Contributors

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Simone Fishburn, Ph.D.

Simone serves as Vice President and Editor in Chief, with responsibility for content and data across BioCentury’s intelligence platform, including analysis, multimedia and the BCIQ database. She directs coverage of innovation across the biotech ecosystem and the financing, regulatory and policy drivers behind it, the emergence of new trends and the growth of hubs, and the identification of white space targets and technologies. In addition, she leads BioCentury’s annual Back to School project. Simone is also co-host of The BioCentury Show, BioCentury’s twice monthly in-depth conversation with global leaders who are determining the future of medicine, is a regular contributor on the BioCentury This Week podcast, and moderates panels globally on key topics for the biopharma industry.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonefishburn/
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Steve Usdin

Steve has been BioCentury’s Washington Editor since 1993, covering political and policy issues affecting the life sciences sector. He is BioCentury’s Senior Editor responsible for coverage of social issues involving biotechnology, and a key driver of BioCentury’s annual Back to School project. Steve is also co-host of The BioCentury Show, BioCentury’s twice monthly in-depth conversation with global leaders who are determining the future of medicine, and a regular contributor on the BioCentury This Week podcast. He was also BioCentury’s public affairs television program broadcast in 2010-14. Steve writes extensively about regulatory affairs and innovation and is one of the most respected providers of biopharma intelligence on FDA. In 2012, the FDA Alumni Association named Steve the Harvey W. Wiley Lecturer, making him the first journalist to receive the Wiley Award.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-usdin-88aa872/