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Cisco’s Virtual Doctor Will See You Now

Cisco’s new health-networking systems could transform health care.

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Most Innovative Companies – Biotech

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Update on Microsoft School of the Future

Three years have passed since the opening of Microsoft’s School of the Future in Philadelphia, a high-profile pilot project designed to kick urban education up a few notches with learning strategies from the corporate world. Two years have passed since we <a href="//www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/microsofts-class-action.html">wrote</a> about this daring initiative. Now–if education experts at a recent American Enterprise Institute panel discussion are to be believed–the experiment is showing signs of stagnation.

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A new antibiotic alternative

We’ve <a href="/magazine/135/raid.html">written</a> about Intralytix, NovaBay, and Polymedix—companies developing drugs designed to circumvent the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

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LS9 joins forces with P&G

Last year, I <a href="/magazine/122/fueling-the-future.html" target="_blank">wrote</a> about LS9, the scrappy Bay Area-based company that’s engineering microbes to churn out transportation fuel. Now, LS9 has <a href="http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/18234" target="_blank">joined forces</a> with Procter and Gamble–an upstart-titan partnership that could potentially speed the entry of LS9 products into the marketplace.

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Wyeth’s Multibillion-dollar Biotech Bet

Drugmaker Wyeth bet billions on biotech, transforming its culture and boosting profits.

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Will Wyeth Revolutionize Research at Pfizer?

Last fall, when we visited <a href="/magazine/132/grand-experiment.html">Wyeth Biotech’s</a> campus in Andover, MA, we were blown away by the management’s off-the-beaten-path approach to drug development and innovation. Now the storyline has hit an unexpected twist: Officials at Pfizer, the world’s biggest drug company, are in talks to buy all of Wyeth — including its rogue biotech division — for around $60 billion. (So far, nothing is definite; reps from Wyeth and Pfizer are staying mum.)

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Virgin America’s Gogo Wi-Fi Takes to the Skies

Virgin America has started a beta test of its new in-flight Wi-Fi service, Gogo, that’s expected to go public by December 1st. Take a ride with us on the service’s initial test flight from San Francisco.

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