[Mitworld] New: Cisco's John Chambers, Panel on Drug Safety

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[THE POWER OF THE NETWORK TO CHANGE THE WAY WE WORK, LIVE, PLAY, AND
LEARN]

Chambers provides insights into one of the most complex and successful
modern companies in the U.S. and what it takes to survive in a flattened
world.

Speaker:
John Chambers
 President and CEO, Cisco Systems



PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/293/>

[QUOTE]
"Look for transitions, sustainable advantages and keep up your momentum
in a marketplace where only the paranoid survive."
--John Chambers


EVENT HOST: Industrial Liaison Program

<http://ilp-www.mit.edu/display_page.a4d?key=H1>

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[DEFINING THE CHALLENGES SURROUNDING INNOVATION AND SAFETY (PART ONE)]

The day before the stunning Vioxx verdict, MIT's Center for Biomedical
Innovation hosted a day-long symposium on the drug safety, testing, and
marketing. This is the first of four parts; the others will be available
on MIT World soon.

[SPEAKERS]

Moderator:
Frank L. Douglas
 Executive Director, MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation Professor of
the Practice
PANELISTS:
Una Ryan
 President & CEO, AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc.
Robert J. Spiegel
 Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer,
Schering-Plough Research Institute
Robert Tepper
 President, Research and Development, Millennium Pharmaceuticals
John A. Fallon
 Chief Physician Executive and Senior Vice President, Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Massachusetts
Ernst R. Berndt
 Louis B. Seley Professor of Applied Economics, MIT Sloan School of
Management


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/292/>

[QUOTE]
"Americans will have to decide whether they want inexpensive medicines,
the most safe medicines, or if they want to be first or last with
innovative medicines."
-- Una Ryan

EVENT HOST: MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation
<http://cbi.mit.edu/>

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IN THE PIPELINE:

**MIT Sloan School of Management Dean's Innovative Leader Series **


[** "LEADING BY OMISSION** ]

Ricardo Semler
President, Semco

Author, Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual
Workplace


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