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Global and Historical Perspectives on Invention & Innovation

Mon, 06/16/2008 - 09:23 — Zangani
Pharma Finance

By: Ogan Gurel, MD
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Pharma Finance 2008 - Roma

The distinction between invention and innovation was discussed in a previous series of three articles:

Part I: Concepts of Innovation, Invention Should Now Be Regarded Differently
Part II: Invention Needs to Be Left Free; Innovation Must Be Managed
Part III: Innovation vs. Invention: Accelerating Development

Having spent the last few days in Rome, I’ve had the chance to reflect upon the rise and fall of empires, the invention/innovation concepts described in the above articles and the relation between these and the fate of nations.

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Dr. Ogan Gurel is chairman of the Aesis Group which provides consulting services in the life sciences and healthcare sectors to clients that have included biopharma/medtech companies, hospitals & health systems, private equity firms, venture capital groups and hedge funds. Dr. Gurel is also Medical Producer at InTimeTV – one of the world’s only peer-to-peer professional internet TV talk show networks. At InTimeTV, he is host to three shows – Insights in Medicine, Eye on Harvard and Nanotech Today which broadcast worldwide.

As a healthcare technology expert and futurist, he has been a frequent conference speaker worldwide, addressing the issue of emerging technologies and their impact on the future of healthcare with particular focus on convergent medical technologies including medical nanotechnology. Ogan’s commentaries have been published in prominent publications, including the Wall Street Journal and he is a regular columnist for Midwestbusiness.com, a juror for the 2007/2008 Medical Design Excellence Awards and an Adjunct Associate Professor of bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ogan’s scientific work has been published in the peer-reviewed literature and has received numerous awards; he has taught at several universities including the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Roosevelt University, Princeton University and Harvard Medical School. For a more complete bio, you can download a PDF or click here. You can email Ogan by clicking here and view his blog at http://blog.aesisgroup.com/.