GEN News HighlightsNews Highlights from GEN Tuesday, February 09, 2010http://www.genengnews.com Researchers Uncover Mechanism of Tobacco Carcinogen Tuesday, February 09, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=75120305 Zetiq Reports Clinical Validation of Platform for Bladder Cancer Diagnosis Tuesday, February 09, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=75119140 Investigators Enhance Irreversible Cell Growth Arrest to Prevent Tumors in Mice Tuesday, February 09, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=75119141 Novartis Negotiates Rights to Debiopharm’s Mid-Stage HCV Candidate Tuesday, February 09, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=75117975 DxS Negotiates PI3K License from JHU to Develop Companion Diagnostics Tuesday, February 09, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=75115647 Researchers Link Genetic Variant to Biological Aging in Humans Monday, February 08, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=75037038 Investigators Come Up with Virus-Free Technique to Make Stem Cells Pluripotent Monday, February 08, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=75037037 FDA Asks IntelGenx to Fine-Tune CMO and Food Effect Details for Antidepressant Approval Monday, February 08, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=75034623 AstraZeneca Teams Up with CRT to Develop Drugs that Target Cancer Cell Metabolism Monday, February 08, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=75034622 Alliance Pharma to Buy Cambridge Laboratories for About $22.3M Monday, February 08, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=75034621 University of Cardiff Spin-Out to Develop Cell-Based Cartilage-Replacement Therapy Monday, February 08, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=75033414 TenX Biopharma Pays Genmab $4.5M Up Front for Late-Stage T-Cell Lymphoma Antibody Friday, February 05, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74780265 International Stem Cell Opens Production Site for Clinical-Grade Stem Cell Products Friday, February 05, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74779026 Investigators Confirm Role of 12-LO in Beta-Cell Death Associated with Type 1 Diabetes Friday, February 05, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74779025 Optimer Reports Positive Phase III Data for Antibiotic against C. Difficile Friday, February 05, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74777789 DxS to Develop Companion Diagnostic for Pfizer’s Phase II Brain Cancer Candidate Friday, February 05, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74776554 Investigators Pinpoint Genes Involved in Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Thursday, February 04, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74689644 Ariana to Analyze Fovea’s Phase II Data on Allergic Conjunctivitis Drug Thursday, February 04, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74688399 BTG’s Treatment for Digitalis Overdose Sanctioned in Switzerland Thursday, February 04, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74688398 Roche Allies with MGH and Harvard to Develop Stem Cell-Derived Cell Lines for Drug Discovery Thursday, February 04, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74683533 Researchers Find Low Levels of Serotonin in Brainstems of Babies Dying from SIDS Wednesday, February 03, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74603175 GSK Pays Apeiron About $17.5M Up Front for Early Clinical-Stage ACE2 Candidate Wednesday, February 03, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74601957 Navigenics Secures $18M to Advance Personalized Medicine Wednesday, February 03, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74600741 Auxilium’s Dupuytren Contracture Therapy Green-Lighted by FDA Wednesday, February 03, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74600740 Agilent Sells In Vitro Diagnostic Segment Hycor to Linden Wednesday, February 03, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74600739 Scientists Associate Modified Form of Protein with Three Neurodegenerative Diseases Wednesday, February 03, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74599525 Novozymes and ProMetic to Co-Market Albumin-Purification Technology Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74513955 TopoTarget Earns $30M Up Front in Deal with Spectrum for Late-Stage Anticancer Agent Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74513954 Evotec Inks Anemia Drug Discovery Agreement with Vifor Pharma Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74512778 Galapagos Picks Up Argenta Discovery's Service Operations for Almost $23M Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74512777 Mechanism behind miRNA's Ability to Shut Down Protein Production Revealed Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74511602 Thermo Fisher Scientific Snags Finnzymes for High-Performance PCR Solutions Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74511601 Bayer Schering Pharma and BRAIN Team Up to Improve Efficiency of Steroid Synthesis Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74511600 TGen Gains Open Access to Horizon’s Gene-Engineering and Isogenic Cancer Cell Line Platform Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74510434 Scientists Develop Method to Screen Large Compound Libraries Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74510433 Case against the Patentability of Genes Begins Today Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74449205 AB Sciex Enters Analytical Science Arena as a New Company Monday, February 01, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74443026 Oxford Nanopore Secures About $27.73M to Progress Nanopore-Based Label-Free Sequencing Platform Monday, February 01, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74424627 Scientists Solve 3-D Crystal Structure of Retroviral Integrase Bound to Viral DNA Monday, February 01, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74423430 Asuragen Allies with Clinical Centers to Validate miRNA Pancreatic Cancer Test Monday, February 01, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74423429 Investigators Identify Gene with Prognostic Value for Breast Cancer Monday, February 01, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74422229 U87MG Glioblastoma Cell Line Sequenced in Under a Month Friday, January 29, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74170832 CD25 Levels on T Cells Determine Whether They Become Effector or Memory Cells Friday, January 29, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74169814 Scientists Identify Pathway that Helps Pancreatic Cancer Surpass Chemotherapy Friday, January 29, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74169676 UT-Battelle Licenses Tissue-Regeneration Technologies to NellOne Therapeutics Friday, January 29, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74168524 Corning and Sartorius Stedim Biotech to Provide Combined Cell-Culture Product Catalog Friday, January 29, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74168523 Ark Puts Phase III Trial with Cancer Cachexia Drug on Ice and Plans Job Cuts Thursday, January 28, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74089731 Blood Cytokine Levels May Help Predict RA before Symptoms Develop Thursday, January 28, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74088586 Roche Makes Near $95M Investment in Singapore-Based Center for Translational Medicine Thursday, January 28, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74088585 Life Technologies Gains on Race toward $1,000 Genome Thursday, January 28, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74087445 EC Sanctions Roche’s Herceptin for HER2-Positive Metastatic Gastric Cancer Thursday, January 28, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74087444 Researchers Suggest Use of Bone Marrow Cells to Damper Immune Rejection of Transplanted Organs or ESCs Thursday, January 28, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74087443 Alnara Scores $35M to Push NDA Filing for Nonporcine Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy Thursday, January 28, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74086688 American Medical Systems and Tissue Genesis to Study Regenerative Potential of Adipose Cells in Pelvic Health Disorders Thursday, January 28, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74086301 Shionogi Licenses MorphoSys’ HuCAL Platinum Antibody Library Wednesday, January 27, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74003573 Jubilant and Endo Broaden Oncology Drug Discovery Partnership Wednesday, January 27, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74002445 Juvaris Rakes In $25M to Advance Adjuvant Development Wednesday, January 27, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74002444 Spectrum Ditches Mid-Stage BPH Therapy Wednesday, January 27, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74001318 Novartis Nabs Imperial College’s Preclinical Meningitis B Vaccine Wednesday, January 27, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=74000186 Merck & Co. Taps Envoy for Target Discovery in Diabetes and Obesity Tuesday, January 26, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73920759 PolyTherics and Cantab Collaborate to Optimize Biologics Tuesday, January 26, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73919549 Transposagen Wins Over $412K to Develop Rat Model of Colorectal Cancer Tuesday, January 26, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73918341 Novo Nordisk’s Type 2 Diabetes Drug Green-Lighted by FDA Tuesday, January 26, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73917136 Geron to Study Its hESC Product in Alzheimer Disease with University of California Tuesday, January 26, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73915930 Lilly Negotiates Option to License Alizé’s Preclinical Type 2 Diabetes Program Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73835912 Assay that Examines Hundreds of Proteins Simultaneously Invented Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73835911 Celtic Pharma Makes $8.1M Investment in Cantab to Enhance Effectiveness of Off-Patent Biologics Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73834702 Fluidigm Selects IntegraGen as French Demonstrator Site for Its Technologies Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73833498 Dr. Reddy’s to Apply Aegis’ Intravail Delivery Technology to Marketed Therapeutics Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73831111 Acorda Obtains FDA Nod for Oral Drug that Improves Walking in MS Patients Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73829923 Intercept Pharmaceuticals Scores $25M in Series B Financing Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73829922 SurModics Opens 90,000 Sq. Ft. Manufacturing and Development Site in Alabama Friday, January 22, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73593172 Progenitor Cell Therapy Completes First Stage of Production Plant Friday, January 22, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73592934 Researchers Find Mechanism for Cellular Dysfunction and Apoptosis in Type 2 Diabetes Friday, January 22, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73592933 Intrinsic Licenses Two Type 2 Diabetes Markers to Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Thursday, January 21, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73505791 Ipsen to Pay Inspiration $344M in Funding and Equity Investment as Part of Hemophilia Alliance Thursday, January 21, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73505790 Llama Antibodies Used to Detect Botulinum Neurotoxins in Liquids Thursday, January 21, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73504593 Nacalai to Provide TriLink’s Nucleic Acid Products in Certain Asian Countries Thursday, January 21, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73503402 MorphoSys Expands Deal Leveraging Wacker’s Bacterial Secretion Technology Wednesday, January 20, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73423739 Researchers Explain How Tobacco Carcinogen NNK Triggers Lung Tumors Wednesday, January 20, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73423738 Roche to Plug Over $181M Into Manufacturing Sites to Produce Self-Administration Device for Herceptin Wednesday, January 20, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73422562 Novo Nordisk Gains Approval for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment in Japan Wednesday, January 20, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73422561 Japan Sanctions Three Novartis Drugs for Hypertension, Advanced Renal Cancer, and Type 2 Diabetes Wednesday, January 20, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73420213 Alcon Concludes Novartis’ $11.2B Acquisition Bid Is Grossly Inadequate Wednesday, January 20, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73420212 Investigators Use Magnetoencephalography to Diagnose PTSD Wednesday, January 20, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73419045 University of Florida Receives $15M, and Berkeley Lab Obtains $12.8M in ARRA Funding Wednesday, January 20, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73419044 Idera Receives $4.3M with Merck KGaA’s Initiation of a Phase II Head and Neck Cancer Trial Tuesday, January 19, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73339898 Halozyme and BioAtla Marry Expertise for the Discovery of New Biologics Tuesday, January 19, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73338768 TAP and Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine Ink Five-Year Extension Tuesday, January 19, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73337646 Industry-Academic Consortium Set Up to Bolster Schizophrenia and Depression R& D Tuesday, January 19, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73337645 Alcon Buys Ophthalmic Pharmaceutical Assets from Sirion Tuesday, January 19, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73336543 Novartis Gains GenVec’s Preclinical Hearing-Loss and Balance-Disorder Program for $5M Tuesday, January 19, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73336542 GlobeImmune Raises $17.5M in Series E Financing Tuesday, January 19, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73335633 Algeta Taps the Institute for Energy Technology for Commercial Manufacture of Alpharadin Monday, January 18, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73260240 Scientists Report Successful Use of Ex Vivo-Expanded Cord Blood as Transplants in Leukemia Patients Monday, January 18, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73260239 Researchers Identify Gene Variants Influencing Insulin/Glucose Regulation Monday, January 18, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73259144 Studies Find Link between Alzheimer Disease, Down Syndrome, and Atherosclerosis Monday, January 18, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73258051 Quintiles and Invivodata Join Forces to Offer ePRO Solutions Monday, January 18, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73258050 Boehringer Ingelheim and Priaxon Ally on Cancer Drug R& D Monday, January 18, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73258049 Three Often-Used Esophageal Cancer Cell Lines Found to Be from Other Cancers Friday, January 15, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73002437 Galapagos Earns Just Over $5M from Merck & Co. for Achieving Milestones in Metabolic and Inflammatory Disease Deals Friday, January 15, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73002436 Researchers Identify Proteins that Contribute to Memory Loss and Alzheimer Disease Friday, January 15, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=73002435 CHDI Pledges $37.5M in Research Funding Over the Next Three Years to Evotec Thursday, January 14, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72920287 Rentschler to Manufacture Kenta’s Human mAb against MRSA for Clinical Trials Thursday, January 14, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72919112 Abbott Wins CE Mark for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Diagnostic Thursday, January 14, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72917944 Bind Obtains $11M to Progress Preclinical Nanoparticles Thursday, January 14, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72916953 Rosetta Genomics to Receive $4.5M in a Registered Direct Offering Thursday, January 14, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72916774 RXi Partners with University of Massachusetts Med School on RNAi Therapeutics for Ocular Disease Thursday, January 14, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72916773 Investigators Discover How Key Protein Leads to Neurodegenerative Diseases Wednesday, January 13, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72832988 Cash-Strapped Targeted Genetics to Delist and Deregister from NASDAQ Wednesday, January 13, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72831807 Scientists Pinpoint 93-Gene Signature that Predicts Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Prognosis Wednesday, January 13, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72831806 Altea Therapeutics’ Transdermal Delivery Technology to Be Tested with KAI Pharmaceuticals’ Peptides Wednesday, January 13, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72831805 GVK Biosciences Joins ResearchPoint Global’s Worldwide CRO Network Wednesday, January 13, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72831804 Scientists May Have Discovered Why Some Anticancer Agents Cause Heart Failure Tuesday, January 12, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72745738 Pronota Obtains $2M Grant to Develop Biomarkers for Heart Failure Tuesday, January 12, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72744542 Qiagen Buys Fluorescence Sensor Company ESE for $19M Tuesday, January 12, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72744541 Novartis Pays Proteus $24M as Part of Sensor-Based Organ-Transplant Product Partnership Tuesday, January 12, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72743348 VentiRx Pockets $25M to Fund Clinical Development of TLR8 Candidates Tuesday, January 12, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72743347 Life Technologies to Pick Up AcroMetrix for Molecular Diagnostics Tuesday, January 12, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72743346 Celera Grants License Covering KIF6 Testing to UCSF Tuesday, January 12, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72743345 Pharmaxis to Take Over Topigen to Pad Pipeline of Respiratory-Disease Drugs Tuesday, January 12, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72743344 KaloBios Obtains $35M Up Front from Sanofi Pasteur for Clinical Antibody Candidate against Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Monday, January 11, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72661615 FDA Clears Roche/Chugai’s mAb for Rheumatoid Arthritis Monday, January 11, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72661614 Ferrer InCode to Market BioTheranostics’ Cancer Classification Assay in Four Countries Monday, January 11, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72660142 Roche Pays About $8.7M to Partner with Galapagos for COPD Target and Drug Discovery Monday, January 11, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72659310 Qiagen and WuXi Join Forces to Support Biomarker Development in Asia Monday, January 11, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72659309 Meda In-Licenses Commercial Rights to EpiCept’s AML Therapy for $3M Monday, January 11, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72659308 Researchers Figure Out How Cells Are Protected from Foreign DNA Monday, January 11, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72659307 Adocia Raises Over $20M to Take BioChaperone Growth-Factor Treatments into Phase I Trials Friday, January 08, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72433090 EyeGate Secures $22.6M to Continue Clinical Development of Iontophoretic Eye Therapy Friday, January 08, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72432109 Kyowa Hakko Licenses Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease Drug from Reata for $35M Friday, January 08, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72432108 J. Craig Venter Institute to Beta Test Beckman Coulter’s SPRIworks Fragment Library System Friday, January 08, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72432107 Prolias Nabs License to UMDI’s Fully Human Antibody Technology Thursday, January 07, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72367610 New U.K. Center for Regenerative Medicine to Receive Over $13M in Funding Thursday, January 07, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72367425 Pfizer to Re-Test Failed Melanoma Drug in Phase III with Debiopharm Thursday, January 07, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72366762 Predictive Biosciences Picks Up CLIA-Certified OncoDiagnostic Laboratory Thursday, January 07, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72366171 BioMimetic Strengthens Arrangement with Novartis for Exclusive Supply of Recombinant Human Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Thursday, January 07, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72365916 Forest and Almirall Report Positive Late-Stage Data for COPD Therapy Thursday, January 07, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72365915 f-star Raises $11.48M to Advance Antibody-Engineering Engine Wednesday, January 06, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72311769 OncoMethylome to Carry Out MGMT Assay as Part of Roche’s Phase III Avastin Trial in Glioblastoma Wednesday, January 06, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72311103 Pfizer to Apply Ensemble's Technology to Develop Therapeutics against Protein-Protein Interactions Wednesday, January 06, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72310444 PerkinElmer and VWR Create Combined Service Solution Wednesday, January 06, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72310443 Oncomed to Exploit Fluidigm’s Microfluidic Devices in Cancer Stem Cell Research Wednesday, January 06, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72310442 Scientists Pinpoint a Way to Stimulate Bone Formation Independent of Bone Destruction Tuesday, January 05, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72269137 Horizon Sets Up Subsidiary to Exploit Isogenic Cell-Line Technology for Companion Diagnostics Tuesday, January 05, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72269136 Pharming Obtains Roughly $10.82M to Progress Regulatory Review of Its Hereditary Angioedema Treatment Tuesday, January 05, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72269135 Investigators Find Method to Suppress Breast Cancer Stem Cells Tuesday, January 05, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72269134 ProMetic and Abraxis Team Up to Develop New Applications of Prion-Capture Platform Tuesday, January 05, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72268586 Scientists Create Insect-Cell Approach to Produce Swine Flu Vaccines Monday, January 04, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72236052 Cancer Research UK to Conduct Phase I Trial with Merck KGaA’s B-Cell Lymphoma Candidate Monday, January 04, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72235674 Dicerna and Kyowa Hakko Kirrin Ally on Cancer Drug R& D Monday, January 04, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72235673 Novartis Plans Full Takeover of Alcon for $39.3B Monday, January 04, 2010 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72235672 GEN’s 10 Most Popular Stories of 2009 Thursday, December 31, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72151319 Pfizer Ditches a Phase III Trial with Potential NSCLC Therapy Wednesday, December 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72129419 Researchers Call for Greater Ethnic Diversity in Stem Cell Lines Wednesday, December 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72129082 Scientists Pinpoint New Target for Prostate Cancer Wednesday, December 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72129081 Compugen Raises $19M through Sale of Ordinary Shares Wednesday, December 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72129080 Affomix to Select Breast Cancer Antibodies for KalGene Tuesday, December 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72102270 Scientists Suggest a Common Mechanism May be Responsible for Many Diseases of Excitability Tuesday, December 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72101854 Investigators Create Schizophrenia Mouse Model Tuesday, December 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72101853 Researchers Identify Protein that Inhibits Tumor-Targeting Immune Cells When Activated Tuesday, December 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72101852 Scientists Discover that Circulating Tumor Cells Can Return to Their Original Site Monday, December 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72067880 Researchers Identify Protein that Keeps Embryonic Stem Cells Poised for Activation Monday, December 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72067879 Tego Sells Nanotech-Related IP to Luna for $430K Monday, December 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=72067878 Researchers Identify Gene Linked to Childhood Asthma Thursday, December 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71883370 Investigators Find Genetic Basis to Clustering Effect Seen in Autoimmune Diseases Thursday, December 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71883369 Elusys Wins $143M Contract to Develop an Anthrax Treatment Thursday, December 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71883368 Teva-Kowa to Take Majority Stake in Taisho Pharmaceuticals Thursday, December 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71882479 Novartis to Buy Corthera for $120M for Late-Stage Acute Heart-Failure Drug Wednesday, December 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71811213 pSivida and Alimera Report Positive Phase III Data with Diabetic Macular Edema Therapy Wednesday, December 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71811212 Pfizer Taps Compugen for Discovery Work Wednesday, December 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71811211 Method Discovered to Make Leukemic Cells Vulnerable to Apoptosis Tuesday, December 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71735398 Lundbeck to Evaluate to-BBB's Technology for Delivering CNS-Disease Antibodies across the Blood-Brain Barrier Tuesday, December 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71735397 Cambridge University and Chi-Med to Study Angiogenesis Effects of Chinese Medicinal Plants Tuesday, December 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71734308 Bayer Returns Commercial Rights Covering Human Thrombin Therapy to ZymoGenetics Tuesday, December 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71734307 PGxHealth Partners with Deutsches Herzzentrum to Investigate Predictive Markers for Plavix Response Tuesday, December 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71734306 Scientists Use Lentiviral Transduction to Prevent Emphysema Progression in Mice Tuesday, December 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71733217 Aura to Use CRT's Cancer-Targeting Peptides for Delivery Tuesday, December 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71733216 New Nanopore Technology Could Enable Faster DNA Sequencing without Amplification Monday, December 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71648924 Scientists Use New Mouse Model to Visualize Metastasis Formation in Real Time Monday, December 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71647757 Seattle Genetics Receives $12M Up Front in Deal with GSK Monday, December 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71647756 Teva Buys OncoGenex' Late-Stage Anticancer Agent with $110M in Payments Monday, December 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71647755 Durata Therapeutics Acquires Pfizer’s Subsidiary that Develops Antibiotics Monday, December 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71646582 BTG Grants Allergan Rights to Gel-Based Drug-Delivery Technology for Use in Ocular Disease Treatment Friday, December 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71387135 Sanofi-Aventis and AEterna Zentaris Ditch LHRH Antagonist Collaboration Friday, December 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71385928 Astellas Pays $40M Up Front to Develop Ambit’s FLT3 Kinase Inhibitors Friday, December 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71385927 Research Reveals Workings of the Defective Protein that Causes Cystic Fibrosis Friday, December 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71385926 Danaher Offers About $102M to Acquire Genetix Friday, December 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71384719 Merck to Buy Avecia’s Contract Manufacturing Biologics Business Thursday, December 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71297077 Forest Pays Almirall $75M Up Front as Part of Second Respiratory Therapies Agreement Thursday, December 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71297076 Comprehensive Sequencing of Lung Cancer and Melanoma Genomes Catalogs 55,000 Mutations Thursday, December 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71295897 Exiqon to Divest Its U.S. CLIA Laboratory Operation Thursday, December 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71295896 Interleukin Genetics Launches Bone Health Genetic Test Thursday, December 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71295895 Scientists Show How Sumo Factors Guide Repair Proteins to the Site of Double-Stranded DNA Breaks Wednesday, December 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71215329 FDA Approves First Generic Version of Pfizer and Eisai’s Alzheimer Drug Wednesday, December 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71214136 Afferent Pharma Set Up to Develop Roche’s P2X3 Receptor IP for Chronic Pain Indications Wednesday, December 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71214135 Silence Therapeutics to Merge with Intradigm Wednesday, December 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71212944 GSK Pays Galapagos $9.45M to Broaden Scope of Arthritis Deal Wednesday, December 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71212943 Horizon Negotiates Licenses to Gene Engineering Technology from University of Washington Tuesday, December 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71125942 Researchers Discover Tumor-Suppressor Gene Involved in Liver Cancer Tuesday, December 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71124713 Molecular Partners Raises Almost $45M to Support Phase II Trials in Ophthalmology Tuesday, December 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71124712 Amgen Takes Over Array’s Type 2 Diabetes Program for $60M Up Front Tuesday, December 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71123491 Abbott Boosts Informatics Portfolio with $123M Acquisition of StarLims Tuesday, December 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71123490 Ludwig Institute to Evaluate Pro-Pharmaceuticals’ Candidate for Its Ability to Enhance Antitumor T Cells Tuesday, December 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71123489 Scientists Use Dental Stem Cells to Create New Bone Tissue in Humans Tuesday, December 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71123045 Millennium Gains Seattle’s Late-Stage Lymphoma Drug with Initial $60M Fee Tuesday, December 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71122277 Caliper Completes Sale of Animal Service Subsidiary to Taconic for $11M Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71040660 Hospira Pays ChemGenex Roughly $16.25M Up Front for CML Therapy Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71039420 Investigators Unravel Mechanism behind Protein's Dual Function Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71038353 Researchers Design Cells to Help Determine Workings of Drugs Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71038181 Scientists Develop 20-Minute Nanosensor for Whole Blood-Based Biomarker Identification Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71038180 Rexahn to Use TheraTarget Nanodelivery Technology with Its Anticancer Agents Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71038179 Cubist to Buy Calixa for $92.5M to Pad Anti-Infective Pipeline Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=71036407 EC Gives Pfizer’s 13-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine the Nod for Use in Children Friday, December 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70770409 Genentech Ends Collaboration with Seattle Genetics for Phase I Anticancer mAb Friday, December 