John Puisis

John Puisis is a consultant with Spencer Stuart, an investment advisor specializing in biotech and pharmaceutical companies, based in Chicago.

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BioTech's New Business Model

Coined in the early 1940s, the hybrid term "biotech" has sustained its save-the-world aura and futurist allure. During the industry's nascent years, Amgen, Genentech, and other barrier-breaking companies were mere fledgling operations with products still in the pure science phase and their only "revenue" the hope of curing some of the world's ills.