This was somewhat of a first for the US FDA to trust Chinese data. Shenzhen Chipscreen Bio sciences Ltd. was also awarded the Most Valued Partner for Roche R&D Center. Oncology drugs are one of their primary focuses, with individuals trained here in the US and returning to China to create their...
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The bar has also risen on Venture Capital money and is harder to get, and so much of the research is still in the “Science” stage, there have been a few companies that have had failed products and just folded up and went away. This certainly leaves the door open for Pharma, who has the financials...
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on 10-29-2008
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It is here but evolving slower than what all of us might like to see, and in many areas it is still so much of a “Science” but as developments occur through biotech we are seeing some amazing results. There’s also the bridging of the gap with bringing genomics to the point of care, as physicians...
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on 10-26-2008
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Recently announced is the project to begin at Scripps in San Diego as related news, coupled with the announcement of the new sequencing service that will be able to offer a complete sequence at a wholesale price may have held a bit of inspiration here for Navigenics to enter the full sequencing market...
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on 10-16-2008
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This is not welcome news by any means for the VC money that was invested. A redirection of the product was too costly as well, thus they shop closes with million invested and a loss. The FDA restrictions also played a role in the limiting of consumer clinical trials here, so with a series...
Not only do we see venture capital money here, also some big Pharma names. In a related story, Roche sees diagnostic machines and test kits as crucial to assessing and treating disease in the future and their risk profile has recognition of being one large investor in a growing area of drug research...
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on 10-03-2008
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In other words, this is called Business Intelligence. Lots of it out there to choose from and one from Microsoft specifically related to hospital management and budgets. Before the demise of Wall Street it wasn’t too long ago that I posted about the All Nighter they pulled to mine and try...
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on 09-26-2008
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