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70770408 Genentech and Biogen Idec Report Positive Late-Stage Data with RA Therapy Friday, December 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70770407 Circassia Scores $24M to Progress Clinical-Stage T-Cell Vaccines Friday, December 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70769152 Researchers Provide Systems-Level Dissection of Regulatory Perturbations in Cancer Friday, December 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70767910 Investigators Pinpoint Chemical Basis for Extra Quality Control of Alanine in Protein Production Thursday, December 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70680979 Patheon Consolidates Production Activities in Puerto Rico Thursday, December 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70680978 YM Biosciences Claims Collaboration with Canada’s NRC-BRI Yielded Novel Anticancer Antibodies Thursday, December 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70679708 EU Gives Dynavax’ German Manufacturing Plant the Nod for Commercial Production of HBV Vaccine Wednesday, December 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70585767 Unigene Drops a Third of Its Staff and Restructures to Achieve 2010 Savings of $9–10M Wednesday, December 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70584478 Investigators Determine Structure of Ebola Virus Protein that Blocks the Immune System Wednesday, December 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70584477 Pfizer and Crown Team Up to Develop Treatments for Asian Cancers Wednesday, December 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70584476 Researchers Awarded $2.4M to Study Neuronal Regeneration Tuesday, December 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70495457 BMS Pays $10M to Tap into Tranzyme’s Macrocyclic Compound Discovery Expertise Tuesday, December 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70494137 Genzyme’s Combination Therapy for Second-Line CLL Comes up Trumps in Phase III Tuesday, December 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70492828 Galapagos Achieves $5.9M Milestone in Arthritis Deal with GSK Tuesday, December 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70492827 Novo Nordisk Pays ZymoGenetics $24M Up Front for Expanded Rights to IL-21 mAb Technology Tuesday, December 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70491520 BioLife to Produce Custom Biopreservation Media for Centocor Monday, December 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70398198 Nexus Biosystems Nabs Aurora Biotechnologies Monday, December 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70398197 Alethia Biotherapeutics Secures Diagnostic Rights to Peptide that Binds to Tumor-Associated Clusterin Monday, December 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70396866 Scientists Link Copy Number Variants with Severe Early-Onset Obesity Monday, December 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70396865 Celgene Pays $340M to Acquire Gloucester for Approved CTCL Drug Monday, December 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70394210 Cyntellect and Boston University Ink Partnership to Research Diabetes and Anemia Monday, December 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70394209 Hikma Negotiates Distribution Deal for Astellas’ Immunosuppressant in MENA Region Friday, December 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70118474 Biogen Idec Ups Acquisition Price for Facet by 21% Friday, December 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70117199 Researchers Uncover Gene Module behind Atherosclerosis Friday, December 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70117198 AstraZeneca’s Antidepressant Gets FDA Nod for Label Expansion Friday, December 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70117197 Scientists Claim Short Amyloid Fibers Are More Toxic than Their Longer Counterparts Friday, December 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70115925 ArGEN-X Brings Total Series A Financing up to $14.3M Thursday, December 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70028809 ExonHit Launches Alzheimer Diagnostic for Research Use Thursday, December 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70028808 Roche Taps Psynova to Develop Schizophrenia Companion Diagnostic Thursday, December 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70028613 Virginia Commonwealth University Obtains $4.5M to Identify Schizophrenia Markers Thursday, December 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70027556 EU Sanctions Novartis’ Once-Daily Inhaled Therapy for COPD Thursday, December 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70026306 AstraZeneca Provides $200M Up Front to Develop Targacept’s Late-Stage Candidate for Depression Thursday, December 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=70025061 First Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Approved under New NIH Guidelines Wednesday, December 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69955197 FDA Okays Dyax’ Subcutaneous Kallikrein Inhibitor for Acute HAE Wednesday, December 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69946457 ImmunoCellular Obtains Option for Cancer Stem Cell Therapy from M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Wednesday, December 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69945395 Merck & Co. Extends Research Arrangement with Addex for One More Year Wednesday, December 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69945394 Scientists Uncover Mdm2’s Role in Metastatic Breast Cancer Wednesday, December 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69945393 TET Systems Takes Over Eight Patent Applications Related to Gene-Expression Technology Wednesday, December 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69944340 Report Highlights Biotech Strengths, Opportunities, and Weaknesses in Newest EU Countries Wednesday, December 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69944339 Akonni Wins $3.2M Grant to Develop Test for Detecting Different Flu Strains Tuesday, December 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69872402 The Medicines Company Receives Label Expansion for Anticoagulant Tuesday, December 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69871388 Scientists Develop Method to Identify Molecules that Bind to Autoreactive T Cells Tuesday, December 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69871387 Bayer Schering Pharma Receives Chinese Approval for MS Drug and Signs Anticancer Deal with Micromet Tuesday, December 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69870371 Pfizer Pays Protalix $60M for Global Rights to Plant-Produced Gaucher Therapy Tuesday, December 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69870370 MedImmune Gains License to Trellis’ Preclinical RSV Antibodies Tuesday, December 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69870369 Forma Pockets $25.5M to Advance Cancer Drug Discovery Activities Tuesday, December 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69870332 Complete Genomics and GATC Ally on Human Genome Sequencing Projects Tuesday, December 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69869357 Sanofi-Aventis Licenses Intelliject’s Epinephrine Auto-Injector for $25M Up Front Monday, November 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69803926 Minerva Grants Clarient Exclusive Rights to Develop MUC1* Biomarker for Cancer Diagnostics Monday, November 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69803925 ALS Foundations Fund Collaboration to Evaluate RXi’s Self-Delivering rxRNAs as Therapeutics Monday, November 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69803924 DI Biotech to Market Gyrolab Microlaboratory Immunoassay System in Korea Monday, November 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69803024 Scientists Use Knockout Cells to Discover New Genes Involved in Viral and Bacterial Resistance Thursday, November 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69500060 Cells Purposefully Make Amino-Acid Errors When Attacked by Pathogens Thursday, November 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69500061 President Obama Establishes New Bioethics Commission Thursday, November 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69500059 Novartis Shells Out $210M for Two of Incyte’s Hematology-Oncology Candidates Wednesday, November 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69489224 Sinovac Expands Vaccine Capabilities with New JV Wednesday, November 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69488462 Good and Bad News at Idera Wednesday, November 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69488461 Researchers Identify Phosphorylation Signatures of Lung Cancer Wednesday, November 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69488460 Labopharm Secures Access to C$25 Million Wednesday, November 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69488459 Quantum Immunologics to Commercialize Auburn University’s Veterinary Cancer Immunotherapy Wednesday, November 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69487405 Commemorating the Anniversary of the Publication of "On the Origin of Species" Tuesday, November 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69409519 Clovis Negotiates Potentially $380M Deal to Develop Clavis Pharma’s Lipid-Conjugated Gemcitabine Tuesday, November 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69409518 Novartis Inaugurates $1B U.S. Cell Culture Flu Vaccine Facility Tuesday, November 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69408367 Gilead and GlaxoSmithKline Divvy Up Commercialization of Viread® for HBV in Key Asian Countries Tuesday, November 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69408366 Roche Earmarks €4M for Rare Disease Collaboration with Andalucian Region's DoH Tuesday, November 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69408365 Oxagen Raises £16M to Continue Clinical Development of CRTH2 Antagonist against Asthma Tuesday, November 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69408364 Merck Serono to Invest More than €150M in R& D Center in China Monday, November 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69321270 NexMed Nabs Bio-Quant to Expand Preclinical Capabilities Monday, November 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69321269 Millipore Acquires Remaining Ownership of India JV Monday, November 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69321268 Researchers Discover Potential Mechanism for Preventing Cell Death After Stroke Monday, November 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69321267 Movetis Launches €112.4 IPO on Euronext Belgium Monday, November 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69321266 Intercytex Wind-Down Continues with Sale of Stem Cell Therapies Assets to Pfizer for $750,000 Monday, November 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69320169 Spectrum and Handok Sign South Korean Development and Commercialization Deal for Apaziquone Monday, November 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69320010 Receptos Raises $25M in Series A Financing Monday, November 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69320009 EU’s EIF Pledges €26.7M for Life Sciences Co-Investment Fund with Karolinska Development Friday, November 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69046563 Amgen to Apply ImmunoGen TAP Technology to Another Cancer Target Friday, November 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69043975 Researchers Generate Fully Functional Epidermis from hESC-Derived Keratinocytes Friday, November 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69043974 Soligenix Scores $9.4M from NIAID to Develop Thermostable Vaccine Technology Friday, November 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69043973 Newron Raises CHF 7.9M to Help Progress Clinical Trials and Pipeline Development Friday, November 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=69042684 PPD Acquires BioDuro to Further Expand Its Outsourcing Capabilities in China Thursday, November 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68949320 Researchers Suggest Avian Flu Pandemic Prevented Because Virus Needs to Undergo Two Simultaneous Mutations Thursday, November 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68947981 Astellas and XenoPort Submit Japanese Filing for RLS Therapy Thursday, November 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68947980 Ligon Discovery Raises $1M Thursday, November 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68946642 Caprotec bioanalytics Opens U.S. Subsidiary to Exploit Capture Compound Mass Spec Thursday, November 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68946641 Scripps Research Institute to Use ISCO’s Parthenogenetic Stem Cells Thursday, November 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68946640 Evotec Awarded Roughly $3.74 by German Government to Hunt for Neuroprotective Compounds Wednesday, November 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68853426 NicOx Completes $44.92M Fundraising as FDA Accepts NDA for Osteoarthritis Drug Wednesday, November 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68852714 Enzo to Market GeneNews’ Colorectal Cancer Blood Test in NY and NJ Wednesday, November 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68852713 Celgene and Innate Collaborate on Trial Combining Their Multiple Myeloma Therapies Wednesday, November 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68851356 Gene-Synthesis Firms Set Up Biosecurity Protocol Wednesday, November 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68850005 Asuragen and Life Technologies Pool Resources to Develop CML Diagnostic Wednesday, November 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68850004 Asterand Takes Over BioSeek for Human Cell-Based Assays Wednesday, November 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68850003 NanoString and Broad Institute Forge Pact to Advance Understanding of Molecular Networks Wednesday, November 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68849995 BioXell Welcomes Cosmo’s Proposed $40.9M Acquisition Wednesday, November 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68848652 Researchers Reveal Major Differences between Current H1N1 Strain and Other Recent Flu Strains Tuesday, November 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68753108 PPD and Janssen Ally on Therapies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Bacterial Infections Tuesday, November 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68753107 Targeting a Tumor’s Microenvironment Could Be Used to Treat Cancer Tuesday, November 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68753106 Novartis’ Swine Flu Vaccine Effective at Half the Current Antigen Dose Tuesday, November 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68751783 deCODE Files for Bankruptcy Protection and Sells Subsidiaries and Drug Programs Tuesday, November 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68750471 Researchers Implicate Common Genetic Variants Involved in Parkinson’s Progression Monday, November 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68659337 Pharmsynthez and Lipoxen Ink Vaccine- and Drug-Delivery Partnership Monday, November 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68657981 Scientists Find Marketed Alzheimer’s Drug Has Potential Against Huntington’s Monday, November 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68657980 Investigators Say CRAF-BRAF Interaction May Explain Nexavar’s Failure in Melanoma Monday, November 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68656622 Poniard’s Stock Drops Over 75% with Failed Small-Cell Lung Cancer Phase III Trial Monday, November 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68655280 PGxHealth Introduces Molecular Diagnostic for Dilated Cardiomyopathy Monday, November 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68655279 Talecris Pours $268.7M into Production Plant in North Carolina Monday, November 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68655278 TiGenix Seals $23.8M Share-Based Deal to Buy Orthomimetics Monday, November 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68653946 Spherix’ Preliminary Late-Stage Data Bodes Well for Oral Antidiabetic Monday, November 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68399118 Fate Therapeutics Scores $30M to Advance Its Adult Stem Cell Technology Monday, November 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68399119 French Authorities Approve Six-Month Formulation of Debiopharm and Ipsen’s Prostate Cancer Drug Friday, November 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68375061 Inostics Gains License from JHU for Development of Cancer-Related Mutation Testing Friday, November 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68374706 Genetic Changes Found that Could Trigger Cervical Cancer Friday, November 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68372366 Gene Pinpointed that Could Negate Cancer Cells’ Ability to Repair Themselves Friday, November 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68372365 Daiichi and BioInvent Team Up in Antibody Therapeutics Collaboration Friday, November 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68372364 GSK Signs On Astex in Broad Partnership for About $33M Up Front Thursday, November 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68278461 MAP Secures $60M Equity Financing as Migraine Drug Moves Closer to Regulatory Filing Thursday, November 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68278460 FDA Clears CSL's Seasonal and Swine Flu Vaccines for Pediatric Populations Thursday, November 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68275663 Microchip Biotechnologies Scores $18.1M to Help Commercialize First Sample-Prep Product Thursday, November 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68275662 Altair Raises $17M to Progress Phase II Trials with Antisense Asthma Treatment Thursday, November 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68275661 Abbott Shells Out $170M for PanGenetics’ Early-Stage Chronic Pain Therapeutic Thursday, November 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68274269 Biota Acquires Assets from Prolysis and MaxThera for Roughly $11.5M Thursday, November 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68272878 Sanofi-Aventis Commits Over $2.8B to Regeneron in mAb Discovery Alliance Wednesday, November 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68174500 Duke University and Jubilant Plan on Initiating a Drug and Biomarker Collaboration Wednesday, November 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68173247 Cellerix Lands $40.55M to Progress Phase III Candidate for Perianal Fistulas Wednesday, November 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68173246 Persistent Upgrades LIMS Application to Include Tissue Data for UC-Davis Wednesday, November 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68173245 Identifying All Gene Products Requires Multiple Genome-Scale Measurements at Once Tuesday, November 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68073007 Cell Proliferation and Immune Response Related Genes Could Predict Melanoma Survival Rate Tuesday, November 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68071547 arGEN-X Opens R& D Center in Flanders for Camelid-Derived Antibodies Tuesday, November 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68071103 Qiagen Snags SABiosciences for $90M to Boost Diagnostic Capabilities Tuesday, November 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68070087 Life Technologies Acquires BioTrove to Bolster PCR Business Tuesday, November 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68070086 Astellas Enters Asian Licensing Agreement for Ironwood’s Phase III IBS Therapy with $30M Tuesday, November 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68070085 BMS Shells Out $85M Up Front for Alder’s Mid-Stage Rheumatoid Arthritis Antibody Tuesday, November 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=68068627 Chinese Authorities Clear China Medical’s Leukemia Diagnostic Kit Monday, November 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67960836 Boehringer Ingelheim Pledges $22.5M to Fund Another Four Years of Partnership with Evotec Monday, November 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67960716 ProMetic to Provide Halozyme with Synthetic Ligand Affinity Adsorbent Monday, November 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67960715 Tethys Secures $25M to Expand Reach of Type 2 Diabetes Test Monday, November 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67960714 Developmental Delay May Stem from Nicotinic Receptor Deletion Monday, November 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67959248 Scientists Develop Imaging Method to Observe How Bacteria Communicate Monday, November 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67959247 Wanbang to Advance D-Pharm’s Late-Stage Stroke Therapy in China Monday, November 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67957791 Calbiotech Wins Phase I SBIR Contract to Develop Blood-Based Dengue Fever Diagnostic Friday, November 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67647549 FDA Sanctions Gloucester Pharmaceuticals’ Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Therapy Friday, November 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67647548 Researchers Design Molecules that Trigger Immune Response to HIV and Prostate Cancer Friday, November 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67643130 Genmab to Sell Manufacturing Facility and Cut 300 Jobs Thursday, November 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67551279 Biovitrum to Acquire Swedish Orphan for Over $500M Thursday, November 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67542257 Micromet Axes Alliance with MedImmune Regaining Rights to Clinical-Stage Cancer Drug Thursday, November 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67540783 NIAID Commissions GenVec for HIV and Influenza Vaccine Development for $2.6M Thursday, November 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67540782 Pfizer Pays $3.1M to Re-Up Agreement with Ligand for an Additional Year Thursday, November 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67540781 Germany Sanctions Novartis’ Cell Culture-Based H1N1 Flu Vaccine Thursday, November 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67539316 Karolinska Institutet Chooses Olink’s Sequence-Selective Sample-Prep Platform for B-Cell Lymphoma Research Wednesday, November 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67437580 Pfizer Licenses Flamel’s Platform to Develop Controlled-Release Protein Therapeutic Formulations for $1M Wednesday, November 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67436128 Novartis to Buy 85% of Chinese Vaccines Company for $125M Wednesday, November 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67436127 PerkinElmer Gains FDA Nod for Newborn Screening Test Wednesday, November 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67436126 Kaketsuken Pays Xoma $8M Up Front to Use Its Antibody Technologies Wednesday, November 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67436125 Trevena Awarded $7.65M NIH Grant to Search for Selective GPCR Ligands Tuesday, November 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67349213 Astex Signs CRADA with NCI to Investigate Its Small Molecule Therapeutic Tuesday, November 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67331404 Genzyme to Evaluate to-BBB’s Technology for Delivering Biologics to the Brain Tuesday, November 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67331403 Lonza Takes Over Algonomics for Immunogenicity Prediction Tools for Biologics Tuesday, November 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67329933 SurModics and NuPathe Ally to Develop Parkinson's Treatment Tuesday, November 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67329932 Crucell Taps Calmune for Discovery Work in Infectious Diseases Tuesday, November 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67329931 Novartis to Invest $1.25B in Two New Facilities in China Tuesday, November 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67329930 Amylin to Receive $75M in Obesity Alliance with Takeda Monday, November 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67227845 Pulmatrix to Pocket $32.4M to Accelerate Work in Respiratory Diseases Monday, November 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67227844 Endotis and Catalent Ink Pact to Develop Anticoagulant Monday, November 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67227843 Mundipharma Successfully Completes European Late-Stage Program for SkyePharma’s Asthma Treatment Monday, November 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67226395 Amylin and Lilly’s Byetta Sanctioned as Monotherapy for Type 2 Diabetes Monday, November 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67224957 Human Genome Sciences and GSK’s Lupus Candidate Hits the Mark in Second Phase III Trial Monday, November 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=67223527 Proximagen Takes Over Biovitrum’s Drug Discovery Subsidiary and Certain CNS Candidates Friday, October 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66922591 Investigators Propose Explanation for Flu Virus Antigenic Drift Friday, October 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66922590 Eisai and Quintiles to Jointly Develop Six Eisai Anticancer Agents Friday, October 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66921232 Roche’s Initial Phase III Trial Finds Taspoglutide Better than Byetta in Type 2 Diabetes Thursday, October 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66828256 Simcere Fortifies Stake in Chinese H1N1 Vaccine Firm to Over 50% Thursday, October 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66826898 AMT and Progenika Team Up to Develop Diagnostic for Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency Thursday, October 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66826897 Preliminary Data on Genta’s Melanoma Drug Sends Firm Crashing Thursday, October 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66825541 FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to Gen-Probe's PCR Test for the H1N1 Flu Thursday, October 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66825540 Micromet Obtains $11.84M Up Front in Cancer R& D Deal with Sanofi-Aventis Thursday, October 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66825539 Researchers Elucidate How Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells Can Be Used in Acute Lung Injury Thursday, October 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66825300 Phase II Failure Forces SciClone to Eliminate 17% of Staff Wednesday, October 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66725001 Nabriva Therapeutics Raises About $22M to Advance Drug-Resistant Antibiotic Pipeline Wednesday, October 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66725000 Kineta Inks Deals to Progress Antiviral and Autoimmune Programs Wednesday, October 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66724999 Biosearch Grants Micronics Rights to Its Nucleic Acid Assay Chemistries Wednesday, October 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66724998 EU Speeds Approval of Novartis’ mAb for CAPS in Adults and Children Wednesday, October 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66723634 PPD to Spin Out Compound-Partnering Segment, Acquire Chinese CRO, and Invest $100M in Celtic Therapeutics Wednesday, October 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66723633 FDA Approves AdvanDx’ Faster PNA FISH Protocol for Identifying Enterococcal Bloodstream Pathogens Tuesday, October 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66624286 Ligand to Buy Metabasis Through Deal Giving Acquired Firm’s Shareholders Continued Revenues Tuesday, October 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66624285 Champions Biotechnology Gains Rights to Ramot’s Preclinical Anticancer Agent Tuesday, October 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66624284 Bellicum Raises $4.5M to Support Prostate Cancer Therapy Program Tuesday, October 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66622916 Koken Inks Deal with Alnylam to Augment RNAi Research Product Offerings Tuesday, October 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66622915 Thermo Fisher Scientific and Symyx Have Coupled Technologies to Improve Lab Workflow Tuesday, October 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66622268 Genmab and GSK Achieve Accelerated FDA Clearance of CLL Drug Tuesday, October 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66621555 Scripps-Led Consortium that Combines Physics and Oncology Receives $10M Monday, October 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66545405 Eurogentec to Acquire Proteomics Company AnaSpec Monday, October 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66527310 Researchers Identify Protein that Plays a Role in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Monday, October 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66527309 Eisai and TSD to Jointly Develop FDA-Approved Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma Drug in Japan Monday, October 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66527308 Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Biomarker Test for Heart Attack in Europe Monday, October 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66525952 Arena Reports Positive Data from Phase III Trial with Obesity Therapy Monday, October 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66525951 Cephalon Gains Option to Take Over BioAssets for $30M Monday, October 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66525950 Protein Discovered that Silences Genes by Coordinating Heterochromatin Assembly Monday, October 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66524600 GSK to Exploit SuperGen’s Epigenetics Expertise in Cancer Collaboration Monday, October 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66523245 Bio-Rad to Pay Biotest Roughly $67.5M for Certain Diagnostics Businesses Friday, October 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66237544 BD to Acquire HandyLab for Molecular Diagnostic Automation Platform Friday, October 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66237543 EMD Chemicals and MitoSciences to Develop Assays for Drug Toxicity and Mitochondrial Bioactivity Friday, October 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66237542 Alcon Takes On Potentia’s AMD Therapy and Gains Option Related to Other Retinal Diseases Friday, October 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66237541 Researchers Create iPSCs from Somatic Cells without Exogenous Transcription Factors Friday, October 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66236152 Evotec Earns Roughly $3.75M as Seventh Milestone Fee from Boehringer Ingelheim Thursday, October 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66133933 Johns Hopkins Gets $3.7M Two-Year Grant from NIH to Study ALS Thursday, October 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66133932 Gene for Gaucher’s Increases Risk for Parkinson's Thursday, October 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66133931 GE and Lilly Develop Prototype to Visualize and Map Cancer Biomarker Networks Thursday, October 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66133930 ZyGEM and Phthisis Diagnostics to Develop Tools to Detect Infectious Pathogens Thursday, October 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66132525 ArmaGen Chooses PacificGMP to Manufacture Fusion Protein for Phase I Trial in Stroke and Parkinson’s Thursday, October 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66132524 Genetic Tech to Distribute Rosetta’s Cancer Tests in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore Thursday, October 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66132523 Lonza Takes Equity Stake in Ciliate-Expression System Company Thursday, October 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66131120 Alnara Selects Lonza for Commercial Manufacture of Pancreatic Insufficiency Therapy Wednesday, October 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66033891 genOway Licenses Flex Technology for Creating Inducible Animal Mutations Wednesday, October 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66032472 Cellerix to Test Gamida’s Expansion Technologies with Its Stem Cell-Based Drugs Wednesday, October 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66031067 Novavax Taps Xcellerex to Bolster Flu Vaccine Production Wednesday, October 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66031066 Sanofi-Aventis Inks $350M