SmithKline Beecham's chief scientific officer, George Poste, speaks of pharmacogenomics as the savior of the industry.
"This is basically the next step in synthetic biology, " says Brian Baynes, Codon's chief scientific officer.
"We don't want to go there, " says John S. Patton, Nektar's founder and chief scientific officer.
Previously, he served as chief scientific officer of Perlegen, a pioneering personal genomics firm that is now defunct.
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"This is a remarkably hopeful time, " says Valerie Cwik, chief medical and scientific officer at the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
"The impact is huge, " says Norbert Bischofberger, chief scientific officer at Gilead Sciences, the third-biggest biotech by market capitalization.
"Nobody thought you could do this and make it reliable, " says John Patton, chief scientific officer of Nektar and a cofounder.
"I think it's worth taking a closer look at this, " said Michael Ehlers, chief scientific officer for neuroscience at Pfizer Inc.
Talley then helped recruit his former colleague Currie as chief scientific officer.
"This has got the potential to be the best in class protease inhibitor for HIV and AIDS, " says Palmer, the chief scientific officer.
"I don't think we're going to find the magic bullet--but we're going to get closer, " says Andres Negro-Vilar, chief scientific officer at Ligand Pharmaceuticals.
From now on, Dolan is going to run the business with a tighter hand, with Chief Scientific Officer Peter Ringrose reporting directly to him.
This connection to patients and research centres is vital for small biotech firms, says Julian Adams, chief scientific officer of Infinity Pharmaceuticals, a cancer company.
"In my mind there is not a human health hazard based on what has been shown to date, " says Novo Nordisk Chief Scientific Officer Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen.
But Dr Bent Jakobsen, chief scientific officer for Avidex told BBC News Online it could be around two years before the drugs could be tested on people.
Verinata will soon publish a review of its field performance over its first nine months on the market, said Richard Rava, chief scientific officer for the testing firm.
Eventually, he was hired as chief scientific officer for Eyematic, a Los Angeles company that was developing algorithms that would allow a computer camera to recognize and track human faces.
So far, says Chief Scientific Officer David Stirling , Revimid does not cause such birth defects in New Zealand rabbits--the only animal model in which the Thalomid problem shows up.
"I don't see this bio-defense sector going anywhere but up, " says Thomas Monath , chief scientific officer for Acambis (nasdaq: ACAM - news - people ).
He is chief scientific officer for Virginia G.
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Kindler also lured Neil Gibson, formerly chief scientific officer at biotech OSI Pharmaceuticals, to head oncology research, and Briggs Morrison, a former oncologist who made clinical trials run faster at Merck, to design drug studies.
At the time, he spoke in his role as chief scientific officer and senior adviser to the Proliferation and Arms Control Secretariat of the Ministry of Defence, and the Non-proliferation Department of the Foreign Office.
"Given the economic climate, everyone is trying to get in line at the trough, " says Charles Cantor , a bioterrorism expert and chief scientific officer at San Diego biotech firm Sequenom (nasdaq: SQNM - news - people ).
Now Stice is chief scientific officer of ProLinia , a cow- and pig-cloning firm he cofounded, and is a vice president at Bresagen , a company that owns several of the stem cell lines approved by President George Bush to receive government funding.
Kindler also lured Neil Gibson, formerly chief scientific officer at biotech OSI Pharmaceuticals, to head oncology research, and Briggs Morrison, a former oncologist who made clinical trials run faster at Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ), to design drug studies.
Allen, and led now by interim-head Nader Pourhassan and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Richard Trauger, CytoDyn epitomizes how many new medical therapies are developed today, in virtual (read, decentralized) laboratories, by companies with short ledger sheets, and armed with two or three sharp concepts with strong therapeutic and bottom-line potential.
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Investors cheered as Dolan predicted 28% earnings growth for 2003, Chief Financial Officer Andrew Bonfield assured that the company's numbers are solid and new Chief Scientific Officer James Palmer outlined a pipeline of drugs that might allow Bristol (nyse: BMY - news - people ) to weather another round of patent expirations.
Late last week, the FDA approved a new med called Eylea, which is made by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ( see this), an upstart with board members that include such heavy hitters as former Merck ceo Roy Vagelos and, as of this morning, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a former executive vp and chief scientific officer at Genentech, who is currently president of Rockefeller University, the medical research institution ( read here).
Coca-Cola has adapted to meet consumer demand, says Rhona Applebaum, the company's Vice President and Chief Scientific Regulatory Officer.
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