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Alzheimer’s Drug Failure — Ending Biotech’s Disastrous Love Affair with Beta-Amyloid

Last week another potential blockbuster Alzheimer’s drug has failed and two late Phase 3 clinical trials have had to be cancelled…

3 min readMar 31, 2019

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Changing Your Habits

When I first started working in my current job at this biotech startup I wanted to see if I could bring something new to the way I…

4 min readMar 9, 2019

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Changing Your Habits

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Shen Lin

How to Write Effectively and Get People to Care

“You have a problem with something and it needs to be solved. I will show you where your problem is and provide you with a solution!”…

6 min readDec 10, 2018

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How to Write Effectively and Get People to Care

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Shen Lin

When the price is right for gene therapy

A lot of hype and pomp has been thrown around about the cost of gene therapy treatments recently. The current costs are truly staggering…

8 min readNov 18, 2018

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When the price is right for gene therapy

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Graduate Student Mental Health

As I sat in at a small church group last Friday evening listening to people discuss their anxieties and their struggle to find meaning…

8 min readNov 3, 2018

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Graduate Student Mental Health

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The Limits of Biotechnology Inventions in Patent Eligibility

Over the last 10 blog chapters I have summarized a few interesting topics I learnt about pharmaceutical and biotech patents back when I…

4 min readOct 27, 2018

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The Limits of Biotechnology Inventions in Patent Eligibility

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Shen Lin

The Longest Patent Extension Battle in Hisotry

A pharmaceutical company named The Medicines Company (MDCO) made news in 2015 when it lost a court battle for the rights to its patented…

4 min readOct 27, 2018

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The Longest Patent Extension Battle in Hisotry

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Shen Lin

Over the years the Supreme Court has become more favorable to biotech companies in patent…

Since writing my original blog I have realized that patent trolls, which seek to invalidate existing patents, can be a boon in the…

6 min readOct 14, 2018

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Over the years the Supreme Court has become more favorable to biotech companies in patent…

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Shen Lin

Direct-to-Consumer Genomics Testing 2.0

I am often reminded of how quickly the biotech world moves as I look back at my FDA law blogs from 3 years ago. This week I am…

6 min readOct 14, 2018

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Direct-to-Consumer Genomics Testing 2.0

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Shen Lin

The Supreme Court’s Dilemma — Isolated Gene Patenting and Laws of Nature

In the past few months the Supreme Court of the United States has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. With the swearing in of…

5 min readOct 7, 2018

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The Supreme Court’s Dilemma — Isolated Gene Patenting and Laws of Nature

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Shen Lin

Shen Lin

Gene Therapy Research Scientist working at a small biotech company. Blogging all things life and science since 2013.

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