Audio files from Biotech 2006 keynote speakers are now available online (in MP3 format).
SG Cowen's Stelios Papadopoulos and NPR's Ira Flatow each gave featured comments at CED's 15th annual Biotech conference on May 23 in Winston-Salem.
Papadopoulos, an investment banker in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors, described the national landscape for life sciences in the public markets.
"Wall Street has a big part to play in biotech," he said during his speech. "What drives interest in the biotech sector are external factors such as an optimistic environment and an absence of investment alternatives. Market timing is far more important than anything else."
In his lunchtime keynote, entitled “Talking Science in a World that Doesn’t Care,� Flatow emphasized the need for a renewed emphasis on the importance of science.
“There are many companies and organizations with innovative scientific breakthroughs, as is evidenced here today,� said Flatow. “But often they don’t get the media attention they deserve. We, as scientists, must seek to illuminate the public about our work by becoming our own gatekeepers.