Featuring CEO Interview with Ivan R. Sabel, CEO, Orthotic Holdings Inc.
Volume 3, Number 2
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CEO Leadership Series: Ivan R. Sabel, CEO, Orthotic Holdings Inc.
Ivan R. Sabel draws on his experience as both a practitioner and a businessman, roles he’s embraced since the beginning of his career, to meet the challenges of managing a growing organization with nearly 500 employees. In an interview with Ashton Tweed, Mr. Sabel explains why he left thriving Hanger to invest in and lead Orthotic Holdings Inc.
Vice President of Regulatory Has Worldwide Responsibilities
A public biopharmaceutical company in New York City, specializing in orphan drugs, was looking to advance their therapies through a fast-track model in order to begin phase III trials by mid-2017. With this ambitious program, they needed help in hiring a Vice President of Worldwide Regulatory Affairs to help drive this process and manage the regulatory activities, culminating…
Funding is one of the first steps for all start-ups and entrepreneurial ventures. How and where to get funding is a hurdle that every company must face in order to be successful. In fact, finding a way to fund your life sciences business or research isn’t a single step, but an ongoing strategy that needs to be developed carefully and updated when necessary. Here are some tips…
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Pharmaceutical sales jobs are very much in demand and are highly competitive. Despite similar incomes throughout the country, there are other factors that influence why certain regions are better for pharmaceutical sales jobs. Factors like job availability, growing pharmaceutical industry advancement, cost…
The CRISPR patent fight pits Broad against Berkeley
The dispute over who owns the rights to CRISPR is headed to court and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office prepares to weigh in, beginning a process that could last months. The team of Jennifer Doudna at UC Berkeley and Emmanuelle Charpentier of Umeå University in Sweden filed a CRISPR patent 6 months before Feng Zhang…
How Scott Kelly’s year in space may have changed his body
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly concluded a 340-day journey aboard the International Space Station this week. This the longest time an American has lived in space and is part of NASA’s One-Year Mission, an experiment to see how long-term spaceflight affects the human body. Living in microgravity can have a big effect on the body…
2016 PICC Annual Gala Dinner Honoring DE Governor Jack A. Markell
Please join the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (PICC) on April 18 as they present the 2016 Yitzhak Rabin Public Service Award to the Honorable Jack A. Markell, Delaware Governor. This event will salute Governor Markell for forming powerful and productive commercial and research ties between Israel and the First State.
Tech startup hopes to be the Kayak of clinical trials
Pablo Graiver, former executive at Kayak.com, has launched a matchmaking service for clinical trials, allowing patients to find studies. Dubbed TrialReach, the London-based startup is hoping to create a global database of clinical trials…
Europe takes a page from the FDA with new speedy approval program
European drug regulators launched a new program to speed up the development of drugs for underserved diseases, similar to the FDA’s breakthrough therapy program. Called Priority Medicines, or PRIME, the European Medicines…
