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The 2021 Sundance Film Festival kicked off on Friday, January 28, with the annual event going completely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The highly acclaimed drama film CODA had its world premiere on opening day in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, and within short order Apple, Amazon and Netflix got into a bidding war over worldwide distribution rights.   By the following day, it was Apple who landed the coveted coming-of-age film about a hearing teenager in a deaf family for $25 mill...

January 30, 2021 SPRINGFIELD>> The Philadelphia Catholic League is back and while things may look very different, the usual high level of play hasn’t gone anywhere. The first night of the 2021 season brought an instant thriller as defending champion Neumann-Goretti found itself in a fight to the finish with host La Salle. Both sides got some big-time performances and plenty of clutch plays as the outcome came down to the final possession. A pirouetting layup by Saints freshman Rob Wright III ...

Are We On The Precipice Of Unprecedented Collaboration In Biopharma? Source: Life Science Leader Follow Me On Twitter @RfwrightLSL Having gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, my mood was a bit doom and gloom. That is until I read the following headline, “Sanofi, in an unusual move, to help Pfizer produce vaccine doses.” My immediate thought? “THAT’S SO AWESOME!” Reading the story, one might say, “Well that just makes good business sense. The company’s efforts to develop its own...

Wright, 56, has been a big proponent of social distancing and taking other precautions such as wearing a mask…. Outdoor socially distanced worship gatherings are currently permitted. Participants must register ahead of time in case contact tracing is needed. Everyone is instructed to leave immediately after the service to reduce the chances of transmission. … Wright received the results from a drive-thru testing site on Sunday morning. “I got the test because I was having symptoms, fever,...

We Need To Expand How We Value Companies Source: Life Science Leader Follow Me On Twitter @RfwrightLSL Sanjeev Redkar, Ph.D., cofounder and president, Apollomics. During an interview for an upcoming feature in Life Science Leader, Sanjeev Redkar, Ph.D., cofounder and president of Apollomics (a biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing oncology treatments), discussed the topic of an exit strategy. “Are you looking to exit or leave a legacy?” I queried. “To build something,” ...

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Source: Life Science Leader Follow Me On Twitter @RfwrightLSL COVID-19 Vaccines: From The Lab To Your Arm JPM 2021 keynote panel, Wed., Jan., 13, 2021. Like every other conference held during the COVID-19 pandemic era, the 39 th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) was 100% virtual this year. Consisting of hundreds of back-to-back presentations by public, private, and not-for-profit companies, JPM is our industry’s biggest event, as evidenced by the dozen or so other industry-rela...

Have You Heard Of The Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association (CBA)? Source: Life Science Leader Follow Me On Twitter @RfwrightLSL Guo-Liang Yu, Ph.D., cofounder, chairman, and CEO, Apollomics. The Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association (CBA) is one of the largest Chinese American professional associations in the U.S. (www.cba-usa.org). It was founded in 1995 by Guo-Liang Yu, Ph.D., who today is the cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Apollomics, an oncology therapeutic discovery and development compa...

Letter: Representative has repudiated his oath Published: 1/16/2021 12:01:54 AM Rep. Raymond Howard Jr., Belknap County District 8 (Alton, Barnstead, and Gilmanton), took an oath of office as follows: I, . . . do solemnly swear, that I will bear faith and true allegiance to the United States of America and the State of New Hampshire, and will support the Constitution thereof. So help me God. I, . . . do solemnly and sincerely swear and affirm that I will faithfully and impartially discharge an...

While we touch on remote work in Life Science Leader’s annual outlook issue, the responses in this article from four biopharmaceutical CFOs to...