Deal for Wellstat’s Phase II Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Wednesday, October 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=66031065 Daiichi Sankyo and MorphoSys Collaborate on Antibody Therapeutics Against Nosocomial Infections Tuesday, October 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65932827 Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology Used to Generate Hepatocytes from Skin Cells Tuesday, October 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65932826 Menarini to Market Takeda/Ipsen Gout Therapy in 41 European Countries Tuesday, October 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65931408 Novartis’ New CML Drug Outperforms Gleevec as First-Line Therapy for Ph+ Disease Tuesday, October 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65930759 FDA Clears Abbott’s Rheumatoid Arthritis Test Tuesday, October 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65930000 GSK’s Seasonal Flu Vaccine Green-Lighted for Use in Children Tuesday, October 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65929999 OriGene Acquires Marligen to Fortify Gene-Centric Toolbox Tuesday, October 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65929998 Human Genome Sciences Earns $75M from Novartis as HCV Drug Gets Prepared for Regulatory Submissions Monday, October 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65832553 Amgen Set Back with Prolia Approval in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Monday, October 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65831281 FDA Denies Use of Rituxan in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Monday, October 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65831280 Hydra and Cubist Ally to Further Ion Channel Drugs for Pain Management Monday, October 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65831279 Gates Foundation Pledges $115M to Medicines for Malaria Venture Monday, October 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65831278 GSK Obtains FDA Nod for HPV Vaccine Friday, October 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65584136 BioTime Sets Up Subsidiary to Develop hESC-Based Therapies for Cancer Friday, October 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65578216 Formatech to Donate Services to Formulate and Fill a GeoVax HIV Vaccine Friday, October 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65578215 Clemson University Obtains $9.3M for Tissue Regeneration Center Friday, October 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65578214 Kinaxo to Help Bayer Predict Patient Response to Nexavar in AML Clinical Trial Thursday, October 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65496951 Biocartis to Pocket Roughly $14.9M in Series A Financing Thursday, October 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65495793 Pikamab Secures Patents that Will Enable Development of Theranostic for Lupus Thursday, October 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65495792 Protalix’ Gaucher’s Therapy Demonstrated Positive Results in Phase III Thursday, October 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65495779 Serametrix Allies with Ludwig Institute to Exploit Tumor Antigens as Biomarkers Thursday, October 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65494641 Chilean Firm CeTeCancer to Evaluate Radient’s Lung Cancer IVD for Clinical Applications Thursday, October 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65494640 Kaiser Permanente and UCSF Win $25M NIH Grant to Develop Resource for Epidemiology Research Wednesday, October 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65436648 Galapagos and Merck & Co. Expand Existing Metabolic Disease Alliance to Cover Atherosclerosis Wednesday, October 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65416787 Senate Finance Committee Approves Baucus’ Healthcare Reform Bill Wednesday, October 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65415795 Leroy Hood-Led Venture Kicks Off with $30M Wednesday, October 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65415794 Boehringer Ingelheim Receives EC Clearance for Once-Daily Version of Parkinson's Therapy Wednesday, October 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65415793 Progenics Regains Rights from Wyeth to Marketed Opioid-Induced Constipation Drug Wednesday, October 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65414753 Novartis Shells Out $200M for U.S. and Canadian Rights to Vanda’s FDA-Approved Schizophrenia Drug Tuesday, October 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65339813 Merck KGaA and Lonza Separately Acquire Indian Bioscience Companies Tuesday, October 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65339812 Nine European Countries Sanction Six-Month Formulation of Debiopharm’s Prostate Cancer Medication Tuesday, October 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65338722 GSK Puts Down $25M for Prosensa’s Mid-Stage Candidate for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Tuesday, October 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65338721 SAFC Completes $12M Plant Expansion Tuesday, October 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65337967 Amarin Reports $70M Private Placement Tuesday, October 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65337642 Gene Deletion Associated with Autistic and Schizophrenic Behaviors in Mice Tuesday, October 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65337641 TGen Named In Silico Center of Excellence Monday, October 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65002289 Müellerian Inhibiting Substance Levels Linked to Breast Cancer Risk Monday, October 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65003491 TargetEx Takes Over Coordinating European CancerGrid Project Friday, October 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=65001069 FDA's Advisory Panel Gives Approval of Pfizer Drug in First-Line HIV Setting the Thumbs-Up Friday, October 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64999889 Transgenomic Licenses Cold-PCR Technology from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Friday, October 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64999888 FDA Notifies Spectrum that Its sNDA Does Not Support Fusilev Approval in Colorectal Cancer Friday, October 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64999887 Intralytix Wins U.S. Army Contract to Develop Phage-Based Probiotic Against Shigella Infection Friday, October 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64999886 hESCs May Serve As a Colon Cancer Vaccine Thursday, October 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64913374 Spirogen Receives About $24M for Clinical-Stage Anticancer Drug and Reacquires Development Rights Thursday, October 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64912068 UAB Wins $11.5M Grant to Advance R& D on HPV Vaccines Thursday, October 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64912067 Neumedicines Obtains $4.9M to Support Development of Preclinical Radiomitigator Thursday, October 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64912066 Helicos Receives $2.9M to Augment Single-Molecule Sequencing Technology Thursday, October 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64912065 Scientists Find New Link between Osteoporosis and Celiac Disease Thursday, October 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64912064 Novartis Nabs Global Commercialization Rights to Paratek's Late-Stage Antibiotic Thursday, October 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64910710 Fast EU Approval of Baxter’s H1N1 Flu Vaccine Enabled by EMEA’s Mock-Up Licensure Process Wednesday, October 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64817615 Genetic Variations in Cytochrome Enzyme Impacts Effectiveness of Tamoxifen Wednesday, October 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64816271 DNA Hybridization Method Elucidated through Computer Simulations Wednesday, October 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64816270 Drs. Ramakrishnan, Steitz, and Yonath Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry Wednesday, October 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64814932 Gen-Probe to Pay $60M in Prodesse Buyout Wednesday, October 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64814931 Genzyme's Label-Expansion Efforts for ALL Therapy Receive Setback from the FDA Wednesday, October 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64814930 Russian Stem Cell Company Hopes to Raise Roughly $5.54M through IPO on Moscow Stock Exchange Wednesday, October 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64813592 IBM Sets Out to Build a Nanoscale DNA Sequencer Tuesday, October 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64721298 GSK Furthers Interest in China through Pediatric Vaccines JV with Initial $32M Investment Tuesday, October 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64721297 SurModics Obtains $3.5M Up Front in Ophthalmic Deal with Roche and Genentech Tuesday, October 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64721296 YM BioSciences to Take Over Cytopia Gaining Base in Australia Tuesday, October 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64719967 Quidel and BioHelix Join Forces to Develop Handheld Tests for Pathogens Tuesday, October 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64719966 Researchers Link Anticancer Activity of Actinomycin D with NEDDylation Inhibition Tuesday, October 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64719965 Epigenomics Provides CE-Marked IVD Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer Tuesday, October 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64718646 Seattle Genetics Shutters B-Cell Lymphoma Program Monday, October 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64625433 Genentech a Step Closer to Expanding Label for Eye Disease Therapy Lucentis Monday, October 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64625432 AVI 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Further R& D of Arginase Inhibitors Friday, October 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64355774 Catalyst to Raise $3.97M to Steer Cocaine Addiction Therapy into the Clinic Friday, October 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64354684 Octapharma Reports on a C$4.5M Advance to Prometic Related to Long-Term Supply of Plasma Product Friday, October 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64354536 Formation of Dopamine-Producing Neurons Requires Cholesterol Derivative Friday, October 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64353302 Sanofi-Aventis Inks $539M Deal to Purchase Fovea Thursday, October 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64265525 Vertex to Receive $155M Tied to HCV Drug’s Clinical and Commercial Success in Europe Thursday, October 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64265524 Sanofi-Aventis Gains License to Phase I Anticancer Agent from Merrimack for $60M Up Front Thursday, October 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64264278 Gene Variants That May Pose Greater Lung Cancer Risk for African Americans Identified Thursday, October 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64264277 PHD Diagnostics Develops Gene-Based Test to Predict Smokers’ Lung Cancer Risk Wednesday, September 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64175970 CDC and NIH Commission SeraCare to Support HIV Research and Testing for $10.8M Wednesday, September 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64174757 FASgen Obtains $1.4M NIH Grant to Further Preclinical Obesity Pipeline Wednesday, September 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64174756 Critical Pathways Identified that Enhance Human Muscle Regeneration Wednesday, September 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64174755 Acrux’ Testosterone Treatment Triumphs in Phase III Study Tuesday, September 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64091122 Solvay to Supply MediGene’s Genital Warts Therapy in Three European Countries Tuesday, September 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64091121 Valeant Buys Out Rights to Income and Milestone Obligations from Former Dow Stockholders for $115M Tuesday, September 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64089909 Palatin to Receive $5M under Restructured Agreement with AstraZeneca Tuesday, September 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64089908 Vitae Earns $8M Milestone from Boehringer Ingelheim Tuesday, September 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64089907 Roche Sequence Capture and Genome Sequencing Technologies to Be Evaluated for Cancer Genetics Tuesday, September 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64089906 Prodrug of Eisai’s Antifungal to Be Investigated in Chagas Tuesday, September 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64087482 Febit and Life Technologies Couple Platforms to Enhance Resequencing Capabilities Monday, September 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64002403 Abbott to Take Over Solvay for Roughly $6.6B Monday, September 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64001175 AstraZeneca to Help UCB Launch RA/Crohn’s Drug in Brazil Monday, September 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64001174 Merck & Co. to Market CSL’s Seasonal Flu Vaccine in the U.S. Monday, September 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64001173 Correlagen to Leverage Helicos Technology in CLIA Lab Monday, September 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64001172 Selcia Establishes Discovery Division to Complement Radiolabeling Business Monday, September 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63999945 J& J Pays Crucell $442.35M as Part of Collaboration to Develop Universal Flu Products Monday, September 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63998718 Allos Wins Accelerated Approval of Folotyn in Relapsed or Refractory Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma Friday, September 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63737311 Altor Scores $3M NCI Grant for Clinical Development of IL-2 Boosting Drug Friday, September 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63737310 C. Difficile Hypervirulence Genes Pinpointed Friday, September 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63736045 HalcyGen Buys Mayne Pharma International to Secure Full Rights to Lead Antifungal Agent Friday, September 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63736044 Late-Stage Trial Shows Benefits of Herceptin in HER2-Positive Gastric Cancer Thursday, September 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63643788 Phase III Success Could Mean Label Expansion for Genzyme’s CLL Drug Thursday, September 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63642478 Inhibiting TAK-1 Renders Pancreatic Cancer Susceptible to Chemotherapy Thursday, September 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63642477 China Biologic Allies with Chinese Institute to Improve Production of Plasma-Based Products Thursday, September 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63642476 Boston University Obtains Five-Year $2.5M Grant to Study Cells’ Reaction to Physical Force Thursday, September 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63642475 Case Western Receives $4.9M NIH Award to Investigate Inbred Genetic Susceptibility to Colon Cancer Metastasis Thursday, September 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63639865 Qiagen Snags DxS for $95M to Fortify Companion Diagnostic Offerings Wednesday, September 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63553842 Restart of Genzyme’s Allston Landing Production Plant Has Been Completed Wednesday, September 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63552555 Spectrum Pockets $47.5M in Registered Direct Offering Wednesday, September 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63552554 Karus Taps Queen Mary, University of London's Expertise for PI3K Inhibitor Development Wednesday, September 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63552553 Marinomed to Mine Bioalvo’s Library of Marine Extracts for Drug Candidates Wednesday, September 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63551267 BioTime Sets Up Subsidiary in China to Develop Stem Cell Therapeutics Wednesday, September 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63549990 Oxford BioMedica and AGI Therapeutics Push On with Drugs That Failed Phase III Trials Tuesday, September 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63458488 Nycomed to Invest At Least $96M for a Manufacturing Facility in Russia Tuesday, September 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63458487 Celera and Medco to Assess Effect of KIF6 Testing on Compliance with Statins Tuesday, September 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63458486 Unizyme and SARomics Ink Drug Discovery Deal for Inflammatory Diseases Tuesday, September 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63457216 Researchers Suggest Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Serious Heart Problems and Death Tuesday, September 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63455946 AstraZeneca Pays Nektar $125M to Take On Two Opioid Therapy Programs Monday, September 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63365645 Icagen Lands One-Year, $5M Extension to Pfizer Collaboration for Pain Therapies Monday, September 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63365644 Researchers Link Multiple New SNPs with Risk of Prostate Cancer Monday, September 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63365643 Antigen Discovery Scores $1.8M from NIAID to Develop Chlamydia Vaccine Monday, September 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63365642 Enzo Teams Up with NIH National Eye Institute for Clinical Trial with Optiquel Monday, September 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63365641 Ambrx and Wyeth Sign Multitarget Alliance to Develop Protein Drugs Friday, September 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63100082 Einstein Obtains $3.5M to Study Epigenomics of Abnormal Fetal Growth and Chronic Kidney Disease Friday, September 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63098860 Burnham Institute and Stedman Center Forge Metabolic Research Pact Friday, September 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63098721 FDA Clears Novartis’ Combo Pill for Blood Pressure Friday, September 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63096432 Researchers Pinpoint Genetic Alteration That Is Strongly Associated with the Ability to Get Rid of HCV Thursday, September 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63015644 Qiagen Fortifies PCR-Based Solutions with Licenses from Roche and Idaho Technology Thursday, September 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63015643 European Report Urges Global Strategy to Address Growing Burden of Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections Thursday, September 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63015642 RainDance and CLC bio Partner to Provide Software for Targeted Resequencing Thursday, September 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63015641 Wellcome Trust and Merck Set Up JV to Focus on Vaccines for Developing Nations Thursday, September 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63014410 Phase III Shows Rituxan Maintenance Therapy Prolongs PFS in Follicular Lymphoma Patients Thursday, September 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=63014409 FDA Okays Vaccines for 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Wednesday, September 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62920236 Corning Puts Down $400M for Axygen to Expand Consumables Portfolio and Presence in Asia Wednesday, September 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62920235 PPD Opens Lab in Singapore to Support Demand in Southeast Asia Wednesday, September 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62920234 PerkinElmer Buys GE’s Catalog Radiochemicals, SPA Reagents, and Cytostar-T Plate Assets Wednesday, September 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62920233 Pervasis Pockets $17M to Progress Therapeutics for Vascular Repair Wednesday, September 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62918945 BMS Sells Asia Pacific OTC Assets to Taisho for $310M Wednesday, September 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62918866 Value of Elan’s Deal with J& J Drops by 7.6% Tuesday, September 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62827868 Lilly Allies with Almac to Develop a Companion Diagnostic for NSCLC Drug Tuesday, September 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62827867 Scientists Identify Gene that Controls Mucous Production in Lung Diseases Tuesday, September 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62827866 Allergan Pays Pieris $10M 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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62329531 Roche to Investigate ImmunoCellular Therapeutics’ Anticancer mAb Wednesday, September 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62329532 Germany Sanctions MediGene’s Topical Treatment for Genital Warts Wednesday, September 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62329530 NIH Grants $2.87M for Development of Treatment for C. difficile and Shigella Gastrointestinal Infections Wednesday, September 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62329529 Synexus Expands Operations in South Africa with Two Clinical Trial Research Units Wednesday, September 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62329528 International Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Technology Has Been Formed by Institutes in NY, Israel, and Taiwan Wednesday, September 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62329527 Vivus’ Stock Leaps 58% with Positive Phase III Data on Weight-Loss Drug 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Crescentus to Make Proteins Monday, September 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61874240 Scientists Uncover Molecular Pathway that Makes Tumors More Aggressive Monday, September 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61874241 Bayer Nabs Global Rights to Algeta’s Late-Stage Radiopharmaceutical for Roughly $60.64M Thursday, September 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61864638 FDA Green-Lights Shire’s Latest ADHD Therapy Thursday, September 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61863457 Sepracor’s Stock Surges with $2.6B Purchase Offer from Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Thursday, September 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61863456 Thermo Fisher Scientific Picks Up B.R.A.H.M.S. for $470.46M to Pad Diagnostic Portfolio Thursday, September 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61863455 LEO Pharma to Take Over Peplin for $287.5M Thursday, September 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61863454 Encap Licenses Double-Featured Colonic Delivery Technology from U.K. University Thursday, September 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61862287 Roche Pays PTC $12M Up Front in CNS Drug Discovery Collaboration Wednesday, September 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61782464 DxS to Develop K-RAS Mutation Kit as Companion Diagnostic to Erbitux Wednesday, September 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61781344 Positive Phase III Results Bring Nitec Closer to FDA Submission of RA Therapy Wednesday, September 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61780224 Gene Involved in Energy Consumption Is Epigenetically Modified in Type 2 Diabetics Wednesday, September 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61780223 Danaher Snags Life Technologies’ MS Business and MDS Analytical Technologies for $1.1B Wednesday, September 02, 2009 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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61414882 Facet Biotech Steps Up to Help Trubion Advance Early-Stage Anticancer Agent with a $20M Fee Friday, August 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61414881 FDA Sanctions Eurand’s Therapy for Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency Friday, August 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61414880 Novartis to Further Orexo’s Mid-Stage GERD Treatment Friday, August 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61414879 Multigene Signatures Correlate Better to In Vitro Chemosensitivity than Individual Gene Expression Thursday, August 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61348353 Abbott to Develop Molecular Companion Diagnostic for Pfizer’s NSCLC Drug Candidate Thursday, August 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61348352 Warnex Develops Test to Detect Swine Flu Virus Mutation Linked to Tamiflu Resistance Thursday, August 27, 2009 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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61283851 Scientists Reveal Immune System's Role in Bone Loss Wednesday, August 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61283850 U.K. Government Gives Regenerative Medicine a £1.5M Boost Wednesday, August 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61283849 Gloucester Pharmaceuticals Pockets $29M to Support T-Cell Lymphoma Drug Development Tuesday, August 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61223606 Wyeth to Take Over Research Projects Initiated in Collaboration with Karo Bio Tuesday, August 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61223605 Scientists Discover Protein that May Strongly Influence Breast Cancer Onset Tuesday, August 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61222713 GenVec Obtains $2.5M to Enhance Vector Production Technology Tuesday, August 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=61222714 BioAlliance Gets Swiss Regulatory Okay 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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60392772 Thermo Fisher Scientific Sets Up RNAi Discovery Grant Program Thursday, August 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60392317 Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center to Use the Helicos™ Genetic Analysis System Thursday, August 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60392316 Forest Licenses Antibiotic to AstraZeneca in Europe and Other Markets Wednesday, August 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60302260 Arup Taps Epigenomics’ mSEPT9 Biomarker to Develop Colorectal Cancer Test Wednesday, August 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60302259 PacBio Pockets $68M to Bolster Development of DNA Sequencing Technology Wednesday, August 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60302258 S-Evans Biosciences Gains Chinese Rights to Cryo-Cell’s Menstrual Stem Cell Technology Wednesday, August 12, 2009 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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60211057 Scientists Create Multiple Types of WBCs from hESCs and iPSCs Tuesday, August 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60211056 Newcastle University to Mine Horizon’s X-MAN Cell Lines for Cancer Imaging Biomarkers Tuesday, August 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60211055 Tumor Suppressor p53 Also Stifles Cells from Reverting to Stem-Like State Monday, August 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60125016 Millipore Steps Into European Market with Purchase of BioAnaLab Monday, August 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60125015 Nycomed Grants Forest U.S. Rights to COPD Drug for $100M Up Front Monday, August 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60125014 Biota and Daiichi Sankyo’s Flu Therapy Shows Positive Phase III Results Monday, August 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=60123793 Inovio and NIH Vaccines 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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=58336158 Novartis and OneWorld Health Join Forces against Secretory Diarrhea Wednesday, July 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=58278966 Cellular Dynamics Gains Patent Portfolio for Using Stem Cell-Derived Cells in Drug Screening Wednesday, July 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=58278161 GenWay Lab Obtains CLIA Certification Wednesday, July 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=58278160 Lonza to Produce Anti-RhD Antibodies for LFB’s Phase III Trials Wednesday, July 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=58277359 Researchers Find Mutations that Cause Alterations in Glycosylation Tuesday, July 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=58218064 Hisamitsu Offers $428M for Noven in an Effort to Step Up U.S. Operations Tuesday, July 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=58218063 Protein Found that Controls Response to Infection in 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Difficile Molecular Diagnostic Monday, July 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=58150131 Sirius and Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris to Research Genomics in Sepsis Patients Monday, July 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=58150130 Merck Serono Allies with U.K. Academics for Cancer Drug R& D Monday, July 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=58150129 Vertex Contemplates Giving Up Milestones Worth $250M for a One-Time Cash Payment Friday, July 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57965457 Presidio Secures $27M to Advance Preclinical Assets Friday, July 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57965456 Addex Gets $500K from Merck & Co. for Reaching Preclinical Milestone Friday, July 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57965436 Endo Pays $20M Up Front for Bioniche’s Late-Stage Bladder Cancer Treatment Friday, July 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57964613 Merck & Co. Licenses Portola Phase II Stroke Therapy for $50M Up Front Thursday, July 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57906066 FDA Gives Osmetech’s Cystic Fibrosis Genotyping Test a Thumbs Up Thursday, July 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57905715 Spinreact to Include AbD Serotec Antibodies in Clinical Diagnostic Kits Thursday, July 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57905714 Medarex Taps Lonza for Biomanufacturing Thursday, July 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57905713 AstraZeneca Pulls the Plug on Asthma Collaboration with MAP Pharmaceuticals Thursday, July 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57905712 President Obama Plans to Nominate Francis Collins as NIH Director Wednesday, July 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57861568 Targacept to Receive $10M as AstraZeneca Scales Up CNS Disorder Partnership Wednesday, July 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57848102 OSI Plans Consolidation of U.S. Operations to Save $15M Annually Wednesday, July 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57847287 Repros Gets an Extension from NIH for Deadlines Related to Lead Anticancer Agent Wednesday, July 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57847286 GTC Licenses Recombinant Human Alpha-Fetoprotein from Merrimack for Autoimmune Diseases Wednesday, July 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57847285 Cellular Dynamics Generates iPS Cells from Human Blood Samples Wednesday, July 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57846472 Natural Antibodies to Amyloid Peptides Decrease with Age and Alzheimer’s Disease Progression Tuesday, July 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57790746 NIH Sets Guidelines for Funding Research on Human Stem Cells Tuesday, July 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57790745 Galapagos Achieves $7.3M Milestone in Osteoarthritis Deal with GSK Tuesday, July 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57790744 Shire’s Gaucher Disease Drug Candidate Being Considered by FDA Tuesday, July 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57790743 Protalix’ Phase III Candidate for Gaucher’s May Fill the Treatment Gap due to Genzyme’s Plant Closure Monday, July 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57737060 Targeted Genetics to Pull Out of Bothell Facility in Effort to Prolong Operations Monday, July 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57737056 Researchers Find Two miRNAs that Regulate Vascular Muscle Cell Plasticity Monday, July 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57737058 Geron Shows Functional Dendritic Cells Can Be Derived from hESCs Monday, July 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57737055 