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A Short Hibernation

A Short Hibernation

The Nature offices in both the US and UK slow down as the year draws to a close, and holidays hit. There won’t be much activity on Trade Secrets until after the new year arrives. We’re looking forward to 2013 and hope you are, too. As always, please feel free to contact us with comments on Trade Secrets content, suggestions for posts, or questions you’d like answered. Also, if you are participating on the biotech sector in your area of the world and would like to pass along your experiences to the Trade Secrets readers, please let us know.  Read more

A Winter’s Silence

A Winter's Silence

  You’ll find the blog rather quiet between December 26, 2011, and January 3, 2012.  Nature’s offices close for a few days during the holiday season, and many employees take additional time to visit family.  I’m one of those.  We’ll resume timely postings and publications in the New Year, tackling issues of global biotech entrepreneurship. In the meantime, peaceful thoughts to the Trade Secrets community, and beyond. Brady Huggett  … Read more

BIO Convention 2011

BIO Convention 2011

I’ll be attending the annual Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Convention next week in Washington, DC. For those readers not familiar, it’s biotech’s largest gathering of execs, insiders and supporters – in peak years, the convention drew more than 20,000 attendees. The total has dipped since then, but it’s expected that more than 15,000 will descend on the capital this year. That throng includes the media – there will be hundreds of members of the press there. Although academics and researchers certainly attend, it’s more a business meeting than a research one, and it’s a great event for biotechs in search  … Read more