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![Ben Comer_450x300]( "A Measure Of Improvement Needed")
A Measure Of Improvement Needed8/1/2023New and improved ways of measuring disease symptoms and responses to therapy must overcome established forms of measurement used for regulatory approval.
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![Feature - Vincerx Pharma_450x300]( "Vincerx Pharma: Finding Strength In Symbiosis")
Vincerx Pharma: Finding Strength In Symbiosis8/1/2023Ahmed Hamdy and Raquel Izumi are putting the lessons, hard knocks, and experiential wisdom they have gained over a decade in biotech to work at Vincerx.
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![Feature I-MAK_450x300]( "I-MAK's Quest To Trim The Biopharmaceutical Patent Thicket")
I-MAK's Quest To Trim The Biopharmaceutical Patent Thicket7/3/2023I-MAK, a nonprofit focused on reforming the drug patent system, is bringing patients into the patent system to advocate against abuses that keep affordable drugs out of reach.
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![Feature 2 - Ned McCoy_Civica_450x300]( "Civica Takes On Insulin Market, Opens Manufacturing Facility")
Civica Takes On Insulin Market, Opens Manufacturing Facility7/3/2023With a new manufacturing plant opening in Virgina, Civica is poised to move into new product areas, including affordable insulin.
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![Ben Comer_450x300]( "More Than A Seat At The Table")
More Than A Seat At The Table7/3/2023Bringing different perspectives together is important when debating industry policies, but the middle ground can still be allusive.
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![Feature - Martin Mackay_450x300]( "From Biggest Pharma To Rare Disease Start-Up")
From Biggest Pharma To Rare Disease Start-Up6/1/2023Martin Mackay’s journey from Pfizer executive to founding and leading a rare disease biotech is a reflection of the industry’s evolution from a small molecule powerhouse to multimodal biotech.
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![Ben Comer_450x300]( "More Transparency, To A Point")
More Transparency, To A Point6/1/2023New salary transparency laws are being enacted by a growing number of states, and more transparency is needed to address existing inequities. Is it possible to be too transparent?
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![Feature #2 - Aulos Bioscience_450x300]( "Leading Aulos Bioscience's “Triumvirate” Model")
Leading Aulos Bioscience's “Triumvirate” Model6/1/2023Aulos Bioscience hopes to leverage its unique business model, engineered by a VC firm and an Israeli biotech, to develop better treatments for solid tumors.
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![feature Fortress Bio_450x300]( "Fortress Biotech's Network Flex Business Model")
Fortress Biotech's Network Flex Business Model5/1/2023Fortress Biotech CEO Lindsay Rosenwald talks up Fortress Biotech’s business model, which leverages partner companies to develop promising but underexposed drug candidates.
Ben Comer
Ben Comer is chief editor of Life Science Leader magazine. He has covered the biopharmaceutical, medtech and medical device industries for 15 years as a reporter and editor, and worked as a senior manager in PwC’s Health Research Institute. Comer was most recently executive editor at In Vivo magazine, where he wrote feature stories, executive profiles and articles ranging from pre-clinical biotech strategy, fundraising, supply chain, manufacturing, and regulatory issues, to global commercialization efforts, market access and environmental, social and governance topics. He has interviewed hundreds of executives and experts at biopharmaceutical and life science companies, academic institutions, law firms, patient advocacy groups, payer and provider organizations, industry trade associations and regulatory bodies. Comer has presented and moderated panels at dozens of industry conferences, convened webcasts with industry leaders, and published news articles and other writing in Scrip, Pink Sheet, MedTech Insight, Generics Bulletin, Pharmaceutical Executive, PharmTech, Applied Clinical Trials, Medical Marketing & Media and PR Week, among others. Comer is a graduate of the College of Charleston and has worked in compounding pharmacies as a certified technician. You can find him on Twitter @BenMComer.