FDA Asks Spectrum Pharmaceuticals for Past Clinical Study Data to Help Expand Approval of NHL Drug Monday, July 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57737054 Scientists Peg 12-Peptide Cluster as Primary Toxin in Alzheimer’s Disease Thursday, July 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57514108 Novasep Purchases Henogen for Upstream Processing Capabilities Thursday, July 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57513277 J& J to Initially Spend $1.5B for Elan’s Alzheimer’s Immunotherapy Program Thursday, July 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57512446 Roche NimbleGen CNV Arrays to Be Used in Korean Study Thursday, July 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57512445 Graceway Acquires Dermatological Compounds from Pfizer Thursday, July 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57512444 Investigators Identify SNPs Associated with Predisposition to Schizophrenia Thursday, July 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57512443 CombinatoRx and Neuromed to Merge Wednesday, July 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57450901 Maxygen and Astellas Create JV to Advance Former’s Protein-Based Drug Program Wednesday, July 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57450900 Another Sutent Trial Bites the Dust for Pfizer Wednesday, July 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57450899 Morphotek Taps Synageva in Cancer and Infectious Disease Deal Wednesday, July 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57449960 Biogen Idec Gains Ex-U.S. Rights to Acorda’s MS Therapy for $110M Up Front Wednesday, July 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57449959 BioSante to Take Over Cell Genesys in a $38M All-Stock Deal Tuesday, June 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57383910 Investigators Implicate Endolysosomal TLRs in Lupus Development Tuesday, June 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57382952 Life Technologies Sells LIMS Business to LabVantage Tuesday, June 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57382951 Optimata and Teva to Repurpose Shelved Cancer Drug Candidates Tuesday, June 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57382950 GE Healthcare and Geron to Co-Develop hESC-Derived Assay Products Tuesday, June 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57381997 Inovio Gets Help in Testing Its H1N1 DNA Vaccine Candidates Tuesday, June 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57381996 Mylan and Biocon Join Forces to Develop Biosimilars Monday, June 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57311833 Researchers Reveal Protein Involved in p53 Destruction Monday, June 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57311831 Investigators Identify SNP Linked to Kidney Stones and Decreased Bone Mineral Density Monday, June 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57311832 Celera Licenses Five Cancer-Related Targets to Bayer Schering Pharma Monday, June 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57311830 Vectura and Sosei Receive $7.5M Each with Start of Phase III COPD Trial by Novartis Monday, June 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57311829 Domainex to Conduct Optimization for U.K. Asthma Drug Collaboration Monday, June 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57310863 EU Sanctions Novartis Drug for Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis Friday, June 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57105614 Quotient Bioresearch Buys GE Healthcare’s Amersham Radiolabeling Services Unit Friday, June 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57105613 Castle Biosciences Chooses Phoenix Hospital to Offer Its Molecular Diagnostic for Brain Cancer Friday, June 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57104628 Investigators Link 27 Genetic Regions to Autism Susceptibility Friday, June 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57104627 Natural Enzyme Found that Helps Destroy Parkinson’s-Causing Protein Friday, June 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57104626 Clavis Raises About $20M to Progress Clinical Anticancer Pipeline Friday, June 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57103633 Pfizer Sees First Success in Label-Expanding Trials with Cancer Drug Thursday, June 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57035580 Sandoz Growth Hormone Biosimilar Approved in Japan Thursday, June 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57035579 Acusphere Opts for $1M in Immediate Cash over $15M Milestone Fees from Cephalon Thursday, June 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57034556 Avigen Considers $3M Acquisition by MediciNova in Favor of $20.5M BVF Takeover Thursday, June 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57034555 Pfizer Ups Bid to Roughly $172.8M for an Increased Stake in Indian Operations Thursday, June 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57031538 Tamoxifen Resistance Linked to Heightened Growth Factor Signaling Wednesday, June 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56961754 Fast-Track and Atox Score $575K Grant to Move Septic Shock Treatment into Clinic Wednesday, June 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56961753 Israeli Government Boosts Compugen Drug Discovery Funding with $400K Wednesday, June 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56961752 Researchers Find Prognostic Marker for Breast Cancer in Stroma Wednesday, June 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56961751 DiaGenic to Help Merz with Patient Stratification in Alzheimer’s Trials Wednesday, June 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56960741 ImmunoCellular Contracts Formatech to Produce Cancer Vaccine for Phase I Study Wednesday, June 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56960740 LabCorp to Pick Up Monogram Biosciences for Roughly $106.7M Tuesday, June 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56888587 GSK Signs On Chroma for Macrophage-Targeted Drug Development Tuesday, June 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56888585 Scientists Discover Protein that Curbs Metastasis Tuesday, June 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56886604 NIH Doles Out $42M to Bolster the Human Microbiome Project Tuesday, June 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56886603 Swiss Viollier to Launch Colorectal Cancer Blood Test in Europe Tuesday, June 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56885620 Appendicitis Marker Identified in Children Tuesday, June 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56883698 Obesity Exacerbates ER Stress, Prompting Extra Glucose Production Monday, June 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56818580 DxS Partners with Exosome to Develop Companion Diagnostics for Cancer Therapies Monday, June 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56818579 Biovitrum Transfers Diabetes and Metabolic Projects to iNovacia Monday, June 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56818578 Merck and DNDi Team Up to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases Monday, June 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56818577 Astellas to Commercialize NeurogesX’ Qutenza in Europe Monday, June 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56818576 CIRM Bankrolls 15 Stem Cell Research Grants with $40M Friday, June 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56613646 LFB to Provide up to $22.2M to GTC Friday, June 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56613645 The Medicines Company Extends Exclusivity for Anticoagulant to September 2010 Friday, June 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56613644 UK HIV Vaccine Consortium Orders Candidate Genes from Geneart Friday, June 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56613643 MDRNA Revises Agreement with RiboTask for UNA Technology Friday, June 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56607858 Adding SNPs to Breast Cancer Risk Model Does Not Significantly Improve Predictions Thursday, June 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56543967 Novartis Gets FDA Okay for Drug to Treat Rare Inflammatory Disorder Thursday, June 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56543009 Scientists Uncover Tumor Suppressor in Colorectal Cancer Thursday, June 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56543008 Lumavita’s Series A Financing Reaches $22.2M in Preparation of Vaginitis Product Launch Thursday, June 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56542034 Debiopharm Gains Early Preclinical Anticancer Agent from Moffitt Thursday, June 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56541092 Cerep and Servier Collaborate on Drug Discovery and Optimization Thursday, June 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56541091 Spectrum Garners $9.5M in New Financing Round Thursday, June 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56537263 TB Alliance Partners with Tibotec to Advance Discovery and Development Wednesday, June 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56471299 Crucell Buys Xcellerex’ Bioproduction Line and Disposable Bioreactors Wednesday, June 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56471298 Convertible Bond Agreements Reduce Pharming’s Debt to Roughly $49.7M Wednesday, June 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56470329 Watson Pharma to Acquire Arrow Group for $1.75B in Cash and Stock Wednesday, June 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56466490 Alexza to Regain Three Drugs through Acquisition of Symphony Allegro Tuesday, June 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56402341 Researchers Use Malignant Pleural Effusion as Model for Lung Cancer Tuesday, June 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56402340 Genzyme Temporarily Halts Production at Plant in Massachusetts Tuesday, June 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56401359 GW Pharm Forges Cannabinoid Alliance with U.K. Metabolic Research Lab Tuesday, June 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56401358 Schering-Plough Extends Access to MorphoSys’ Antibody Library for Another Year Tuesday, June 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56401357 CeNeRx Obtains Neuropathic Agent and Completes $9M Financing Round Tuesday, June 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56397517 LinkMed to Distribute Qiagen's Genomic HLA Testing Products in Transplantation Market Tuesday, June 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56395602 Cenix and AstraZeneca Expand RNAi Alliance into Respiratory and Inflammatory Diseases Monday, June 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56332822 Axis-Shield Acquires Rights to Develop Sepsis Diagnostic from Hansa Medical Monday, June 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56331877 Vitae to Receive $42M from Boehringer Ingelheim in Alzheimer’s Agreement Monday, June 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56331876 GSK Nixes $1B Cancer Deal with Synta Monday, June 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56331875 The Hamner and UNC Set Up The Institute for Drug Safety Sciences Monday, June 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56331874 Investigators Figure Out How Huntington's Progresses Monday, June 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56331665 Quest Diagnostics Launches HIV Test to Determine Patients Suitable for Entry Inhibitors Friday, June 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56139511 Exact Sciences Closes $8.2M Placement and Inks Deal with Mayo Clinic Friday, June 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56139510 NIDA Gives Albert Einstein College $3M to Study HIV-Related Brain Disease Friday, June 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56139509 Investigators Elucidate Role of One Gene in Epstein Barr Virus Friday, June 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56139508 Biopartners and LGLS Report Positive Phase III Data on Recombinant Growth Hormone Friday, June 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56137755 Canadian Center for Cancer Research Receives $8.9M Friday, June 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56134343 Prognostic Markers for Rituximab Therapy in RA Patients Found Thursday, June 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56077734 Metabasis Chooses Single $6M Fee over $54M in Milestones from Merck & Co. Thursday, June 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56077733 NHLBI and UnitedHealth Join Forces to Create Research Centers for Chronic Diseases in Developing Countries Thursday, June 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56076876 Jubilant and Endo Ally to Discover and Develop Oncology Drugs Thursday, June 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56076875 EU Countries Commit to Implement National Plans for Rare Diseases Thursday, June 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56076874 Alios Inks Financing Deals Totaling $32 Million Thursday, June 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56090010 Research Turns Idea that Autoantibodies Are a Strong Prognostic Factor for Melanoma on Its Head Wednesday, June 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56017274 Genentech Gains Bayhill’s Early-Stage Type 1 Diabetes Therapy for $25M Up Front Wednesday, June 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56017275 Dendrite Formation and Maintenance Require Two Proteins Wednesday, June 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56017273 Amarna Collaborates with Dutch Organization to Further Gene Delivery System Tuesday, June 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55963081 Novo Nordisk's Type 2 Diabetes Candidate Fares Better in Clinical Trial than Lilly and Amylin's Marketed Drug Tuesday, June 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55959775 Researchers Uncover Mechanism for Tumor Growth in the Brain Tuesday, June 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55958952 Scientists Pinpoint Enzyme Involved in Resistance to Childhood Leukemia Drug Tuesday, June 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55958953 Northeast Biodefense Center Pockets $46M from the NIAID Tuesday, June 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55958954 Roche Chooses Fifth Biologic Target to Use with Halozyme Technology Tuesday, June 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55958955 Monsanto, BASF Isolate Drought-Resistant Gene in Corn Crop Tuesday, June 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=56090011 CSL and Talecris Nix $3.1B Merger due to Challenges from the FTC Monday, June 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55899550 Interleukin Genetics Introduces Weight Management Genetic Test Monday, June 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55899549 AEterna Zentaris Snags Growth Hormone Assets from Ardana for $232K Monday, June 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55898694 AstraZeneca Teams Up with U.K. Cancer Institutes to Target Molecular Chaperones Monday, June 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55898693 Roche Partners with Pontifax to Invest in Israel’s Biotech and Pharma Sector Monday, June 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55897839 Aileron Scores $40M in Financing to Advance Preclinical Stapled Peptides Monday, June 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55891131 Ortho Biotech Joins Forces with NCI to Test Firm's Immunotherapy in Cancer Friday, June 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55720627 Kemin Picks Up Amalyte Pharmaceuticals Friday, June 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55720594 Roche, SeqWright, and Miller School of Medicine in Search of Genetic Causes of Dilated Cardiomyopathy Friday, June 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55719835 Proximagen to Secure About $80M to Finance Purchase and Licensing of Drug Assets Friday, June 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55715813 Takeda Pulls MAA for Type 2 Diabetes Therapy Thursday, June 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55661199 FDA Requires More Data to Approve ViroPharma’s Drug for Acute Treatment of Angioedema Thursday, June 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55661186 Adolor Joins the Ranks of Firms Cutting Back Thursday, June 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55661174 Charley's Fund Adds $3M in Research Support for AVI’s Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Thursday, June 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55661156 NextGen Includes Thermo Fisher’s Mass Spec Technology to Its Suite of Biomarker Services Thursday, June 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55660530 FDA Orders Partial Clinical Hold on Genmab’s Anticancer Agent Thursday, June 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55659709 Novartis Vaccines Institute Gets Roughly $7M to Develop Bivalent Typhoid Vaccine Thursday, June 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55659708 NIH to Evaluate Novavax Vaccine Candidate for Novel H1N1 Strain Thursday, June 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55654898 Advanced Cancer Therapeutics Gains License from Brown Cancer Center Wednesday, June 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55594849 Skin Lesions Linked to Basal Cell Carcinoma Wednesday, June 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55594803 Scientists Reveal E. coli’s Survival Technique Wednesday, June 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55594804 Powrex to Market Microfluidics' Products in Japan Wednesday, June 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55591597 Limagrain Obtains License to Cellectis’ Technology for Plant Engineering Wednesday, June 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55593117 Pfizer’s Late-Stage Cancer Program Takes Another Hit Tuesday, June 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55534550 GSK and Concert Forge $1B Alliance for Deuterium-Modified Drugs Tuesday, June 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55534319 Clinical Data’s Depression Therapy Shows Positive Phase III Results Tuesday, June 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55534323 GSK’s Anticancer Agent Prolongs Life in Renal Cell Cancer Patients Tuesday, June 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55534221 Biovest’s Stock Value Triples with Phase III Data on Lymphoma Vaccine Monday, June 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55476972 Researchers Link Intestinal Inflammation to Systemic Chromosome Damage Monday, June 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55476971 Novartis' Osteoporosis Drug Gets FDA Okay for Preventing Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Monday, June 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55476970 Celtic Pharma's Therapy for Brain Tumor-Associated Cerebral Edema Is Better in Patients with Metastatic Disease Monday, June 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55476758 Merck & Co. and AstraZeneca to Study Combination of Two Early-Stage Anticancer Agents Monday, June 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55472487 A.P. Pharma Eliminates Another 11 Positions Friday, May 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55335004 Researchers Find Gene that Controls Cells’ Adaptation to Oxidative Stress Friday, May 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55335003 DxS and Boehringer Ingelheim to Offer a Companion Diagnostic for Potential NSCLC Drug Friday, May 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55334380 CellDex to Buy CuraGen in Deal Valued at $94.5M Friday, May 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55330772 Galapagos Earns $4.7M in RA Alliance with Janssen Thursday, May 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55290499 Scientists Find that HIV Load Is Primarily in Macrophages Thursday, May 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55290345 Novartis Offers 28% More for Increased Control over India Operations Thursday, May 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55290282 Singapore Institute Uses Novel PCR Approach and NimbleGen Arrays for Influenza Sequencing Thursday, May 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55289894 GE Healthcare to Market Fujifilm Image-Analysis Platforms Worldwide Thursday, May 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55288693 MDS Nordion Opens Glucotrace Facility in Belgium Thursday, May 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55286392 Sanofi-Aventis Pays $140M Up Front in Cancer Deal with Exelixis Thursday, May 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55285831 ExonHit Licenses IP for Breast Cancer Test from Institut Gustave Roussy Wednesday, May 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55248181 UCSF to Use GNS’ Modeling and Simulation Technology in Cancer Research Wednesday, May 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55248180 Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute and Inverness Join Forces for Alzheimer's Diagnostic Wednesday, May 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55248179 Anacor Partners with TB Alliance and Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative Wednesday, May 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55248027 Two Blood Proteins Implicated as Prognostic Markers of Breast Cancer Wednesday, May 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55247742 Proteome Sciences Inks Deal with Axela to Develop Brain-Damage Biomarker Assays Wednesday, May 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55246963 Metabasis Makes Third Workforce Cut and Is Left with Seven Employees Wednesday, May 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55244946 Amgen Obtains Cardiovascular Program for $50M from Cytokinetics Tuesday, May 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55206027 Simcere Pays $28.5M for Majority Stake in Chinese Vaccine Company Tuesday, May 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55205998 NanoViricides Taps Thevac for Preclinical Studies on Flu Drug Tuesday, May 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55205623 FIT Biotech and ImmunoVaccine Ally to Enhance HIV Vaccine Candidate Tuesday, May 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55203934 Collaboration Formed to Evaluate Epigenomics’ Test in Detecting Colorectal Polyps Tuesday, May 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55205065 mtm Labs and MetaSystems to Automate Cervical Cancer Biomarker Imaging Tuesday, May 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=55204867 U.K. Team Scoops Up Roughly $6M to Develop Cell-Based Methods for Skeletal Repair Monday, May 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54944231 Inadequate Vasculature Blamed for Pancreatic Cancer’s Resistance to Chemotherapy Monday, May 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54948387 NIH Starts Program to Develop Drugs for Rare and Neglected Diseases with $24M Monday, May 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54952233 Investigators Uncover How Flu Virus Eludes the Body's Defenses Thursday, May 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54942268 Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Secures $34.5M to Progress Molecular Imaging Agents Thursday, May 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54942254 Preliminary Phase III Data Is Positive for Novartis’ COPD Drug Thursday, May 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54942242 Clovis Oncology Raises $145M in Start-Up Financing Thursday, May 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54938081 Combined Tactics Deliver Deadly Protein to Tumors Wednesday, May 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54877987 Pfizer Expands Its Portfolio in Deals with Two India-Based Firms Wednesday, May 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54877970 moksha8 Broadens Partnership with Roche to Commercialize More Products in Mexico Wednesday, May 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54877924 Lab21 Acquires Plasmatec Subsidiary from Axis-Shield Wednesday, May 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54877898 Novartis to Buy EBEWE Pharma’s Generics Business for $1.2B Wednesday, May 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54877417 Researchers Find Biological Link Between Tumors and Depression Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54811883 Cancers Gain Upper Hand Against Immune System by Silencing Signaling Mechanism Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54811831 Novartis and Schering-Plough Divide Spoils of Respiratory Therapies Collaboration Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54811668 Santhera’s Friedreich’s Ataxia Drug Fails in U.S. Phase III Trial Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54811193 CDP Program Moves Deprioritized Candidates into Clinical Trials Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54811192 BIO Exclusive: Amgen Not Taking Its Eyes off Innovation Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54810873 BIO Exclusive: Case against Myriad Genetics Not Likely to Change IP Landscape Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54810549 BIO Exclusive: BioInvent Stays the Course Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54810247 Opsona Receives Commitment for $4.5M in Series B Financing Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54802974 Asubio Pharma Using Genedata’s Biomarker Discovery Platform Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54748135 AbD Serotec and BBInternational Ink Reciprocal Marketing Agreement Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54748134 SNPs Found to Determine the Age at Which Girls Experience Menarche Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54747914 Low-Oxygen Regions in Prostate Tumors Forecast Recurrence of Cancer Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54747882 Euro 246 M Funding Boosts Collaborative Projects between European Industry and Academia Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54747798 MorphoSys and Daiichi Sankyo Add Two Targets to Therapeutic Antibody Collaboration Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54747182 Quotient Bioresearch Scoops Up Charles River Laboratories’ Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54746893 GSK and Oxford BioTherapeutics Ink Oncology Antibody Therapeutics Deal Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54746583 Takeda to Acquire IDM Pharma for $66.7M Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54746235 Institut Pasteur and Mérieux Alliance Sign Letter of Intent Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54738010 Pfizer to Extend Use of Patient Selection Technology from Monogram Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54737110 Cancer Stem Cells Implicated as a Prognostic Marker for Breast Cancer Friday, May 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54553627 ZyGEM Bolsters DNA Extraction Kit Distribution in Asia Pacific Friday, May 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54553518 Phase III Results Lead AGI to Shelve IBS Candidate Friday, May 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54549253 Fate Therapeutics Gains IP Related to Blood Stem Cells Friday, May 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54547785 Lonza Expands Cell Therapy Production into Asia Friday, May 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54548454 KuDOS Acquires Oncology Candidates from Cancer Research UK Friday, May 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54547784 Zymera to Develop Self-Illuminating Quantum Dot Products with Life Technologies License Thursday, May 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54487014 Oxygen Biotherapeutics Inks CRADA for Its PFC Oxygen Carrier Thursday, May 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54486537 ImmuneRegen Taps University of Pittsburgh Scientist to Work on Preclinical Flu Vaccine Thursday, May 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54486536 Roche Launches Swine Flu Detection Kit for Research Purposes Thursday, May 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54486332 Baylor Immunologists Get $14M for Flu Vaccine and Diagnostic Development Thursday, May 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54483115 Myriad Genetics Comes under Legal Fire for Gene Patents Wednesday, May 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54425046 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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54280626 Mepha to Distribute Debiopharm's Prostate Cancer Drug in Switzerland Monday, May 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54280627 Case Western to Obtain $3M to Advance HIV/AIDS Research Friday, May 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54079528 Exelixis and Boehringer Ingelheim Ink $354M Autoimmune Disease Partnership Friday, May 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54079550 Positron Systems and Idaho State University Intend to Produce Molybdenum-99 Friday, May 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54079509 Cangene Buys Exclusive Option for Acute Radiation Syndrome Drug for $500K from Maxygen Friday, May 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54075109 Diatherix Releases Swine Flu Virus Test Thursday, May 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54010579 Evotec Buys Summit’s Zebrafish Screening Business for Roughly $752K Thursday, May 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54010563 Cornerstone Inks $70M Deal for Chiesi Farmaceutici’s Respiratory Distress Syndrome Drug Thursday, May 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54010505 Sanofi Pasteur's Flu Vaccine Manufacturing Plant Gets FDA Nod Thursday, May 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54010491 Paladin and Isotechnika Combine Forces to Advance Latter's Immunosuppressant Thursday, May 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54004970 KeyNeurotek Opens New Site in Germany Thursday, May 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=54004007 GSK Divests U.S. Rights for Depression Drug to Biovail for $510M Wednesday, May 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53940117 Evotec Closes U.S. Subsidiary with Annual Savings Estimated at Over $13M Wednesday, May 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53939747 Avastin Approved in Fourth Tumor Type Wednesday, May 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53939140 PerkinElmer Picks Up Analytica of Branford Wednesday, May 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53939092 Alethia Licenses Preclinical Cancer mAbs for Drug and Diagnostic Development Wednesday, May 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53938837 Genzyme Enlists Ergomed to Progress Anticancer Agent Wednesday, May 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53938753 CellCentric Moves Deal with HD Biosciences from Screening to Discovery Wednesday, May 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53937899 Novotech and ETI Ally to Harness Indian Clinical Research Opportunities Wednesday, May 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53937164 Stellar Licenses Italian Rights for Uracyst to Sigmar Tuesday, May 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53868549 AstraZeneca Taps Jubilant for Discovery Work Tuesday, May 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53868550 Scientists Discover a Prognostic Marker for Breast Cancer Tuesday, May 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53868556 ZymoGenetics Gives Seattle Life Sciences Rights to Eight Drug Candidates Tuesday, May 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53865219 PGxHealth Allies with University of Pittsburgh to Determine Response to Anticancer mAbs Monday, May 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53816381 Ironwood Outlicenses Gastrointestinal Therapy to Almirall for $40M Up Front Monday, May 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53816382 NeoStem Obtains Stem Cell Technology for Chronic Wound Healing Monday, May 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53816380 Researchers Elucidate Process of T-Cell Growth and Production Monday, May 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53816379 Genetic Profile Found that Predicts Best Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancers Monday, May 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53815390 Biovail Licenses Acadia's Late-Stage CNS Disease Drug with an Initial Fee of $30M Monday, May 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53813441 Acceleron Goes against the Grain with Expansions Friday, May 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53722851 