Press Archive
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Recent articles and press coverage: |
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| California Health Institute blog posts Q&A with Scott Johnson about his personal mission to push the boundaries of biomedical collaboration. (5-5-11) |
| NY Times columnist David Bornstein: Fostering a Team Approach to Drug Cures. (5-5-11) |
| NY Times columnist David Bornstein: Helping New Drugs Out of Research's 'Valley of Death'. (5-2-11) |
| Fast Company Names the MRF Among Top 10 Biotechs for Innovation (February 16, 2011) |
| Fast Company (2-4-11): Online Game Crowdsources Ideas to Accelerate Medical Research |
| The Scientist features the MRF in an article that examines how nonprofit, for-profit pharma groups are working together to make drugs more affordable for developing countries. Read more: The Profits of Nonprofit. (January 1, 2011) |
| MRF-hosted Breakthroughs to Cures named #7 among top 10 social impact games of 2010. (December 31, 2010) |
| Myelin Repair Group Works to Develop Drugs, Cure MS (December 27, 2010) |
| Fast Company — Nov. 1, 2010 – “The Myelin Repair Foundation Encourages Collaboration for a Cure” |
| Kauffman Foundation Translational Medicine Alliance 2010 Forum, Washington, DC. October 13-14. Scott Johnson spoke on the panel, “Rethinking Everything: If we were starting over, what would we do differently” with Jonathan Jacoby from The R.A.R.E. Project and Lt Col Daniel J. Wattendorf, MD from DARPA. |
| UC Davis Alumni Magazine – Fall 2010 – Spotlight’s Scott Johnson’s work with the Myelin Repair Foundation |
| E-Week — “Online Gaming Event Seeks to Spur Search for Cures to Intractable Diseases” (Sep. 30, 2010) |
| Huffington Post — Julia Moulden covers Breakthroughs to Cures – Sep. 25, 2010 |
| PBS Newshour — Sep. 23, 2010 – “For Scientists, Collaborative Efforts Could Speed Medical Advances” |
| FierceBiotech Research — Sep. 14, 2010 – “Foundation uses gaming to inspire rad R&D thinking” |
| Smart Business Northern California — July 2010 – “Engaging the Chain” |
| Newsweek — May 10, 2010 – “Desperately Seeking Cures” Mary Carmichael and Sharon Begley discuss how the road from promising scientific breakthrough to real-world remedy has become all but a dead end. The MRF is mentioned as a model for fixing the system. |
| Kansas City Business Journal — March 26, 2010 – “Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Continues Push For Commercializing Drugs” |
| Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal — October 16, 2009 – Foundation's research model in Saratoga aims to halve clinical trial time. |
| Forbes Magazine — July 13, 2009 – What Brain Researchers Forgot Kerry Dolan discusses a recent discovery by one of our Principal Investigators, Ben Barres, on the role of glial cells. Because of the unique functions that these cells perform in the brain, MRF scientists hope to exploit their therapeutic potential in further studies. |
| Business Week - January 19, 2010- Mouse Study May Advance Multiple Sclerosis Research |
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KansasCity.com - May 11, 2009 - Company turns research process on its head. |
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Elizabeth Edersheim Blog - April 2009 - Working Together to Heal |
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America.gov - December 2008 - Foundation Tests Entrepreneurial Model for Medical Research |
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Newsweek On Science - November 2008 - Where are the Cures? Scientists Call the Gulf between Biomedical Discovery and New Treatment the 'Valley of Death' |
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MS Focus Magazine - Summer 2008 - Paths to Progress features the Myelin Repair Foundation update on myelin repair research. |
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biotechTransfer week- June 4, 2008 - Myelin Repair Foundation Taps CDD Software to Support 'Accelerated' Academic Research |
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BusinessWeek - May 7, 2008 - John Hagel and John Seely Brown review the Myelin Repair Foundation's ARC model in Innovation on the Edge. |
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San Francisco Chronicle - March 29, 2008 – Non-Profit Gears Up for Biotech Roadshow |
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The New Yorker - January 28, 2008 – Buying a Cure |
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We Are the New Radicals: A Manifesto for Reinventing Yourself and Saving the World features Myelin Repair Foundation President Scott Johnson as one of several "boomers" who has leveraged his career expertise to take on some of the world's toughest problems. |
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BusinessWeek - November 2007 – Software that maps who is working on common problems is shaving years off research — and honing corporate strategies. |
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Dick Gordon, host of American Public Media's The Story, interviews Scott Johson about his multiple sclerosis diagnosis and the need for a new model that will speed the delivery of patient treatments for all diseases. |
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Scientific American Podcast - Scott Johnson tells listeners about the Myelin Repair Foundation's Accelerated Research Collaboration model. Listen here. |
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Fast Company magazine's FAST 50 - March 2007 issue. The Myelin Repair Foundation named as one of 50 "imaginative, entrepreneurial 'businesses'" who are stepping up to change the world. |
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In Vivo: The Business & Medicine Report - January 2007 - Peter Lawyer, Senior Vice Predient in the Boston Consulting Group features Myelin Repair Foundation as a best-in-class model for time-based discovery. |
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Wall Street Journal: "Why Non-Profits Fund For-Profit Researchers" - January 26, 2007. Myelin Repair Foundation COO Rusty Bromley comments on the need to "de-risk" drug targets for pharmaceutical companies. |
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Annals of Neurology: Vol 60 No 6 December 2006: Editors S. Claiborne Johnson, MD, PhD and Stephen L. Hauser, MD, report on the need for new models that will efficiently bridge the gaps between academia, industry and patient treatments. |
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Genome Biology: December 2006 - A model worth considering is a commentary by Dr. Gregory A. Petsko, Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry Protein Crystallography at Brandies University. |
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The Culture of Collaboration: Evan Rosen features the Myelin Repair Foundation's collaborative model along with best practices from Toyota, Proctor & Gamble, Dream Works and others in what Rosen called the "deserialization" of interaction and work. |
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In The Definitive Drucker, strategic consultant Elizabeth Haas Edershein presents Myelin Repair Foundation through the eyes of business management icon Peter Drucker in this latest "biography" of his ideas. [Chapter Four: Collaboration and Orchestration] |
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Scientific American names Scott Johnson among top 50 worldwide for leadership in science, business and policy innovations. |
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California Gains Science and Tech Praise – November 6, 2006. KCBS-Radio News reports on Scientific American magazine's salute to Scott Johnson as one of 50 worldwide research, business and policy leaders. |
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Fortune Magazine: "One Man's Crusade for a Cure" – September 18, 2006. Fortune magazine profiles Myelin Repair Foundation founder and President Scott Johnson. |
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