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KANSAS CITY, Kan. and NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Aratana Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines for cats and dogs (companion animals), today announced it has appointed an experienced animal health executive Julia A. Stephanus as Chief Commercial Officer, as part of a recent strategic expansion of the senior management team. Ms. Stephanus is a commercial leader in veterinary pharmaceuticals and Aratana expects to leverage her significant...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- goBalto, Inc. announced today the publication of 'Benchmarking the Study Initiation Process' in the January 2013 issue of the Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science journal (formally called the 'Drug Information Journal' published by DIA), a study conducted in collaboration with the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD). The benchmarking initiative, known as the START (Startup Time And Readiness Tracking) study,...

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Karen King, President of DSM Biologics, commented "We are pleased to enter into this license agreement with Amgen, a global leader in biopharmaceutical drug development and manufacturing. We believe our proprietary XD(®) technology will play an important role in the next generation of biopharmaceutical manufacturing." XD(®) technology is a highly intensified cell culture process with typical titer achievement of 8-to-10 times higher...

NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX) today announced that Ron Bentsur, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the 31(st) Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, being held January 7-10, 2013, in San Francisco, CA. Mr. Bentsur's presentation is scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 10(th), at 9:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (12:00 PM EST). A live audio webcast of Mr. Bentsur's presentation will be...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Coherus BioSciences, Inc. ("Coherus"), a biopharmaceuticals company dedicated to global development and commercialization of biologic therapeutics, announced today that it has appointed V. Bryan Lawlis, Jr., Ph.D., as Chairman to its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Lawlis, a 31-year biotech industry veteran, has extensive experience in manufacturing biotechnology and other pharmaceutical products, research and...

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambrx today announced the appointment of Lawson Macartney, Ph.D., DVM, to president and chief executive officer of the company and a member of the board of directors. Macartney brings more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including recent work growing and diversifying the clinical pipeline of Shire Pharmaceuticals as senior vice president and head of emerging business unit. "We are excited to have Lawson lead...

NES-ZIONA, Israel, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PROLOR Biotech, Inc. (NYSE MKT: PBTH) today announced that it received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a patent application covering the company's CTP platform, which has the potential to extend the duration of activity of therapeutic proteins. The allowed claims cover manufacturing methods for CTP-modified compositions of a wide array of classes of therapeutic proteins, including hormones, high...

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative products that advance patient care, today announced that the Company ended 2012 with a cash balance of approximately $100 million and expects 2013 net cash burn to be between $45 and $50 million. The Company also announced it secured a $30 million term loan from Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank. (Logo:...

MALVERN, Pa., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUXL) ("Auxilium"), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has exercised its exclusive option under the Second Amended and Restated Development and License Agreement ("CCH License Agreement"), dated as of August 31, 2011, with BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., Inc. ("BioSpecifics") to expand the field of its license for collagenase clostridium histolyticum ("CCH") to include...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ArmaGen Technologies, Inc., a leader in the delivery of biotherapeutics targeting the central nervous system (CNS), today announced James Callaway, Ph.D. as Chief Executive Office and member of the Board of Directors. Dr. Callaway was most recently President and CEO of Cebix Inc. and joins ArmaGen with nearly 30 year of experience in biotechnology research and development, including executive leadership positions at Bayer and Elan...