Best Business Practices From The Gates Foundation
By Rob WrightChief Editor, Life Science Leader
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
At the last two conferences I attended, I had the opportunity to meet with representatives from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. By Rob Wright  Continue Reading..
Shhh – The Word On Wall Street Is Out About Us
By Rob WrightChief Editor, Life Science Leader
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Monday, August 6, 2012
When I recently returned from one of my many business trips, I did the first thing I normally do — I checked my voicemail messages and began following up. One voicemail about a radio show really got my attention. Curious, I called and had an interesting conversation with Dale Jackson, a 30+ years Wall Street veteran. By Rob Wright  Continue Reading..
Stainless Steel’s Silver Slipper
By Rob WrightChief Editor, Life Science Leader
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
In July I had the opportunity to attend the Bio-Process Systems Alliance (BPSA) International Single-Use Summit in Washington, D.C. Formed in 2005, BPSA is an industry-led corporate-member trade association dedicated to encouraging and accelerating the adoption of single-use manufacturing technologies used in the production of biopharmaceuticals and vaccines. In my opinion, BPSA has been successful at encouraging single-use adoption. By...  Continue Reading..
Get Up To Speed On Track & Trace, Serialization, And The Califorinia e-Pedigree Law
By Rob WrightChief Editor, Life Science Leader
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Dirk Rodgers is a U.S. healthcare supply chain consultant, and co-chair of a number of key technical work groups including GS1, an international not-for-profit association responsible for developing the most widely used global supply chain standards. By Rob Wright  Continue Reading..
How To Implement A Pharma Manufacturing Serialization Program
By Rob WrightChief Editor, Life Science Leader
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
If you were charged with implementing a serialization program at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, what would be your bulleted approach to implementing, with timelines and specific recommendations for completion? This was a question posed to David Harty, a 20+ years IT solutions and software expert. Formerly with such well-known companies as VeriSign and Siemens, he is now the VP of Systech International (a packaging integration company)....  Continue Reading..
Serialization's Delay Game
By Rob WrightChief Editor, Life Science Leader
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Friday, July 20, 2012
For pharmaceutical manufacturers holding out hope that California’s ePedigree law will be postponed, Virginia Herold, executive officer of the California State Board of Pharmacy, has stated that the 2015-to-2017 deadlines are firm and that there will be no further extensions. By Rob Wright  Continue Reading..
What No One Is Talking About Regarding Traceability
By Rob WrightChief Editor, Life Science Leader
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
In February, Genentech, the maker of the best-selling cancer drug, Avastin, issued a warning to doctors and patients, noting that the counterfeit vials of the distributed product did not contain the key ingredient used to treat cancers of the colon, lung, kidney, and brain. By Rob Wright  Continue Reading..
FDA Announcements Don’t Impact Stock Price – Thanks To Insider Trading
By Rob WrightChief Editor, Life Science Leader
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Friday, July 13, 2012
Matthew Herper wrote an article about a tiny biotech preparing for its initial public offering by licensing a promising anti-cancer drug from Merck. According to Herper, the start-up is attempting to repeat the success its top executives had turning Big Pharma’s castoffs into hits at MGI Pharma — bought by Eisai for $3.9 billion in 2008. By Rob Wright  Continue Reading..
From Farmer To Pharma
By Rob WrightChief Editor, Life Science Leader
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Friday, June 29, 2012
The department of science and technology in South Africa put together a 10-year plan to innovate toward a knowledge based-economy (2008 – 2018).  Continue Reading..
Does Bio International Deliver On Its Claims?
By Rob WrightChief Editor, Life Science Leader
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Friday, June 22, 2012
I just returned from the 2012 Bio International show, held in Boston (June 17 – 21). On the cover of my dog-eared Bio pocket guide, it has three words — connect, partner, and innovate. By Rob Wright  Continue Reading..
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Rob Wright

Rob Wright was chief editor of Life Science Leader magazine from 2011-2021. Prior to joining the publication, he spent nearly 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry. During his industry career, Wright conducted well over 1,000 presentations and roundtable discussions, including the facilitation of FDA-mandated clinical training programs for hundreds of licensed healthcare providers. He has chaired, moderated, and served as a speaker at industry and academic conferences, and served as co-chair for the 2015 and 2018 BIO International conference’s educational planning committee. Wright’s 500+ published articles have appeared in peer-reviewed academic journals, B2B magazines and online publications. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, MBA with distinction from Gannon University, and completed his doctoral coursework in marketing at Cleveland State University. He is a member of international business honor societies Sigma Beta Delta and Beta Gamma Sigma. He can be followed on Twitter @RfwrightLSL