Dear Colleagues,
<br>
<br>I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book, The Market in
<br>Mind: How Financialization Is Shaping Neuroscience, Translational Medicine,
<br>and Innovation in Biotechnology.
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<br>The book is a critical examination of translational medicine, charting the
<br>shift of private risk to the public sector and the trend of university
<br>research teams becoming tech startups for global investors. The idea that
<br>the aim of research is to translate findings as quickly as possible into
<br>medical products has shifted the industry since 2003. One consequence from
<br>this shift: translational science and medicine enable biopharmaceutical
<br>firms, as part of a broader financial strategy, to outsource the riskiest
<br>parts of research to nonprofit universities. The book examines the
<br>implications of this new configuration and the way that, in the years since
<br>the global financial crisis, translational science and medicine has brought
<br>about “the financialization of health.”
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<br>In Market in Mind, I explore such topics as shareholder anxiety and
<br>industry retreat from Alzheimer's and depression research; how laboratory
<br>research is understood as health innovation even when there is no product;
<br>the emergence of investor networking events as crucial for viewing science
<br>in a market context; and the place of patients in research decisions.
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<br>The book is available from MIT Press and other online marketplaces in print
<br>and eBook.
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<br>https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/market-mind
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<br>For updates, follow me on Twitter @MarkDennisRobi1
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<br>Best regards,
<br>
<br>Mark
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