Comments on: Gov. Gregoire “Committed” to Biotech Fund While Juggling DC Health Reform, Economy http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/09/22/gov-gregoire-committed-to-biotech-fund-while-juggling-dc-health-reform-economy/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Not jobs. Healthy humans. « A Man With A Ph.D. http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/09/22/gov-gregoire-committed-to-biotech-fund-while-juggling-dc-health-reform-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-83603 Not jobs. Healthy humans. « A Man With A Ph.D. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:54:00 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=42701#comment-83603 [...] jobs. Healthy humans. September 23, 2009 — Richard Gov. Gregoire “Committed” to Biotech Fund While Juggling DC Health Reform, Economy: [Via Xconomy Life Sciences Feed] Biotech, Politics, [...] [...] jobs. Healthy humans. September 23, 2009 — Richard Gov. Gregoire “Committed” to Biotech Fund While Juggling DC Health Reform, Economy: [Via Xconomy Life Sciences Feed] Biotech, Politics, [...]

]]> By: Richard Gayle http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/09/22/gov-gregoire-committed-to-biotech-fund-while-juggling-dc-health-reform-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-83499 Richard Gayle Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:35:15 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=42701#comment-83499 I was at the summit and noticed the shift in rhetoric also. It may be for the best. Creating jobs is sometimes a pretty nebulous metric, one that does not really foretell the health and effectiveness of this particular industry. The things that demonstrate long term health in biotech are useful medical products in the clinic. Otherwise we are just having government and venture capital fund jobs, not drug development. I was at the summit and noticed the shift in rhetoric also. It may be for the best. Creating jobs is sometimes a pretty nebulous metric, one that does not really foretell the health and effectiveness of this particular industry.

The things that demonstrate long term health in biotech are useful medical products in the clinic. Otherwise we are just having government and venture capital fund jobs, not drug development.

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