Understanding Today’s Gig Economy

Understanding Today’s Gig Economy

Temps, contract work, and side hustle are all concepts that have been around for a long time to describe the part-time workforce. The term “gig” is generally credited as emerging from the jazz culture in the 1920s with bands visiting different cities to...
Top 10 Healthcare Innovations of the 20th Century

Top 10 Healthcare Innovations of the 20th Century

Undoubtedly, the 20th Century was an era of  the greatest innovations and advances in medicine as the average life expectancy increased from 50 years old in 1900 to a current life expectancy of ~77 in the US. It should not be too much of a surprise that most of our...
Jim Allison: A Pioneer in Cancer Immunotherapy

Jim Allison: A Pioneer in Cancer Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is now one of the four core treatment modalities doctors use to treat cancer. It uses substances to activate or suppress the immune system to help the body fight cancer. Most often, it involves activating the patient’s immune system and/or helping the...
Top Five (New?) Trends for Pharma 2020

Top Five (New?) Trends for Pharma 2020

The pharmaceutical industry is growing at a steadily rising rate. It is expected to be worth about $1.1 trillion by 2021. There are over 2000 compounds in late stage clinical development and over 200 new products projected to be approved in the next couple years—a...
Top Five Things to Look for in a Startup before Investing

Top Five Things to Look for in a Startup before Investing

Investing in a start-up can be a very lucrative opportunity but a very risky one to be sure.  The average person doesn’t have the capital to be considered a qualified investor or the opportunity to invest in start-ups. Yet, increasingly qualified individual investors...