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Bio-IT World December 15, 2003 Kevin Davies	The Road to Personalized Medicine FDA guidance on the road to genomic medicine is a welcome first step in what promises to be a contentious debate on how to integrate pharmacogenomics into routine medical practice.
Bio-IT World December 15, 2003 Michael Greeley	Tiny Devices, Big Opportunities Parallel advances in drug formulation and microprocessing and other manufacturing technologies are creating new products and services as these industries start to intersect.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2003 Alyce Lomax	No Wrinkles for Medicis Medicis Pharmaceuticals announced that the FDA has approved its injectable wrinkle-filling gel, Restylane. Allergan's Botox has found a new competitor in the fountain-of-youth market.
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Arlene Weintraub	Big Pharma Looks Beyond Insulin Researchers may be on the verge of major new treatments for diabetes and obesity.
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Robert Barker	A Stimulant For Depressed Drug Stocks? For a bunch of can't-miss stocks, the big drugmakers sure did miss out on 2003's bull run. The dozen drug companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index have returned 10% this year, vs. the index' 22%. But the market is now failing to credit the companies' strengths.
Inc. December 2003 Noel Weyrich	The Worst Business in America Suppose you couldn't raise prices, you couldn't control expenses, and you were morally obligated to meet the needs of customers who are eager to sue if anything goes wrong. Suppose you were a group of doctors trying to birth babies in the 21st century.
HBS Working Knowledge December 8, 2003 Sean Silverthorne	Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Governmental, cultural and academic differences are hurting Europe's chances of gaining on the U.S. Can anything be done?
CRM December 2003 Jason Compton	Hot Projects: Healthcare The nervous parents calling BJC HealthCare's after-hours pediatric-nursing help line can't be kept on hold, waiting for answers. So when the St. Louis-based, 13-hospital network looked to improve performance and cut costs for the triage service, everyone benefited.
Managed Care November 2003 Martin Sipkoff	9 Ways To Reduce Unwarranted Variation Unwarranted variation in medical practice is costly -- and deadly. When the approach in one town is major surgery and in another, it's watchful waiting, you know there's a problem.
Managed Care November 2003 Gold & Kongstvedt	How Broadening Disease Management's Focus Helped Shrink One Plan's Costs Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and American Healthways score a hat trick by improving outcomes and satisfaction while saving money.
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