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Mission Statement
Develop a novel biomedical therapy platform and devise a strategy to bring the therapy to market

**Considerations**

 * **Feasibility/Targetability** - Is the target well understood and accessible?
 * **Market size** - What is the demand for the product?
 * **Orphan Status** - Does the therapy focus on a rare disease?
 * **Animal Models** - Do models exist, what are they, how accurate are they, how expensive are they?
 * **Competitive Landscape** - Do related therapies exist in other company's pipelines?
 * **Physiological :Readouts/Assays** - Do quick and cheap assays exist for verifying the efficacy of the product?
 * **Failures**: What has been tried before, but failed? Can our technology work around these failures?
 * **Existing Licenses:** Are there existing licenses? Where has the technology been disclosed (patents, papers, etc.)

Updates

 * 9/9/2011 First meeting in class: introductions, initiated brainstorming process
 * 9/11/2011 Meeting in Dunster Dhall: Defined spheres of research, delegation of tasks, determined weekly meeting schedule
 * 9/20/2011 Meeting in Dunster Dhall: Shared research results, delegation of TLO research
 * 9/23/2011: Meeting in Fairchild: Shared research results, defined goals for next two weeks
 * 9/27/2011: Meeting in Dunster Dhall: Shared tables, defined deadlines
 * 9/30/2011: Presented table (thanks to Sharmila for making such a beautiful spreadsheet), preparations for end of brainstorming phase

Deadlines

 * 9/24/2011: Add to "Considerations" any other items for the table
 * 9/27/2011: Have a table complete for two therapies: include descriptions and grade with, , or
 * 10/4/2011: Final chance to research other therapies and add them to the table. In depth research on therapies already presented on table for presentation. Think of pros and cons, and how your technology can cooperate with other technologies.
 * 10/7/2011: **END OF BRAINSTORMING. FINALIZE TECHNOLOGY CHOICE**

Upcoming Meeting

 * 10/4/2011
 * 10/11/2011