Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Google Fiber plans to acquire Webpass in a deal that trims the ranks of independent Internet service providers—an industry already maligned for its lack of competition—but ultimately could boost consumer access to high-speed Internet. Barr wrote in a blog post announcing the tie-up.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

An obvious place to look for help is the venture community—Bruce Booth of Atlas Ventures pointed out in a recent blog that venture capital is doing well, and is positioned to do even better in the future. Yet despite relative plenty in the bio-venture community, pharma suffers from a shortage of drug candidates.

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Xconomy

JULY 29, 2016

But the company said this week that sales of Sovaldi and Harvoni, which share a common ingredient, sofosbuvir, have slowed with fewer patients starting on the drugs and prices undercut by fierce competition from AbbVie and Merck. But our minds jumped to politics. How about we start a pool? Shares closed Thursday at $9.60

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Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2017

The FDA reported that generic drug approvals are set to hit a record ; the agency under Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has moved this summer to increase generic competition and lower the nation’s high drug prices. Meanwhile, drug-price hawks can sharpen their talons on a report this week from The New York Times and ProPublica.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

There have been a series of tie-ups, as security-tech companies try to boost their businesses and amplify their products via acquisitions. For the cybersecurity industry, 2016 is shaping up to be the year of alliances. Cyber industry alliances, the thinking goes, could make customers’ cyber defenses stronger and easier to manage.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2016

But the drugs aren’t cures, and competition looms. Its acquisition of Aurora Biosciences in 2001, and a critical $150 million in research funding from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (which just committed another $75 million to the company last week), led it to CF. Has Vertex has learned from its past missteps?

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The Partnership on AI , formally unveiled Wednesday, includes Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, Google and its 2014 acquisition DeepMind. As the technology has advanced, so has the competitive landscape.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 3, 2018

Millions of people might be on vacation as we hit the dog days, but drug makers and politicians aren’t taking a break from the gamesmanship over high drug prices.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools. This is a slightly longer version and also has an update at the end. My family went without me.

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