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Gottlieb Reportedly On Tap to Lead FDA, and Biopharma Exhales

Xconomy

According to several news reports, the Trump administration will nominate Scott Gottlieb to be the new commissioner of the FDA, a selection that had the life sciences industry breathing a sigh of relief Friday afternoon. Bush’s administration. Gottlieb is also a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

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We Need to Have Sympathy for Those With Depression. It is an Illness

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But it was reported compassionately by Christina Allen in this moving piece on Pando Daily. Never was that more clear than in this short, but tear-inducing post from 2007 by Aaron Swartz , who you probably know took his life last week at the full-life-in-front-of-him-but-didn’t-feel-that-way age of 26. How to say it?

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Venture Activity Comes to (Unicorn) Point in 2017, and Top 10 Deals

Xconomy

But in the United States, it was the year of the unicorn—at least according to the Venture Monitor report released today by Seattle-based PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association. PitchBook, founded in 2007, can’t provide. In China, 2017 was the year of the rooster. venture funding to a total of $84.2

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). -Real-time search engine. Competitors: OneRiot , Topsy , Crowdeye , Twitter Summize. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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Regulus Shares Crumble As FDA Halts Testing of Hepatitis C Drug

Xconomy

Regulus reported that a second serious case of jaundice, or a yellowing of the skin and eyes, in a Phase 1 study of RG-101. Regulus said it would report the trial results at future scientific meetings, but investors don’t seem interested in waiting patiently. Shares plummeted almost 60 percent, to $2.15

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

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Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. In this role, he reports directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer.