Katrina’s Blog™
News and Commentary
on the science and technology of drugs and medical devices, including discovery, development, manufacturing, and regulation.
Making a New Medicine Part 2: Introducing Clinical Trials
The discovery and development of new medicines is a complex and lengthy process. Many founders begin their search for a new therapy without an understanding of these details. In my experience, most of the public views drug development as “the news reports that...
Making a New Medicine Part 1: Discovery and Development
The discovery and development of a new medicine is a complex and lengthy process. Many founders begin searching for a new therapy without understanding these details. In my experience, most of the public views drug development as “the news reports that scientists show...
Female Founders: What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Early last year, the Harvard Business Review published an article with the triggering title “For Female Founders, Fundraising Only From Female VCs Comes at a Cost.” In it, coauthors Isabelle Solal and Kaisa Snellman report their study of fund-raising success for over...
Board Service Good Habits
Many people I know express a desire to serve on a board. They spend time working to get their CVs just right and to network with members of boards they are interested in. However, the board chairs, CEOs, and executive directors I know wish their board members would...
Is This the Right Problem?
I recently encountered an interesting tweet from Michael A. Fischbach of Stanford University about selecting the right problem. In it, he shared his recent commentary in Cell, “Problem Choice and Decision Trees in Science and Engineering.” [1] According to his...