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“One of the main differences is the availability of resources that you can only dream of in an academic environment.”—Frank Walsh, executive vice president for discovery research worldwide, Wyeth Research.
“Here, everyone is expected to do great things, but some of them have to be involved in translational research”—Richard Scheller, senior vice president for research, Genentech.
“For me it was essential to continue to do basic research. I would not have considered a position without that.”—Marc Tessier-Lavigne, senior vice president for research drug discovery, Genentech.
“When a drug company is working well, it is a very collegial environment and well organized. You could come up with an idea on Monday and have the money for it on Friday.”—Jack Price, professor of developmental neurobiology, King's College London, and principal scientific consultant, ReNeuron.
“You still get to do very exiting science in industry. I have fewer publications than when I was in academia, but that means that I can focus more on quality.”—Steven Paul, executive vice president for science and technology, Eli Lilly and Company, and president of Lilly Research Laboratories.
