Comments on: Microsoft, Dipping Toe Deeper into Life Sciences, Buys Rosetta Assets from Merck http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/06/01/microsoft-dipping-toe-deeper-into-life-sciences-buys-rosetta-assets-from-merck/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:43:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Microsoft, Dipping Toe Deeper into Life Sciences, Buys Rosetta Assets from Merck | Xconomy « Biotech Beach Bum http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/06/01/microsoft-dipping-toe-deeper-into-life-sciences-buys-rosetta-assets-from-merck/comment-page-1/#comment-63844 Microsoft, Dipping Toe Deeper into Life Sciences, Buys Rosetta Assets from Merck | Xconomy « Biotech Beach Bum Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:50:17 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=27427#comment-63844 [...] Microsoft, Dipping Toe Deeper into Life Sciences, Buys Rosetta Assets from Merck | Xconomy This week Microsoft announced it will purchase the Rosetta Biosoftware division from Merck. This looks like a huge win/win/win combo; Merck gets out of a software business it doesn’t really “get”, Microsoft instantly becomes a serious player in the bioinformatics space with partnerships with Affymetrix and Illumina, and the biotech field gets serious software engineering for drug discovery and personal health.  I’ll be at Microsoft’s Connected Health Conference next week and will report back on what I learn there!  http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/06/01/microsoft-dipping-toe-deeper-into-life-sciences-buys-roset... [...] [...] Microsoft, Dipping Toe Deeper into Life Sciences, Buys Rosetta Assets from Merck | Xconomy This week Microsoft announced it will purchase the Rosetta Biosoftware division from Merck. This looks like a huge win/win/win combo; Merck gets out of a software business it doesn’t really “get”, Microsoft instantly becomes a serious player in the bioinformatics space with partnerships with Affymetrix and Illumina, and the biotech field gets serious software engineering for drug discovery and personal health.  I’ll be at Microsoft’s Connected Health Conference next week and will report back on what I learn there!  http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/06/01/microsoft-dipping-toe-deeper-into-life-sciences-buys-roset… [...]

]]> By: White House report says fixing health care good for economy… Ya think? — MedCity morning read, June 2, 2009 : MedCity News http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/06/01/microsoft-dipping-toe-deeper-into-life-sciences-buys-rosetta-assets-from-merck/comment-page-1/#comment-62844 White House report says fixing health care good for economy… Ya think? — MedCity morning read, June 2, 2009 : MedCity News Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:38:42 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=27427#comment-62844 [...] Microsoft, dipping toe deeper into life sciences, buys Rosetta assets from Merck (Xconomy | Seattle) [...] [...] Microsoft, dipping toe deeper into life sciences, buys Rosetta assets from Merck (Xconomy | Seattle) [...]

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