| History of Maxygen | February 26, 2003 |
Gordon Ringold
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Surromed |
Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Lectures |
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| Video 9 of 14 from this talk |
- 01:59What is an Entrepreneur?
- 01:15Importance of Passion
- 01:37Being an Entrepreneur in Industry vs. Education: Team vs. Individual
- 02:46Types of Company in Biotech
- 03:20History: From Bayer to Affymax
- 02:58Biotech: Collaboration vs. Competition in Developing Affymax
- 01:56Pharmaceutical Companies: Challenges in Developing New Therapeutic Products
- 01:21Funding Challenges in Today's Market
- 01:21History of Maxygen
- 16:12History of Surromed
- 02:00Biggest Pharmaceutical Products in Industry Today
- 01:15How to Operate in a Downturn Economy
- 01:41When and How are Patents Important?
- 04:03Change the Business Plan in Response to a Changing Environment
Description
Ringold partnered Alex Zaffaroni, a pioneer in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry, to help start biotech companies. The upshot was, they started Maxygen, run by CEO Russell Howard. This is a derivative company, using a technology invented for one purpose being applied to a whole host of other problems, says Ringold.
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