"We are at that point where peoplearelooking atthistechnology and saying 'We can make abusiness out of that'," says Scott Harmon, head of business development at ZCorporation.
Genentech ( DNA - news - people ) veteran who was head of clinical development at HGS, says that it appeared patients who tested positive for antibodies that can indicate a lupus flare-up did better.
According to talk in biotech circles, Pfizer was courting Susan Desmond-Hellmann, the head of development at Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ), but was rebuffed.