The necessary relationship between biotechnology companies and big pharma drives both industries - pharma has the money but often has science needs; biotechnology has the science but often lacks financial resources. (BioWorld Financial Watch)

As investigators continue to sift through pieces of the disintegrated Space Shuttle Columbia and the nation mourns the deaths of seven astronauts, scientists involved in about 80 experiments aboard the doomed craft also are mourning the loss of their experiments - although you might not know it from the mainstream media.