Searching For A Bottom A wild week on Wall Street may change the financial landscape for years to come.
I Want A New Drug by DANIEL S. LEVINE IDIS Pharmaceuticals has carved out a niche by connecting patients to drugs not yet approved in their countries. Now it's taking its services to the United States.
Tall Order by JOEL MCCORMICK Can Singapore buy its way to the top of the biotech world with no background in entrepreneurship or science?
Paying A Premium Cost of family health insurance rises to $12,680 as workers face higher deductibles.
Google's Big Record Deal by ERIC WAHLGREN If the search giant is successful in its healthcare venture, it could spark a nationwide electronic medical records network.
Billion Dollar Copycats Generic drugmakers tout billions in savings that could be realized with the introduction of biogenerics.
Thinking Small by LORI ANDREWS AND JULIE BURGER U.S. patent officials and other regulators must get up to speed on the intricacies of tiny particles to avoid hindering the growth of nanotechnology.
Untethering Innovation by BRADFORD PLUMER One year before a new president takes office, Congress lies low, but bills on patents, biologics, genetics, and a host of other issues could still affect R&D.
They Don't Call, They Don't Write by DANIEL S. LEVINE Ethicists says investigators should share results with research volunteers in their studies.
An Ounce Of Prevention by DANIEL S. LEVINE Biomedical research costs money, but it promises to fix the healthcare mess, save billions in the long run, and cure people even before they get sick.
Public or Private? by PETER J. PITTS Commercial confidential information need to be protected to ensure innovation.
Gas Guzzlers by ERIC WAHLGREN Scientists in New Zealand move closer to curbing global warming with a vaccine for sheep flatulence.
Photo Essay: Gimme Shelter A lab building boom is underway in California thanks to money raised by the state's stem cell agency. The race is on as 12 institutions must complete building their state-of-the art research facilities in just two years.
Gimme Shelter by ERIC WAHLGREN A lab building boom is underway in California thanks to money raised by the state's stem cell agency. The race is on as 12 institutions must complete building their state-of-the art research facilities in just two years.