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Yali Friedman, Ph.D., President

Yali Friedman, Ph.D., is founder of thinkBiotech and chief editor and publisher of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology. His book, Building Biotechnology, is used as a course text in dozens of biotechnology programs. His other books include Best Practices in Biotechnology Education and Best Practices in Biotechnology Business Development. He is also a member of the board of directors and steering group of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies, serves on the science advisory board of Chakra Biotech, an associate of the World Technology Network, and also serves as a judge for the Biotech Humanitarian Award and the Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award.

Dr. Friedman has strong exposure to leading issues in international biotechnology. He is lead editorial consultant for Scientific American's worldVIEW, a global biotechnology perspective profiling biotechnology industries and innovation capacity in dozens of countries, and has been invited to participate in biotechnology industry development forums for international groups such as APEC and for individual countries such as Canada, Germany, the Philippines, and Turkey.

Dr. Friedman teaches biotechnology management at the National Institutes of Health and regularly guest-lectures for other biotechnology education programs. He writes and speaks on diverse topics such as biotechnology entrepreneurship, strategies to cope with a lack of management talent and capital when developing companies outside of established hubs, and new paradigms in technology-based economic development.

Dr. Friedman has a long history in biotechnology media. He created the first blog on the business of biotechnology for a NY Times company, which was named to Forbes "Best of the Web" list. His other projects include the Student Guide to DNA Based Computers, sponsored by FUJI Television, BiotechBlog.com, and DrugPatentWatch.com, a pharmaceutical industry competitive intelligence service based on a business plan that was awarded second place in the Panasci Entrepreneurial Awards Competition.

Journal of Commercial Biotechnology

The Journal of Commercial Biotechnology is the definitive international quarterly publication for bioscience business professionals. The Journal is designed specifically for those professionals who need to enhance their knowledge of biotechnology business strategy and management, improve and advance their product development or want to keep up-to-date with the current issues and industry trends.

DrugPatentWatch

DrugPatentWatch is a subscription database that provides information on pharmaceutical drugs and the patents and other market exclusivities protecting their markets. Datasets include Paragraph IV challenges; patent claim types; annual sales; patent expirations, reexamination, and interference. This value-added information supports the critical business functions of patent agents and attorneys, pharmaceutical companies, wholesalers, healthcare payers, and investors.

BiotechBlog

BiotechBlog is an spin-off of the first blog on the business of biotechnology, also created by Yali Friedman. BiotechBlog focuses on commercial, legal, political, and scientific trends in biotechnology.

Books

thinkBiotech publishes under the Logos Press imprint. More details on editorial objectives and book proposal guidelines are available at the Logos Press website.

	Great Patents: Advanced Strategies For Innovative Growth Companies David B. Orange Amazon link
	Biotechnology Entpreneurship: From Science to Solutions Michael L. Salgaller, Ph.D. Amazon link
	Building the Case for Biotechnology: Management Case Studies in Science, Laws, Regulations, Politics, and Business Mark J. Ahn, Michael A. Alvarez, Arlen D. Meyers, Anne York (editors) Homepage Amazon link
	Get to Market Now! Turn FDA Compliance into a Competitive Edge in the Era of Personalized Medicine John Avellanet Amazon link
	Building Biotechnology: Business, Regulations, Patents, Law, Politics, Science Yali Friedman Homepage Amazon link
	Best Practices in Biotechnology Business Development: Valuation, Licensing, Cash Flow, Pharmacoeconomics, Market Selection, Communication, and Intellectual Property Yali Friedman, Editor Amazon link
	Best Practices in Biotechnology Education Yali Friedman, Editor Amazon link

Scientific American Worldview

Scientific American asked thinkBiotech to rank and compare the strength of global biotechnology industries. Going beyond rough regional comparisons that provided little detail on the status of individual countries, thinkBiotech produced the Worldview scorecard - the first ever comprehensive global assessment of biotechnology innovation capacity at a country-by-country basis. The latest publication, and archives of previous issues, is available at Scientific American Worldview.

DC Biotech

DC Biotech is an informal high-level biotechnology networking group, established in Washington DC by thinkBiotech. The meetings attract local researchers, government employees, and other industry professionals, and are intended to facilitate interactions among the unique mix of science, policy, and industry leaders in the DC area.

DNA-o-gram Generator

The DNA-o-gram Generator is a fun project that enables individuals to 'encode' messages using a cipher based on the DNA code. Because this methodology follows the basic mechanisms employed in molecular biology, the DNA-o-gram generator is used by educational programs to bolster classroom learning.