Life Science

I’ve been up at the state capitol the last couple of days, and, no, I didn’t spot our celebrity governor. But you do wonder if you’re going to run into “Arnold”—everybody calls him that—in the elevator. On day one I went to the Life Science Day in the Capitol. The California Health Institute, a biotech promotion organization, was lobbying the ...

When you think about major healthcare system players does the name IBM come to mind? Probably not, but maybe it should at least as we move into the future. Four years ago Big Blue opened a department on life science to develop the growing market for high-power computing in research. Now they’ve consolidated it with their medical care branch, and, ...

A new “open access” journal (ie, no subscription fees to greedy publishers) is starting up focusing on nutrition, physical activity and behavior. It’s a peer-reviewed publication with quantitative research. Not surprisingly it’s called: The International Journal of Behvioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. It’s purpose statement: The IJBNPA is an open access, international and peer-reviewed journal devoted to furthering the understanding ...

I’ve mentioned a couple of times before that drug companies are beginning to move their clinical trials to India and that India is eager to get the business. An article in today’s Wall Street Journal give some insight into this emerging practice.