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Community crystal gazing

Nature Biotechnology volume 34, pages 276–283 (2016)Cite this article

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A selection of individuals from the biotech ecosystem give their views on the challenges facing the sector over the coming years.

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Figure 8: Profit/loss for public biotech sector over time.

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  1. Mapmygenome, Hyderabad, India

    Anu Acharya

  2. SV Life Sciences, London, UK

    Kate Bingham

  3. Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Jay Bradner

  4. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Wylie Burke

  5. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    R Alta Charo

  6. Amyris, Emeryville, California, USA

    Joel Cherry

  7. Cellectis, Paris, France

    André Choulika

  8. Yumanity Therapeutics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Tony Coles

  9. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Robert Cook-Deegan

  10. Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California, USA

    Stanley T Crooke

  11. Kaitek Labs, Santiago, Chile

    Emilia Díaz

  12. Biotechnology Innovation Organization, Washington, DC, USA

    Brent Erickson & James C Greenwood

  13. Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Washington, DC, USA

    L Val Giddings

  14. Organ Preservation Alliance, Ossium and Sylvatica Biotech, New York, New York, USA

    Sebastian Eriksson Giwa

  15. Draper Espirit, London, UK

    Vishal Gulati

  16. Apple Tree Partners, New York, New York, USA

    Sam Hall

  17. University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    John Harris

  18. PatientsLikeMe and AOBiome, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Jamie Heywood

  19. GNS Healthcare, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Colin Hill

  20. Ovid Therapeutics, New York, New York, USA

    Jeremy Levin

  21. Spiral Genetics, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Adina Mangubat

  22. Alnylam, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    John Maraganore

  23. Medicxi Ventures, Geneva, Switzerland

    Giovanni Mariggi

  24. DuPont Pioneer, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

    Barbara J Mazur

  25. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Amy L McGuire

  26. EuropaBio, Brussels, Belgium

    Nathalie Moll

  27. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Jonathan Moreno

  28. Histogen, San Diego, California, USA

    Gail Naughton

  29. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Lita Nelsen

  30. BioIndustry Association, London, UK

    Jane Osbourn

  31. Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable, London, UK

    Daniel Perez

  32. Roche, Basel, Switzerland

    John Reed

  33. SG Cowan, New York, New York, USA

    Eric Schmidt

  34. MyOwnMed, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA

    Vicki Seyfert-Margolis

  35. Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

    Paul Stoffels

  36. XOventure International, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Jørgen Thorball

  37. In-Q-Tel, Arlington, Virginia, USA

    Tara O'Toole

  38. Xpressomics, Tallinn, Estonia

    Indrek Vainu

  39. Forbion Capital Partners, Naarden, The Netherlands

    Sander van Deventer

  40. Sanofi, Paris, France

    Elias Zerhouni

  41. PureTech Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Daphne Zohar

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Acharya, A., Bingham, K., Bradner, J. et al. Community crystal gazing. Nat Biotechnol 34, 276–283 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3515

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