS
Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BIIB]]), one of the world’s biggest makers of multiple sclerosis drugs, has some catching up to do in bringing an oral MS treatment to market. Swiss drug giant Novartis said today it has won FDA approval of an MS pill, which some see as more convenient than the injected treatments for the … Continue reading “Biogen Rival Reaches Finish Line with Oral Drug for MS”
Focus on Discovery, Not Decision-Making, Is Key To Success
We’ve experienced a slew of “system” failures in the last years—corporate, regulatory, financial and technological—with disastrous results. Toyota suffered a huge hit to its sales and corporate prestige. The damage to the Gulf of Mexico is still being tabulated. And we’re even now trying to fully restart the economy after it was crippled by the … Continue reading “Focus on Discovery, Not Decision-Making, Is Key To Success”