Tech-savvy scientists can help pull the biopharma industry out of the proverbial muck. Drugmakers have fallen short of expectations in translating research breakthroughs into medicines. There are no quick and easy solutions to the industry's problems--biology is infinitely complex, research budgets are finite and the development cycles are long.
Nevertheless, FierceBiotech IT (the information technology wing of the mother FierceBiotech ship) has selected a list of 10 innovators who are challenging the status quo in their respective fields--with computer-based tools playing central roles in their endeavors. The people, who we've playfully dubbed the top "biotech techies," have a wonderful mix of backgrounds. One used to work for a video game maker. Others pioneered DNA sequencing methods. Another has led IT for some of the largest drugmakers in the world.
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