Tag Archives: Biotech
Pharmacogenetics – The future of “Personalized Medicine”
European Americans are ten to forty times more likely than African Americans to get a very aggressive type of skin cancer called Melanoma. People of Asian descent are more likely to have the inability to process alcohol efficiently – exposing … Continue reading
Posted in BioTech/Pharma, Business
Tagged BiDil, Biotech, NitroMed, Personalized Medicine, Pharma, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacogenetics, Targeted Medicine
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Pharma Mega-Mergers: When you can’t innovate, merge
In April of 2009, Pfizer agreed to buyout Wyeth for $68 billion; Pfizer’s market cap at that time was just around $100 billion. The following month Merck trumped the Pfizer deal with a $41 billion merger with Schering-Plough. What was … Continue reading
Posted in BioTech/Pharma, Business
Tagged Biotech, Cozaar, Genentech, Lipitor, Mega-Mergers, Merck, Pfizer, Pharma, Pharmaceuticial, Roche, Schering-Plough, Singulair, Wall Street
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