Description

This issue of Vital Signs, released on November 6, 2006, provides a strategic overview of personalized medicine and pharmacogenomics. Additionally, an emerging company profile is provided for Microchip Biotechnologies, a leading provider of microchip based biosample preparation systems for the biodefense and genomics industries. Reimbursement and regulatory news from the FDA and CMS is also provided for the week of October 23 - October 27, 2006.