Investigators Uncover Association between Obesity and Colon Cancer Friday, May 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53722850 Role of COMT Gene Mutation in Post Heart Surgery Complications Revealed Friday, May 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53722849 UMass Boston Opens Venture Development Center to Augment Collaborations Friday, May 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53719907 CIRM Doles Out $67M in Early Translational Grants Thursday, April 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53687392 ZymoGenetics Reduces 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A Vaccine from Sinovac Tuesday, April 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53548915 TTP LabTech Bucks the Economic Trend Monday, April 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53495158 Adjuvant IL-7 Boosts Vaccine-Induced Immune Response to Tumors Monday, April 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53488751 Thermo Fisher Scientific to Pay $125M for Biolab Monday, April 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53488759 Three-Gene Combination Key to Cardiac Differentiation Found Monday, April 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53488762 Bayer and Onyx Stop Phase III Trial of Nexavar in Melanoma Monday, April 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53483865 Sequenom Reduces Workforce in Genetic Analysis Unit Friday, April 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53308274 Research Reveals SNP that Leads to Colorectal Cancer Progression Friday, April 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53307887 Pfizer Partners with University College London for Stem Cell-Based Therapies Friday, April 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53307885 Sucampo Acquires Rights to RTU’s Ophthalmic Drug in U.S. and Canada Friday, April 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53307886 Mosanto Buys Broader Rights to Devgen Technolgies for $26.5M Friday, April 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53302074 Researchers Explain How Spontaneous Recurrent Seizures Occur Thursday, April 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53246964 Alethia Obtains $2.2M Financing to Advance Preclinical mAbs Thursday, April 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53246903 Celera Licenses Genetic Markers from Perlegen and deCODE Thursday, April 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53242311 Clarient Acquires Breast Cancer Biomarker from Indiana University Thursday, April 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53241497 Agents that Speed Up Destruction of Amyloid Beta Found Wednesday, April 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53190183 Phase Forward Expands Clinical Data Offerings with $14M Purchase of Waban Wednesday, April 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53189866 NovaBay Inks Deal to Enhance Antimicrobial Asset Wednesday, April 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53189381 Roche Shares Slide due to Avastin Failure in Phase III Wednesday, April 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53184715 Researchers Explain How Remicade Can Reactivate TB Tuesday, April 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53134957 New Gene Regions Linked to HIV-1 Associated Kidney Disease Tuesday, April 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53134955 Roche and Sigma-Aldrich to Co-Market Complementary Platforms for Epigenetic Research Tuesday, April 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53134956 Eureka Genomics’ First Sequencing Center to Use Illumina Technology Tuesday, April 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53134954 Merck & Co. Acquires Rights to C. Difficile Drugs from Medarex and MBL for $60M Tuesday, April 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53129043 Variations in miRNA Processing Pathways and Binding Sites Can Predict Ovarian Cancer Risk Monday, April 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53081899 High Enzyme Levels May Indicate That Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Will Be Aggressive Monday, April 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53081161 Expression Analysis and RainDance Partner on Cancer Gene Resequencing Project Monday, April 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53081148 Merck & Co. Funds Inflammatory Disease Drug Discovery at Galapagos Monday, April 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53081147 GlaxoSmithKline to Acquire Stiefel for $2.9B Up Front Monday, April 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53081146 Illumina and Agilent to Jointly Market Sequencing Technology Monday, April 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53075366 Hadasit and Immuron Strike Codevelopment Deal to Develop Oral Technology Monday, April 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=53075367 Protein Expression Changes in Huntington’s Begin Prior to Symptom Development Friday, April 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52934674 LDL-Controlling Protein Exerts Effect Extracellularly Friday, April 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52934706 ChemDiv Purchases Prudentas to Strengthen Foothold in Eastern Europe Friday, April 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52934641 Two Genetic Variants Tied to Increased Stroke Risk Thursday, April 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52887769 Scientists Quell Debate on How Amyloid-Beta Impairs Brain Cells Thursday, April 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52887770 GSK and Pfizer Create HIV-Focused Company Thursday, April 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52883565 BMS Taps Ensemble Discovery with $5M Up Front Wednesday, April 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52843995 Scientists Uncover Links behind Low Fitness and Fatty Liver Disease Wednesday, April 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52843993 Synageva BioPharma Pockets $30M in Equity Financing Wednesday, April 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52843994 Sanofi-Aventis to Acquire BiPar in Deal Valued at $500M Wednesday, April 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52841430 Merck & Co. Gains Rights to Santen's Glaucoma Drug in the Americas, W. Europe, and Africa Wednesday, April 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52840891 Zealand Pharma to Test Vyteris’ Patch with Its Peptide Drugs Tuesday, April 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52803618 Researchers Pinpoint Prognostic Markers for Prostate Cancer Tuesday, April 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52803620 Phylogica to Offer Peptide Candidates Delivered with Aegis’ Nasal Spray Technology Tuesday, April 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52803256 GVK and Excel PharmaStudies Join Forces to Help Sponsors Conduct Clinical Trials in India and China Tuesday, April 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52800493 iZumi Bio and Japanese Stem Cell Research Center to Collaborate Tuesday, April 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52799962 ES Cell-Specific miRNAs Enhance Induced Pluripotency Monday, April 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52765296 Pfizer to Increase Stake in Pfizer India with $136.5M Offer Monday, April 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52765161 Researchers Reveal How Protein Controls Cancer Cell Migration Monday, April 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52765130 XenoPort Opts into Co-Promotion Deal with GSK for RLS Drug Monday, April 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52760440 Prometheus Gains U.S. Rights to Rosetta's Cancer Tests Monday, April 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52760441 New Gene Fusion Identified as Potential Prostate Cancer Biomarker Friday, April 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52645614 Scientists Identify Requirements for Heterochromatin Establishment in the Nucleus Friday, April 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52645265 Marinus Secures $20M to Advance Antiepileptic Agent Friday, April 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52641781 Merck & Co. Buys Rights to Atrial Fibrillation Therapy from Cardiome for $60M Up Front Thursday, April 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52600250 Investigators Persuade Human ES Cells to Become Oligodendrocytes Thursday, April 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52600121 ChemGenex Secures $7.1M to Advance Late-Stage Anticancer Agent Thursday, April 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52597176 Radiant Strikes Deal with Spectrum to Provide CRO Services Across India Thursday, April 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52595938 FDA Gives Arbor Vita’s Avian Flu Test the Go-Ahead Wednesday, April 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52553485 Researchers Confirm Importance of a Growth Factor in Maintaining Retinal Blood Vessels Wednesday, April 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52553484 Mechanism of Cell-Type-Specific Signaling in Tumor Development Determined Wednesday, April 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52553483 Cordex Taps BG Medicine to Advance Its Early-Stage Heart Failure Drug Wednesday, April 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52553482 Scientists Explain How NK Cells Target Melanoma Tuesday, April 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52504157 Protein that Controls Intestinal Colonization with Bacteria Revealed Tuesday, April 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52504148 ImmuneRegen Allies with University of Rochester to Expand Preclinical Development of Homspera Tuesday, April 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52504138 Epix Strategizes to Avoid Bankruptcy Tuesday, April 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52498811 BMS Shells Out $400M to Extend Revenue-Sharing Period with Otsuka for Abilify Monday, April 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52451538 Veridex Gains Rights to Nuvera’s Tamoxifen and Taxane Response Tests Monday, April 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52451537 Millennium Taps Seattle Genetics for Antibody-Drug Conjugate Development with $4M Up Front Monday, April 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52451536 Mitsubishi Tanabe Signs On Affectis for Discovery Work for Antidepressants Monday, April 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52451535 Malfunction of the Respiratory Epithelium Implicated as Cause for Allergy Friday, April 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52285039 NIH Puts Out Research Plan for Digestive Diseases Friday, April 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52284952 PPD Sells Research Center for $46M and Picks Up Magen for $14.5M Friday, April 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52281679 Almirall to Commercialize Recordati's BPH Drug in Spain Friday, April 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52280147 Beckman Coulter to Pay Clinical Data $17M for Genomic Services Division Thursday, April 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52228017 Pfizer Logs Another Misstep in Late-Stage Development Thursday, April 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52228018 Researchers Pinpoint Gene Variations in Ovarian Cancer Patients with Better Prognosis Thursday, April 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52227558 Mouse Model Developed to Understand T Cells’ Role in Kidney Damage Disease Thursday, April 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52227289 Micromet Nets $2M Milestone Payment from Nycomed with Filing of Clinical Trial Application Thursday, April 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52223241 Amylin and Lilly Take Over Transdermal Exenatide from Altea Wednesday, April 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52168240 MDRNA Divests Remaining Non-RNAi Assets to Par Wednesday, April 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52168238 Mitsubishi Tanabe Gains Asian Rights to EnVivo’s Cognition-Enhancing Drug Wednesday, April 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52168237 Ocera Licenses Acute Hepatic Encephalopathy Preclinical Treatment from UCLB Wednesday, April 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52168217 Scientists Determine Why a Particular Blood Protein Is Raised in Cancer Patients Wednesday, April 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52168168 Researchers Reveal Prognostic Marker for Glioblastoma Wednesday, April 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52167366 UT Investigators to Research Antibodies with Regeneron VelocImmune Technology Wednesday, April 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52161687 Genzyme Acquires MS and CLL Therapy as well as Two More Oncology Products from Bayer Tuesday, March 31, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52106143 Dyax Eliminates 60 Positions and Expects $18M in Annual Savings Tuesday, March 31, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52106090 Intrinsic Bioprobes Enters $1.27M Contract with NCI for Detection of Low-Abundance, Cancer-Related Proteins Tuesday, March 31, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52106060 Mouse Line Created for Muscle Regeneration Studies Tuesday, March 31, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52105487 Perceived Retinal Stem Cells Found to Be Normal Adult Cells Tuesday, March 31, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52104686 BioVex Bags $40M for Late-Stage Trial with Oncolytic Virus Technology Monday, March 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52046314 CHA Bio Gains Korean License for ACT’s Retinal Pigment Epithelium Technology Monday, March 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52046173 Axikin Taps Proteros for Fragment-Based Lead Discovery in Inflammatory Diseases Monday, March 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52046172 Gene Previously Thought to Be an Oncogene Turns Out to Be a Tumor Suppressor in Melanoma Monday, March 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52046171 Researchers Validate Link between Lupus and Immune Response Gene Monday, March 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52046170 EMD Serono Expands Research Capabilities in Massachusetts Monday, March 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=52041342 Researchers Find that Crystallized Cholesterol Can Damage Cardiovascular Plaque Friday, March 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51905817 Evotec Cuts Workforce with New Focus on Forging Discovery Partnership Friday, March 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51905535 Osiris Stops Patient Enrollment in Late-Stage Crohn’s Study due to Trial Design Error Friday, March 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51905534 Dyax Required to Submit More Data for FDA Approval of HAE Drug Friday, March 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51905533 La Jolla Institute to Test IVT’s Delivery Platform with Infectious Disease Candidates Friday, March 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51905338 Viral Protein Found that Triggers HSV’s Exit from Latency Friday, March 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51904776 Avigen Ceases Merger Discussions and Plans for Liquidation if BVF’s $20.5M Bid Doesn’t Succeed Thursday, March 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51848721 New HD Research Center Tasked with Preventing, Treating, or Curing Disease by 2020 Thursday, March 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51848521 Gene Variants Found that Affect Lung Function, Growth, and Susceptibility to Smoke Thursday, March 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51847708 Neuraltus Closes $17M Series A Financing Thursday, March 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51843211 Baylor College of Medicine to Use Illumina Infinium® DNA Analysis Products Wednesday, March 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51791760 Biochemical Link Found Between Seemingly Unrelated Diabetes and Eczema Wednesday, March 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51791494 Autoimmune Diseases Tracked with NF-kB Bioluminescence Wednesday, March 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51791464 The Hamner Institutes Expands Risk Assessment Development Work for EPA Wednesday, March 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51791390 Novartis Seeks to Increase Stake in Novartis India Wednesday, March 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51790943 Galderma to Pay up to $50M for Rights to NovaBay’s Aganocide Compounds Wednesday, March 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51790942 Morphotek to Develop Antibodies to Validate Antigens Found by HGS Wednesday, March 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51786930 Alnara Gains Rights to Late-Stage Pancreatic Treatment from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Wednesday, March 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51786144 Acadia to Develop Schizophrenia Treatments with Meiji Seika for Asian Market Wednesday, March 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51786145 Mutation Discovered that Allows Nicotine to Bind to Brain Receptors but Not Muscle Cells Tuesday, March 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51735193 TB Alliance Scores $24M to Bolster Drug R& D Tuesday, March 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51735119 Xcellerex, Dowpharma, Biopharm, and deltaDot Win $11M Technology Development Contract Tuesday, March 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51735090 Systems Biology Approach Models Degenerative Brain Disease Progression in Mice Tuesday, March 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51734570 Teva-Compugen Alliance Yields Biomarkers for Detection of Drug-Induced Kidney Toxicity Tuesday, March 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51734572 ImmuneRegen Taps UT Southwestern for Biomarker Validation Studies Related to Wound-Healing Drug Tuesday, March 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51734571 Biogen Idec Signs Up to Help Aveo Develop Its Discovery-Stage Cancer Program Tuesday, March 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51728375 Aphios Enters Agreement with VivaCell to Develop HIV Latency Therapy Tuesday, March 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51728376 Siemens and Sysmex Ink Five-Year Deal Extension Monday, March 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51676525 PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative Allies with VGX Monday, March 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51676163 Ten Genes Associated with Changes in QT Interval Monday, March 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51676162 Merck Gains Rights Xencor's Antibody Platform for $3M Monday, March 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51673173 Novartis Licenses MDRNA's siRNA Delivery Technology for $7.25M Monday, March 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51672436 Scientists Figure Out Why Malaria-Infected RBCs Adhere to the Endothelium of Small Blood Vessels Friday, March 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51512839 Inverness Pays $200M for Full Coverage of ACON’s Rapid Diagnostics Business Friday, March 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51512759 Two SNPs Linked to Increased Risk of COPD Among Smokers Friday, March 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51512468 Royal DSM Makes $110M Investment in NCPC and Creates Three Joint Ventures Thursday, March 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51471231 Molecule Found in Pathway that Allows Bacterium to Stay Attached to a Host Cell Thursday, March 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51458485 IBA Pads Assay Development Services with Acquisition of Axela Technology Thursday, March 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51457694 Cortex Cuts Half Its Staff, Basic Research Activities, and Preclinical Programs Thursday, March 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51457673 XTL Obtains Rights to Use Bio-GAL's Recombinant Erythropoietin as a Myeloma Treatment Thursday, March 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51453231 MMV Takes Over Merck & Co.’s Early-Stage Antimalarial Wednesday, March 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51398627 IDT Purchases VH Bio's Oligo Segment Wednesday, March 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51398630 EMD and Fast Forward to Support Underfunded Drug Development in MS Wednesday, March 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51398577 Researchers Develop Standard of Testing for Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Wednesday, March 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51398589 miRNA Found that Directly Ratchets Down the Action of p53 Wednesday, March 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51398564 North Carolina Biotechnology Center Awards $100K for Planning of a New Drug Discovery Center Wednesday, March 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51398526 Biokine Receives $1.2M to Develop Myeloma Treatment Wednesday, March 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51394779 Exiqon Expands Portfolio with Norgen's RNA Purification Kits Tuesday, March 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51394781 Karolinska and Biovitrum Create Joint Venture to Develop Latter's Preclinical Leukemia Treatment Tuesday, March 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51394782 Malfunction in Immune Response Pathway Is Key to How a Fused Gene Promotes Childhood Leukemia Tuesday, March 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51339049 Aushon Acquires SearchLight Protein Array Business from Thermo Fisher Scientific Tuesday, March 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51337594 OGT Takes Over Sense Proteomic to Bolster Biomarker Franchise Tuesday, March 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51337593 Gore PharmBIO Opens Production Plant to Double Capacity Tuesday, March 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51337454 Endothelial Lipase Gene Mutations Result in High Levels of HDL-C Tuesday, March 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51336590 Roche Acquires Innovatis for $19.56M Monday, March 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51274002 Orexo Receives FDA Green Light for Insomnia Drug Monday, March 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51273954 Synta Reduces Workforce by 40% Friday, March 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51097734 Hologic Obtains FDA Nod for Two HPV Tests Friday, March 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51097733 Enzo Acquires Assay Designs for $12.2M Friday, March 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51097546 Sigma-Aldrich Takes Over Distributor in Chile Friday, March 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51097532 Researchers Discover Gene Variations that Protect against Cervical Cancer Friday, March 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51097439 Kenta Secures $10M to Advance Antibodies against Nosocomial Infections Thursday, March 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51046858 Roche Wins Over Genentech with $46.8B Offer Thursday, March 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51035295 Gilead to Shell Out $1.4B to Take Over CV Therapeutics Thursday, March 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51035251 BG Medicine, NHLBI, and Boston University Partner for Cardiovascular Biomarker Discovery Thursday, March 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51035219 Researchers Identify Protein for Early Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Thursday, March 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=51034503 Avigen Implores Shareholders to Steer Clear of BVF’s Attempts to Gain Control of the Company Wednesday, March 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50975254 Fraunhofer CMB and iBioPharma Pocket $12M for Accelerated Manufacture of Vaccines Wednesday, March 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50975233 AstraZeneca to Continue Collaboration with Dynavax until July 2010 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50975219 NIH Makes $1.5B in Stimulus Bill Grants Available Wednesday, March 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50975227 CTMM to Provide $319M in Funding for Eight R& D Projects in the Netherlands Tuesday, March 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50926886 Kamada to Get $5M to Aid Development of Snakebite Antiserum from Israeli Government Tuesday, March 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50926887 Proteins that Control Proliferation and Mobilization of Blood Stem Cells Discovered Tuesday, March 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50914553 Roche to Support Clinical Trials with Evotec’s Depression Therapy in $300M Deal Tuesday, March 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50914020 Avexa and Progen Nix Merger Deal Tuesday, March 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50913739 Calcium-Signaling Pathway Regulates Inflammatory Gene Expression following Heart Attack Tuesday, March 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50913738 NCI to Undertake IND-Enabling Studies for Azaya’s Anticancer Agent Tuesday, March 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50913737 Synosia Gains Access to Roche's Phase I Antagonist for Cognitive Disorders Tuesday, March 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50908895 Byron to Pay $875K to Commercialize CEL-SCI's Late-Stage Cancer Drug in South Africa Monday, March 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50864259 Roche Sweetens Its Bid for Genentech Offering $45.7B Monday, March 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50856826 Merck & Co. to Pony Up $41.4B for Schering-Plough Monday, March 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50856887 MannKind to Buy Pfizer’s Frankfurt Insulin Production Plant for $33M Monday, March 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50856615 Scientists Describe Molecular Process that Leads to Protein Clumps in Huntington's Monday, March 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50856614 SARcode Pays $2M for Sunesis’ LFA-1 Inhibitor Program Monday, March 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50856388 Seahorse Bioscience Acquires BioProcessors Monday, March 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50855960 Gene Variations Affect Risk of Hodgkin’s Disease Monday, March 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50855782 Performance Plants Secures $4.3M to Develop Technology to Improve Biofuel Production Friday, March 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50699288 Sanofi-Aventis to Commercialize AEterna Zentaris’ Late-Stage BPH Drug in the U.S. Friday, March 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50688189 Symphogen and Origen Ally to Produce Transgenic Chickens Friday, March 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50688188 UCB Taps Proteros for Structure-Based Drug Discovery Friday, March 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50688029 T Cells in RA Patients Are Prematurely Aged Thursday, March 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50630700 BMS Gains Nissan Chemical’s Atrial Fibrillation Therapy for $40M Up Front Thursday, March 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50630549 Proteon Secures $38M Financing and Option Agreement with Novartis Related to Lead Candidate Thursday, March 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50630519 Alnylam and MIT Advance Research on Systemic Delivery of RNAi Therapeutics Using Lipidoid Formulations Thursday, March 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50630472 Vertex Grows HCV Pipeline with Purchase of ViroChem Wednesday, March 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50576025 Pharmexa and Affitech Combine to Create Antibody-Focused Firm Wednesday, March 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50575766 Regulus Raises $20M in Series A Round Wednesday, March 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50575765 Follicular Helper T Cells Regulated by the T-Cell Antigen Receptor Binding Wednesday, March 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50574815 HemCon and Prometic to Develop Capture Device for Antibody Removal Tuesday, March 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50522504 Protein Complex that Determines Stem Cell Pluripotency Found Tuesday, March 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50519759 FDA Stalls Approval of Genzyme’s Pompe Disease Drug Tuesday, March 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50519549 Sigma-Aldrich Purchases NextGen’s Electrophoresis Franchise Tuesday, March 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50519360 Achaogen Scores $26.6M Five-Year Contract Covering Biothreat Bacterial Strains Tuesday, March 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50519359 Genes Involved in Brain Signaling Linked to Schizophrenia Tuesday, March 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50519358 Pfizer Gains 39 Generic Therapies from Aurobindo Tuesday, March 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50519182 Lab21 Acquires Biotec Laboratories to Expand Diagnostic Focus Tuesday, March 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50519166 Orexo Sanctioned to Commercialize Cancer Pain Drug in France and Spain Monday, March 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50469945 Pluripotent Stem Cells Created without Virus Vectors Monday, March 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50462886 Novartis to Kick Off R& D Alliance with Epistem with $4M Monday, March 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50462639 Toxin B Found to Be the Key to C. Difficile’s Virulence Monday, March 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50462629 StemCells to Acquire Stem Cell Sciences through Combination of Cash and Stock Monday, March 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50462432 Hi-Tech Pharmacal Takes Over ECR Pharmaceuticals for $5.1M Monday, March 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50462370 Roche's Antibody Approved as Front-Line Leukemia Treatment in Europe Friday, February 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50310384 Immtech Considers an Alliance with Beijing Pharmaceutical Friday, February 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50305650 Synta Tanks with Decision to Shelve Lead Cancer Candidate due to Safety Concerns Friday, February 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50298476 Cephalon Is Offering to Pay $202M for Arana Therapeutics Friday, February 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50298461 Embryome Sciences to Enhance hESC Franchise by Gaining New Cell Lines Friday, February 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50298430 Beckman Coulter to Shell Out Almost $800M for Olympus’ Lab-Based Diagnostics Franchise Friday, February 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50298405 Mutations of New Gene Trigger 5% of Inherited ALS Cases Friday, February 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50297139 Gene that Controls p53 Discovered Friday, February 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50296963 Cyclogenix Inks License and Research Deals Wyeth and IMBcom to Further Peptide Research Thursday, February 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50254100 PreMD to Eliminate Staff, Close Laboratory, and Terminate Clinical Programs Thursday, February 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50244451 Newly Discovered Antibody May Provide Protection against Broad Variety of Flu Viruses Thursday, February 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50241877 GTC Bolsters FOB Development Plans through Deal with AgResearch Thursday, February 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50241295 Millipore Buys Epitome’s Antibody Discovery Platform Thursday, February 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50241271 Alexion Authorized to Commercialize PNH Drug in Australia Wednesday, February 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50193789 Elan Trims Biologic Operations Wednesday, February 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50186949 Battelle Ventures Seeds MIT Spin-Off with $5M Wednesday, February 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50186941 Implicit Licenses mAb from Lilly for Development in Acute Lung Injury Wednesday, February 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50186807 