Just in time for Valentine's Day comes this, ahem, uplifting tidbit from our director of health research, who stumbled upon it while looking into the erectile-dysfunction drug sildenafil (Viagra) for entirely work-related purposes. It seems ...
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INVISTA Technologies S.à r.l. and Arzeda Corp. announce collaboration for the development of new technologies to enable novel bio-derived processes. The agreement brings together complementary technologies: INVISTA's capabilities ...
Novozymes A/S — a Denmark-based manufacturer of industrial enzymes and biotechnological solutions — has acquired Iogen Bio-Products — the industrial enzyme business of Ottawa-based biotechnology company Iogen Corp — ...
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Novozymes acquires Iogen Bio-Products, industrial enzyme business of Ottawa-based Iogen Corporation for CAD 67.5 million (approximately DKK 370 million) and potential earn-out payments of up to CAD 12.5 million (approximately DKK 70 ...
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Germany-based diagnostics and antimicrobial solutions firm Hyglos has introduced the new EndoZyme, a homogeneous fluorescence microplate assay for measuring endotoxin (Lipopolysaccharides, LPS) in pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical ...
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The Board of Directors of Novozymes has appointed Peder Holk Nielsen as President and Chief Executive Officer with effect from April 1, 2013. “I am pleased to announce that Peder Holk Nielsen will succeed Steen Riisgaard as ...
Higher sugar sales and strong growth at the Primark clothes retailer helped Associated British Foods to insulate itself against tough conditions in the UK food grocery market in its first fiscal quarter. For the 16 weeks to 5 January, ...
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Telik has announced notification of FDA orphan drug designation to ezatiostat HCL (Telintra) for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). The novel inhibitor of the enzyme glutathione S-transferase P1 1,Telintra activates Jun ...
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Penford Food Ingredients, a division of US-based Penford, has introduced PenNovo 00 - an enzyme-treated starch that can be used for food coatings and bakery applications. The new enzyme-treated starch is designed for coating systems for ...
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Exploration of the Chinese people on Chinese Herbal medicine has gone through thousands of years of history. According to legend, ShenNong tasted a hundred herbs, and first explained the Medicine, he was well known as “Emperor of the ...
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Janssen Therapeutics has obtained accelerated approval from FDA for Sirturo (bedaquiline) tablets as part of combination therapy to treat adult patients with pulmonary multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The surrogate endpoint of ...
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Innophos Holdings, a producer of specialty phosphates in North America, has acquired Triarco Industries for $46m, as part of its strategy to expand its footprint into product categories related to its existing phosphate offering. Triarco, ...
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bioMérieux has recently launched the new CE-marked VIDAS® Anti-HCV test for the detection of antibodies to the hepatitis C virus (HCV), extending the Company’s current product range to provide a complete test menu for ...
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Halozyme Therapeutics has entered into collaboration and license agreement with Pfizer for the development and commercialization of subcutaneous biologics. The collaboration will focus on developing Pfizer biologics, leveraging Halozyme's ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Nanosphere's CYP2C19 nucleic acid test to determine gene variants affecting drug metabolism. The CYP2C19 enzyme, in general, metabolizes approximately 15% of all ...
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