In Initial Finding, F.D.A. Calls Cloned Animals Safe as Food
Milk and meat from cloned animals are safe to consume, the Food and Drug Administration has tentatively concluded, a finding that could eventually clear the way for such products to reach supermarket shelves and for cloning to be widely used to breed livestock.
Archive for October, 2003
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October 31, 2003
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October 31, 2003Biotech Startups: Take Your Time
Until startups’ products are close to gaining approval, there’s no reason why smart investors would want to share the risks
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October 31, 2003Has the debate on GM crops been misleading?
More than a hundred scientists have written to Tony Blair, complaining about the handling of the public debate on genetically modified crops.
They say that they feel ‘undermined’ by the government’s failure to correct false claims.
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October 30, 2003Are Adult Stem Cells a Bust?
Opponents of research on embryonic stem cells have insisted that adult stem cells are a therapeutically superior and ethically more acceptable alternative. However, a new report in Nature finds that adult stem cells may not be the panacea that the bioconservative movement had hoped.
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October 30, 2003Is the US pharmaceuticals industry losing its way?
The EU generally looks to the US as its model for pharmaceuticals innovation. But US companies are showing signs of vulnerability due to competition from generics and a lack of new ‘blockbuster’ drugs.
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October 30, 2003U.S. drug companies curb supplies to Canadian exporters
As the political fight over drug imports into the United States intensifies, several top industry executives say that they have been effective in denying supplies to Canadian pharmacies that ship to America.
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October 30, 2003The next big thing is…
According to the most recent MoneyTree Survey, a report put together by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association, which tracks venture capital investments, biotech and medical equipment firms are really the next big thing …
Although overall VC funding in the third quarter dipped 8 percent from the second quarter, investments in so-called life science firms increased 14 percent.
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October 30, 2003Pharmaceutical Makers Turn To CRM
After years of blockbuster medications that literally change the way their customers live, drugmakers are facing a period of uncertainty as the cost of developing the next big thing grows and the discovery pipeline shrinks. Many pharmaceutical companies are turning to customer-relationship-management technology as a means to squeeze revenue from existing products and prime the market for what’s to come.
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October 28, 2003Fog Begins to Lift with Q3 Biotech Numbers
Certain market indicators for 2003’s third quarter suggest that at least some investors and analysts are anticipating more boom, less doom.
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October 28, 2003India emerges as new drug trial hot spot
Biotech entrepreneurs see Indian clinical trials – which can cut costs by 60 percent – as the difference between success and slow death.
