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CIO
July 15, 2001
Stephanie Overby |
Iceland's Dilemma: Privacy vs. Progress A small Icelandic startup has been granted a 12-year license to create and manage a database of the entire nation's medical and genetic records. Can it make medical history without violating patient privacy?   |
Bio-IT World
May 2006
Kevin Davies |
Decoding the Genetics of Common Disease Icelandic biopharma deCODE Genetics' Kari Stefansson says his company's search for genes underlying common diseases is not only pushing promising new drug candidates into the clinic but also revealing new insights into the very basis of common disease. |
Bio-IT World
October 9, 2002
Malorye Branca |
The Path to Personalized Medicine The tactics have changed, sometimes dramatically, but hints of the promise of pharmacogenomics are finally starting to trickle in from studies of asthma, cancer, and drug response. |
Bio-IT World
January 13, 2003
Kari Stefansson |
The Icelandic Man Cometh The founder of deCODE Genetics on Viking DNA, privacy, disease, and aging. |
Bio-IT World
February 10, 2003
Mark D. Uehling |
Decoding Estonia The former Soviet republic aims to use IT and culture to build a national gene database. It is modestly funded but is already being noticed by scientists and industry. |
Chemistry World
July 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Medicine made to measure Healthcare tailored to suit the genetic makeup of the patient is finally coming to fruition. |
Bio-IT World
February 18, 2004 |
The Quest for Complex Genes Genetic sleuths are homing in on genes for complex diseases with the help of new, and some not so new, tools and strategies. |
CIO
April 1, 2003
Pat McCaffrey |
Iceland's Database Tussle Biotechnology company DeCode Genetics wants to establish and commercialize a database of the personal medical records of all the citizens of Iceland. But delays in obtaining government approval, opposition from doctors and financial struggles at DeCode are raising doubts about the project's viability |
Pharmaceutical Executive
September 1, 2005
Mattingly & Saxberg |
Biomarkers Come of Age In the past five years, biomarkers have become an essential part of pharmaceutical R&D. Seven industry experts explain how it happened - and what comes next. |
Bio-IT World
September 9, 2002
Malorye Branca |
The New, New Pharmacogenomics The field of pharmacogenomics proves valuable in the battle against toxicity and late-stage drug failure -- one of the pharmaceutical industry's biggest problems. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
deCODE This deCODE genetics' auditor's resignation provides a buying opportunity for those who buy story stocks. |
Bio-IT World
March 2006
Kevin Davies |
Clinical Data Launches Landmark Trial Clinical Data has launched a Phase III clinical trial for the depression drug vilazodone and will concurrently develop a diagnostic test. The study could prove to be a landmark event in pharmacogenomic medicine. |
Bio-IT World
March 2006 |
Special Show Preview: It's Showtime! Highlights of the upcoming fifth annual Bio IT World conference: Decoding the Genome... The Six-Figure Sequence... E-Clinical Futures... etc. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 1, 2011
Dickmeyer & Rosenbeck |
From Rut to Racetrack Can the pharmaceutical industry deliver on its objective to make cancer a curable, chronic condition? |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2011
Elizabeth O. Coulton |
Clinical Trial Issues Not Just Black and White The selection of clinical trial participants must meld with the changing demographics of America if industry is to improve medicines that work for patients. |
Bio-IT World
February 2006
Kevin Davies |
Curtain Opens on Life Sciences Expo Highlights of the upcoming Life Sciences Conference + Expo: Keynotes... Conference Tracks... Speakers... Educational workshops... etc. |
Fast Company
November 2009
David H. Freedman |
The Gene Bubble: Why We Still Aren't Disease-Free When the human genome was first sequenced nearly a decade ago, the world lit up with talk about how new gene-specific drugs would help us cheat death. Well, the verdict is in: Keep eating those greens. |
Bio-IT World
January 12, 2004
Karen Hopkin |
High-Tech Search for the Fountain of Youth Dramatic advances may help biotechs develop drugs that slow aging. |
Bio-IT World
August 13, 2002
Mark D. Uehling |
Clinical Trial Data Management: Tortured by Paper Reams of paper stuffed into boxes and shipped to the FDA by the truckload is hardly the best approach to drug approval. But what's the right way? |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2010
Brian Orelli |
And You Thought Biotech Was High-Risk, High-Reward Large clinical trials make cardiovascular drugs risky, but the rewards are there, too. |
Wired
March 2006
Jennifer Kahn |
A Nation of Guinea Pigs There's a new outsourcing boom in South Asia - and a billion people are jockeying for the jobs. How India became the global hot spot for drug trials. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2010
Luke Timmerman |
Vertex Nails Third Big Trial With Hepatitis C Drug And in the toughest patients to treat, too. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
John Carey |
The NIH's Roadmap for Research Charting the human genome was just the beginning. Now the focus is creating pathways that will lead to practical applications. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2010
Brian Orelli |
You Must Realize This Drug Works by Now Vertex concludes its phase 3 trials with another win. |
Managed Care
November 2006
Maureen Glabman |
