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Insight by: Debbie Lin As genomic sequencing becomes prevalent in our lives. Each individual’s genetic response to disease and our environment, will be uploaded to The Cloud not just once but perhaps in multiple copy iterations as snapshot copies of our genome are analyzed to understand...

Insight by: Douglas P. Clark One fundamental challenge in drug discovery is the identification of molecules that bind to target proteins and produce a physiological change in the entire organism. The underlying nature of that molecular interaction remained elusive until fifty years ago, when the Nobel...

Insight by: Dave Whelan A few weeks ago, BioscienceLA and The Alliance for SoCal Innovation teamed up to bring together two healthcare veterans: Andy Slavitt, General Partner of Town Hall Ventures* and former CMS and COVID response leader, and Alex Azar, the 24th Secretary of the...

Insight by: Steve Martin Outsourcing has always made for heated politics, as politicians typically equate “outsourcing” with “offshoring.”  It’s hard to believe that it’s been 30 years since Ross Perot’s much ballyhooed “giant sucking sound” made for great living room drama in the 1992 presidential debates...

Insight by: Dave Whelan “He was headed for Beverly Hills to be a plastic surgeon…. But he took an exit to a town that didn't take plastic.” Quick, name that movie! If you guessed Doc Hollywood, you get a star on my personal walk of fame. Or...

Insight by: Steve Martin The competition for talent in life sciences, from hiring through retention, has arguably never been fiercer, and at the even narrower intersection of IT talent and life sciences, it has been transformed into a veritable battlefield.  While the pandemic is often associated...