ARTICLES BY ROB WRIGHT

• Building A $1 Billion Gene Therapy Company — In 6 Years

  10/21/2019

  Matt Patterson, chairman and CEO of Audentes Therapeutics, shares the experiences that prepared him for building the gene therapy company he cofounded into a publicly traded business valued at nearly $2 billion, in just seven years.

• How Serial Entrepreneur Robert Hariri Is Revolutionizing Cell Therapy

  8/5/2019

  Robert Hariri, M.D., Ph.D., is an engineer, a jet aviator, a movie producer, a professor and a surgeon. However, it’s his experience as a biomedical scientist that led to him to be a successful serial entrepreneur, including his most recent biopharma venture — Celularity Therapeutics.

• Why CMO/CDMOs Should Seek Opportunities To Collaborate

  7/30/2019

  When I look at the state of the contract manufacturing and development industry, I see an industry ripe for disruption. It isn’t inconceivable to envision an outsider coming in to shake things up.

• The Whirlwind Rise Of Orchard Therapeutics

  5/31/2019

  While some might think Orchard’s whirlwind rise to be a bit of luck and good timing, the reality is it involved an extremely well-executed plan — and maybe a small dose of good fortune.

• Liz Barrett — Novartis Oncology’s NextGen Leader

  11/12/2018

  Liz Barrett recently sat down with Life Science Leader to share some of the formative experiences that shaped her into the leader she has become, including one of the most recent challenges she is embracing at Novartis.

• The Intriguing Origins Of A Gene Therapy Biopharma

  2/7/2018

  An inside look into how this fledgling biopharma has raised over $150 million and enlisted two high-profile CEOs from one of the hottest VC firms around, all in less than two years.

• Are You Ready For The Future Of Biopharma Manufacturing?

  12/7/2017

  In last’s year’s manufacturing outlook we delved into biopharma’s manufacturing capacity crunch. While lack of manufacturing capacity remains a challenge for the industry, the future of biopharma manufacturing has never looked so bright, and there are a variety of reasons why.

• Why Every Company Needs A Bio Strategy

  10/6/2017

  Today we stand on the precipice overlooking a new frontier — the century of biology, and businesses of all kinds need to be prepared to not only embrace what is coming, but have a strategy for how to leverage biology for the betterment of their businesses and the good of the planet.

• Will Kite Pharma Soar Higher In The Engineered T-Cell Race?

  7/1/2016

  During Kite Pharma’s (NASDAQ: KITE) company presentation at the February 2015 BIO CEO Investor’s Conference in New York, Arie Belldegrun, M.D., created a noticeable buzz among attendees when touting the latest developments coming out of the company he founded back in 2009.

• 3 Questions For Kite Pharma’s CEO

  7/1/2016

  Since the war on cancer was first declared, nearly half of those diagnosed today will be cured. Despite this incredible progress, cancer continues to gain ground, recently becoming the number one killer in 22 U.S. states.