Chilling. It isn’t often that a bit of news is a perfect fit to that one-word description, but the recent decision by a Los Angeles jury in the first case to be decided pitting Johnson & Johnson (J&J; New Brunswick, New Jersey) against what is a cast of thousands of litigants is nothing short of that. Oh sure, there’s the usual post-decision posturing by the company per appealing the $8.3 million-plus jury award, but c’mon folks, the implications of this case for the medical-products giant – and truly for all other companies trying to do business in the med-tech space...
Jones Lang LaSalle is a global financial and professional services firm specializing in commercial real estate services and investment management, with offices in 70 countries serving the real estate needs of a broad list of clients. It produces an annual Life Sciences Cluster Report that covers major global markets with a strong or quickly growing life sciences presence. The U.S. section of this year's report once again featured a ranking of metropolitan areas and this year added a ranking scorecard of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Like most entrepreneurs, Peter von Dyck can get pretty evangelistic when he starts talking about his newest idea and newest company.
But that company, e-Zassi (Fernandina Beach, Florida), is somewhat different than most start-ups. While it's true that companies are built on ideas, e-Zassi is built on the generating of ideas – that is, making it easier and more efficient to get outside ideas flowing into other companies.
Jones Lang LaSalle is a global financial and professional services firm specializing in commercial real estate services and investment management. It produces an annual Life Sciences Cluster Report that covers major global markets with a strong or quickly growing life sciences presence. The U.S. section of this year's report once again featured a ranking of metropolitan areas and this year added ranking scorecard of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Stefan Duma, PhD, is professor and head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia). The founding director of Virginia Tech's Center for Injury Biomechanics, he is internationally recognized for his studies in injury biomechanics and traumatic brain injury and part of the national debate over how to protect young athletes from concussions.
Stefan Duma, PhD, is professor and head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia). The founding director of Virginia Tech's Center for Injury Biomechanics, he is internationally recognized for his studies in injury biomechanics and traumatic brain injury and part of the national debate over how to protect young athletes from concussions.
Dr. Jay Lombard, a neurologist, is the co-founder and chief scientific officer of Genomind (Chalfont, Pennsylvania), a company focused on improving the lives of patients with psychiatric and neurological conditions through biomarker discovery. Lombard has researched and developed several novel therapeutic interventions to treat depression, dementia, and autism.
