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Palatin Technologies reports net loss of $2.0M for third-quarter 2010

Palatin Technologies, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing targeted, receptor-specific small molecule and peptide therapeutics, today announced results for its third quarter ended March 31, 2010.

13 May 2010

Genetic Immunity formulates first topically administered nanomedicine therapeutic vaccine for HIV/AIDS

Genetic Immunity, a multi-national biopharmaceutical company developing nanomedicine vaccines today announces publication of the Company's innovative work to develop a stable liquid formulation to deliver a novel nanomedicine. Appearing in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics, the paper addresses how Genetic Immunity was able to overcome significant hurdles facing the field to successfully formulate the first topically administered nanomedicine therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, DermaVir.

13 May 2010

PAREXEL further expands presence in China with offices in Chengdu and Guangzhou

PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced that the Company has opened offices in Chengdu and Guangzhou, China to support a growing requirement for a broad range of clinical development and regulatory consulting capabilities in the country and throughout the Asia/Pacific region.

From Parexel 13 May 2010

ACHN reports net loss of $5.6M for first-quarter 2010: MicroStockProfit.com

MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

13 May 2010

Amarin reports cash balance of $44 million for first-quarter 2010

Amarin Corporation plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a focus on cardiovascular disease, today reported selected financial results for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010 and provided a progress update of the Company's ANCHOR and MARINE trials, the two pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials of its lead product candidate AMR101 for treating elevated triglyceride levels.

13 May 2010

China Biologic subsidiary Shandong Taibang receives approval to build two new plasma stations

China Biologic Products, Inc., a leading plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China, today announced that its majority-owned subsidiary, Shandong Taibang Biological Products Co. Ltd., has been approved by the Shandong Province Health Department to build two new plasma stations.

12 May 2010

Bioniche third-quarter consolidated revenues increase 111% to $15.6 million

Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial results for its Fiscal 2010 third quarter, ended March 31, 2010.

12 May 2010

Patient enrollment completed in Phase 2 clinical trial of orBec for prevention of acute GVHD

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that patient enrollment has been completed in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 clinical trial of orBec for the prevention of acute Graft-versus-Host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation with myeloablative conditioning regimens.

12 May 2010

MicroStockProfit.com releases investment report featuring Hemispherx Biopharma

MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring biopharmaceutical company Hemispherx Biopharma Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analysis, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

12 May 2010

ProBioGen signs contract with Virdante Biopharmaceuticals

ProBioGen AG, a technology and service provider for the development and production of biopharmaceutical drug substances today announced signing a contract with Virdante Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a US-based biopharmaceutical development company.

12 May 2010

OXiGENE reports consolidated net loss of $11.0M for first-quarter 2010

OXiGENE, Inc., a clinical-stage, biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer and eye diseases, reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, and presented an update on recent clinical and corporate progress.

12 May 2010

CEVEC, Aragen Bioscience announce strategic license agreement

CEVEC Pharmaceuticals, the developer of a novel human expression system derived from amniocytes, and Aragen Bioscience, Inc., a California based contract research and development organization, announced today the signing of a strategic license agreement. This license enables Aragen Bioscience to offer its clients custom recombinant human cell lines expressing biotherapeutic proteins and antibodies as well as the transient and stable production of preclinical and clinical grade material.

12 May 2010

Tianyin third-quarter revenue up 60%

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.,, a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the modernized traditional Chinese medicine and branded generics today announced fiscal results for its third quarter ended March 31, 2010.

12 May 2010

Compugen discovers CGEN-928 as antibody drug target for treatment of multiple myeloma

Compugen Ltd. announced today the discovery and initial experimental validation of CGEN-928 as a drug target for the treatment of multiple myeloma. In recently completed studies, CGEN-928, a membrane protein which previously had no known function or potential clinical utility, demonstrated broad expression in human multiple myeloma tumor cells, including drug resistant and aggressive primary tumor cell lines.

12 May 2010

Microfluidics International first-quarter revenue up 21%

Microfluidics International Corporation, today reported unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

11 May 2010

BSD, ProZyme partner to redefine biotherapeutic glycan analysis workflow

BioSystem Development, LLC (BSD) and ProZyme, Inc. announce a partnership to redefine biotherapeutic glycan analysis workflow. The first product from this collaboration combines ProZyme's proprietary enzymatic N-deglycosylation, labeling and cleanup chemistry with BSD's AssayMAP™ high- throughput micro chromatography platform resulting in a rapid, quantitative N-glycan sample preparation method fully enabled for any scale of automation.

11 May 2010

MediciNova announces $15 million senior secured term loan with Oxford Finance

MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Market and the Hercules Market of the Osaka Securities Exchange, today announced that it has entered into a $15 million senior secured term loan with Oxford Finance Corporation.

11 May 2010

Transition Therapeutics reports increased revenue in third-quarter 2010

Transition Therapeutics Inc., a product-focused biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for disease indications with large markets, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.

11 May 2010

Poniard Pharmaceuticals reports net loss of $11.9M in first-quarter 2010

Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative oncology therapies, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

11 May 2010

Orexigen Therapeutics first-quarter net loss decreases to $14.1 million

Orexigen® Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2010. For the quarter ended March 31, 2010, Orexigen reported a net loss of $14.1 million, or $0.30 per share attributable to common stockholders, as compared to a net loss of $19.3 million, or $0.56 per share attributable to common stockholders, for the first quarter of 2009.

11 May 2010