A start-up company, like life, has its ups and downs. In forming my own venture, I see this first hand. There are super busy times when it seems I might have taken on too much and times when disappointments arise, or there are lost opportunities [...]
The digital pill. Is there such a thing and if so, what is it? Digital health, digital medicine, digital therapy – these terms often mean different things to different people. They can carry very broad definitions and encompass everything from consumer-facing health-monitoring apps to [...]
Listening to a podcast in my ever-growing queue this week, I heard an interview with the CEO of Segment, a tech company that provides a platform for communicating data to a variety of analytic tools. The part of the story that caught my attention came [...]
Labor day just went by and for me that has always marked the end of summer, or at least the end of that summer-vacation feeling. After labor day is typically when I went back to school. Those days have long gone by for me. Yet, [...]
Healthcare is a highly regulated industry and therefore regulatory planning plays a crucial role for many life sciences startups. Most therapeutics, diagnostics, and medical devices undergo review by a regulatory agency such as the FDA in the U.S. and the EMA in Europe. For [...]
The death of Aretha Franklin worked its way into all facets of news this past week. Not just entertainment news, but political reporters, social activists and people from many walks of life commented on her impact. The outpouring of sadness at her passing reminds [...]
There are many circumstances where a patent aims to cover a dosage level, a formulation, or a method of administration of a therapeutic drug. In some cases, this is a second round of patents, and the initial filing has already covered the active ingredient. In [...]
What’s in a priority date? You might look on the face of a patent and see a filing date. It might also have a list of priority documents such as an earlier filed PCT or provisional application. So, is it that simple? In a word [...]
I started doing the Headspace meditation app last fall. One recent practice struck me as I was thinking about the journeys entrepreneurs take to start up a company - making some space between yourself and your thoughts and emotions. This mental distance has its place in [...]
Y Combinator (YC) is a well-known player in the startup incubator space, but mostly associated with tech. Although there have been companies in YC with a healthcare focus, many of the past have been information-technology or tools-based. Now, YC has jumped with both feet [...]
