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Analysts show why orphan drug development is going gangbusters

Small patient populations represent a huge market opportunity. Orphan drugs represent one of the pharma industry's hottest growth markets, and new figures from Thomson Reuters underscores that the blistering rise in revenue will drive the development of the next generation of experimental products.

Buzz: Big investors likely to back next wave of biotech buyouts

Now that Amylin and Human Genome Sciences have completed their buyout deals, the biotech industry is virtually humming with gossip about the next sizable buyout.

Buzz: GlaxoSmithKline interested in BioMarin buyout?

The Telegraph in the U.K. is reporting that the market buzz indicates that GSK is in talks with BioMarin, the rare disease drug outfit that has been snapping up programs in recent months.

BioMarin aims to scoop up rare disease drugs as orphan field sizzles

With the rare disease drug field as crowded as ever, BioMarin Pharmaceutical ( $BMRN ) is in the market to snap up smaller developers of the treatments to build on the company's established position in

BioMarin perfects the popular rare disease drug model

One of the big trends in drug development over the past three years has been the growing popularity of new treatments for rare diseases. And if you read through Bloomberg's lengthy feature on Novato,

Focus at Genzyme now shifts to job security, partnerships

Now that Genzyme is destined to become the center of Sanofi-Aventis' new division for drugs that treat rare diseases, the internal focus at the company has turned to whose jobs and which development

Investors scour biotechs in search of the next big payoff

With investors cashing in on Genzyme's buyout investors are scouring the biotech landscape for new developers to back in hopes of making similar returns. Dow Jones polled a list of analysts, and some

BioMarin snares orphan drug upstart in $115M buyout

Continuing its year-long buying spree, BioMarin Pharmaceutical has agreed to pay up to $115 million to snare ZyStor Therapeutics and its preclinical candidate for Pompe disease. BioMarin is slapping

TheStreet tracks the top 10 clinical trials to watch

TheStreet's top biotech stock ace, Adam Feuerstein, has culled through a mountain of releases and reports to come up with the 10 most closely-watched trial announcements expected in the second half

Resignation sparks buyout rumors at BioMarin

When BioMarin board member Joseph Klein opted to step down from his position with the company, he presented a laundry list of disagreements in his resignation letter. But the one that's caught the