RESEARCH PAPERS​​

​You can type the paper's DOI or URL link into Sci-Hub to get them as free PDFs. However, Solas does not recommend or condone the use of this tool.

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• PubMed - Go to search engine for life science publications

• NEJM - oldest continuously published peer-reviewed medical journal

• ​bioRxiv​ - open access preprint repository for biological sciences

• medRxiv - open access preprint server for health sciences

• SSRN Rankings - Social Science Research Network ranks top papers by downloads

• SJR - Scimago Journal & Country Rank

• Nature & Nature Biotech - multidisciplinary peer-reviewed research journal 

• PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

• Science - peer-reviewed academic journal

• Cell - peer-reviewed scientific journal 

NEWS & BLOGS​

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• STAT - health, medicine, life science journalism

• FierceBiotech, FiercePharma, FierceHealthcare - Industry news

• BioPharm Catalyst - follows the newest FDA approvals and data readouts

• Timmerman Report - Subscription $149/year

• BioCentury - Pay wall $30/article

• Axios Health - Moderate Health News

• GenomeWeb - Genomic News

• Life Sci VC - Bruce Booth of Atlas Venture

• Axial - Joshua Elkington 

• Bay Bridge Bio -articles and analyses on biotech startups & VC

PODCASTS​

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• Bio Eats World - a16z Biology is technology

• The Long Run - Timmerman's interviews key biotech players

• The Readout Loud - STAT

• BioCentury This Week - Breakdown of weekly news

• The Data Pulse - Data science's role in biomedical innovations.

• Plenary Session - Medicine, oncology, & health policy

• A Second Opinion - Rethinking American Health with Senator Bill Frist, M.D.

• Medical Alley Podcast - Minnesota's Medical Alley leaders

• Founder Playlist - Founder focused general advise

GOVERNMENT​​

A great starting point for early stage biotech is to read this article by Y-combinator (FDA: Orientation for Early Stage Startups)

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• FDA - Do No Harm

• USPTO - 18 months after IP is filed patents will show up

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 21, Chapter 1

• Clinical Trials - database of ongoing or completed trials

• SEC - companies are required to disclose Form D filings

• Open Payments Data - Search tool for drug/device payments to physician/hospitals

BOOKS​

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• NIH Bookshelf - provides free access to some books

• The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot

• Her-2: The Making of Herceptin - Robert Bazell

• Emperor of all Maladie - Siddhartha Mukherjee

• The Gene: An Intimate History - Siddhartha Mukherjee

• When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi & Abraham Verghese

• My Own Country - Abraham Verghese

• Deep Medicine - Eric Topol

• Genetech - The Beginnings of Biotech (Synthesis) - Sally Smith Hughes

• Science Lessons: On Amgen - Gordon Binder

• Go Giver - Bob Burg & John David Mann

• Bad Blood -  John Carreyrou

ADDTIONAL RESOURCES​​

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• RA Capital Courses - Short, intensive courses on the business of biotech

• Comprehensive List of Healthcare VC Firms - Decent list of over 200 firms

• How to Build Your Seed Round Pitch Deck - Y combinator's advice

• Slide Deck Inspiration - R&D on slide development

• Startup Cemetery - Learn why over 1000 startups have failed

• Cooley GO Docs - Generate term sheets, notes, board consent & a lot more

• VC Memo Examples - Bessemer Venture Partners

• Investment Memo - Next View Ventures

• DNA Tie Club on Clubhouse

SPECIAL THANKS ​​

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Collaborators

• Ben Almassi 

• Zoe Guttendorf

• Jackson Davis