http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/11/03/uw-scientists-backed-by-gates-foundation-enter-put-up-or-shut-up-phase-with-portable-diagnostic/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/11/03/uw-scientists-backed-by-gates-foundation-enter-put-up-or-shut-up-phase-with-portable-diagnostic/comment-page-1/#comment-90651 Melinda Moree Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:50:07 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=48551#comment-90651 Good story. What would make a better story is companies receiving sufficient funding to push technologies to the point of success or failure much earlier. It is hard to believe that philanthropy is the answer to POC Dx when it seems clear that a U.S. market will develop. Those companies that build POC Dx that can work in the developing world will be way ahead when it comes to minute clinics in the U.S. Are the VCs missing an opportunity? Good story. What would make a better story is companies receiving sufficient funding to push technologies to the point of success or failure much earlier. It is hard to believe that philanthropy is the answer to POC Dx when it seems clear that a U.S. market will develop. Those companies that build POC Dx that can work in the developing world will be way ahead when it comes to minute clinics in the U.S. Are the VCs missing an opportunity?

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