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BURLINGAME, Calif., Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Igenica, Inc., a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of first-in-class cancer antibody therapeutics, today announced the appointment of Mary Haak-Frendscho, Ph.D., to the role of Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Dr. Haak-Frendscho succeeds David Goeddel, Ph.D., who remains as Igenica's Chairman of the Board. Dr. Haak-Frendscho brings more than twenty years of...
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ANX) today announced that Ted W. Love, M.D., has joined its Board of Directors. Dr. Love most recently served as Executive Vice President and Head of Research and Development and Technical Operations at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he launched four multi-center, global phase 3 studies in two years and played a key role in obtaining in 2012 accelerated approval from the FDA to market Kyprolis(TM)...
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDL) (NASDAQ: PDLI) today announced royalty revenue guidance for the third quarter ending September 30, 2012, of approximately $85 million, as compared with actual royalty revenue of $83 million for the third quarter of 2011, a two percent increase. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110822/SF55808LOGO) The forecasted growth in royalty revenues is driven by increased second quarter 2012 sales of...
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDL) (NASDAQ: PDLI) today reported financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110822/SF55808LOGO) Royalty revenues for the second quarter of 2012 increased three percent to $125.9 million from $122.1 million reported in the second quarter of 2011. For the first six months of 2012, royalty revenues increased four percent to $203.2...
PENZBERG, Germany, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche and SynenTec today announced that Roche will transfer its Cellavista business to SynenTec, the German company which is the original inventor of the Cellavista System. This agreement was made as a result of the Roche Applied Science decision to focus its business, and guarantees future optimal support and development of the technology for its customers. The Cellavista Imaging System for noninvasively measuring cell...
LIVONIA, Mich., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Genentech and Novartis have the best image among oncologists and hematologists, according to Market Strategies International, a market research consultancy that recently completed its 2012 Oncology Image Study. The study evaluated more than 30 attributes related to field force, corporate functions and R&D to determine which measures drive a company's image and performance in this rapidly growing, competitive marketplace. Genentech...
RALEIGH, N.C., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PRA, a leading Clinical Research Organization, announces that it is participating in a groundbreaking Alzheimer's disease study that could lead to treatments delaying or even preventing the emergence of symptoms in people destined to develop the disease because of their genetic background. The clinical trial is a collaborative effort involving the Banner Alzheimer's Institute (BAI); Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG;...
NEW YORK, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Citeline, the world's leading research authority on pharmaceutical clinical trials and drug intelligence, recently reviewed the results presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference held June 1-5, 2012 in Chicago, IL. A new type of targeted therapy was of particular interest to reviewer Daphna Halpern, Citeline's Director of Oncology: Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADC's). According to Ms. Halpern, "ADC's are looking to...
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDL) (NASDAQ: PDLI) today announced royalty revenue guidance for the second quarter ending June 30, 2012, of approximately $125 million, as compared with actual royalty revenue of $122 million for the second quarter of 2011, a two percent increase. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110822/SF55808LOGO) The forecasted growth in royalty revenues is driven by increased first quarter 2012 sales of...
World's first patient treated at Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center by Scottsdale Healthcare, TGen physicians; follow-up study led by Mayo Clinic-TGen physician proved key to early FDA approval of vismodegib Vismodegib, a new skin cancer drug for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma tested by TGen, Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare and Mayo Clinic, is hailed as "the greatest advance in therapy yet seen" for advanced basal cell carcinoma in an editorial in the New...
