Deputy General Counsel on Intellectual Property, Biotechnology Industrial Organization
Deputy General Counsel on Intellectual Property for the Biotechnology Industrial Organization, the world's largest bio-tech organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide
Human Genetics: Medicine, Money and Law Billions of dollars have been raised for medical research because human genes can be patented so, when breakthroughs occur, investors make money. But early this week New York Federal Judge Robert W. Sweet rocked the bio-tech industry when he ruled that human genes cannot be patented because they are products of nature, not creative invention.
Definitely not talking about Julian Assange Fine, maybe we talk about him a little. Plus, Paul Manafort’s flawed redacting, and we still don’t know much about the secret foreign company subpoenaed by the federal prosecutor who could be the special counsel.
Best of KCRW Podcasts: Nightmare Before Christmas A selection from two KCRW podcasts celebrating the spooky, imaginative, and magical
Best of KCRW Podcasts: Origin Stories A selection of two of the best KCRW podcast episodes about origin stories
Best of KCRW Podcasts: Forces of Nature This is a special holiday episode highlighting the best KCRW podcasts of 2018. After a year of fires and mudslides, who doesn’t think about how to reckon with the forces of nature? In a story from the newest podcast in the KCRW fold, Nocturne , we learn how animals deal with the most destructive force of nature: humans. Then, KCRW’s podcast The Organist tries to convince us that plants have secret lives, and to embrace the overlap of science and art.