Keyword: biotech industry

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Dendreon Posts Smaller-than-expected Quarterly Loss

26.02.2013 - Dendreon reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss versus a year-ago profit on Monday as revenue fell and restructuring costs weighed on the biotechnology company. Executives...

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Lonza Awarded Contract to Generate Research Grade iPSCs

20.02.2013 - The National Institutes of Health Center for Regenerative Medicine (NIH CRM) has awarded Lonza Walkersville a contract to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for...

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Life Technologies Sale Process Cools

20.02.2013 - An $11 billion-plus sale of Life Technologies is looking less likely as a gap in price expectations with the company has left potential buyer Thermo Fisher Scientific skeptical...

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Paraguay Ruling Favors Monsanto in Royalties Dispute

20.02.2013 - A Paraguayan judge rejected on Tuesday a request by soy farmers to block Monsanto from collecting royalty payments for use of the biotech company's Roundup Ready seeds in the world...

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Novozymes Acquires Enzyme Business from Canadian Iogen

18.02.2013 - 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...

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Anergis Expands Management Team

15.02.2013 - Anergis, a company developing breakthrough allergy vaccines for fast and safe allergen-specific immunotherapy, today announced the expansion of its management team. With the...

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Actelion Hikes Dividend, Opsumit Approval Awaited

14.02.2013 - Swiss group Actelion has raised its dividend 25% as it awaits a U.S. regulatory decision on a new heart and lung drug it hopes will cut its dependency on current mainstay Tracleer...

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Novozymes Biopharma Announces Research Agreement with EpiVax

12.02.2013 - Novozymes Biopharma today announced a collaborative research agreement with Rhode Island-based biotech company EpiVax, to help further the development of a treatment for autoimmune...