Marketing research

Staff photo by Stephanie Mitchell

John Mekalanos (far left), the Adele Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School; Debra Peattie Ph.D. ’80, M.B.A. ’96, and president of RCT BioVentures NE; and David Edwards, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences and scientific founder of Advanced Inhalation Research (AIR), participated in a panel on therapeutic product start-ups. The panel was part of a workshop jointly sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the University’s Office for Technology and Trademark Licensing (OTTL), and the Medical School’s Office for Technology Licensing (OTL). Aimed at academics who are thinking of adapting their research to the marketplace, the workshop offered information, advice, and friendly encouragement.