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20
Aug
2021

Giving Back and Experiencing Nature

Sometimes we need to get away from work, and the news, to recharge our batteries. August is traditionally that time of year for me. I just got back from the summit of Mt. Baker (elevation 10,781 ft) in the North Cascades of Washington. It was another successful mountain trip with terrific biotech people – entrepreneur Julia Owens, investor Dan Bradbury,...
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4
Aug
2021

Tachi Yamada, Physician-Scientist-Biopharma Industry Leader, Dies at 76

Tadataka “Tachi” Yamada, a distinguished physician-scientist who became a biopharmaceutical industry leader and a deeply respected advisor to biotech entrepreneurs, died the morning of Aug. 4. He was 76. Yamada died from a heart attack while exercising at home in Seattle, said his son, Takao. “He was a special person who did things to help people. That was his North...
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27
Jul
2021

An Industry that Depends on Diversity Should Defend It

[Editor’s Note: I asked Paul to write in response to a biotech executive who’s marketing a new book that claims diversity and inclusion in business is “the defining scam of our time.”] As CEO of a cell therapy company, I know that the human immune system is a pointillist masterpiece, containing trillions of B and T cells with unique antigen...
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20
Jul
2021

Why We Need mRNA Vaccines in Africa, and For All Who Are Immunocompromised

The HIV pandemic, and COVID-19 pandemic, are intersecting. The relationship between the two conditions is creating an epidemiological synergy that is starting to translate into additional misery for humankind. If we can better understand this phenomenon, we can think more clearly about how to better protect the most vulnerable populations among us – people with HIV, and millions of others...
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19
Jul
2021

From Delta…to Omega?

I hope you are all enjoying your summer break with (finally) being able to see friends and family (and fine food NOT from a delivery service). You are? Great! Now let me spoil some of that for you. This pandemic is not over I understand the inclination to consider the pandemic behind us. In large parts of the US /...
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