The Hypothesis

Challenges facing individual researchers and drug discovery organizations could potentially be addressed en masse if collaborative processes and technologies were embraced to realize the economic benefits of well-integrated specialization. Collaborative capabilities (when well developed, implemented, & adopted), allow multiple individuals to combine various ideas and perspectives, as if they were all coherently contained in a single brain.  Collaborative capabilities (when well developed, implemented, & adopted) with secure data partitioning capabilities “in the cloud” allow multiple specialized organizations, to work naturally, as if one company.

For full context, find the link to each entry of our 12-part series, "Collaboration is the Key to Turning Around the Drug Discovery Business" using the links below:

Read Part 1: Collaboration as the key for turning around the drug discovery business – The Problem

Read Part 2: Collaboration as the key for turning around the drug discovery business – The Hypothesis

Read Part 3: Collaboration as the key for turning around the drug discovery business – A Solution

Read Part 4: Collaboration as the key to turning around the drug discovery business – Collaboration and Innovation

Read Part 5: Collaboration as the key to turning around the drug discovery business - A Monte Carlo Simulation

Read Part 6: Collaboration as the key to turning around the drug discovery business - Technology can Make Things Easier

Read Part 7: Collaboration as the key to turning around the drug discovery business: Collaboration = Leverage

Read Part 8: Collaboration as the key to turning around the drug discovery business – Standards

Especially read Part 9:  Collaboration as the key to turning around the drug discovery business - Collaborate Better

Part 10:  Collaboration as the key to turning around the drug discovery business - Learning from eBay, NASDAQ, Airlines, & Hollywood

Part 11: Collaborative as the key to turning around the drug discovery business - The Future

Part 12: Collaboration as the key to turning around the drug discovery business

P.S. Beyond collaboration as a more enlightened approach to science, here are the top 5 practical reasons collaborative scientists rock with CDD: 5 Reasons Why Collaborative Scientists Use CDD

You can also download the full series “Collaboration as the key to turning around the drug discovery business” by Barry Bunin as a pdf document:

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