Biotechnology - Boston Globe covers the biotech conference BIO 2007

The Boston Globe covers BIO 2007, the world's largest biotech conference

Biotech plan may top peers'

Governor Deval Patrick's proposal to inject $1 billion into medical research and biotechnology could also be more flexible and cost effective than competing plans in California and other states.

THE AREA

Welcome to the bio hub
This week we truly are at the center of the biotech universe.
The role of Cambridge
With a willingness to work with scientists, Cambridge was an early player.

industry

And the cash still flows in
Biotechnology proponents rarely talk about the fact that the industry loses huge quantities of money.
The future of biotech
Three industry experts look at what's next for biotech.
It costs how much?
Biologics help patients, but insurers and employers worry spiraling prices.

careers

Help wanted
When Jennifer Buell went hunting for a job, she expected the search to take awhile.
The gender gap
A small group of scholars studying women in biotech has stumbled on a surprise.
After hours
Kendall Square's bars and lunch spots catering to the biotech set.

discovery to patient

Velcade: A case study

"What if we fail?’’ a colleague asked chemist Julian Adams as they ate lunch in the offices of ProScript Inc. in October 1998.

Biomanufacturing a drug
How Genzyme's Cerezyme drug is made.
The Hot Seat: Jim Greenwood
The Hot Seat spotlights Jim Greenwood, head of the national lobbying group for biotechnology.

Conference coverage

Live reports
Globe reporters blogged live from the 4-day convention.

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