Latest Biologic Stories
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) will be presenting at the Lazard Capital Markets 9(th) Annual Healthcare Conference in New York on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. ET. Kurt Gustafson, Chief Financial Officer, Halozyme Therapeutics, will provide a corporate overview. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100302/LA63139LOGO) The presentation will be webcast through the "Investors" section of Halozyme's...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE MKT: CXM) today reported that uniQure's Glybera(®) (alipogene tiparvovec) approval by the European Commission, the first gene therapy approval by a major health regulatory authority, represents a significant milestone and validation for the gene therapy industry. Glybera(®) is a treatment for patients diagnosed with an inherited metabolic disease called familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD or familial...
CRANBURY, N.J. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncobiologics, Inc. and Boston Oncology, LLC today announced a strategic partnership that will allow Boston Oncology to license, manufacture, and commercialize four of Oncobiologics' biosimilar therapies for cancer and immunological disease in the Middle East and North African (MENA) regions. Under the agreement, Boston Oncology--a pharmaceutical company that localizes advanced technologies and manufacturing expertise...
BEIJING, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Biologic Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBPO, "China Biologic" or the "Company"), a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China, today announced that the Company plans to release third quarter 2012 financial results on Thursday, November 8, 2012 after the market closes. The Company's management will hold a conference call at 7:30 a.m. ET on Friday, November 9, 2012 to discuss third quarter 2012 results....
SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced that scientists from two separate research groups presented data at the recent HUPO 11(th) Annual World Congress (Boston, MA) indicating that the incorporation of the Company's Pressure Cycling Technology ("PCT") Platform into their sample preparation processes resulted in a marked improvement in the quality and/or efficiency of test results. These...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: SYN), a developer of synthetic biologics and innovative medicines for serious diseases and unmet medical needs, announced today the successful completion of its previously announced private placement in connection with stock purchase agreements dated October 25, 2012. The Company sold approximately 6.8 million shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $1.60 per share to new and existing...
GZIRA, Malta, HAMBURG, Germany and GENEVA, October 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AET BioTech, the separate biosimilars business within the generic drug developer AET (Alfred E Tiefenbacher) Group and BioXpress Therapeutics SA, a Swiss-based biotechnology company developing monoclonal antibody (MAb) biosimilars have entered into an agreement for the co-development of a biosimilar version of the TNF inhibitor MAb Adalimumab. AET BioTech and BioXpress will be jointly responsible for...
HASSELT, Belgium, October 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Complix announces that it has been awarded a EUR1.9 million grant (approximately USD$2.4 million) from the Flanders government through IWT (Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders). The grant will allow Complix to accelerate the development of its unique cell penetrating Alphabodies (CPABs), against a range of intracellular disease targets, including cancer. Alphabodies represent a novel therapeutic...
OXFORD, England and FLORENCE, Italy, October 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Menarini and Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT) today announce a major innovative and strategic alliance to develop a portfolio of antibody-based drugs in the field of cancer. The agreement covers five of OBT's antibody and antibody drug conjugate (ADC) programs, each of which addresses a different cancer indication via a different novel oncology target. The deal brings together OBT's discovery expertise with...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: SYN), a developer of synthetic biologics and innovative medicines for serious diseases and unmet medical needs, announced today that it has entered into definitive stock purchase agreements with accredited investors to raise approximately $10.8 million in a private placement financing. Pursuant to the stock purchase agreements, the Company will issue approximately 6.8 million shares of its common stock...
