BiotechBlog is managed by Yali Friedman.

Yali Friedman, Ph.D. is founder of thinkBiotech. His book, Building Biotechnology, is used as a course text in dozens of biotechnology programs. He is also editor of Best Practices in Biotechnology Education and Best Practices in Biotechnology Business Development. He guest lectures for the Johns Hopkins MS/MBA program in biotechnology, teaching classes on the business of biotechnology, and has published papers on diverse topics such as strategies to cope with a lack of management talent and capital when developing companies outside of established hubs, entrepreneurship in biotechnology, and new paradigms in technology-based economic development.

Yali is also managing editor of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology and serves on the science advisory board of Chakra Biotech and the editorial advisory boards of the Biotechnology Journal, Journal of Medical Marketing, and Open Biotechnology Journal.

BiotechBlog is a product of Yali’s long history in biotechnology media. He created a Forbes “Best of the Web”-rated web site on the biotechnology industry for a NY Times company and managed it for many years. His other projects include the Student Guide to DNA Based Computers, sponsored by FUJI Television, and DrugPatentWatch.com, a pharmaceutical industry competitive intelligence service.

BiotechBlog is syndicated by BlogBurst, which means that posts are syndicated to outlets such as Reuters, Biospace, San Francisco Gate, and dozens of other media outlets.

Link to publications and presentations by Yali Friedman.