Eduardo Soares is the CEO of Biominas Foundation in Brazil and has over 15 years of work experience in the biotechnology sector. He is a board member of several biotechnology companies and has an active role in several initiatives to strengthen the Brazilian biotechnology sector, such as the Biotech Competitiveness Forum of the Ministry of Development (MDIC) and the Brazilian Association of Biotechnology Companies (ABRABI).
Eduardo Soares holds a BS in Biology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil and did his graduate studies in finance (Dom Cabral Foundation, FDC) and in business administration at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), São Paulo, Brazil.
Everybody believes that we have to take things out of the university and place it in the market. There's no doubt about that. But Biominas position is a lot closer to the market than to the university. But, that ends up generating conflicts with the university itself. The university thinks we're ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Eduardo Soares Discusses Challenge of Having Brazil Being Seen As Innovator In Biotechnology Industry
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