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Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future of Biotech
by Gary P. Pisano
from Harvard Business School Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A solid introduction to Biotech from a business perspective
  I found this book to be well-researched, current, and insightful. If you're at all interested in the biotech business, especially in starting a company or investing, read this book first. Pisano's narrative really helps one understand the foundations of the biotech industry, and sheds some light on what does, and doesn't, work within that industry. The fact that it's off the Harvard Business School Press gives it additional credibility, which is well deserved. A wealth of references, as well as a listing of... more info

• Extrememly lucid, well thought out analysis
  For my money, most business school professors write with a detached, dry atmosphere about business topics.
  Not Gary Pisano!
  He has a strong point of view that the ecosystem for biotech is not working well. His observations about why are right to the point and convincing.
  His prescriptions are well worth considering.
  If you're new to biotech, this is a great book to start out with. I would then proceed to Building Biotechnology, which is also a fine book.

• Not what I expected
  I don't know what I expected from this book, except for some new insights on how to invest in the biotech industry. I was extremely disappointed to find a whiney critique of biotech companies that take enormous risks in discovering new life-saving or life-improving chemicals, and oftentimes crash and burn in the process. Well, that's capitalism, for ya'! Would the author prefer a centrally run system in which lazy bureaucrats barely advance scientific discovery? It all comes back to risk and reward. This... more info

• Science Business: the promise, the reality and the Future of Biotech
  While many of us in the biotech industry are aware of products, companies and issues, this invaluable book is not only a great resource but an important guide and should be recommended reading for all biotech industry executives as well as investors.

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