The author seems to think that the track record has been good last decade but going forward is quite bleak. Maybe some change in the whole business model is needed? http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v30/n8/full/nbt.2334.html Can biotech spur job creation? The report also notes, however, that in the drugs and pharmaceuticals subsector there was an overall loss of 9,400 jobs between 2001 and 2010. Indeed, since 2008, the bioscience industry as a whole has shed thousands of jobs, with overall employment failing to rebound to the levels before the credit crunch. An industry starved of funding from the bottom up is not an industry that will create jobs. And contrary to BIO and Battelle's rosy picture, past performance in the sector is no guarantee of future results. The truth is, outside Boston and the Bay Area, biotech does not seem like a good bet for job growth. In fact, urging governments to bet limited public funding on the sector with the promise of job creation might even be downright misleading.
maybe it's not only the business model, the whole research model needs to be changed.
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【在 p*******r 的大作中提到】 : The author seems to think that the track record has been good last decade : but going forward is quite bleak. : Maybe some change in the whole business model is needed? : http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v30/n8/full/nbt.2334.html : Can biotech spur job creation? : The report also notes, however, that in the drugs and pharmaceuticals : subsector there was an overall loss of 9,400 jobs between 2001 and 2010. : Indeed, since 2008, the bioscience industry as a whole has shed thousands of : jobs, with overall employment failing to rebound to the levels before the : credit crunch.
【在 p*******r 的大作中提到】 : The author seems to think that the track record has been good last decade : but going forward is quite bleak. : Maybe some change in the whole business model is needed? : http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v30/n8/full/nbt.2334.html : Can biotech spur job creation? : The report also notes, however, that in the drugs and pharmaceuticals : subsector there was an overall loss of 9,400 jobs between 2001 and 2010. : Indeed, since 2008, the bioscience industry as a whole has shed thousands of : jobs, with overall employment failing to rebound to the levels before the : credit crunch.
Depending on location, I have been watching a dozen or so nice houses for the last 7 to 8 years, they have never dropped the price, some actually going up when market is going down for the last few years.