Selecta Biosciences Secures $15.1M to Advance Immunobiology R& D Wednesday, February 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50186785 Human iPS Cells Differentiated into Motor Neurons with Similar Efficiency as hESCs Wednesday, February 25, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50186298 PDS to Use Merck Eprova's Cationic Lipid to Enhance Preclinical Compounds Tuesday, February 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50146433 Servier Sanctioned to Commercialize Antidepressant in Europe Tuesday, February 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50144873 Merck Serono Gains Rights to Ambrx' Preclinical MS Therapy Tuesday, February 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50139518 Panacos Reduces Workforce to Four and Considers Alternatives for Assets Tuesday, February 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50135024 Map Pharmaceuticals Loses 65% of Its Value with Failed Phase III Asthma Trial Tuesday, February 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50135023 Pfizer Calls Off Late-Stage Evaluations with Anxiety and Fibromyalgia Drugs Tuesday, February 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50134830 Lipocalin 2 Triggers EMT Pathway in Human Breast Cancer Tuesday, February 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50134773 Study Reveals Functioning of Proteins Created by Three Genes Linked to Parkinson’s Tuesday, February 24, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50133561 Frontage and Beijing Pharma Expand R& D Agreement Monday, February 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50082969 Orexo to Take Over PharmaKodex to Enhance Reformulation Business Monday, February 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50079400 WHO Gains Access to Schering-Plough Manufacturing Technology for Flu Vaccines Monday, February 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50079413 New Algorithm Yields Links between Alpha-Synuclein Toxicity and Pathways that Affect Cell Survival Monday, February 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=50079031 Ferring Approved to Commercialize Prostate Cancer Drug within EU Friday, February 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49953369 Neuralstem's ALS Trial with Stem Cell Therapy Delayed Friday, February 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49943227 CV Therapeutics Says Astellas’ $1B Offer Is Insufficient Friday, February 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49943208 Shire to Enter European ADHD Market with $69M Acquisition of UCB’s Drug Friday, February 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49943110 ESC Research Advocates Pressure President Obama for Action Friday, February 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49938109 Genocea Closes $23M Series A Financing Round Thursday, February 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49905974 Eisai Licenses Bial's Antiepileptic Drug for European Market for $120M Thursday, February 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49905273 Access Pharmaceuticals Grants JCOM Korean License to Two Cancer Products Thursday, February 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49895691 Sopherion Pockets $55M to Support Late-Stage Trial with Anticancer Agent Thursday, February 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49895690 Introgen Technical Services Enters Three Biologic Production Contracts Thursday, February 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49895535 Loss of Brain Protein in Mice Leads to Schizophrenia-Like Behavior Thursday, February 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49895489 Investigators Pinpoint Two Genes as Targets for Treatment and Prognostic Markers for Glioma Thursday, February 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49895216 Opsona Closes $23M Financing Round Wednesday, February 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49861598 Pharmos Sells Cannabinoid Program to Reperio Wednesday, February 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49858332 Researchers Claim Oxidative Stress Does Not Cause Aging Wednesday, February 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49847536 GPC Biotech and Agennix to Merge Wednesday, February 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49847448 HUYA Joins Forces with the Beijing Institute of Materia Medica Wednesday, February 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49847447 Prognostic Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer Found in Lymph Node Wednesday, February 18, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49847214 EMBL Licenses Tripos' Software to Advance Drug Discovery Tuesday, February 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49807567 Merck Serono Licenses Flamel Technology for Roughly $6.3M Tuesday, February 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49804576 NeuroSearch and Eli Lilly Sign Pact for Drug R& D in CNS Diseases Tuesday, February 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49797229 Synta Obtains $10M from GSK under Cancer Deal Tuesday, February 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49797049 Biotage Allies with MultiSynTech to Step into Peptide Synthesis Business Tuesday, February 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49797048 Bacteria Evolve into Disease Pathogens by Rewiring Regulatory DNA Tuesday, February 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49796917 GM1-Specific Antibodies Proven to Damage Nerves Tuesday, February 17, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49795740 Expression Analysis to Offer Genomic Services in U.K. through Partnership with Geneblitz Friday, February 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49803857 Expression Analysis to Offer Genomic Services in U.K. through Partnership with Geneblitz Friday, February 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49598433 IRI Intends to Partner with PharmaFoods to Produce Helicobacter Pylori and Avian Influenza Antibodies Friday, February 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49593644 IRI Intends to Partner with PharmaFoods to Produce Helicobacter Pylori and Avian Influenza Antibodies Friday, February 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49803858 Sandoz’ Biosimilar to Amgen’s Anemia Drug Gets EU Go-Ahead Friday, February 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49586525 Scientists Find Biomarker for Fatal Prostate Cancer Friday, February 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49586524 WIL Research Snags Midwest BioResearch Friday, February 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49586523 Industry Could Lose Battle over Language for Comparative Effectiveness Research Friday, February 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49586522 Mosquitoes Use RNAi to Combat Dengue Virus Infection Friday, February 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49584729 Emergent to Sell Anthrax Vaccine in India Thursday, February 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49803859 Mundipharma to Market Novelos' Phase III Lung Cancer Drug in Europe and Asia through Deal Worth $95M Thursday, February 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49803860 Mundipharma to Market Novelos' Phase III Lung Cancer Drug in Europe and Asia through Deal Worth $95M Thursday, February 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49534674 Function of Mutant Gene Restored in Yeast Model Thursday, February 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49532366 Group of Metabolites Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer Thursday, February 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49531845 Blog: A True Stimulus Package for Science and Technology Thursday, February 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49531844 OriGene Secures $6.5M to Set Up mAb Manufacturing Facility in China Thursday, February 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49531615 Merck & Co. to Pay $130M for Insmed’s FOBs and Production Plants Thursday, February 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49531081 La Jolla Stock Slumps as Late-Stage Lupus Drug Gets Canned Thursday, February 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49531080 Oscient Cuts 32% of Workforce and Is Looking for Strategic Options Thursday, February 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49531079 Novartis to License Phase II Anticlotting Therapy from Portola for $75M Thursday, February 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49530913 Ferring Opens San Diego Center for Peptide Research Wednesday, February 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49487711 Stemgent Licenses TET's Stem Cell Reprogramming Reagents Wednesday, February 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49482560 Avexa Responds to Cytopia's Statement Concerning Merger with Progen Wednesday, February 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49482318 Stemgent Licenses TET's Stem Cell Reprogramming Reagents Wednesday, February 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49803862 Avexa Responds to Cytopia's Statement Concerning Merger with Progen Wednesday, February 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49803863 Galapagos Wins $1M Grant to Advance Drug Research in Bone and Joint Diseases Wednesday, February 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49474522 Endo Inks Collaborations in Pain and Cancer Wednesday, February 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49474521 Astex Taps Cancer Research UK to Carry Out Early-Stage Trials Wednesday, February 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49474372 Rearrangements During SRP-SR Binding and Activation Controls Protein Targeting Wednesday, February 11, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49474315 Cerenis Receives $3.2M to Support Development of HDL Products Tuesday, February 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49803864 Syngenta Agrees to Eight-Year Collaboration with Chinese Academy Tuesday, February 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49805304 Investigators Identify Glutathione as a Marker for Mitochondrial Disorders Tuesday, February 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49419866 Fovea Gains EU Marketing Rights for Dyax’ Candidate in Ophthalmic Uses Tuesday, February 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49419645 Promega and Celsis to Provide Solutions for ADME/Tox Testing in Primary Hepatocytes Tuesday, February 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49419644 Researchers Use 50-Gene Set to Assign Women to One of Four Breast Cancer Categories Tuesday, February 10, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49418950 Common SNPs in Nine Genetic Regions Associated with Early-Onset Heart Attacks Identified Monday, February 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49363857 Substituted CRP Helps Define Structure of Key Metabolic Switch Monday, February 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49363785 AstraZeneca Licenses Antidepressant Compounds Discovered in Mayo Clinic and Virginia Tech Collaboration Monday, February 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49363335 Australian Start-Up Raises $3M Monday, February 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49363334 Ligand Earns $1M Milestone from Schering-Plough Monday, February 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49363333 PPD to Acquire AbCRO Monday, February 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49363332 FDA Clears Transgenically Produced Therapeutic Monday, February 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49363331 Lundbeck to Pay $900M for Ovation Pharmaceuticals Monday, February 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49363297 Lundbeck to Pay $900M for Ovation Pharmaceuticals Monday, February 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49363298 Cell Therapeutics Looks to Cut Its Burn Rate by $14M Friday, February 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49209041 GSK Pays $34M Up Front for Idenix’ Mid-Stage HIV Therapy Friday, February 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49201160 Avigen Shuns BVF’s $20.5M Acquisition Bid Friday, February 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49200740 Protein Found that Controls Centriole and Centrosome Copy Number Friday, February 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49200739 Equity Investments in French Biotech Companies Plunged 79% in 2008 Friday, February 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49200738 Health Discovery Enters Deals with Abbott and Quest Diagnostics for Prostate Cancer Tests Friday, February 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49200737 PLx Pharma Wins $730K Award to Advance Preclinical Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Candidate Friday, February 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49200548 Trevena to Use Ligand’s Library to Identify GPCR Therapeutics Friday, February 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49200498 Biofield Gets Global Rights to ValiRx’ Diagnostic Products Thursday, February 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49142719 Scientists Say that Jhdm2a Gene Is Associated with Obesity Thursday, February 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49142477 Oxford BioMedica to Obtain $250K to Support Gene Therapy for Stargardt Disease Thursday, February 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49141916 Lentigen and Expression Therapeutics to Develop Hemophilia A Therapies Thursday, February 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49141915 Ablynx and Novartis Ink One-Year Extension Thursday, February 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49141887 Researchers Make Advances in Understanding of Fragile X Protein Thursday, February 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49141876 Step Forward for Vortex Resources and YaSheng Group Merger Thursday, February 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49140921 Scientists Disprove Proposed Theory of Nervous System Development Wednesday, February 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49084159 Researchers Discover How Fungus Protects Itself from Immune System Wednesday, February 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49082903 Private Equity Firm to Take Over PharmaNet for $100M Wednesday, February 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49082890 Novavax to Use Vivalis’ Duck Embryonic Stem Cell Line for Vaccine Production Wednesday, February 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49082877 Symphogen Pockets Over $42M Wednesday, February 04, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49082746 Researchers Link Gene Profile, Molecular Pathways, and Transcription Factors to Survival in Ovarian Cancer Tuesday, February 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49029999 Scientists Able to Reprogram Human Embryos Using Human Eggs but Not Animal Eggs Tuesday, February 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49029622 Waters Purchases Thar Instruments for SFC Technology Tuesday, February 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49028156 Champions Biotechnology Signs On Gradalis to Develop Personalized Cancer Vaccines Tuesday, February 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49028076 Cerenis Obtains IP Covering Aortic Valve Stenosis Therapy Tuesday, February 03, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49027940 Pfizer Halts Phase III Trial with Pancreatic Cancer Drug Monday, February 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48973563 Millipore Takes Over Guava Technologies for $22.6M Monday, February 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48973349 Idera to Obtain $3.8M from Merck KGaA for Progress of Anticancer Agent Monday, February 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48973320 National University of Ireland Opens Mass Spec Facility with Agilent Technology Monday, February 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48973123 Cenix to Conduct RNAi-Based Target Discovery for Boehringer Ingelheim Monday, February 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48973072 Investigators Discover Class of Long RNA Molecules in Mammals Monday, February 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48972787 Researchers Figure Out that Too Much Lamin Leads to Myelin Failure Monday, February 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48971082 Gen-Probe to Purchase Tepnel for Almost $133M Friday, January 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48815823 Roche Cuts Acquisition Offer for Genentech to Roughly $42.47B Friday, January 30, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48815824 Sepracor Cuts Workforce by 20% and Contract Sales Reps by 23% Thursday, January 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48764303 Synvista Axes Drug Development to Concentrate on Diagnostics Thursday, January 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48764283 Investigators Identify Fourth Protein Necessary for HCV to Enter Mouse Cells Thursday, January 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48764251 Avacta Takes Over TheraGenetics to Expand into Clinical Diagnostics Thursday, January 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48764252 Helsinn Picks Up Sapphire Therapeutics to Establish U.S. Subsidiary Thursday, January 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48764217 Symphogen Acquires a Preclinical Cancer Program from Receptor BioLogix Thursday, January 29, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48764222 Exact Receives $22.65M from Genzyme in Asset Purchase Agreement and Equity Investment Wednesday, January 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48716049 ZymoGenetics Secures ex-North American Rights to IL-21 from Novo Nordisk Wednesday, January 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48715649 Omeros Achieves $3.1M Milestone under a Schizophrenia Partnership with The Stanley Medical Research Institute Wednesday, January 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48715587 Dako Inks Cancer Companion Diagnostic Alliance with OSI Wednesday, January 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48715586 Chromosomal Alterations Confirmed and New Ones Implicated in Cancer Wednesday, January 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48715585 HPV18 DNA Levels Aren’t Indicative of the Probability of Precancerous Cervical Lesions Wednesday, January 28, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48714256 Innate Immune System Has Cells that Can Learn from Experience Tuesday, January 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48669354 Astellas Makes Public Unsolicited $1B Bid for CV Therapeutics Tuesday, January 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48669326 Sequenom Acquires SensiGen’s Molecular Diagnostics in $8.7M Deal Tuesday, January 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48669265 Artemis Gains Rights to Prenatal Cell-Free DNA Analysis Technology from Stanford University Tuesday, January 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48668995 Scientists Discover New Category of Small RNAs Tuesday, January 27, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48668850 Investigators Find Four New Genes Associated With Psoriasis Monday, January 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48624627 Higher Blood Glucose Levels Linked to Lower Cognitive Functioning for Diabetics Monday, January 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48624626 Pfizer to Pony Up $68B for Wyeth Monday, January 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48624625 ThromboGenics and BioInvent Receive $6.5M Fee from Roche under Deal Covering Anticancer mAb Monday, January 26, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48624624 Toucan Capital Holds Largest Portfolio of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Companies Friday, January 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48528449 Sleep Disorders May Increase Risk of Developing Insulin Resistance Independent of Obesity Friday, January 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48517937 FDA Clears Geron to Begin Clinical Testing of hESC Product Friday, January 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48516904 Xoma Obtains $500K Milestone Fee from Pfizer Friday, January 23, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48516243 Biovitrum to Divest R& D Segment Cambridge Biotechnology Thursday, January 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48479063 Akesis Bites the Dust with the Cancellation of Sole Clinical Program Thursday, January 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48479062 The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Commits $3.7M to Celator Thursday, January 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48479061 Recently Spun Out Axikin Obtains $3M Series A Financing Thursday, January 22, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48479060 Neuroblastoma Cell Lines Found to Contain Cancer Stem Cells Wednesday, January 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48439586 Panacos Sells Phase II HIV Drug for $7M to Myriad Wednesday, January 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48439072 Athera Signs On Richter-Helm to Produce Cardiovascular Protein Therapeutic Wednesday, January 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48439071 Cetero Enhances Early-Stage Facility in Texas Wednesday, January 21, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48439070 Abraxis Divests Everything Except Abraxane Franchise to Spinout Tuesday, January 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48402355 Mice Lacking PKC-Alpha Protein Show Lesser Thrombus Formation Tuesday, January 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48402230 Celldex Licenses Cholera and ETEC Vaccine Programs to Vaccine Technologies Tuesday, January 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48401812 Teva and Lonza Set Up Biosimilars JV Tuesday, January 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48401811 Metabasis Plans 43% Decrease in Workforce Tuesday, January 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48401813 FAK Signaling Required for Ras- and PI3K-Dependent Breast Tumorigenesis Tuesday, January 20, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48401270 Vast Majority of DNA Methylation Sites Found on Regions Near Islands Monday, January 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48362115 Extra Step Needed for ATM to Encode Enzyme to Repair DNA Damage Monday, January 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48362114 IntelGenx to Manufacture Hyperlipidemia Treatment for Circ Pharma Monday, January 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48362113 Galapagos and GSK Expand Anti-infectives Collaboration Monday, January 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48362112 Protelica Awarded $500,000 SBIR Grant by the NSF Monday, January 19, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48362111 Biotechnology Value Fund to Make $20.5M Tender Offer for Avigen Friday, January 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48218814 Researchers Find Proteins Key to the Spread of Malaria Friday, January 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48218813 HHS Establishes FDA Presence in India Friday, January 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48218812 Scientists Confirm that Adaptation Plays a Considerable Role in Human Evolution Friday, January 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48218811 PerkinElmer to Continue Cord Blood Stem Cell Partnership with M.D. Anderson Friday, January 16, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48218672 Fibromyalgia Drug from Forest and Cypress Gets FDA Nod Thursday, January 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48168335 Researchers Pinpoint How Golgi Protein Aids Apoptosis Thursday, January 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48167830 Coriell Institute to Leverage Affymetrix Tool to Find Drug Metabolism Markers Thursday, January 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48167829 VistaGen and Capsant to Develop Stem Cell Technology for Drug R& D Thursday, January 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48167828 Novartis Scores $486M Eight-Year Flu Vaccine Contract Thursday, January 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48167827 Investigators Use DNA Repair Patterns to Determine Pancreatic Cancer Risk Thursday, January 15, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48167150 Galapagos Gets $4.92M for Preclinical Success in RA Partnership with Janssen Wednesday, January 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48116839 PolyOrg to Manufacture and Distribute PNA Monomers Worldwide Wednesday, January 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48116838 Method Developed to Elucidate Biomolecules’ Motion Wednesday, January 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48116737 Cephalon Gains Option for $100M to Acquire Ception and Step into the Biologics Market Wednesday, January 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48116112 Nycomed Enters $59M Agreement for EffRx’ Osteoporosis Therapy Wednesday, January 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48115980 The Immune Tolerance Institute, Sequenom, and UCSF Ally for SCID Diagnostic Wednesday, January 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48115904 Approval of Schering-Plough’s Saphris in Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder Prolonged Wednesday, January 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48115677 Scientists Create Technique to Screen Antibody Libraries against Large Antigen Libraries Wednesday, January 14, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48115389 The Medicines Company Makes a $42M Move for Targanta Tuesday, January 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48063485 Beactica, GE Healthcare, and Uppsala University to Further Fragment-Based Drug Discovery Technology Tuesday, January 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48063486 Evogen to Develop Diagnostics with LGC’s PCR Probe Tuesday, January 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48063484 ZymoGenetics Grants BMS Rights to Early-Stage Hep C Drug for $105M in Near-Term Fees Tuesday, January 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48063483 Clarient and Health Discovery to Offer Molecular-Based Test for Prostate Cancer Tuesday, January 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48063482 HCV Needs to Mutate Multiple Times to Escape Immune Response Tuesday, January 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48063297 Protein Released from Dying Tumor Cells Stimulates Antitumor Effects Tuesday, January 13, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48063218 EpiCept Abandons Drug Discovery Activities and Cuts Staff Monday, January 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48007488 Bayer Gains Option to Preclinical Antibody from Micromet for $6M Monday, January 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48007198 GSK Taps Biotica for Drug Research in Inflammatory Diseases Monday, January 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48007197 Forma Inks $200M Oncology Deal with Novartis Monday, January 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48007034 Investigators Find New Genes Fusing in Cancer Monday, January 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48007093 Sequenom Bids to Pick Up Exact Sciences for $41M Monday, January 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48006981 Illumina Invests $18M in Oxford Nanopore’s Sequencing Platform Monday, January 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48006439 Hairpin-Like DNA Structure in CGG Repeats Leads to Chromosomal Fragility Monday, January 12, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=48006438 Alnylam Obtains $20M Up Front in Deal with Cubist Covering RSV Pipeline Friday, January 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47859357 Merck & Co. Pays Galapagos Roughly $2M to Kick Off Diabetes and Obesity Alliance Friday, January 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47859286 Scientists Sequence Giant Panda Genome Friday, January 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47858842 Wilex Takes Over UCB’s Preclinical Oncology Programs Friday, January 09, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47858841 Crucell Stock Leaps with the Possibility of Being Acquired by Wyeth Thursday, January 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47814238 Roche Licenses Compound for Polycystic Kidney Disease from Plexxikon for $60M Thursday, January 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47814237 Cell Therapeutics Obtains $7.5M through JV Transaction with Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Thursday, January 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47814089 Chiome and Chugai Enter mAb Discovery Collaboration Thursday, January 08, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47813800 Synta and Roche Ink Billion-Dollar Inflammatory Disease Deal Wednesday, January 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47778389 BioMarin Signs on as La Jolla’s Partner for Phase III Lupus Drug with $15M Upfront Wednesday, January 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47778388 Onyx Initially Pays $25M for Rights to S*BIO’s JAK2 Inhibitors Wednesday, January 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47778387 Investigators Pinpoint Fruit Fly Gene Responsible for Healthy Stem Cells Wednesday, January 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47778386 Phylonix Obtains $1.25M To Develop CYP Profiling Assays Wednesday, January 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47778207 BioSeek and UCB Expand Compound-Evaluation Alliance Wednesday, January 07, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47777947 Researchers Discover Trigger for Cell Death Signaling Mechanism Tuesday, January 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47750646 Testes Stem Cells Similar but Not as Pluripotent as ESCs Tuesday, January 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47750645 Allergan and ExonHit Broaden Partnership to Include Ocular Diseases Tuesday, January 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47750644 Endo Plans Diversification with $370M Offer for Indevus Tuesday, January 06, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47750643 New Glioblastoma Mouse Model Developed Monday, January 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47732807 PPD Purchases Merck’s Vaccine Testing Lab and Inks Two Separate Deals Monday, January 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47732806 Four Inflammatory Factors Linked to DME Monday, January 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47732805 BioDelivery Sciences Grants Meda Full Rights to Cancer Pain Drug for $3M Monday, January 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47732804 PerkinElmer and IDBS Ally to Improve High-Content Analysis Monday, January 05, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47732803 Investigators Find New Syndrome Linked to Congenital Neutropenia Friday, January 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47706332 Pathway that Regulates Survival Factor Implicated in Parkinson’s Friday, January 02, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47706331 Copious Dollars Were Invested in M& As Thursday, January 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47689648 Heftiest Government Contracts This Year Thursday, January 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47689764 The Biggest Spenders in R& D Collaborations Thursday, January 01, 2009 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47689765 DNA Repair Genes Previously Linked to Cancer Are Not Statistically Significant Wednesday, December 31, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47689533 FDA Approves Roche's Assay that Tests Donated Blood for HIV, Hep B, and Hep C Wednesday, December 31, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47689532 Veridex’ CellSearch Misses One Breast Cancer Subtype Wednesday, December 31, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47689531 Researchers Find SNP Related to High Blood Pressure Tuesday, December 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47680966 XenoPort Obtains $40M Registered Direct Financing Tuesday, December 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47680965 Genes Linked to Virulence of the 1918 Flu Identified Tuesday, December 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47680964 Pacgen and Medigen Nix Merger Plans Tuesday, December 