Keyword: Biotechnology

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Australia's Biota to Take over US Drug Maker Nabi

23.04.2012 - Australian flu drug maker Biota Holdings has agreed to take over U.S. firm Nabi Biopharmaceuticals to create a $258 million group and move to the United States, where investors...

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Roche Steps Back from Illumina Acquisition

20.04.2012 - Roche dropped its bid to buy the gene-sequencing leader Illumina this week after Illumina's shareholders made it clear at the company's annual meeting that the terms were...

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Actelion Sees Data on Big Drug Hope in Coming Weeks

19.04.2012 - Europe's largest biotech company Actelion said it expects results of a key late-stage trial on heart and lung disease drug macitentan in the next few weeks after a strong Swiss...

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Lanxess to Employ Evocatal Biotechnology

18.04.2012 - Lanxess cooperates with biotechnology expert Evocatal in the development of biotechnological methods for the synthesis of precursors for the rubber production. The goal of the...

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Belgian KitoZyme Sees Market Listing in 3-4 Years

18.04.2012 - KitoZyme, the Belgian maker of food supplements to tackle problems ranging from high cholesterol to dry skin, is planning to list in Brussels in three to four years, as long as...

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A Look at Processing Systems for White Biotech Applications

17.04.2012 - Biotechnology - The concept of ‘White Biotech' is nothing new. People have been using natural products to create health-giving products for millennia. However in the first half of...

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Merck Serono Sets Up Biotech Incubator in Israel

15.04.2012 - Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of German drugs and chemicals group Merck KGaA, inaugurated on Sunday a biotech incubator at Inter-Lab, its research and development...

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Helsinn Advanced Synthesis Successfully Inspected by FDA

13.04.2012 - Biasca, the Swiss-based APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) and HPAPIs (Highly Potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) contract manufacturing company of the Helsinn Group...