Ireland-based biotechnology company Elan has reported a net income of $2.29bn, or $4.28 per share, for the second quarter ended on 30 June 2013 compared to a net loss of $28.5m, or $0.05per share in 2012. Operating loss for the second ...
US-based biotechnology company Life Technologies is expanding its global food safety solutions range with the worldwide distribution of its RT-qPCR assays. The assays are designed to detect Norovirus GI and Norovirus GII, Hepatitis A, and ...
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, the leading developer of advanced spider silk based fibers, announced that it is scheduled to start commercial production of Monster Silk. The first phase, scheduled to begin within the next three weeks, will ...
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Green Biologics Limited , a UK-based industrial biotechnology company with pilot scale facilities and offices in Columbus, Ohio, has announced a collaboration and planned investment in facilities with Easy Energy Systems Inc. The ...
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Biotechnology company Momenta Pharmaceuticals has announced the issuance of a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office to The Rockefeller University for sialylation technology. The patent expires in 2028 and covers methods of ...
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Danish biotechnology company Zealand Pharma and partner, the Swiss pharma group Helsinn have jointly cHelsinn's Phase IIa study with elsiglutide for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea in cancer patients has been completed with ...
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Nimbus Discovery, a US-based biotechnology company, has entered into a co-development agreement with Shire aiming at small molecule treatments for lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs), which are considered as the rare genetic diseases. The ...
Biotechnology company Genmab has obtained FDA fast track designation in double refractory multiple myeloma for daratumumab. As per the designation, the human CD38 monoclonal antibody Daratumumab is suitable for multiple myeloma patients ...
Israel-based biotechnology company Oramed Pharmaceuticals has received the patent from the Japanese patent office for its technology in oral delivery of proteins. The patent, titled "Methods and Compositions for Oral Administrations of ...
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Canada-based biotechnology company Kane Biotech announced that DispersinB-Gentamicin combination wound gel spray has passed the primary skin irritation tests. The test was aimed at determining the dermal irritation potential of the spray ...
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US-based biotechnology company BioTime and its subsidiary LifeMap Sciences have entered into a definitive data mining collaboration agreement. Under the agreement, BioTime will use LifeMap's computer-based tools to extract information ...
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Biotechnology company bluebird bio has formed a broad collaboration with Celgene to develop new disease-altering gene therapies in oncology. The multi-year research and development collaboration aims to apply gene therapy technology to ...
Threshold Pharmaceuticals has signed a global agreement with Siemens Healthcare to purchase its investigational radiolabeled hypoxia positron emission tomography (PET) tracer, [18F]HX4 [flortanidazole (18F)]. The US-based biotechnology ...
Shire, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, has acquired Premacure, a privately held Swedish biotechnology company. Premacure is currently developing a protein replacement therapy to treat retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a rare and ...
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Sirona Biochem has obtained a European patent for a new family of carbohydrate-based compounds. The compounds are related to Sirona's SGLT2 inhibitor and skin depigmenting agents are protected by the patent. TFChem, a subsidiary of ...
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