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Gilead's $11B Pharmasset Buy Validates Nuc Prodrug Strategy

Nov. 22, 2011

Thanksgiving came early for Pharmasset Inc. with the news that Gilead Sciences Inc. will gobble it up in a deal valued at $11 billion.

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Have brain-computer interfaces finally arrived?

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More and more individuals now have chronically implanted brain-computer interface (BCI) systems in their heads. Devices that can record and stimulate neural...

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Brain-computer interfaces are here but long road ahead

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The field of BCI is continually evolving; as such, companies are increasingly highlighting the potential of their technologies to transform care. For advanced...

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Decades of research are helping unravel the “black box” of the brain. The second article in BioWorld’s series on the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) field looks at...