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2
Mar
2015

Margaret Hamburg: One of the Best Commissioners in FDA History

The one time I saw FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg speak was memorable only for its dullness. Firebrand liberal Elizabeth Warren, the U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, woke everybody up before Hamburg put everyone to sleep. Nothing Hamburg said was even close to newsworthy. That sums up the brilliance of a public servant who will go down as one of the best food...
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26
Feb
2015

How Pharma and Biotech Companies Can Compete for Talent in a Hot Job Market

Success in biotech, as in almost every industry, is all about the people. Build a team of A-players, and winning will almost certainly follow. But how to attract and retain those players — when more than 10,000 biotech companies around the world are now competing fiercely for them, not to mention big pharma, medical technology companies, and healthcare systems? What...
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25
Feb
2015

The Tularik Alumni: Where Are They Now?

Two of the biggest stories in biotech this week, Flexus Biosciences and NGM Biopharmaceuticals, had something in common. They were both led by entrepreneurs who cut their teeth years ago at Tularik. That company name from the past is dotted all over the employment histories of the people now running Flexus Biosciences and NGM Biopharmaceuticals. For those who missed it,...
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