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Interview with Yossi Vardi

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It's our pleasure today to feature an interview with Yossi Vardi , one of Israel's best known high tech entrepreneurs. What is it about Israel that has made it such a center of high tech and startups? Yossi Vardi: Israel has what a lot of countries have--good universities, well educated people, a high literacy rate, etc.

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Bio Roundup: Theranos Cuts, Alnylam Stops, Nobel Eats Its Own & More

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The firm will now focus on its miniLab, which CEO Elizabeth Holmes touted as a follow-on version of its Edison test system at a scientific conference in August. —San Diego: Biotech firm Sirenas reeled in a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to extract chemicals from marine organisms that might treat neglected diseases.

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Biotech Roundup: Deals Gone Wrong, Ethical Red Flags & Bay Goodbyes

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This weekend, much of academia and industry involved in cancer will gather in Chicago for the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology conference. Thousands of others will head to San Francisco for BIO, which has a distinct international flavor. billion acquisition of San Diego’s Auspex Pharmaceuticals last year.

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Interview with Matthew Jenusaitis, OCTANe

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I think the big challenge, is to take advantage of the homogenization of the West Coast--the corridor between San Francisco and San Diego--and taking advantage of the fact that things are becoming more blended. You see that it's pretty high here in Orange County, as it is in San Diego.

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