A handy review of the biotech news that appeared this week:
Well, this week being Thanksgiving week, it was a slow week for biotech, as all eyes turned to the retail stores and the throngs that gathered there once the turkey got cold.
Just a couple of tidbits …
Monday marked the second anniversary of the FDA’s approval of ICOS Corp.’s Cialis. ICOS may have to contend with more restrictions on TV ads for prescription drugs, according to this week’s story from MSNBC, originally from the Puget Sound Business Journal: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10136710/
Also, is Oregon about to become the home of a new Genentech manufacturing plant? Maybe, in what would be a loss for the Puget Sound’s biotech recruitment effort … http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1132372535138590.xml&coll=7
Oh, and in a case of biotech meeting the big screen, here’s our film reviewer’s take on a new movie that looks at “The Future of Food.” http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/11/23/100ae_food001.cfm?V=Y
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