Pharma/Biotech In-licensing Trends, 2005 -- 2008
By Mark P. Mathieu Biotechnology in-licensing activity with large pharmaceutical manufacturers witnessed a dramatic acceleration beginning in 2006. Estimates revealed total up-front considerations paid to biotech companies accelerated 42% to $1.6bn in 2006, up from $1.1bn in 2005; increased 32% to $2.6bn in 2008. Read More
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Aveo Pharmaceuticals Files for IPO
Dec 17
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Bio-IT World | Aveo Pharmaceuticals, a former Bio-IT World "company to watch," signaled a brighter 2010 for the pharma industry by filing for an Initial Public Offering.
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Lung Cancer and Melanoma Mapped
Dec 17
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ABC News | Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have mapped lung and skin cancer in what is being called a breakthrough that could revolutionize cancer care. The two studies were published today in Nature.
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Leprosy Susceptibility Genes Identified
Dec 17
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Bio-IT World | Scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have completed the first-ever genome-wide association study of leprosy and the largest GWAS effort on infectious disease. In collaboration with 26 institutes in China, GIS identified seven genes that cause people to be susceptible to leprosy. The results were published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Cancer Genomes Suggest One Mutation Every 15 Cigarettes
Dec 16
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The Times | Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Life Technologies have reconstructed the biological history of two types of cancer in a genetic tour de force that promises to transform medical treatment of the disease.
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India Says It Has Joined Personal Genome Sequencing Club
Dec 14
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Times of India | In a press conference last week, Indian scientists led by Sridhar Sivasubbu of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology announced the first whole genome sequencing of an Indian man for an estimated $30,000.
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- PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts massive growth for personalized medicine
- Sigma-Aldrich launches Your Favorite Gene for Facebook
- Caliper Life Sciences launches Living Image 4.0
- MolPort joins forces with InhibOx
- HP Enterprise Services signs a seven-year agreement with Eli Lilly
- GATC Biotech and Complete Genomics have announced a research collaboration
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