7
Apr
2020
COVID-19 Models: What Makes Them Tick?
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, questions about its likely course are much on our minds. How long will it last? How bad will it get? And are we doing enough to flatten the curve? These questions are not about the past, but about the future. Models are now frequently cited in public by elected leaders to inform expectations and justify... Read More
6
Apr
2020
I’ve Got a Fund Full of Toilet Paper and I’m Ready to Deal!
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6
Apr
2020
Where the Puck is Going: Serologic Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Immunity
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6
Apr
2020
Loss and Grief in the Time of Covid-19
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4
Apr
2020
Diagnostic Dysfunction for COVID19: Mike Pellini on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Mike Pellini. Mike is a managing partner with Section32, a venture firm that invests in biotech startups. Mike is an expert in diagnostics. He was previously the CEO of Foundation Medicine, a company that looks at a wide range of gene mutations in tumor samples to can act as molecular drivers of cancer.... Read More
2
Apr
2020
A Baffling Coronavirus Response, Arch & Flagship Reload, & Merck Passes 2 Phase IIIs
The world now has more than 1 million confirmed cases of infection with an insidious virus that spreads from person to person with exponential speed, is spread by people who don’t display symptoms, and kills an estimated 1 percent of people who get infected. As the US death toll now exceeds more than 1,000 a day from COVID-19, we are... Read More
2
Apr
2020
COVID-19’s Unexpected Silver Lining: A Chance at Redemption for US Healthcare
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1
Apr
2020
What’s the Real Risk of Death from COVID19? It Can Be Deceiving
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,” quote popularized in the US by Mark Twain This is an almost direct follow-up to my latest article for Timmerman Report (“Let it Rip or Shelter at Home?) Usual caveats apply: I am not an epidemiologist, and not a virologist. This is still a new virus for us as... Read More
1
Apr
2020
Building On Our Immunology Understanding, Seeing Reasons for Hope
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1
Apr
2020
Thinking Ahead: Building a Broad Arsenal Against Infectious Disease
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31
Mar
2020
The Strategy of Stealth Mode. When to Stay Hidden, When to De-Cloak
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31
Mar
2020
Diagnostic Test Developer Points to Academic Blind Spot That Hampers Translation
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for reliable diagnostic tests for the new SARS-CoV-2 virus, and treatments that can cure or mitigate its devastating effects. To have an impact, these diagnostic tests can’t just work brilliantly in a single academic lab. They ultimately need to be rapidly deployable across this large country with 330 million people. Developing an approach... Read More
31
Mar
2020
Switzerland: What Went Right, and How to Better Prepare for the Second Wave
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31
Mar
2020
Learning from China, Ramping Up COVID19 Tests to Meet Needs Around the World
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30
Mar
2020
Cancer Drugmakers Seek to Broaden Use of Tissue-Agnostic Therapies
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29
Mar
2020
As COVID19 Comes to India, Expect Drug Supplies to Run Short
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28
Mar
2020
Knowledge is Power: Don’t Give Up on Diagnostic Tests for COVID19
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27
Mar
2020
The Seattle Scientific Community, Mobilized
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” – Fred Rogers The Seattle scientific community has always been tight-knit and collaborative, but we have mobilized like never before to respond to the threat of COVID-19. My... Read More
27
Mar
2020
Do’s and Don’ts of Staying Connected in the Time of Physical Distancing
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27
Mar
2020
Singapore: Braving the Second Wave of COVID19
A week ago, I wrote an article for Timmerman Report on Singapore’s COVID19 response, and how the country has kept its cases low with no COVID19-related deaths. In that article on Mar. 19, I elaborated on how Singapore had not ordered any businesses to shut down. Instead, the country had kept the number of cases low over the last few... Read More