Keyword: Biotechnology

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US Supreme Court Rules Against Amgen in Class Action

27.02.2013 - The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier on Wednesday to bring class action lawsuits, breaking a line of rulings that had made it more difficult to sue corporate defendants...

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FDA Halts Trials of Amgen Drug in Children, Cites Death

26.02.2013 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it has stopped all pediatric clinical trials of Amgen's Sensipar after the death of a 14-year-old patient taking part in a...

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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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Agriculture Wary as Monsanto Heads to Supreme Court

15.02.2013 - A 75-year-old Indiana grain farmer will take on global seed giant Monsanto at the U.S. Supreme Court next week in a patent battle that could have ramifications for the...