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Business + Strategy

• Merck President Touts Technology Benefits 
  STRATEGY - Small process changes can yield big benefits.
• Guerilla Informatics -- Genzyme Style 
  COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY - Measured adoption of bioinformatics restrains tool costs while proving value.
• Life Sciences Conference + Expo Special Preview 
  Bio-IT World hosts its fifth annual conference in Boston, April 3-5.
• The Theranostics Promise
  NOTHING VENTURED - Diagnostic testing is crucial for today's clinical trials.
  By Michael A. Greeley
• Physician Portals Fill the Gap
  INSIGHTS | OUTLOOK - Web portals are set to become a vital link in health-IT value chain.
  By Charles Firneno 
• News Blast

Science + Technology

• Microdoses of Excitement
  CLINICAL TRIALS - AMS, 'Phase 0' trials, and the FDA's endorsement of 'exploratory' IND applications.
• Clinical Data Launches Landmark Trial
  PHARMACOGENOMICS - Firm intends to explore 'the simultaneous development of biomarker and drug.'
• Integration, Robotics, and Automation
  FULLY EQUIPPED - Integration drives advanced laboratory automation.
  By Robert M. Frederickson
• News Blast
• New Products

IT + Informatics

• The Evolving Grid
  GRID COMPUTING - J&J takes leading role in grid computing for discovery and clinical trials.
• Pfizer Digs Deeper
  DATA MINING - New techniques and analysis tools help pharma glean knowledge from trial data.
• Oracle Discusses Agenda
  CLINICAL DATA - With middleware on the way, data heavyweight reveals 'eloquent vision' for bioscience.
• RDF -- The Web's Missing Link
  SCIENCE AND THE WEB - Teranode expert explores the next generation of Web in new quarterly column. 
  By Eric K. Neumann
• News Blast
• New Products

In Every Issue

• Personal Genome Project
  FIRST BASE - Harvard's George Church is a contender for the X Prize for his work in genome sequencing.
  By Kevin Davies 

• It's All About the Drugs
  THE RUSSELL TRANSCRIPT - Forget the glitz and glamour; only results will lift modelers to the next level.
  By John Russell