Biotech Blog Archives: May 2005
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24 May 2005
Drug firms don’t disclose enough
The editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine accused three of the largest drug companies of ‘making a mockery‘ of efforts to create transparency in clinical trials, adding that could lead some important medical publications to avoid publishing their studies.
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24 May 2005
Alternative Stem Cell Bill Added to Debate
With a closely divided House poised to vote today on whether to expand federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, opponents are offering fence-sitters what they say is an embryo-friendly alternative: a bill that would foster the use of stem cells from umbilical cords discarded after birth.
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20 May 2005
Giving The Green Light To Industrial Biotech
The U.S. government is dangling a big carrot — and some wheat and corn — to encourage manufacturers to make more products from biobased materials.
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2 May 2005
Genentech’s Lessons For Big Pharma
How does Genentech do it? The biotech company focuses on science — not marketing, acquisitions, or patents
