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Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb has been using videoconferencing since 1991, when it paid $500,000 to build a special room with enough enhancements to ensure optimal quality. In recent years Bristol-Myers has used the technology to connect as many as 130 sites for one meeting, allowing scattered researchers to compare clinical data and discuss projects. "We use it in all aspects of our operations, from discovery to development to commercialization," says Mark Lamon, who oversees videoconferencing for the company's research-and-development unit...
Trip hop has remained an almost entirely British affair since its inception in the “Bristol sound” pioneered by bands such as Tricky, Massive Attack and Portishead. However, it was probably only a matter of time, particularly given the disappearance of many of the big names, before an American band figured they could mix big chillout beats and electronic burbles with blissed-out vocals. That band is Park Avenue Music. And the result is not half bad: captivating, ethereal vocals that mumble about how “I’ll always be with...
...genome--once swore they would steer clear of risky drug development and stick to peddling genetic information. But many are now busy recasting themselves as little pharmaceutical firms and buying up smaller companies to fill the holes in their drug-development technology. Meanwhile, big drugmakers such as Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb, under pressure to jump-start their slowing rates of drug discovery, are investing billions of dollars in collaborations with biotech firms to mine the genome for new medicines...
...Bristol-Myers Squibb has stepped forward in recent weeks to do its part in the fight against bioterrorism. It was one of several companies that offered the government free supplies of drugs believed to be effective against anthrax. It also offered the feds a fully-funded team of scientists with expertise in bacterial research to help fight...
...help make its argument, BMS added a slew of new lobbyists to its force, including GOP insider Haley Barbour. Longtime lobbying powerhouse Tommy Boggs took Bristol-Myers' CEO for sit-downs with lawmakers like John Dingell, the top- ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. And BMS made headway in arguing that a measure to fix the loophole it was trying to create should not be part of the bill - or at least that BMS should be exempted. But when lawmakers figured out that dozens of other drugs could make the same argument as BMS, including products like...