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47680845 Novartis Licenses AlphaVax’ CMV Vaccine Program for $20M Monday, December 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47669047 Technique for Creating Rat ES Cells Developed Monday, December 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47669048 Celera and Abbott Replace Profit-Sharing Terms with Worldwide Distribution and Royalty Arrangements Monday, December 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47669049 Scientists Say CTCF-Controlled Thermodynamic Switch Triggers X-Chromosome Pairing Monday, December 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47669046 President-Elect Obama’s Choices for Key Science Posts Hailed Friday, December 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47585194 This Year’s Life Science Discoveries Thursday, December 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47579365 GSK Returns Two Early-Stage Cancer Drugs to Cytokinetics Wednesday, December 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47578174 MannKind Inks $2.5M Option Agreement for SemBioSys’ Plant-Produced Insulin Wednesday, December 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47578173 New Computational Method Improves Accuracy of Predicting Bacterial Protein Folding and Interactions Wednesday, December 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47578172 Researchers Pinpoint Why Oligoendrocyte Precursor Cells do Not Develop in MS Patients Tuesday, December 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47541126 GSK Coughs Up $27.5M Upfront in Billion-Dollar Inflammation Deal with Archemix Tuesday, December 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47540570 Paladin Takes Over ViRexx Medical with Initial $1.25M Payment to Creditors Tuesday, December 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47540569 Piramal to Acquire Minrad in an Agreement Worth $40M Tuesday, December 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47540568 Scientists Activate Component of Lung's Antioxidant Defense System to Prevent Emphysema in Mice Tuesday, December 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47540045 Forest Buys CNS Disease-Related Drug for $75M Upfront Monday, December 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47498135 Two Proteins Working in Tandem Leads to Amyloid Beta Buildup in Alzheimer’s Monday, December 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47497508 Drais and Diatos Ink $46.9M Deal for Early-Stage Anticancer Agent Monday, December 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47497334 Myriad Releases Test to Reveal PTEN Status Monday, December 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47497277 Progen and Avexa to Merge with Focus on Cancer and Infectious Diseases Monday, December 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47496881 Rosetta Launches Second miRNA Diagnostic for Cancers of Unknown Primary Monday, December 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47496880 Pressure BioSciences Gains Patents from Battelle to Advance Use of Pressure Cycling Technology Monday, December 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47496879 SNPs of Gene Involved in Metabolizing a Carcinogen Increases Lung Cancer Risk Monday, December 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47496662 Merck & Co.’s Exit from Alliance Sends Dynavax Crashing Friday, December 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47356780 Spoiled Commercial Expectations Cause Targanta to Drop 75% of Personnel Friday, December 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47356779 Arqule Obtains $60M through Execution of Deal with Daiichi Sankyo Friday, December 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47356778 FDA Asks for Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for Centocor’s Psoriasis Therapy Friday, December 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47356777 Researchers Identify Two Biomarkers for Ischemic Stroke Friday, December 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47356776 Pfizer Obtains Rights to Novocell’s Pancreatic Progenitor Cells for Diabetes Therapeutics Friday, December 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47356775 Levels of Dicer and Drosha Proteins Affect Ovarian Cancer Patients’ Survival Thursday, December 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47307740 Pfizer Pays $75M Upfront for European Marketing Licenses from Auxilium Thursday, December 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47307728 Wyeth Takes Over Thiakis for $30M Thursday, December 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47307675 Adolor Shutters Phase III Development of OBD Drug Thursday, December 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47307298 GSK Gains Rights to Ligand’s Thrombopoietin Program with an Initial Payment of $5M Thursday, December 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47307263 PPD to Invest $18M to Expand Contract Research Operations into Ireland Thursday, December 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47307262 National Cancer Institute Awards $1.5M to Rules-Based Medicine and Correlogic Thursday, December 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47307261 Protein Therapy Delivered Via Hybrid Vector to Mice Damages Tumor Vasculature Wednesday, December 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47260332 Antitumor Gene that Smothers Protein Abundant in Many Forms of Cancer Identified Wednesday, December 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47260333 Talecris Biotherapeutics Inks Second PER.C6 Access Deal with Crucell Wednesday, December 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47259749 PPD to Expand Lab Services into Singapore Wednesday, December 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47259641 Covance Purchases Equity Stake in Caprion Proteomics Wednesday, December 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47259640 Senetek Acquires Rights to RNAi Technology from Polish Institute Wednesday, December 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47259639 GSK Pays $10M Upfront for Access to Dynavax Technology Wednesday, December 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47259638 Novo Nordisk Taps VLST to Build Programs in Autoimmunity and Inflammation Wednesday, December 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47259637 Abbott Exercises Option to Acquire IBIS Biosciences Wednesday, December 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47259636 Researchers Determine How an Oncogene Triggers Mixed-Lineage Leukemia Tuesday, December 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47210500 Scientists Report Utilizing One Virus to Create iPS Cells from Adult Cells Tuesday, December 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47210499 FDA Gives Genzyme’s Transplant-Related Drug the Go-Ahead Tuesday, December 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47210328 Abbott Gets FDA Nod for Fibrate to Be Used Along with a Statin Tuesday, December 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47210266 BioSante to Pocket $25M from Kingsbridge Capital Tuesday, December 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47209971 Roche Diagnostics to Offer Fujirebio Diagnostics’ Ovarian Cancer Test Tuesday, December 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47209814 Enigma Inks Diagnostic Deal with Roche Molecular Systems Tuesday, December 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47209813 Parion Obtains $850K Biodefense Grant Tuesday, December 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47209575 OmegaGenesis to Leverage Mayo Clinic’s Nanomaterial Research in Angiogenesis Applications Tuesday, December 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47209137 Gene Found Inactivated in Melanoma and Glioblastoma Monday, December 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47160274 Researchers Show that a Single Adult Stem Cell Can Self Renew Monday, December 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47159534 Teva Employs Jexys for Platform Development and Drug Discovery Monday, December 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47159316 Santarus Gains U.S. Rights to Two GI-Related Compounds from Cosmo for over $2.5M Upfront Monday, December 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47159280 Domain Therapeutics Obtains $2.86M Financing Monday, December 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47158972 NanoInk Launches NanoBioDiscovery Division for Protein Discovery and Identification Monday, December 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47158796 HUYA to Provide Schering-Plough with Therapeutic Candidates from China Monday, December 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47158795 Consortium Discovers Six Genetic Variants Associated with a Higher BMI Monday, December 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47154656 GSK’s Loss Is BMS’ Gain for $240M Friday, December 12, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47002781 Enzyme that Helps Immune System Is Implicated in Burkitt’s Lymphoma Friday, December 12, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47002598 Mechanism that Determines Ratio of Mutated mtDNA Transferred from Mother to Offspring Found Friday, December 12, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47002596 TiGenix Receives a $2.4M to Advance Meniscus-Repair Program Friday, December 12, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47001658 Rosetta Genomics to Provide miRNA-Based Cancer Diagnostic Friday, December 12, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47001087 Synta Earns $15M Operational Milestone from GSK Friday, December 12, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=47001038 Investigators Develop Technique to See Cellular Fission in Real Time Thursday, December 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46948013 Enzyme in Hippocampus Found to Inhibit Cell-Survival Protein Thursday, December 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46947359 Researchers Observe Immune System Intercepting Parasite in Dermis of Mice Thursday, December 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46946673 Hovione, the New Owner for Pfizer's API Facility in Ireland Thursday, December 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46946468 Salix Licenses Napo’s Gastrointestinal Agent for $4.5M Thursday, December 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46946331 Panacos Cuts Almost 55% of Staff Thursday, December 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46945932 SkyePharma Achieves Milestone in Sleep-Maintenance Collaboration with Somnus Thursday, December 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46945931 Helsinn Receives License for Packaging, Testing, and Storage of Clinical Materials Thursday, December 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46945930 Association Identified between Expression of Chromatin Remodeling Genes and Resistance to ALL Treatment Wednesday, December 10, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46893332 Extra Copy of Gene Prolongs Life in Mice with Inherited Form of ALS Wednesday, December 10, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46892796 Merck to Establish a Division Focused on Follow-On Biologics Wednesday, December 10, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46892003 Valeant Continues Efforts to Bolster Dermatology Business with $285M Acquisition of Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences Wednesday, December 10, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46892002 MIP to Develop Peptide-Selective Polymers for Sanofi-Aventis Wednesday, December 10, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46891836 Defective Gene in Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Found to Play a Role in IBD Tuesday, December 09, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46833335 Levels of Two Proteins Found to Predict Death Risk in Patients with Surgically Removed Colorectal Cancer Tuesday, December 09, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46832679 FDA Requires Additional Clinical Data to Sanction Oritavancin for Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections Tuesday, December 09, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46832678 Axial Biotech Launches DNA-Based Test for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Tuesday, December 09, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46832677 Palatin and AstraZeneca Expand Partnership in Obesity Drug R& D Tuesday, December 09, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46832584 Medivir Receives a $3.3M Milestone Fee from Tibotec in HCV Collaboration Tuesday, December 09, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46832313 Dart Neuroscience Commissions Galapagos for $5.4M Tuesday, December 09, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46831878 Gene Mutation Alters Circadian Rhythm and Elevates Diabetes Risk Monday, December 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46773190 Drug Targets for Managing Cholesterol and Glucose Levels Revealed Monday, December 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46772645 Thermo Fisher Scientific Opens Clinical Services Facility in India Monday, December 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46772644 ReceptoPharm Lands First Supply Contract Monday, December 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46772643 BMS and AstraZeneca Expand Dapagliflozin Partnership to Cover Japan Monday, December 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46772642 Curis Snags $3M Milestone from Genentech Monday, December 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46772625 Alnylam Purchases Nucleonics’ IP Assets Monday, December 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46772454 Profectus BioSciences Awarded $21.6M from NIAID to Develop HIV Vaccines Monday, December 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46772438 bioMerieux Pays $29.6M for PML Microbiologicals Monday, December 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46772081 Research Leads to Further Understanding of Nucleolar Dominance Friday, December 05, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46611960 Scientists Discover Debilitating Genetic Syndrome Friday, December 05, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46611851 Deerfield Makes Unsolicited Bid for NitroMed at $0.5 Per Share Friday, December 05, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46611349 Oncoscience Pulls MAA for Anticancer Agent Friday, December 05, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46611097 Forest Advises against $61M Unsolicited Mini-Tender Offer from TRC Thursday, December 04, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46558693 DxTerity and City of Hope to Work Together on Antisense Drugs Thursday, December 04, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46558692 Azur Pharma Acquires U.S. Rights to BioSante's Estrogen Gel for $3.3M Thursday, December 04, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46558655 Astellas Licenses Millipore Platform for Protein Generation Thursday, December 04, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46558012 Researchers Elucidate Role of Tat Protein in Development of Dementia in HIV Patients Thursday, December 04, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46558011 Researchers Refine FISH to See DNA Made into RNA at the Cellular Level Wednesday, December 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46514238 Scientists Required to Re-Think Idea of Core Microbiome in Human Gut Wednesday, December 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46514237 Transgenomic Inks Letter of Intent for Power3 Medical’s Neurodegenerative Diagnostics Wednesday, December 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46514236 PerkinElmer Acquires Arnel to Fortify Services for the Biofuels Industry Wednesday, December 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46514053 Cell Genesys and Takeda End Partnership for Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy Wednesday, December 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46514000 FDA Says Genasense Is Still Not Approvable for CLL Wednesday, December 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46513643 Targeted Genetics Initiates Cost-Cutting Measures and Realigns Development Focus Tuesday, December 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46475729 Scientists Reveal How Mosquitoes Evade the Diseases They Transmit Tuesday, December 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46475728 EGFR Inhibitors Could Be Effective in Obese Breast Cancer Patients Tuesday, December 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46475189 BioTrove and Gene Express to Test Market Standardized Genetic Profiling System for Lung Cancer Tuesday, December 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46475188 Fluidigm Gains Rights to Inventions for Detecting Fetal Genetic Characteristics in Maternal Plasma Tuesday, December 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46474967 DSM to Lend Manufacturing Support for NicOx’ Anticipated Osteoarthritis Drug Launch Tuesday, December 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46474652 Market Conditions Force Enzon to Nix $150M Spin-Off of Biotech Franchise Tuesday, December 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46474651 Discarding Lipids by Ovarian Tumors Enables Them to Avoid NKTs Monday, December 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46439030 New Receptor Sites Key to Helping Exhausted T Cells Fight Cancer Monday, December 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46438876 Ferring Pharmaceuticals to Distribute Auxilium Pharmaceuticals’ Testim in Europe Monday, December 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46438699 Tigermed Sets Up Subsidiary Monday, December 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46438515 Vical Pockets $1M Milestone from Merck & Co. Monday, December 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46438514 Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals Gains Exclusive Right to Negotiate orBec Strategic Alliance Monday, December 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46438513 Paladin Labs to Distribute GSK’s Dexedrine in Canada Monday, December 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46438512 Alkermes Regains Commercialization Rights to Vivitrol in U.S. Monday, December 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46438511 Executive Compensation in Troubled Times Thursday, November 27, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46266699 Gene Variation Leads to Increased Risk of CAD in Diabetes Patients Wednesday, November 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46257638 SARS May Have Originated in Bats Wednesday, November 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46257637 Merck Serono Obtains Option to a Compugen Peptide Targeted at Inflammatory Diseases Wednesday, November 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46257636 D-Finitive Cell Technologies to Help Sigma Expand Its Regenerative Medicine Offerings Wednesday, November 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46257635 MorphoSys and Galapagos to Co-develop Therapeutic Antibodies in Bone and Joint Disease Wednesday, November 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46257634 Sosei Out-Licenses Malaria IP to Treague Wednesday, November 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46257633 Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Forms JV with Cell Therapeutics to Jointly Market Oncology Drug Wednesday, November 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46257507 Enzyme Group May be Key to Chronic Leukemia Tuesday, November 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46204254 Inactivation of Specific Protein Halts Prostate Tumor Progression When PTEN Is Lost Tuesday, November 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46204056 Harvard Medical School to Utilize Cellectricon’s Cellaxess HT System Tuesday, November 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46203547 Dako to Assist Genentech in Development of a Companion Diagnostic Tuesday, November 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46203546 Cellzome Receives $5M Grant from German Government Tuesday, November 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46203545 Abraxis BioScience to Reacquire U.S. Rights to Abraxane from AstraZeneca Tuesday, November 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46203544 Cephalon Pays ImmuPharma $15M for Option to Lupus Drug Tuesday, November 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46203543 Roche to Acquire Memory Pharmaceuticals for $50M Tuesday, November 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46203417 PerkinElmer to Support EMBL Advanced Training Centre Monday, November 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46150417 Cellular Dynamics International Consolidates Businesses Monday, November 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46150416 Covidien Licenses Rights to Depomed’s Delivery Technology for $4M Upfront Monday, November 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46150415 Bristol-Myers Squibb Exercises Option to Develop Another Exelixis Drug Candidate Monday, November 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46150414 XDx to Restructure Monday, November 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46150413 Lilly Finalizes Acquisition of ImClone Systems Monday, November 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46150412 Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems Complete Merger Monday, November 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46150411 J& J to Acquire Omrix for $438M Monday, November 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=46150410 Oxygenated Tumor Cells Use Waste Product from Hypoxic Tumor Cells Friday, November 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45985507 FDA Approval of GSK’s Promacta Triggers $2M Payment to Ligand Friday, November 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45985176 Solvay Pays $25M Upfront for Rights to Depomed’s Pain Therapeutic Friday, November 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45985175 GSK and Neptunus Set to Form JV for Development of Flu Vaccines Friday, November 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45985174 SurModics, Vical, and CombinatoRx Lay Off Staff as Part of Restructuring Efforts Friday, November 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45985173 New Insights Gained on How Calpain Enzymes Are Regulated Thursday, November 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45925658 PacificGMP and Actinium Pharmaceuticals Sign Manufacturing Agreement Thursday, November 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45925390 National Neurovision Research Institute to Fund Evaluation of Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals’ Eye Disease Therapeutics Thursday, November 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45925389 Idera and Merck & Co. Extend Vaccine Collaboration Thursday, November 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45925388 Aurigene to Assist with Advancement of Debiopharm’s Oncology Compound Thursday, November 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45925387 Geospiza Acquires VizX Labs’ GeneSifter® Software Thursday, November 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45925231 Purdue Pharma Makes $75M Equity Investment in Infinity Thursday, November 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45925120 Combination of Two Molecules Blocked at Root of Muscular Dystrophy Wednesday, November 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45863636 TorreyPines Therapeutics Licenses Three Alzheimer’s Compounds to QR Pharma Wednesday, November 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45863635 In-Q-Tel Invests in Development of febit’s Biosecurity Platform Wednesday, November 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45863634 NitroMed and Archemix to Merge Wednesday, November 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45863633 Woman Receives Bioengineered Bronchial Tube Wednesday, November 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45863632 Scientists Discover Mechanism that Controls Blood Vessel Formation Tuesday, November 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45796877 New Gene Found to Be Associated with Epilepsy Tuesday, November 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45796878 Aslan Group Pays $25M for Rights to Pharming’s Lactoferrin Tuesday, November 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45796876 Genzyme and ICGEB Join Forces to Advance Malaria Treatments Tuesday, November 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45796875 Galapagos Extends Collaboration with Merck Serono Tuesday, November 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45796874 Protein Found that Causes Autophagy in Ovarian Cancer Cells Monday, November 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45726309 New Cell Damage Clue Provided in Huntington’s Disease Monday, November 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45726257 Codexis Gains Access to Dyadic’s Enzyme Production System Monday, November 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45725825 Pharmaleads to Assist with Development of Debiopharm’s Chronic Pain Therapeutic Monday, November 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45725630 Midatech Forms Nanotech-Focused Subsidiary Monday, November 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45725349 Life Science Pharmaceuticals and Abbott Agree to Co-develop Antibody 806 Monday, November 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45725301 United Therapeutics Pays $150M for Rights to Lily’s Tadalafil Monday, November 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45725300 miRNA Implicated in Inflammation Integral to Alzheimer’s Disease Friday, November 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45513794 Scientists Discover New Biological Function of Sulfonation Friday, November 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45513545 Cellular Dynamics Receives SBIR Grant Friday, November 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45513167 Pfizer Launches New Global Research Unit Friday, November 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45513166 Prevalere Life Sciences Purchases ICON for $35M Friday, November 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45513164 Valeant Pharmaceuticals Acquires DermaTech for $12.6M Friday, November 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45513163 Neurogen Sells Noncore Assets for $9M Friday, November 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45512910 Genetic Variations in GI Tumors Determine Which Medications Are Efficacious Thursday, November 13, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45436906 New Technique Able to Transport Potential Alzheimer’s and Stroke Treatment Past BBB Thursday, November 13, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45435847 Genentech Grants Ex-U.S. Rights Covering a Mid-Stage Cancer Drug to Roche Thursday, November 13, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45433726 BioSeek Choses Two Anti-Inflammatory Peptides from Alliance with Amylin Thursday, November 13, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45433725 Eurogentec to Help Delphi Genetics Market Its Antibiotic Resistance Gene-Free Manufacturing Technology Thursday, November 13, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45433483 New Technique Able to Transport Potential Alzheimer’s and Stroke Treatment Past the Blood-Brain Barrier Wednesday, November 12, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45355625 Antyra Follows Up Novo Nordisk Research Partnership with License for Anticancer Agents Wednesday, November 12, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45355410 Overexpression of Certain LPA Receptors Plays a Role in Aggressiveness of Ovarian Cancer Wednesday, November 12, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45355284 ARYx Reports a $21.6M Private Placement Wednesday, November 12, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45355182 BioLineRx Gains Rights to Anti-Inflammatory Drug Candidate from Yissum Wednesday, November 12, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45355102 Affymetrix to Pick Up Panomics for $73M Tuesday, November 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45282743 Imaging Agent Developed that Identifies Amyloid Plaque at an Early Stage Tuesday, November 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45281175 Association Found between 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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45210216 Profectus Receives Preclinical Portfolio of Vaccines from Wyeth Monday, November 10, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45210215 TorreyPines Divests Alzheimer's Discovery Program to Eisai Monday, November 10, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45210214 Protein Implicated in Regulatory Role for DNA Repair Friday, November 07, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45001108 Onyx Gains Rights to BTG’s Preclinical Anticancer Agent for $13M Friday, November 07, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45000595 Pfizer Employs WuXi PharmaTech for In Vitro ADME Services Friday, November 07, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=45000594 Higher IL-Beta Level Found to Initiate Progression of Gastric Inflammation to Stomach Cancer Thursday, November 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44938638 Research Reveals How Insulin Targets a Motor Protein to Accelerate Glucose Uptake Thursday, November 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44937716 Pfizer Pulls the Plug on Late-Stage Obesity Treatment Thursday, November 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44937715 Vical Commissioned for $1.3M to Produce Dengue Vaccine and Adjuvant for NMRC’s Evaluation Thursday, November 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44937714 NuGEN to Develop NimbleGen Array for Degraded and Small Samples Thursday, November 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44937713 Applied Biosystems and Asuragen to Help C-Path Develop Drug Toxicity Screening Assays Thursday, November 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44937409 Bristol-Myers Squibb Extends Research Collaboration with Exelixis Thursday, November 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44936789 Michael Crichton Dies from Cancer Thursday, November 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44936788 Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems to Be Called Life Technologies Wednesday, November 05, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44873816 SurModics Takes Over PR Pharmaceuticals’ Drug Delivery Assets Wednesday, November 05, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44873815 Urigen Restructures but Retains Employees through Consulting Transactions Wednesday, November 05, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44873814 Galapagos Sells San Diego Chemistry Site to ChemVentures Wednesday, November 05, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44873813 Genzyme to Pay $130M Upfront for Rights to Osiris’ Adult Stem Cell Products outside the U.S. and Canada Tuesday, November 04, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44809298 Millipore and Applikon Ally to Develop Disposables Tuesday, November 04, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44808781 Tokuda Hospital and PharmaCell to Build $6.4M Culturing Facility for Eastern European Market Tuesday, November 04, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44808780 Daiichi Inks Deal with Merck Serono to Pad Newly Formed Turkish Subsidiary Monday, November 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44745022 GTC to Receive $15M Convertible Debt Financing from LFB Monday, November 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44744153 T Lymphocytes with Specificity to Epstein-Barr and Artificial Receptor Can Help Cells Fight Neuroblastoma Monday, November 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44744113 FDA Okays Label Extension for Cephalon Cancer Drug Monday, November 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44744114 Some Pathogens Found to Use TLR–Induced Enzyme in Macrophages to Suppress Immunity Monday, November 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44743714 Type 1 Diabetes May Be Based on Gene-Expression Signatures rather than Specific Variants Friday, October 31, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44542134 Chemical Process to