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Oct

2018

The MIT Biotech Group Alumni: Where Are They Now?

Luke Timmerman

All, People

11 Oct 2018

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Jun

2018

So You Want To Get Into Biotech…Part 2: Banana Peel? What Banana Peel?

Kyle Serikawa

All, People

19 Jun 2018

Although learning more about the many ways in which one can get an interview and first job in biotech and pharma helps, that’s not where it ends. Everyone I know in biopharma has stories of dealing with co-workers who just didn’t get what the industry is about, in the interview or during those pivotal first years. This despite a system...

Jun

2018

So You Want To Get Into Biotech…Part 1: Many Stories, Many Paths

Kyle Serikawa

All, People

18 Jun 2018

When I’m contacted by young scientists finishing up their postdocs or PhDs, far and away the questions I hear most are about the biotech and pharma industries. How do scientists break in, exactly? There’s a lot of interest out there—not simply as an alternative to academia but as a primary goal for bright people wanting to make a tangible difference...

Jun

2018

From Hoop Dreams to the Biopharma Big Time: Rob Perez on The Long Run

Luke Timmerman

All, People

06 Jun 2018

Today’s guest on the show is Rob Perez. He grew up in a lower-middle class household in Los Angeles. Had some hoop dreams that never quite materialized. No big deal. Perez found he had a knack for sales, and paid his way through college by working at fitness centers. Chance brought him into the pharmaceutical sales business. He liked meeting...

Mar

2018

Teaching and Mentoring the Next Generation: Vicki Sato on The Long Run Podcast

Luke Timmerman

All, People

28 Mar 2018

Today’s guest on The Long Run podcast is Vicki Sato. She’s one of the biotech industry’s pioneers. Sato started out as a classic academic scientist on the Harvard faculty. Beginning in the mid-1980s, and for about 20 years, the next phase of her career was as an executive at Biogen and Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Her fingerprints are all over a number...

Sep

2017

After the Boom: How’s It Going for Big Pharma Vets At Startups?

Luke Timmerman

All, People, The Edge

18 Sep 2017

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Aug

2017

We Can Follow Through On Our Own After Charlottesville

Stephen Graham

All, People, Politics

17 Aug 2017

[Editor’s Note: Steve Graham of Fenwick & West is one of biotech’s leading corporate attorneys. His book, “Invisible Ink: Navigating racism in corporate America” was published in April.] I spent my first few years of elementary school in segregated schools. Beaches were segregated. The drinking fountains and restrooms were labeled. At movie theatres, colored people were directed to the balcony. At...