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by Richard L. Oliver (Author)
A look at the forefront of an industry revolution
""I've been deep inside the biotech industry since its infancy. This book provides fresh insights about how it started, what drives it, and most importantly, where it's going.""--Scott W. Morrison, partner, Ernst & Young LL
Richard W. Oliver predicted the onset of a new era with The Coming Biotech Age. Now that age is here--and companies are reaping the benefits of this incredible new revolution. As biotech companies become the new economic engines of growth and innovation, businesses must have access to the latest developments of this area of research.
In a special revised edition, now titled The Biotech Age, Oliver has created the first practical guide to this fascinating realm of scientific development. With updated information on the latest research, examples of biotech breakthroughs, and a close examination of current biotech issues such as cloning and stem cell research, The Biotech Age presents an accessible overview of the business of biotechnology and its vast implications and opportunities for all types of industries.
This is a topic no one can afford to miss--especially future-minded executives and investors in cutting-edge technologies.
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A nontechnical guide to the breakthrough business of biotech
"I've been deep inside the biotech industry since its infancy. This book provides fresh insights about how it started, what drives it, and most important, where it's going.""--Scott W. Morrison, partner, Ernst & Young LLP"
Richard W. Oliver predicted the onset of a new era in "The Coming Biotech Age." That age is here. The biotech revolution is taking place within our leading universities, corporations, and government--which are becoming the new economic engines of growth and innovation. In less than a generation, Oliver asserts, virtually every company will be a "bioterials" company.
Now, in "The Biotech Age," Oliver offers businesses access to the latest developments in this fast-moving, volatile industry. "The Biotech Age" is the first practical guide to the business of biotechnology, reflecting the rapid change experienced in various industries and the increasing effect that biotech is having on our lives. Oliver provides information on the latest research, examples of biotech breakthroughs, and a close examination of hot-button biotech issues, such as cloning and stem cell research. He addresses the new economic laws of biotech--eliminating the theory and jargon--and the vast implications and opportunities that biotech has for all types of industries, with remarkable technology that will take us further and faster than any before it. Oliver also outlines his version of our biotech future--revealing why developments in biotechnology are likely to have a more profound effect on the economy than the Information Age and the Industrial Age combined.
Putting you at the forefront of a revolution with a businesspotential almost unfathomable, "The Biotech Age" is a book no one can afford to miss.
