A biotech company caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. They do have some substantial customers using products so it might take time to see how things fall in to place. Certain elements of biotech have not been untouched by the economy as well. BD Over the last few weeks...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-17-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Biotech, Stanford University, DNA Testing, Scripps, Venture Capitalists, valuation, sequency, equity, IPO. Sequencing
It has been a big day at Stanford with genomics, not only was the announcement made to better use sequencing to predict own syndrome, but they are also just about ready to receive their new genomic sequencing machine from Helicos. Earlier this year I interviewed Dr. Patrice Milos, Chief Science...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-07-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, personalized medicine, Genomics, healthcare, Electronic Medical Records, Biotech, cancer research, Research, Gene Sequencing, Disease, Stanford University, DNA Testing, Phamaceuticals, Helicos, Donation
Previously he has donated $20 million to Stanford for the Lorry I. Lokey Laboratory Building, which houses research labs for the departments of Chemistry and Biological Sciences. He founded Business Wire, the international public relations wire service, in 1961. This furthers his commitment...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-07-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Biotech, R and D, Stem Cells, Stanford University, Donation, Philanthropy
If you belong to Kaiser in northern California, Stanford Medical will now be able to see your medical records for the purpose of studying heart disease. It doesn't say if the records will be anonimized or not. Stanford will have access to 3.3 million records to study what is working and...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Medical Records, Heart Disease, Grants, Kaiser Permanente, Stanford University