Here's Derek Lowe of pipeline.Corante.com blogging about his take of our first Media and Medical Science conference.... Derek talks like he writes, witty, unvarnished and informative ...
In The Pipeline
We had wonderful attendance, great moderators and panelists, including another first time blogger, Ed Silverman who just launched http://www.pharmalot.com
Can I get away with just saying that 1. coverage does drive policy and that the more science based the coverage, the better the policy and 2. everyone that has skin in the game has an obligation to, in the words of Greg Simon, "stop whining (which he said with a smile) and start working to change the conversation" 3. everyone needs to do a better job explaining what drug and biotech companies do.
Key words.... consumerism, transparency, honesty, benefits, skepticism (on the part of the media ) biomarkers.
In The Pipeline
We had wonderful attendance, great moderators and panelists, including another first time blogger, Ed Silverman who just launched http://www.pharmalot.com
Can I get away with just saying that 1. coverage does drive policy and that the more science based the coverage, the better the policy and 2. everyone that has skin in the game has an obligation to, in the words of Greg Simon, "stop whining (which he said with a smile) and start working to change the conversation" 3. everyone needs to do a better job explaining what drug and biotech companies do.
Key words.... consumerism, transparency, honesty, benefits, skepticism (on the part of the media ) biomarkers.
