Keyword: Biotechnology

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Atox Bio to Seek Funds by Year-End for More Trials

04.09.2012 - Israeli biotechnology firm Atox Bio, developing a drug it hopes can treat severe infections such as those caused by flesh-eating bacteria and deadly viruses, expects to ask...

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Myriad Wins Gene Patent Ruling from US Appeals Court

16.08.2012 - A federal appeals court on Thursday revived its decision to uphold Myriad Genetics's patents on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer, after the U.S. Supreme Court told it...

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Molecular Profiles, Onyx Scientific to Cooperate

13.08.2012 - Molecular Profiles, a specialist contract research and manufacturing organisation, announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Onyx Scientific, a contract...

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Biotech M&A at 4-Year High as Pharma Faces Expiring Patents

03.08.2012 - Global biotech merger volume has reached levels not seen in four years as big pharmaceutical companies pursue deals to get access to new drugs, with bankers saying therapeutic...

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Monsanto Bullish on Argentine Corn, Sees Output Jump

03.08.2012 - Global seed giant Monsanto expects Argentine corn output to jump more than 40% in the upcoming season thanks to high commodity prices, a new planting schedule meant to avoid...

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Life Tech Reins in 2012 Forecast

01.08.2012 - Life Technologies on Tuesday lowered the high end of its full year profit forecast and said revenue would come in at the low end of its prior outlook, citing unfavorable foreign...

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Nomad Receives €1.2 Million Grant from Saxony-Anhalt

30.07.2012 - Nomad Bioscience, a plant biotechnology company, has announced that the Company has been awarded a research and development grant from the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The financed...

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Small Generic Drug Firms Need Niches to Survive Looming Price War

21.07.2012 - Aggressive consolidation among U.S. and European generic drugmakers is putting pressure on smaller competitors in the industry, whose best hope of surviving a brewing price war may...