#NotatBIO2015: Philly stakeholders and geostats; Twitter goes drab
by John Hodgson
What key message about biotechnology is coming out of Philadelphia? Well, hopefully it's nothing to do with what was bothering the Twittersphere yesterday.
Scrip looked at a day's worth of #BIO2015 Tweets from the first day of the BIO convention expecting to find some interesting discussion on drug payment, Obamacare, PD1/PDL-1 inhibitors or even some abstruse self-promotion from thought-provoking biotech companies. We thought that assessing the interest in a subject from the number of retweets or "favoriting" would be a good way of assessing what the BIO2015 Twitterati found fascinating.
For the sake of the BIO convention, we hope that is not so.
At #11 with 10 re-tweets and six favorites, and setting a very low bar for the rest of the list, it's @eezzed with the surprising news that the BIO meeting started yesterday: "And so #BIO2015 starts today! Meetings have already begun."
At #10 with 10 re-tweets and seven favorites, and managing quite comfortably to limbo under @eezzed's bar, it's @BIOConvention (the organizers) with a host-serving huzzah for Philadelphia: "Today at 3:30: learn how #LifeSciences are growing in #Philly and how you can be a part of it!
At #9 with 10 re-tweets and seven favorites, it's clean and shaved @WKuketz telling us that he and his team are in the shower before the meeting: "@consultcollab Our Life Science team is getting ready for the conference."
At #8 with 10 re-tweets and 10 favorites, it's @RaleighWake with a punt for Raleigh, NC as a place to do business. "Forbes ranked Raleigh as #1 Best Place for Business and Careers. Biz Make the smart move here! http://bit.ly/1IzVs96 @raleigh4u"
At #7 with 12 re-tweets and two favorites, it's a plug from @meetPHL for delegates not to bother to go to the meeting at all (and who could blame them, given this list): "Welcome @BIOConvention attendees! Follow @discoverPHL for free time ideas & start tours @PHLVisitorCntr"
In joint seventh place, with 11 re-tweets and five favorites, it's yummy consumable distractions from @PHLVisitorCntr: "@PatsSteaks @GenosSteaks What a delicious way to prep for #BIO2015!"
At #6 with 13 re-tweets and three favorites, it's actually a Tweet about doing something about disease from @JNJInnovation: "Imagine if we could stop T1 #diabetes before it starts. We've teamed w/ @WUSTLmed researchers to explore http://bit.ly/1f4KZJg."
Also at sixth place, with 11 re-tweets and seven favorites, it's @AvalonVentures with a plug for a session on business development: "Jay and @GSK's Damien McDevitt will talk collaboration and new company details on today's #buildtobuy panel: http://bit.ly/1MWrGgk.
At #5 with 14 re-tweets and 17 Favorites, it's @PHLCommerce with yet another Philly fillip, this time a plug for the entire set of local biotech exhibitors: "More than 70 companies are showcasing in the #PAPavilion. It is clear that Pennsylvania's life sciences industry is thriving!" Yay!!
At #4 with 14 re-tweets and 14 favorites, it's naughty child and persistent Tweeter @ChristianeTrue (79 Tweets sent on Monday 15 June) reacting to Bill Clinton's call for "disruptors" in biotech: "I was a disruptor in grade school too. All it got me was bad grades in conduct."
At #3 with 15 re-tweets and five favorites, it's a retweet from @livecellassays informing the world that a venture capitalist wants to invest in drug discovery stuff: "Domain Associates at #BIO2015 ready to make connections with others to reduce the risk & cost of drug discovery."
At #2 with 24 re-tweets and 15 favorites, it's @alexmccann with appreciation for the comestibles from the USA's northern neighbor: "#NovaScotia enjoying #BiotechCanada reception. https://lnkd.in/ezW5PB7."
Finally at #1, with 34 re-tweets and 22 favorites, it's @NeilPBardhan showing off his knowledge of Eastern US socio-geography: "40% of the American population lives within a day's train ride or drive from Philadelphia."
You are a very dull lot. Please find something more interesting to tell those of us not at BIO (#notatBIO2015) about tomorrow.
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