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AMRI fourth quarter total revenue increases 12% to $48.6 million

AMRI today reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2010.

7 Feb 2011

Immunomedics reports net loss of $3.4M in total revenues for second quarter 2011

Immunomedics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of monoclonal antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other serious diseases, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended December 31, 2010.

5 Feb 2011

Endocyte prices initial public offering

Endocyte, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing targeted small molecule drug conjugates, announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 12,500,000 shares of its common stock.

5 Feb 2011

Alimera reports 36-month results from ILUVIEN Phase 3 FAME study for DME

Alimera Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, today reported results through month 36 of the completed FAME™ Study.

4 Feb 2011

Ceregene initiates enrollment and dosing in CERE-120 Phase 2b trial for Parkinson's disease

Ceregene, a biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it is progressing with enrollment and dosing in its CERE-120 Phase 2b multi-center, sham-surgery, double-blinded controlled trial in Parkinson's disease.

3 Feb 2011

Shire announces Health Canada's approval of VYVANSE for treatment of ADHD in adolescents and adults

Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that Health Canada has approved VYVANSE® (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules) for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adolescents and adults.

2 Feb 2011

Harbor BioSciences announces publication of newly discovered anti-inflammatory steroids

Harbor BioSciences, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, metabolic and inflammatory diseases, today announced publication of newly discovered anti-inflammatory steroids naturally present in humans.

2 Feb 2011

Sanofi-aventis announces GetGoal-X Phase III study of lixisenatide against type 2 diabetes

Zealand Pharma A/S, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative peptide drugs, is pleased to announce that its partner, sanofi-aventis, today announced that the GetGoal-X Phase III study of lixisenatide, a once-daily GLP-1 receptor agonist licensed from Zealand Pharma, achieved its primary endpoint of non-inferiority in HbA1c reduction from baseline, compared with exenatide twice-daily.

2 Feb 2011

PhRMA: 299 medicines under development for prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke

An American dies of heart disease every 39 seconds, and African Americans suffer a higher death rate from heart disease and stroke than Americans overall. Partly as a result of having the highest prevalence of high blood pressure in the world, African Americans have a 1.5 times greater rate of heart disease death than other Americans and a 1.8 times greater rate of fatal stroke.

1 Feb 2011

Circassia Phase II clinical trial confirms safety profile of ToleroMune cat allergy treatment

Circassia Ltd, a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on allergy, today announced that the company's ToleroMune(R) cat allergy treatment significantly reduced patients' symptoms in a recently completed, large-scale phase II clinical trial. The study also confirmed the treatment's highly favourable safety profile.

1 Feb 2011

Oragenics to commence second phase 1 clinical trial for SMaRT Replacement Therapy

Florida-based biopharmaceutical company Oragenics, today announced its intention to commence a second phase 1 clinical trial of SMaRT Replacement Therapy.

31 Jan 2011

DSM supports Queensland Premier's 'Disaster Relief Appeal'

Significant flooding occurred in many areas of Queensland during late December 2010 and early January 2011. Thousands of residents were affected. A disaster relief appeal, the 'Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal', was launched on 29 December 2010, by Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh. DSM recognizes the efforts of Queenslanders who pitched in to help their fellow citizens clean-up in the wake of the floods and help families in need, many of whom lost everything.

28 Jan 2011

Bioniche Life Sciences joins Australian Securities Exchange

Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has joined the official list of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and its securities are now trading on that exchange under the code "BNC".

28 Jan 2011

Soligenix and CU enter definitive license agreement for novel vaccine thermostabilization technology

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive license agreement with the University of Colorado (CU) for novel technology for use in the development of subunit vaccines with long-term stability, including stability at elevated temperatures.

28 Jan 2011

Interim results from ganetespib Phase 2 trial in NSCLC to be presented at 11th IASLC annual meeting

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing small molecule drugs to treat severe medical conditions, today announced that Dr. Jonathan Goldman, M.D., Premiere Oncology will present interim results from a Phase 2 trial of ganetespib in non-small cell lung cancer at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 11th Annual Targeted Therapies for the Treatment of Lung Cancer Meeting.

28 Jan 2011

Provectus announces completion of PV-10 Phase 1 trial in patients with liver cancer

Provectus Pharmaceuticals, a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, has completed patient accrual and treatment of all subjects in its Phase 1 clinical trial of PV-10 for liver cancer.

27 Jan 2011

Merck Canada invests in CQDM to support biopharmaceutical research

Merck Canada has renewed its partnership with the Quebec Consortium for Drug Discovery by investing a further $5 million over five years in the organization so it can continue its support of biopharmaceutical research in Quebec.

27 Jan 2011

Spine surgeon successfully treated with RNL Bio's stem cell therapy for Autoimmune Arthritis

RNL BIO CO., LTD, a leading biopharmaceutical company specialized in adult stem cell therapeutics, announced on January 21, 2011 another successful patient report utilizing stem cell therapy on a leading US orthopedic spine surgeon who suffered from Autoimmune Arthritis.

26 Jan 2011

SuppreMol completes successful pre-IND meeting with U.S. FDA

SuppreMol GmbH, a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced that it has successfully completed a pre-Investigational New Drug Application (pre-IND) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its lead compound SM101, which is being developed for the treatment of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).

24 Jan 2011

Immunomedics reports encouraging results from Y-90-labeled clivatuzumab tetraxetan study in pancreatic cancer

Immunomedics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of monoclonal antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other serious diseases, today announced that repeated therapy cycles of its proprietary antibody, clivatuzumab tetraxetan, labeled with yttrium-90 plus low-dose gemcitabine, extended median overall survival.

21 Jan 2011

Biopharmaceutical News and Research

AMRI fourth quarter total revenue increases 12% to $48.6 million

Immunomedics reports net loss of $3.4M in total revenues for second quarter 2011

Endocyte prices initial public offering

Alimera reports 36-month results from ILUVIEN Phase 3 FAME study for DME

Ceregene initiates enrollment and dosing in CERE-120 Phase 2b trial for Parkinson's disease

Shire announces Health Canada's approval of VYVANSE for treatment of ADHD in adolescents and adults

Harbor BioSciences announces publication of newly discovered anti-inflammatory steroids

Sanofi-aventis announces GetGoal-X Phase III study of lixisenatide against type 2 diabetes

PhRMA: 299 medicines under development for prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke

Circassia Phase II clinical trial confirms safety profile of ToleroMune cat allergy treatment

Oragenics to commence second phase 1 clinical trial for SMaRT Replacement Therapy

DSM supports Queensland Premier's 'Disaster Relief Appeal'

Bioniche Life Sciences joins Australian Securities Exchange

Soligenix and CU enter definitive license agreement for novel vaccine thermostabilization technology

Interim results from ganetespib Phase 2 trial in NSCLC to be presented at 11th IASLC annual meeting

Provectus announces completion of PV-10 Phase 1 trial in patients with liver cancer

Merck Canada invests in CQDM to support biopharmaceutical research

Spine surgeon successfully treated with RNL Bio's stem cell therapy for Autoimmune Arthritis

SuppreMol completes successful pre-IND meeting with U.S. FDA

Immunomedics reports encouraging results from Y-90-labeled clivatuzumab tetraxetan study in pancreatic cancer

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