Business

• Why Biotech Business Models May No Longer Be Sustainable
  Podcast: May 29, 2009
• Picking Up Steam by MARIE DAGHLIAN
  Two potential billion-dollar deals renew industry hopes.
• Hoping for a Reprise by DANIEL S. LEVINE
  The team behind Pharmion raise $145 million for a new venture.

Health

• Hidden Health Tax
  Undisclosed premium surcharge that pays for the uncompensated healthcare costs of the uninsured cost families more than $1,000 in 2008.
• Location, Location, Location
  Retail medical clinics appear to be situation in more well-to-do neighborhoods, flouting the notion that they primary serve the disadvantaged.
• Medical Turísmo
  About 1 million Californians travel to Mexico for healthcare every year because of lower costs.

Magazine

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  August/September 2008
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  June/July 2008 edition

Policy / Law

• A Growing Burden
  Type 1 diabetes cases in children under 5 to double across Europe by 2020.
• Comparing the Comparers
  Podcast: May 22, 2009
• A Taxing Healthcare Problem by PETER J. PITTS and ROB DHOBLE
  If you want create tax incentives to get and keep people healthy, target individuals instead of businesses.

Society

• Identity Crisis
  Cancer drug causes patient to lose fingerprints and be detained by U.S. immigration.
• Photo Essay: A Peach of a Time by DANIEL S. LEVINE
  The 2009 BIO International Convention Wraps
• Underfunded, Understaffed, and No Oversight
  “Badly fragmented” forensic science system needs overhaul.

Tech/Innovation

• Living Longer
  Study finds dramatic increase in metastatic colon cancer survival.
• Flu Fighter
  Study suggests arthritis drug might prove effective in fighting influenza.
• Ten Technologies to Watch by DANIEL S. LEVINE
  Here are some of the key areas that will change biotechnology.