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CIO
April 1, 2003
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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   |
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
September 2005
Mark D. Uehling |
Kings of Genes and Data The speed by which things move at Iceland's deCODE supports the company's claim that it is not only reconnecting the bifurcated worlds of drug discovery and clinical research - it is also internally cross-pollinating ideas between those two realms. |
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? |
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
August 30, 2004 |
Who's in the Dow? Did you realize that the Dow is an average of just 30 companies? |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2004
Ben McClure |
Rethinking Big Pharma Risk is knocking Big Pharma stocks down. They won't be getting up anytime soon. Competition, soaring R&D costs, shifting business models, and political meddling combine to make drug stocks a riskier place to invest. |
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Politics in Your Portfolio Stocks behave differently under Democratic vs. Republican administrations. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2004 |
Nasdaq Battles NYSE The junior exchange has lured six companies from the Big Board. Sort of. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
60 Minutes on Drugs Will the weekly news magazine's prime-time slam rattle the drug stocks? |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Fed Hikes Interest in Market Tomorrow's the day Greenspan will show his cards, and investors will react. Hopefully. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
America's Biggest Employers If you hate working at a small firm, where everyone knows everyone, and you'd like to be a small fish in a big pond, here's a list of America's largest employers based on worldwide workforces. |
Bio-IT World
June 2006 |
News Blast Spectral Spend... Nanoscale News... Testmakers... |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Yesterday's Victims Even in a strong day of trading, not all ships rise with the tide. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2004 |
Teaching Kids How to Invest Your kids have time on their side, so give them a head start in investing. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Brokers on Parade Wall Street gets some home cooking when its investment banks step up with earnings. |
The Motley Fool
January 21, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Circuit City Flees Financing The electronics retailer takes another step toward trimming down, selling its private-label credit card business to Bank One. |
