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...weeks ago Yale finally chose a successor to a throne empty since January. A rigorous selection process culminated in the ascendancy of Handsome Dan XVI, following Handsome Dan XV in a long Eli line of bulldog mascots. But of what other illustrious character does this long dynastic sequence of identical names and numerals remind you? That’s right, you guessed it: Louis...
...Glenn is a real straight shooter,” says Columbia professor Eli M. Noam ’70. “He is good to his word and respects faculty and their research...
...wonder drugs into profitmakers. Last week Genentech, an industry leader based in south San Francisco, began selling its first drug product for humans: Protropin, a growth hormone used to treat dwarfism in children. Genentech had previously developed Humulin, a synthetic insulin, but licensed it to an established pharmaceutical company, Eli Lilly, which put the drug on the market. Protropin, which is expected to generate annual sales of $40 million, is the first human drug that a new biotech company has tried to sell on its own. Says Robert Swanson, Genentech's cofounder: "This is the beginning of the coming...
Some drug companies have decided that the best way to join the business is to swallow biotech firms whole. Eli Lilly announced in September that it would pay $300 million for San Diego-based Hybritech, one of the leaders in the development of monoclonal antibodies, which are proteins that could potentially help diagnose and conquer diseases like cancer. Last week Bristol-Myers said it would buy Seattle's Genetic Systems, another specialist in monoclonal antibodies, for $260 million...
...Haven. The very words make you cringe. But despite what appears to be a putrid cesspool surrounding our Eli brethren, they (Yalies), as well as our counterparts at a host of other elite institutions, seem to have something we lack. According to a confidential memo recently leaked to the Boston Globe, administrators are aware of the unsettling buzz: Harvard students are less satisfied with their undergraduate experience than students at other top-tier colleges...