Genetic Testing: Major Opportunity, Major Problems Whether a person is likely to develop diabetes, cancer, schizophrenia, or stroke will be reasonably well predicted, and tests can also determine whether a patient will respond to a given therapy. That's the good part. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2010
Ralph Casale |
Companion Diagnostics in Cancer Drug Development Diagnostic companies partnering with drug developers can make for an attractive investment segment. |
Managed Care
May 2001
Michael D. Dalzell |
Powerful Opportunities For Good and Greed Genetic advances could spawn incredible improvements in health care. Given public demand, they also pose what may be unmanageable issues of resource use... |
Bio-IT World
March 2007
Kevin Davies |
Leading by Example At Cambridge Healthtech Institute's annual Pharmaceutical and Biotech Leader's Summit, drug industry executives provided accounts of the profound organizational and technological changes that are helping organizations overcome industry-wide challenges. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2008
Brian Orelli |
The Nuts and Bolts of Drug Research Merck just released a pair of papers detailing the network of proteins that are linked to obesity, but the pharmaceutical company won't benefit much financially from its studies. So who will? |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Look for Companies That Strike First Head-to-head trials, whether they're run by companies or by third parties, can be scary. But the way to make big money is by selling drugs that offer superior benefits, so investors should welcome the onslaught of upcoming comparative trial data. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2012
Sue Barrowcliffe |
Real World Insights Commercial teams as well as patients can benefit from managed access programs, which are designed to provide access to medicines outside of the clinical and commercial setting, for patients who have no other available treatment options. |
Bio-IT World
May 9, 2003
Mark D. Uehling |
Data Rapture? Electronic capture of data: Some say it unclogs the medieval clinical trials process. Others remain skeptical of software and put their trust in paper. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
December 1, 2011
George Baeder |
China's Future in Bioscience Will big investments in infrastructure carry the day in positioning China as a global drug innovation powerhouse? |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2010
Brian Orelli |
When One Patent Means So Much The loss of patents on genes could have far-reaching consequences for drug companies. |
Bio-IT World
February 2006 |
News Blast Hit-to-Lead... Whole Genome... Gleevec Resistance... |
Bio-IT World
June 17, 2004
Michael A. Goldman |
A Hip Approach to Gene Hunting IntegraGen defines the genetic blueprint of complex human diseases and delivers validated disease markers and therapeutic targets for a better diagnosis and a causal treatment of common diseases, based on its unique genomic analysis expertise. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Clinical Trial Results Fail to Inspire Inspire Pharma gets cut in half after a cystic fibrosis trial failure. |
Chemistry World
March 2011 |
Column: In the pipeline Drug discovery is an inherently risky business. Derek Lowe tries to balance some of the risk equations |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2009
Brian Orelli |
The Next Big Thing Is Not Right in Front of You Perhaps the fastest evolving technology right now is found in DNA sequencing. |
Bio-IT World
March 8, 2005
Patricia Reilly |
Biomarkers: Trends and Potential Companies are centralizing biomarker research to help reduce spending. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Ryan McBride |
Vertex's Telaprevir Clears Hurdle, Could Halve Treatment Times for Hepatitis C Study results are positive. |
AskMen.com
Richard Stevens |
Participating In Clinical Trials Check out what participating in clinical trials involves and how you can join a study. You may even make some cash in the process. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Pfile Pfizer Under "Potential" Researchers reported promising finding from a clinical trial of Pfizer's new drug, CP-870,893, in pancreatic cancer patients in the most recent issue of the journal Science. |
Bio-IT World
November 14, 2003
Hoffer et al. |
Over the Rainbow Yet? Consolidation slows, valuations grow, and now there's hope for some biotech IPOs. |
Bio-IT World
February 18, 2004 |
On the Up and Up Market values for biotec companies increase as they deal and deliver in the fourth quarter |
Wired
April 21, 2008
Rachel Swaby |
Chromosome, Proteome ... Decoding the DNA of '-omes' The genome alone can't explain how our bodies work. We need to decode a lot of other complex biological systems that regulate how we develop. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Bruce Bigelow |
Genetic Testing Companies in San Diego, Boston, and San Francisco Studying FDA Letters The letters notify the companies that genome-sequencing tests they offer to consumers are medical devices that require the agency's approval. |
Chemistry World
October 15, 2013
Dinsa Sachan |
Supreme court ruling brings clinical trials to a halt in India The fate of 162 global clinical trials hangs in the balance, as the top Indian court has asked the government to provide more details on their approval process before they can proceed. |
Nursing
June 2011
Daniel A. Hussar |
New Drugs 2011: Part 2 In this article, you'll learn about seven recently approved drugs, including: fingolimod hydrochloride, an oral drug indicated to treat patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. |
Information Today
July 2, 2013 |
Thomson Reuters Offers Clinical Trial Intelligence Solutions These solutions improve clinical trials, speed up product development and release, and help professionals strengthen portfolios and R&D strategy. |