Increase Potential of Stem Cells Reported Friday, October 31, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44541021 Sartorius Stedim Biotech to Acquire Wave Biotech AG for Full Control over SUB Portfolio Friday, October 31, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44539376 Allergan to Use Polyphor’s Protein Epitope Mimetics Technology in Ophthalmology for $7M Friday, October 31, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44539375 Sequenom to Use Xenomics’ Transrenal Nucleic Acid Platform to Develop Prenatal-Related Products Thursday, October 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44471485 Vermillion and Quest Prolong Diagnostic Collaboration Thursday, October 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44471484 Dyax to Pocket $50M Equity Financing in Anticipation of HAE Drug Approval Thursday, October 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44471483 GSK to Take Over Genelabs for $57M Thursday, October 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44471482 Sotax Picks Up Caliper’s Drug Development and Analysis Product Line for $13.8M Thursday, October 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44471481 Risk of Nicotine Dependence and Lung Cancer Associated with Gene Variant Wednesday, October 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44405101 Computational Biology Method to Identify Vulnerable Molecules in Complex Pathways Developed Wednesday, October 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44405100 Allergan Adds Spectrum’s Phase III Drug to Urology Pipeline for $41.5M Upfront Wednesday, October 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44405099 EMD Serono Puts Down $30M for U.S. Rights to Theratechnologies’ Late-Stage Compound Wednesday, October 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44405098 CHDI Contracts Galapagos to Conduct Drug Discovery Wednesday, October 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44404685 AMRI Adds Non-GMP Manufacturing Services with Expansion of India Facility Wednesday, October 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44404179 ImmunoGen Obtains $4M Milestone from Sanofi-Aventis for Anticancer Compound Tuesday, October 28, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44337437 Aphios Receives NIDA Grant to Develop Nanotech Formulation of Marijuana Addiction Treatment Tuesday, October 28, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44336793 Battelle to Evaluate IntelligentMDx’ Prognostic Assay for Kidney Transplant Patients Tuesday, October 28, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44335860 Kainos to Provide up to $25M to Advance Parion’s Dry Mouth Treatment Tuesday, October 28, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44335859 Clinical Data to Take Over Avalon for $10M in Stock Tuesday, October 28, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44335858 NexMed Receives $3.5M from Novartis Related to Nail Fungal Treatment Despite Discontinuation in the U.S. Monday, October 27, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44270407 Applied Bio’s New Grant Program Will Offer Winners Access to the SOLiD 3 System Monday, October 27, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44270408 Raynard S. Kington to Serve as NIH Acting Director Monday, October 27, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44270406 Catalyst Taps Avid to Produce Human Coagulation Factor Candidate Monday, October 27, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44269538 Wnt Pathway Key to Blood-Brain Barrier Formation Monday, October 27, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44268669 Investigators Provide Gene-Expression Profile for HRV Infection Friday, October 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44092491 Researchers Identify Three Genes that Better Measure Positive Response to CF Therapy Friday, October 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44091667 Strategic Diagnostics Inks Deal to Develop Test to Predict Prostate Cancer Spread Friday, October 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44091666 EIP Becomes Stellar’s Partner in Turkey for Uracyst Friday, October 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44091665 Biotie to Take Over Elbion in Share-Exchange Transaction Friday, October 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44091418 Alu Transposons Identified as Most Abundant Type of Jumping Gene Thursday, October 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44036739 LCT to Build Pig-Breeding Facility to Help with the Production of Pocrine Islet Cells Thursday, October 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44035935 BRAF Mutation Found to Confer Resistance to EGFR Inhibitors in Colorectal Cancer Patients Thursday, October 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44035917 $1.6M Approved Federal Funding Will Support Development of Biovest’s Bioreactor Thursday, October 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44035916 Forest Signs On as Partner for Phenomix’ Late-Stage Diabetes Drug for $75M Thursday, October 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44034283 GSK Pays $29M for Rights to AFFiRiS’ Alzheimer's Vaccines Thursday, October 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44034282 GSK Ends Alliance with Exelixis with Decision Not to Select Another Compound Thursday, October 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44033480 Maxygen to Delay Development of Lead Program and Cut 30% of Jobs Thursday, October 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=44033479 FDA Maintains Clinical Hold on HBV Vaccine from Dynavax and Merck & Co. Wednesday, October 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43974819 MDRNA Gains Patents Covering Technology to Enhance Profile of RNAi Drugs Wednesday, October 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43974818 SmartCells’ Alliance with JDRF Kicks Off with $1M Wednesday, October 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43974817 Trius Receives $28M to Develop Antibiotics against Biodefense Pathogens Wednesday, October 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43974816 Researchers Discover 11-Gene Signature that Predicts Treatment Response in Progressive Bowel Cancer Wednesday, October 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43974328 Novartis to Purchase Nektar’s Pulmonary Franchise for $115M Tuesday, October 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43919046 Bayer Pays $4M Upfront to Use ImmunoGen’s Technology for a Solid Tumor Target Tuesday, October 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43919045 Vitae Regains Rights to Preclinical Renin Inhibitor Program from GSK Tuesday, October 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43919044 Laureate to Produce Preclinical Antibody for Tolerx Tuesday, October 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43919043 Chicago Universities Ally to Create Chemical Library with $9.2M NIH Grant Tuesday, October 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43917474 Outnumbering Unhealthy Cells with Healthy Ones Helps Sustain Breathing in ALS Mice Monday, October 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43860770 Sartorius Adds Bayer’s Product to Portfolio for Virus Inactivation Monday, October 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43860769 Fatty-Acid Regulator Associated with Cognitive Function in Alzheimer’s Disease Monday, October 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43860768 FDA Postpones Review of Two Drugs and Sends Amag Response Letter Monday, October 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43860767 Archemix and Lilly Enter Aptamer Collaboration Monday, October 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43860421 Pfizer and UCB Form Microfluidics Technology Firm Monday, October 20, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43859959 Label Changes Mandated for Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Friday, October 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43698018 FDA Staff to Set Up in China, India, Europe, and Latin America This Year Friday, October 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43698017 Ono Obtains Japanese License for Progenics' Constipation Therapy for $15M Friday, October 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43697232 HDL and ABCG1 Help Keep Blood-Vessel Cell Lining Healthy Friday, October 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43697231 Platelets Boost Bacterial Removal during Intestinal Inflammation Friday, October 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43696825 Cell Genesys Restructures After Second Clinical Trial Failure with Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy Thursday, October 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43642626 Eisai’s T-Cell Lymphoma Drug Obtains Full Approval Thursday, October 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43642625 ZyGEM and Advalytix to Develop DNA Extraction Products Thursday, October 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43642450 Researchers Link Five Mutations in One Gene to Neuroblastoma Thursday, October 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43641842 Screening Method Detects Known Chromosomal Abnormalities Associated with Autism Thursday, October 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43641841 IDT Inks Probe Manufacturing License with Applied Biosystems Thursday, October 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43641067 Fourth Factor of Bloom’s Syndrome Found Wednesday, October 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43586647 Alcon Pads Eye-Disease Pipeline through Deals with GSK and Origenis Wednesday, October 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43585903 PharmAthene Obtains $1.6M Congressional Appropriation for Nerve Agent Treatment Wednesday, October 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43585902 Signaling Pathway through Which Nicotine Promotes Breast Cancer Migration Discovered Wednesday, October 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43585847 Charles River Opens Preclinical Site in Shanghai Wednesday, October 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43585154 Colorectal and Breast Tumor Genome Analysis Reveals Prolific Copy Number Changes Tuesday, October 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43531836 Interruption of Bioelectric Pathway Found to Trigger Cancer-Like Growth in Embryonic Stem Cells Tuesday, October 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43531835 Group Focusing on HIV-Related TB Obtains $32M from Gates Foundation Tuesday, October 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43531834 Synta Achieves $25M Milestone in Cancer Deal with GSK Tuesday, October 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43531833 TB Alliance and Sanofi-Aventis to Ally for R& D Tuesday, October 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43531089 Protein Found that Is Required to Trigger Cancer in Pancreas Friday, October 10, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43311054 Gene Identified that May Confer Susceptibility to Pulmonary Tuberculosis Friday, October 10, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43309496 FDA Okays AstraZeneca’s Bipolar Drug and a New Injection Site for Janssen’s Schizophrenia Therapy Friday, October 10, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43309495 Chemistry Nobel Prize Awarded to Scientists Who Discovered and Developed GFP Fluorescent Protein Thursday, October 09, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43253423 Aradigm Regains Inhaled Insulin Program from Novo Nordisk Thursday, October 09, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43253230 Notch Found to Regulate Breast Stem Cells Thursday, October 09, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43252628 EpiCept Wins EU Approval for AML Treatment Thursday, October 09, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43252627 P. vivax and P. knowlesi Genomes Decoded Wednesday, October 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43197232 Circassia Gains Rights to Dopexamine from Ipsen to Aid in Patient Recovery Post Surgery Wednesday, October 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43194634 Cenomed Licenses TorreyPines' Compounds for Chemical Defense Settings Wednesday, October 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43194633 Researchers Show How GluR1 Controls Dendritic Growth Early in Development Wednesday, October 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43194632 Tripos Allys with AstraZeneca to Develop Its Drug Discovery Tool Wednesday, October 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43194630 Novozymes Awarded $12.3M to Augment Enzymes Used in Cellulosic Ethanol Wednesday, October 08, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43194631 Potential Down Syndrome Blood Test Using Sequencing Technique Developed Tuesday, October 07, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43134883 Gene that Encodes a Glucose Transporter Is Also a Urate Transporter Tuesday, October 07, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43134882 Pharmatech to Establish Design for Chinese Biomanufacturing Facility to Achieve FDA and EMEA Sanction Tuesday, October 07, 2008 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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43073599 Galenea and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Extend CNS Disease-Related Collaboration by One Year Monday, October 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43072744 Complete Genomics Kicks Off Sequencing Business through Deal with ISB Monday, October 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43072743 Biolex to Take Over Full Rights to Investigational Hep C. Drug from Octoplus for $11M Monday, October 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43071890 Eli Lilly to Pony Up $6.5B for ImClone Monday, October 06, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=43071889 Epstein-Barr Virus Protein Plays a Role in Cancer Development Friday, October 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42903106 Lilly Inks Multimillion-Dollar Deal for Deciphera’s Preclinical Oncology Program Friday, October 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42902323 Roche, Genentech, and GlycArt Partner to Further Clinical-Stage Cancer Therapy Friday, October 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42902322 Ibis Awarded $8.4M from Government Agencies for Pathogen Detection and Human Forensics Friday, October 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42902321 Cell Surface Protein Found to Control Growth of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Friday, October 03, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42902320 Identification of Host Cell Factors Could Lead to New Class of HIV Therapies Thursday, October 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42847286 Lithium Therapy for Bipolar Disorder May be Dangerous for Women of Childbearing Age Thursday, October 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42847287 Rotarix Launch Results in $10M Payment to Celldex Thursday, October 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42847285 NIAID Renews HIV Vaccine Contract with GenVec for $3.8M Thursday, October 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42847283 Roche Diagnostics Extends License to Exiqon’s Universal ProbeLibrary Kits Thursday, October 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42847282 VWR International Acquires Omnilab Thursday, October 02, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42846500 SNP Linked to Reduced Risk of Colorectal Cancer Wednesday, October 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42793311 Study Shows How Cells Lacking a Telomere Evade Suicide Wednesday, October 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42793310 BioThrax to Increase Supply of Anthrax Vaccine to National Stockpile in Contract Worth at Least $364M Wednesday, October 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42792845 Qiagen Buys Biotage’s Biosystems Segment and Shares in Corbett for $53M Wednesday, October 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42792552 Applied Biosystems’ Third-Generation Sequencer Could Enable $10K Genome Wednesday, October 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42792551 Panacea Biotec to Invest $13.3M in PharmAthene Wednesday, October 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42791045 Wyeth Inks $100M Pact for Advanced Life Sciences’ Late-Stage Antibiotic in Asia Pacific Region Wednesday, October 01, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42791044 Scientists Unravel How a Gene Encourages Metastasis in Human Cancer Cells Tuesday, September 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42738685 Hepatitis B Exposure Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Tuesday, September 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42738684 NIH Initiates Five-Year Epigenomics Program with $190M Tuesday, September 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42737980 Advinus Therapeutics and Ortho-McNeil Ink R& D Deal Worth up to $247M Tuesday, September 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42737979 454’s Sequencer and GenomeQuest’s Informatics Tools to Be Offered Together Tuesday, September 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42737978 Link Medicine Obtains $40M in Series C Round to Further its Neurodegenerative Preclinical Pipeline Tuesday, September 30, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42737977 Molzym’s 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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42686043 Cancer Research UK and Astex Choose Anticancer Agent for Development Monday, September 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42686042 Response Genetics Creates Sales Strategy for Its ResponseDX Tests Monday, September 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42685307 NIAID Doles Out $113.6M in Anthrax Vaccine Development Contracts Friday, September 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42525041 Researchers Reveal How HIV Protein Thwarts Immune System Friday, September 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42525040 Fluidigm Pulls IPO Registration Statement Friday, September 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42524283 Gene Variant Found that Causes More Fat in Liver and Increases Risk of Liver Inflammation Friday, September 26, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42522777 Red Blood Cell Derivative Reverses the Effects of Diabetic Gastroparesis in Mice Thursday, September 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42472045 Culture Studies Show that Simvastatin May Reduce Skeletal Muscles’ Ability to Repair Themselves Thursday, September 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42472044 bioMérieux Licenses ProteoSys’ Prostate Cancer Biomarker Thursday, September 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42471243 Nuvelo Merges with ARCA to Become a Late-Stage Development Firm Thursday, September 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42471242 Ligand Inks Stock-for-Stock Purchase Deal with Pharmacopeia Worth $55M Thursday, September 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42471241 Merck & Co. Gains Rights to Japan Tobacco’s Early-Stage Osteoporosis Therapy Thursday, September 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42470435 Clarient Allys with Definiens for Image Analysis Tools for Use in Cancer Diagnostics Thursday, September 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42470434 Elias A. Zerhouni to Step Down as Director of the NIH Wednesday, September 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42416058 ZaBeCor Forms Subsidiary that Will Concentrate on siRNA Cancer Therapies Wednesday, September 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42410070 Researchers Implicate AURKA as a Biomarker for Bladder Cancer Wednesday, September 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42410069 Teva and Kowa to Set Up Generic Firm in Japan Wednesday, September 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42410068 Luminex and BD Ally to Develop Tests for Cancer Prediction Wednesday, September 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42410067 Tool to Determine Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence Discovered Wednesday, September 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42409221 BD Invests $4.5M in U.S. Genomics and Enters Diagnostic Partnership Tuesday, September 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42352302 Cellerant to Initially Receive $3.4M to Advance Acute Radiation Syndrome Therapy Tuesday, September 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42351631 Nanoparticle Corona Determined by Size and Charge rather than Just Material Tuesday, September 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42351617 Invitrogen Initiates Stem Cell Culture Service Tuesday, September 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42350739 Tris Finishes 15,000 Sq. 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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42289180 Sequenom Licenses Genomic Nanosystems’ Patents on Digital PCR Technologies and Methods Monday, September 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42289179 Encorium Axes Merger with Prologue and Begins Restructuring Monday, September 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42288306 Sanofi-Aventis Ups Bid for Zentiva to $2.63B Monday, September 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42288305 BioMS Obtains $10M Milestone Fee from Eli Lilly Monday, September 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42288304 SRI International Wins Three-Year $8.3M Contract from DTRA Monday, September 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42288303 Osmetech to Use Qiagen Assay Technology for Respiratory Infection Test Monday, September 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42287665 MethylGene to Stop Backing Clinical Program in Collaboration with Celgene Friday, September 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42108388 Investigators Find a Set of Genes that Can Predictor Individuals’ Response to DNA-Damaging Agents Friday, September 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42107550 Astellas Pays Maxygen $10M Upfront for License to Preclinical Candidates for Autoimmune Disease Friday, September 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42107551 Researchers Use Astrocytes to Treat Spinal Cord Injury in Rats Friday, September 19, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42106715 New Anticancer Mechanism Found in Little, Long-Lived Rodents Thursday, September 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42051105 BTG to Acquire Protherics in Agreement Valued at Roughly $396.28M Thursday, September 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42051104 Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Gains Access to Gene from Amgen for Development as a Parkinson’s Treatment Thursday, September 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42049416 Merck Nixes Deal with SurModics with a $9M Payment Thursday, September 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42049415 Memory Pharmaceuticals to Receive $3.5M from Roche with Amendments to Agreement Thursday, September 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42049414 Trillium Pockets $12M to Progress Lead Preclinical Candidate Thursday, September 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42046922 Neose to Sell Most of Its Assets to Novo Nordisk and BioGeneriX for $43M Thursday, September 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=42046921 Gene’s CDS Region Found to Act as Template of miRNA Targeting Activity Wednesday, September 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=41989758 A Single Instance of Inflammation Can Trigger Neurological Decline in Mice Wednesday, September 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=41990562 Omeros Signs On Parkinson’s Institute for Preclinical Studies Wednesday, September 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=41990561 Tethys Purchases Lipomics Technologies to Enhance Capabilities in Diagnostic Development Wednesday, September 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=41989202 Biovail Acquires Prestwick for $100M Gaining Approved Drug in CNS Indication Wednesday, September 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=41988954 Valeant Picks Up Coria Labs for $95M Wednesday, September 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=41988953 Researchers Create Three-Biomarker Panel for Early Detection of Lung Cancer Tuesday, September 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=41932996 MIP Technologies and Lund University Obtain About $382.65K to Develop Polymers that Resemble Biological Molecules Tuesday, September 16, 2008 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Fox Foundation Tuesday, July 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39481529 Basophil Proton Channel Implicated in Histamine Release Tuesday, July 29, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39481528 GPC’s Satraplatin Receives Another Blow with European Partner Pulling the Plug on MAA Monday, July 28, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39431025 Sanofi Pasteur to Buy Acambis for About $550M Monday, July 28, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39431024 Conformia and Seven Firms Ally to Advance Application of Quality by Design Paradigm to mAbs Friday, July 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39285400 Pharmacopeia Achieves $500K Milestone in GSK Partnership Friday, July 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39285370 Co-infection with HCV Is Not the Culprit behind Failure of Immune System Restoration after HIV Treatment Friday, July 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39285369 Blood Biomarkers for the Presence of Ruptured Atherosclerotic Plaques Identified Friday, July 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39285368 Wellcome Trust Taps Affymetrix for Study of the Genetics Underlying Common Diseases Friday, July 25, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39285367 GSK Commits $25M to Stem Cell Alliance with Harvard University Thursday, July 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39233376 Novartis to Supply Vaccine Component to Dynavax for Influenza Product Thursday, July 24, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39233375 Roche Will Pay $189M for Arius on Top of Committing $43.82B for Genentech and Mirus Bio Wednesday, July 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39183529 European Bioinformatics Institute Makes Galapagos Chemogenomic Database Publicly Available with $9.38M Grant Wednesday, July 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39182953 Advanced Cancer Therapeutics Signs Two License Agreements to Advance HPV Vaccine Wednesday, July 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39182847 Tuberculosis Consortium Receives $16M Award for Vaccine Trial Wednesday, July 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39182818 Scientists Pinpoint Protein in Human Saliva that Hastens Wound Healing Wednesday, July 23, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39182817 Roche on Acquisition Roll Offers $125M for Mirus to Pad Its RNAi Focus Tuesday, July 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39131466 BioMarin Takes Over Summit’s Preclinical Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Program with $7M Equity Investment Tuesday, July 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39131465 Researchers Find Proteins that Directly Control Gene Linked to Parkinson’s Tuesday, July 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39130784 GeoVax Taps Vivalis Technology to Manufacture Its HIV Vaccine Tuesday, July 22, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39130750 Roche Makes $43.7B Bid for Genentech Monday, July 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39080941 Gamida Obtains Rights to Amgen Cytokines to Produce Stem Cell Cancer Drug Monday, July 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39080264 Alnylam Grants Calando License to Further siRNA Cancer Therapeutic Program Monday, July 21, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=39080234 Teva Coughs Up $7.46B for Barr Reinforcing Its Number One Spot in the Generics Market Friday, July 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38938670 HIV Overpowers Immune System Quicker than Previously Thought Friday, July 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38938669 Fulcrum BioEnergy to Spend $120M on Solid-Waste-Fueled Ethanol Plant Friday, July 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38938654 Ohio State Univ. Receives $10.9M NCI Grant Friday, July 18, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38938653 Genzyme Jumps on the PTC124 Bandwagon Paying PTC Therapeutics $100M Upfront Thursday, July 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38889260 NHGRI Bankrolls $31M to Study the Effects of Genetic Variants on Various Diseases Thursday, July 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38889259 GNI Snags Rights to EpiCept’s Hepatitis Drug in Key Asia-Pacific Nations Thursday, July 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38888557 Thermo Fisher Scientific Takes Over Affinity BioReagents to Bolster Proteomics Offerings Thursday, July 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38888556 Cellumen Creates New Firm from Its Personalized Medicine Unit Thursday, July 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38888555 MacroGenics Buys Raven Biotechnologies to Enhance Oncology Discovery Efforts Thursday, July 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38888497 Calibrant and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Ally to Discover and Develop Protein Biomarkers Thursday, July 17, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38888496 Researchers Find Genetic Clues to HIV Resistance Wednesday, July 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38837588 Embryome Sciences Gains Exclusive Rights to ACT’s Stem Cell Platform and Progenitor Cell Lines Wednesday, July 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38836837 Univ. of Queensland and Applied Biosystems Profile Mouse Transcriptome Wednesday, July 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38836836 Jazz Pharmaceuticals to Raise $26M Wednesday, July 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38836159 Novartis Inks One-Year Extension of Partnership with Alnylam Wednesday, July 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38836102 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Ups Its Funding to $25M for PTC Therapeutics Wednesday, July 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38836101 NIH Awards $33M for High-End Instrumentation Purchases Wednesday, July 16, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38836100 ViroPharma to Purchase Lev for $442.9M Tuesday, July 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38782611 Lonza and Kyowa Hakko Extend Strategic Collaboration Tuesday, July 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38781976 Dompé Expresses Interest in Dyax’ Angioedema Candidate Tuesday, July 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38781942 The DNA Repair Company Licenses Discovery to Help with Development of Chemotherapy Theranostic Tuesday, July 15, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38781941 GSK Inks $3.3B Deal for Rights to Actelion’s Insomnia Drug Monday, July 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38735299 Thermo Fisher Scientific and Genedata Join Forces to Accelerate Mass Spec-Based Metabolomics Research Monday, July 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38735298 DynPort Vaccine Lands $32.3M NIAID Contract Monday, July 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38735297 Brookwood Pharmaceutical Adds Nanotechnology Drug Delivery System to Product Line-Up Monday, July 14, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38735296 Scientists Image Prostate Cancer as It Metastasizes to Lymph Nodes Friday, July 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38607737 Cambridge Isotope Laboratories Acquires Spectra Stable Isotopes Friday, July 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38607129 New Protein Linked to the Spread of Prostate Cancer to the Bones Friday, July 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38607128 Novartis Signs On Lonza to Help Advance Biologics Friday, July 11, 2008 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=38607127 Pfizer, Lilly, and Merck & Co. 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