Here’s the round-up of the week in the newsfeeds. Below I highlight my favourite articles of the week from each category.
Today’s Top Pick – “Top 5 North American regions targeting biotech.”
- Biotechnology “Top 5 North American regions targeting biotech”
- Pharmaceuticals “Prescription Drug Use Dropped In 2008, Though Spending Increased, Medco Research Indicates”
- Cleantech “U.S. funnels $26M to Mass. wind research”
- Information and Communication Technology “Novel mobile devices to drive 3G opportunity, say analysts”
- Venture Capital “The Daily Start-Up: Think Canada!”
- Business and Entrepreneurship “Investors Pay Business Plans Little Heed, Study Finds”
- Science and Innovation “MIT: New tissue scaffold regrows cartilage and bone”
- Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship “Skoll Supports New Open Database of Social Entrepreneurs”
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June is an information specialist at MaRS and a recent graduate of the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto.