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Maria Thompson

Maria Thompson, PhD has a background in molecular genetics and over 16 years of experience in pharmaceutical and diagnostics research and development. She has held a variety of roles including Head of Genome Wide Screening for Type 2 diabetes, Six Sigma Black Belt, and VP of Scientific Affairs. Dr. Thompson is a Principal Consultant at APEX Think, a private consulting company providing scientific and technical advisory services to clients across the life science industry. Dr. Thompson holds a BSc in Genetics and a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry from the Royal London School of Medicine, UK.
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Jan 29, 2013

Pharmaceutical innovation doesn’t just happen because a lot of money is thrown at it or the company has been restructured. It requires a setting...

Jan 22, 2013

One welcome result of the pharmaceutical innovation crisis is a shift from blockbuster drugs to rare disease drugs. We are doing our own part to...

Jan 15, 2013

Pharmaceutical innovation is a broad term that can encompass and affect any step of the drug discovery and development process, so how exactly are...

Jan 9, 2013

With the fiscal cliff negotiations over for now, we turn our attention to the patent cliff. A lot of industry watchers and participants often...

Jan 8, 2013

Scientist’s Kevin Lustig recently blogged on mendelspod, explaining how the cost of drug development for pharmaceutical companies often leads to...

Dec 19, 2012

In our effort to promote research, Scientist sponsored the NYU Gallatin IGEM team. As we’ve seen before, the IGEM competition generates very cool...

Dec 12, 2012

We’ve just wrapped up the Tri-State Open Science Challenge, the second that we’ve held. We are proud to announce four winners awarding $16,000...

Dec 11, 2012

This past weekend, Scientist co-organized the Lab to Launch workshop with Biotech Acumen and OBR in San Diego, California to motivate and inspire...

Dec 6, 2012

Personalized medicine is increasingly becoming a reality, led by the idea that knowing more about genome will help customize the proper treatment...

Dec 5, 2012

A big reason why scientists choose to do research is the desire to ultimately improve human health outcomes. Whether exploring how an enzyme...