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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 million, which broke the festival's acquisition record.   Frenzy: Apple bought the worldwide distribut...

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 at the buzzer delivered the defending champs a 67-65 victory in a terrific game to start the PCL sea...

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 COVID-19 vaccine stumbled, so why not maximize manufacturing capacity of existing facilities to min...

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, body aches, chills,” he said in an email. Wright said his temperature stays between 98 degrees an...

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,” he replied. But the question must have touched a nerve, as Redkar began to opine about how biopharma...