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NewsAre Mass. lawmakers 'anti-biopharmaceutical'?
After coming up with a billion-dollar program to encourage the growth of the Read more...
Enzon spins off biotech ops into $150M enterprise
Enzon Pharmaceuticals has decided to spin off its biotech operations into a new company, adopting a suggestion floated by none other than Carl Icahn. Icahn has Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Colorado passes $26.5M biotech incentive bill
Like so many other regions, Colorado is hoping to get its own slice of the biotech Read more...
Biotech's next big opportunity: Follow-ons?
Follow-on biologics are often cited as major long-term threat to the biotech industry, which so far has not had to face a future where generic therapies are allowed to slice and dice the market for Read more...
Stromedix gets $25M for mAb work
Cambridge, MA-based Stromedix has landed $25 million in a Series B round of venture capital. The company's lead drug is STX-100, a humanized monoclonal antibody which Stromedix is developing for Read more...
Big Biotech emerges as a shelter in economic storm
Veteran investors have long taken different views of biotechnology, sometimes in the course of a single day. And share prices regularly go on a Read more...
Sanofi makes moves in China
In the Wall Street Journal, Sanofi's R&D chief Marc Cluzel (photo) Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Pharmaxis reports Phase II CF data; New Zealand publishes biotech industry stats; and much more...
> Pharmaxis announced today that a Phase II clinical trial in children with cystic fibrosis demonstrated excellent lung function improvement following three months treatment with Bronchitol that Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Biotech sector poised for growth
Investment analysts say that Israel's biotech industry should see a significant hike in the amount of VC funds invested in the country. Any downturn triggered by the ongoing uproar in global Read more...
SBA looks to boost grants to small biotechs
In a possible boon to the biotech industry, the SBA is looking to hike research grants to small U.S. businesses. And regulators are considering new rules that would allow grants to go to businesses Read more...
| Press ReleasesPRESS RELEASE: Roche Files CTA for Third Genmab Antibody Roche Files CTA for Third Genmab Antibody; Collaboration Could be Worth $100 Million COPENHAGEN, October 2 -- Genmab announced today that its partner Roche has filed a Clinical Trial Application Read more... PRESS RELEASE: Lilly's CEO Calls for Reform of Nation's Drug Safety System Lilly's CEO Calls for Reform of Nation's Drug Safety System FDA, health care industry, and the medical community collaboration would share data via a national health IT system CLEVELAND, October 02, Read more... |
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