Articles By Rob Wright, Chief Editor 2011-2021

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If You Want To Recruit Top Talent – Take A Personal Approach6/19/2011
I recently interviewed two executives for stories in Life Science Leader magazine. Both had something in common to which they attribute their success – surrounding themselves with top talent. By Rob Wright
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I Have A Dream: Celebrate Gender Differences And Eliminate Stereotypes6/9/2011
Following the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association’s Woman of the Year award, I received a variety of emails about two blog posts I wrote, “The Pink Male Elephant in the Room” and “Why the HBA Women of the Year Award is a Big Deal”. By Rob Wright
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Trevena's Maxine Gowen: Next-Generation Leadership6/9/2011
In 2007, a group of scientists from Duke University began the process of pursuing VC funding to start a company. By Rob Wright, Life Science Leader magazine
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Gender Diversity Of Your Board – A Best Business Practice6/6/2011
I recently posted a blog entitled “The Pink Elephant in the Room.” This generated a substantial amount of email responses. By Rob Wright
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Pharmaceutical Marketing - Go Back to the Drawing Board6/2/2011
I recently got an email from Mike Myatt, leadership expert and author. During a recent trip, Mike must have seen one too many Viagra TV commercials while waiting at the airport. With his permission, I wanted to publish what he wrote, and provide some additional background surrounding pharmaceutical industry marketing practices. By Rob Wright
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A Review Of The 2011 Post-Approval Summit5/31/2011
There is an enormous amount of data generated by post-approval research, but one of the nagging questions is: how can researchers get even more, better data and refine it into information that plays a role in decision-making by regulators, biopharma, physicians, insurers, and patients, ultimately improving health outcomes? Speakers at the two-day Post-Approval Summit in Boston (www.postapproval.com) shared a myriad of ways in which they were already embarking on this quest, and some of the highlights are shared below. By Sara Gambrill, contributing editor
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Ten Rules for Strategic Innovation5/26/2011
At the 2011 Partnerships in Clinical Trials Show I met Vijay Govindarajan, professor of international business at Dartmouth and author. He shared with me some of his thoughts on innovation. By Rob Wright
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AAPS San Francisco – Up Close And Personal5/23/2011
The 2011 AAPS National Biotechnology Conference was held May 16 to 18 at the Hilton San Francisco, Union Square. Unlike other meetings where I try to sit in on sessions to learn what is going on in the industry, for this one, I opted to spend most of my time in the exhibit hall.
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The Story Behind Outsourcing Insights And Bio Data Points5/12/2011
In February, we added two new features to Life Science Leader, “Ask the Board” and “Leadership Lessons.” These were added to provide readers with some quick, valuable, and actionable industry and leadership insight. Well, we figured, why stop there?