Biotech News
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- Stem-Cell-Based Strategy Boosts Immune System in Mice, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Study
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Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, UC San Francisco researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells, in the laboratory. The researchers showed that, in mice... - Faulty Energy Production in Brain Cells Leads to Disorders Ranging From Parkinson's to Intellectual Disability, and Study
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Neuroscientist Patrik Verstreken of VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and KU Leuven has shown for the first time that dysfunctional mitochondria in brain cells can lead to learning disabilities. The... - Merck KGaA Doesn't Rule Out Pursuing Lung-Cancer Vaccine
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Merck KGaA (MRK) hasnt ruled out pursuing its therapeutic cancer vaccine L-BLP25 after a trial showed the treatment prolonged the lives of a group of advanced lung cancer patients by 50 percent compared with... - Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. Files for $70 Million IPO
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A Plymouth Township-based biotech company founded by a scientist who co-discovered the best-selling pharameutical drug ever has filed documents to go public. Esperion Therapeutics, formed five years ago by Michigan... - Quintiles, Inc. Cutting 400 Jobs Worldwide This Year
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On the heels of last weeks successful initial public offering that raised hundreds of million of dollars from investors, pharmaceutical services giant Quintiles disclosed Tuesday in a securities filing that... - Bayer AG to Acquire Herbal Medicine Maker for Undisclosed Amount
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German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG (BAYN.XE) Thursday said it has bought privately held pharmaceutical firm Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH in Darmstadt. MAIN FACTS: -Financial details weren't disclosed... - Cloning With Caffeine Produces Patient-Matched Stem Cells, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Study
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Scientists have created embryonic stem cells that are a near identical genetic match to patients, an advance that could enable transplants and treatments based on an individuals own tissues. The researchers... - Four Genes Linked to "Bad" Cholesterol, Study
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Scientists at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute have identified four genes in baboons that influence levels of "bad" cholesterol. This discovery could lead to the development of new drugs to reduce the... - Ambit Biosciences Cuts IPO Price
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Ambit Biosciences Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
SAN DIEGO, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambit Biosciences Corporation today announced the... - Pfizer Inc. to Close Little Island Plant - 136 Jobs Lost
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The jobs of more than 130 people are under threat at a manufacturing plant operated by pharmaceutical company Pfizer in Co Cork. Pfizer has said it plans to withdraw from the plant at Little Island over the next 18 months. However... - Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Lands $70 Million From AbbVie for Celiac Disease Drug
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NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. & SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) and Alvine Pharmaceuticals, a leader in celiac disease therapeutics development, announced today that they have entered into a global... - AstraZeneca PLC, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Astellas Pharma Inc. Said to Make Bids for Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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AstraZeneca Plc (AZN) and Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CBST) are among the suitors that made first-round bids for Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OPTR), the antibiotics maker weighing a sale, said people familiar... - Tokai Pharmaceuticals Raises $35.5 Million for Prostate Cancer Study
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Tokai Pharmaceuticals Announces $35.5 Million Series E Financing
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new treatments... - Arbor Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval of First NDA
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ATLANTA, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arbor Pharmaceuticals announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
- Harvard Bioscience Inc. Announces Retirement of CEO and Appointment of Interim CEO
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Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO), a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of tools to advance life science research and regenerative medicine, today announced that its Board of...- Bad Night: Purdue Pharma L.P. Axes 90 Reps of Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sleep Drug
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Purdue Pharmaceuticals LP will shelve 90 contract sales people it used to exclusively hawk the Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc.-developed middle-of-the-night sleep drug Intermezzo. Intermezzo will continue to...- AVEO Oncology (Formerly known as AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) Hit With Flurry of Class Action Lawsuits
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Attention NASDAQ:AVEO Investors: Lawsuit Against AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Filed
San Diego, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/13/2013 -- An investor in shares of AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVEO...- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CEO Out as Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Reorganizes, Cuts Costs
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Deborah Dunsire, the CEO who led Millennium Pharmaceuticals to prominence in cancer treatment, is leaving the company in an abrupt departure five years after it was acquired by Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals...- Pfizer Inc. Exec Faces Adult Film Charges Which Include Children in Puerto Rico
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Federal authorities in Puerto Rico have arrested an executive at Pfizer Pharmaceutical for allegedly producing child pornography. Officials say 48-year-old Reinaldo Diaz Camacho was charged after Puerto Rico...- Is Sanofi (France) Bidding for Adcock Ingram?
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Pharmaceutical group Adcock Ingram is being pursued by two new suitors, in addition to Brian Joffes Bidvest. Speculation is running high that French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi is firmly in the running. Insiders...- New Discovery May Lead the Way to Improved Whooping Cough Vaccine, Trinity College Dublin Study
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Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made novel discoveries concerning the current vaccine against whooping cough that may lead to the development of an improved future vaccine. The findings could help...
