Biotech News

STOCK ALERT Newsletter Reports Early Alert on StemCells, Inc. Published in M2 PressWIRE on Tuesday, 20 September 2005 at 09:12 GMT StockHeadquarters.com, the newsletter known for making stock alerts to its ...

Lilly drug's slightly better results included keeping patients on medicine longer on average.

Louis J. Freeh, general counsel of MBNA Corp. and former director of the FBI, has been elected to the board of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Tiger Brands shareholders have voted in favour of a proposed black economic empowerment transaction, which will result in black management and black staff acquiring a 3.94 percent direct stake in the group, the ...

Barron's magazine has ranked Wells Fargo the world's most-respected financial-services company and the 18th most-respected company among the world's 100 largest public companies in stock value.

Novartis unveiled new pivotal Phase III data at a pipeline update today on two important projects -- LAF237 and SPP100 -- and intends to make regulatory submissions in 2006 for these two novel compounds with ...2.7

ELKHART, Ind. - An aerosol packaging company that employs about 700 people will remain in the city despite being bought by another company, officials said.3.4

Pfizer Inc. is looking to its latest Michigan creation - a treatment for pain and epilepsy that hits stores today - to help replenish its coffers and fund discoveries for decades to come.2.7

West Coast Editor Genta Inc.'s ongoing bid to find a replacement partner for Genasense can only be helped by more positive news from its Phase III study testing the compound with chemotherapy against relapsed ...2.7

The CDC's laboratories and the Public Health Agency of Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg will be able to compare genetic fingerprints of bacteria to more quickly identify and respond to ...2.7

Chattem Inc., maker of Selsun Blue shampoo and Aspercreme pain reliever, said Monday that profit rose 8 percent in its fiscal third quarter, outpacing Wall Street estimates.2.7

Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. has named veteran biotechnology executive Henry Fuchs to the newly created post of executive vice president and chief medical officer.2.7

Peter Calcott has been named to the newly created position of vice president, quality and compliance at Protein Design Labs Inc.2.7

OTHER SEARCH OPTIONS Attention Business/Financial/Assignment/Health Editors: Invitation to participate in a conference call: Procyon to discuss progress on mechanism of action for its prostate cancer ...2.7

British drug maker AstraZeneca PLC said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration granted full approval for Arimidex to be used as a breast cancer treatment following surgery or radiation treatment.2.7

The first direct comparison of five schizophrenia drugs found that most newer treatments are no better than an older generic drug, despite their higher cost, a U.S. study released on Monday showed.3.2

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the nation's first federal trial involving Vioxx, a painkiller manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co.2.7

The National Institutes of Health has announced a competitive sourcing study to determine whether its systems administration activities should be contracted out instead of remaining inside the government.2.7

Shares of IntraLase Corp. fell Monday after Wachovia Securities downgraded the maker of eye surgery lasers because the investment firm expects flat second half growth for the industry and sees new competitors ...2.7

Wound care dressings and tape for advanced wound care. Some discontinued gauze remaining.2.7

Market Gainer Issues Profile for Vasogen, Inc Published in M2 PressWIRE on Monday, 19 September 2005 at 18:02 GMT MarketGainer.com strives to find dynamic issues that are unknown but because of their ...2.7

The study, appearing in the September 11 Nature Immunology, also received funding from NIH's National Center for Research Resources.2.7

Laboratory Corporation is setting up a web site to enable its customers to order tests and manage results.2.7

Pharmagene PLC said it is merging with the US company Asterand Inc through a reverse takeover.2.7

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc., Irvine, said Monday that it raised $42 million in a stock sale.2.7

GlycoGenesys, Inc., , a biotechnology company, today announced that Dr. Finbarr Cotter, Professor, Barts and The London School of Medicine UK, revealed new findings about the Company's cancer drug candidate ...2.7

The name change is designed to help the organization reach out to a broader network of individuals working in the life science business development field.2.7

Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals has entered into a research and development agreement with Curis, Inc.5.3

StemCells, Inc. Files IND Amendment for Human Neural Stem Cell Transplant Treatment for Batten Disease 09/19/05 -- StemCells, Inc.4.5

The vaccine is being developed to treat nicotine addiction and smoking relapse with a view to reducing the 5 million tobacco-related deaths that occur each year.2.7

Walgreen Co., one of the nation's largest drugstore chains, on Monday said it acquired the U.S. rights to the brand name Theragran-M from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.4

Canada's Cangene Corp. has been awarded a C$17 million contract by the British government, with UK-based vaccine specialist Acambis Plc acting as sales agent.3.2

The FDA has approved the antibiotic levofloxacin as a once daily, 750 mg treatment for patients with sinusitis.2.7

REDWOOD CITY Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward after an another series of arson fires in Redwood City.

Science+Technology Writer There's a new biotech firm on the block and it claims to be 'placing the power of genetic supremacy in the hands of humanity itself.' Sound frightening? Luckily, it's not real.1.3