Vol. 26 No. 2 (2021) Editorial Vol.26 No. 2 (2021) Recognizing and Celebrating Innovation and Innovators in Biopharma Arthur A Boni This introductory article summarizes our basis for recognition of innovative companies (past, present and emerging) in our industry, and summarizes the criterion that we are using to eval Editorial Vol.26 No. 2 (2021) Introduction, Rationale and Commentary on Recognizing and Celebrating Innovation in Our Industry Arthur A Boni This article summarizes our intent and basis for recognition of innovators in our industry, including the criterion that we are using for those organizations selected. Our focus for this Editorial Vol.26 No. 2 (2021) Companies Recognized as Innovators for 2021 Arthur A Boni Our awards are framed into the 4 models or paths to innovation as described by Boni and Joseph, and published in JCB previously in two companion articles, c. f. JCB Vol. 24, No. 4 (2020); Article Vol.26 No. 2 (2021) Waiving COVID-19 Vaccine Patents: A Bad Idea and a Dangerous Precedent Peter J Pitts The Biden Administration believes that suspending COVID-19 vaccine patents will expedite the swift development of high quality “cheap” versions of existing vaccines and hasten the pan Article Vol.26 No. 2 (2021) A Note on Corporate Open Innovation: Engagement with Startups Diana Joseph This Note summarizes our findings based on an exploratory and initial global research study of best practices for organizations employing open innovation business model strategies. We uti Article Vol.26 No. 2 (2021) Building technology enabled platform companies in Biopharma – a perspective on early-stage value creation from Millennium, Alnylam, Moderna, & Kymera Yuanxin Rong This paper addresses the topic of building platform-based companies in biopharma. 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