Press Archive

KansasCity.com - May 11, 2009 - Company turns research process on its head.

Elizabeth Edersheim Blog - April 2009 - Working Together to Heal

America.gov - December 2008 - Foundation Tests Entrepreneurial Model for Medical Research

Newsweek On Science - November 2008 - Where are the Cures? Scientists Call the Gulf between Biomedical Discovery and New Treatment the 'Valley of Death'

MS Focus Magazine - Summer 2008 - Paths to Progress features the Myelin Repair Foundation update on myelin repair research.

biotechTransfer week- June 4, 2008 - Myelin Repair Foundation Taps CDD Software to Support 'Accelerated' Academic Research

BusinessWeek - May 7, 2008 - John Hagel and John Seely Brown review the Myelin Repair Foundation's ARC model in Innovation on the Edge.

San Francisco Chronicle - March 29, 2008 – Non-Profit Gears Up for Biotech Roadshow

The New Yorker -  January 28, 2008 – Buying a Cure

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.

BusinessWeek -  November 2007 – Software that maps who is working on common problems is shaving years off research—and honing corporate strategies.

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.

Scientific American Podcast - Scott Johnson tells listeners about the Myelin Repair Foundation's Accelerated Research Collaboration model. Listen here.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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]

Scientific American names Scott Johnson among top 50 worldwide for leadership in science, business and policy innovations.

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.

Fortune Magazine: "One Man's Crusade for a Cure" – September 18, 2006. Fortune magazine profiles Myelin Repair Foundation founder and President Scott Johnson.