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StemCells second-quarter net loss decreases to $4.61 million

StemCells, Inc., a leading stem cell company developing and commercializing novel stem cell therapeutics and tools for use in stem cell-based research and drug discovery, today reported financial results and business highlights for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

11 Aug 2010

TetraLogic raises $32 million in Series C financing to advance clinical development of TL32711 cancer drug

TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel small molecule drugs to treat cancer, today announced it has completed a $32 million Series C financing with new investor Clarus Ventures leading the round.

11 Aug 2010

Scientists develop new method to enable drug release inside cancer cells

Scientists from UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Korea's Yonsei University have developed an innovative method that enables nanomachines to release drugs inside living cancer cells when activated remotely by an oscillating magnetic field.The new system - the first to utilize a class of porous nanomaterials driven by a magnetic core - has the potential to improve both targeted drug-delivery and magnetic resonance imaging in the treatment of cancer and other diseases.

11 Aug 2010

Noven enters agreement to acquire global rights to ADHD drug Daytrana from Shire

Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a Product and Trademark Acquisition Agreement with affiliates of Shire plc pursuant to which Noven will acquire global rights to Daytrana® (methylphenidate transdermal system) from Shire.

11 Aug 2010

ACT signs agreement to select novel clinical candidates for two cancer metabolic programs

Advanced Cancer Therapeutics (ACT), a privately held company dedicated to bringing new anti-cancer therapies to market, today announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement to leverage the translational research expertise of Dr. Jason Chesney, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine at the University of Louisville's James Graham Brown Cancer Center (Brown Cancer Center), to identify new clinical candidates for the prevention and treatment of cancers against two key cancer metabolic targets.

11 Aug 2010

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals reports significant progress in discovery of novel technologies for systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, and collaborators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), The University of British Columbia (UBC), AlCana Technologies, Inc., and Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, presented results from multiple ongoing research efforts regarding the discovery of novel technologies for the systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics.

10 Aug 2010

Unigene second-quarter revenue decreases to $3.03 million

Unigene Laboratories, Inc. has reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.

10 Aug 2010

Elan and Transition Therapeutics report results of ELND005 Phase 2 study for Alzheimer's disease

Elan Corporation, plc and Transition Therapeutics, Inc today announced the results of a Phase 2 placebo-controlled study in 351 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease who received study drug for up to 18 months (Study AD201). Study subjects with MMSE scores between 16 and 26 received ELND005 oral doses of 250 mg, 1000 mg or 2000 mg twice daily or matching placebo. The study's cognitive (NTB) and functional (ADCS-ADL) co - primary endpoints did not achieve statistical significance.

10 Aug 2010

Anika second-quarter product revenue increases 56% to $13.7 million

Anika Therapeutics, Inc., a leader in products for tissue protection, healing, and repair, based on hyaluronic acid technology, today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.

10 Aug 2010

Loyola University forms new institute for molecular level disease research

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine has formed a new research institute dedicated to understanding the molecular causes of cancer, autoimmune disorders, cardiovascular disease and several other illnesses.

10 Aug 2010

Cardium second-quarter net loss decreases to $0.7 million

Cardium Therapeutics today reported highlights and financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

10 Aug 2010

Pluristem's PLacental eXpanded cell therapy effective against neuropathic and inflammatory nerve pain

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. today announced the results of two separate pre-clinical studies in animal models which demonstrated that its PLacental eXpanded (PLX) cell therapy may be an effective treatment for both neuropathic and inflammatory nerve pain. These animal studies were conducted in collaboration with the Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT) and the Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, both at the Charité-Universitätsmedizin of Berlin, Germany.

10 Aug 2010

Repros Therapeutics second-quarter net loss decreases to $1.3 million

Repros Therapeutics Inc. today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

10 Aug 2010

RNL BIO research identifies adult stem cell's ability to inhibit cancer

The leading biopharmaceutical company specialized in adult stem cell therapeutics, RNL BIO Co., Ltd, announced on July 27th that adult stem cell was identified to have cancer suppressive activity in a preclinical study.

10 Aug 2010

Bellus Health reports net loss of $5.8M for second-quarter vs. net income of $14.27M for previous year

BELLUS Health Inc. reported today its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. The Company also announced new initiatives to reduce its annual expenditures ("burn rate") by focusing its efforts on existing products and on supporting current and future strategic partnerships. All currency figures reported in this press release, including comparative figures, are in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise specified.

9 Aug 2010

Isis second-quarter pro forma net operating loss increases to $15.5 million

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. The Company finished the second quarter of 2010 with a pro forma net operating loss (NOL) of $15.5 million and $17.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, compared to a pro forma net operating loss of $1.3 million and pro forma net operating income of $798,000 for the same periods of 2009.

9 Aug 2010

Capstone second-quarter net loss decreases to $2.9 million

Capstone Therapeutics, today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2010.

9 Aug 2010

Repros Therapeutics receives positive feedback from FDA for Androxal

Repros Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the Company has received positive written feedback from the FDA (the "Agency") regarding the Company's drug candidate Androxal. The Agency concurred with Repros' indication statement for the use of Androxal in the treatment of secondary hypogonadism in men wishing to preserve fertility.

9 Aug 2010

Opexa Therapeutics aims to complete planned experiments, develop clinical study protocols

Opexa Therapeutics, Inc., a company developing Tovaxin, a novel T-cell therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 and provided an update on its corporate developments.

7 Aug 2010

Ardea Biosciences second-quarter total revenues decline to $3.5 million

Ardea Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases, reported recent accomplishments and financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2010.

7 Aug 2010

Therapeutics News and Research

StemCells second-quarter net loss decreases to $4.61 million

TetraLogic raises $32 million in Series C financing to advance clinical development of TL32711 cancer drug

Scientists develop new method to enable drug release inside cancer cells

Noven enters agreement to acquire global rights to ADHD drug Daytrana from Shire

ACT signs agreement to select novel clinical candidates for two cancer metabolic programs

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals reports significant progress in discovery of novel technologies for systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics

Unigene second-quarter revenue decreases to $3.03 million

Elan and Transition Therapeutics report results of ELND005 Phase 2 study for Alzheimer's disease

Anika second-quarter product revenue increases 56% to $13.7 million

Loyola University forms new institute for molecular level disease research

Cardium second-quarter net loss decreases to $0.7 million

Pluristem's PLacental eXpanded cell therapy effective against neuropathic and inflammatory nerve pain

Repros Therapeutics second-quarter net loss decreases to $1.3 million

RNL BIO research identifies adult stem cell's ability to inhibit cancer

Bellus Health reports net loss of $5.8M for second-quarter vs. net income of $14.27M for previous year

Isis second-quarter pro forma net operating loss increases to $15.5 million

Capstone second-quarter net loss decreases to $2.9 million

Repros Therapeutics receives positive feedback from FDA for Androxal

Opexa Therapeutics aims to complete planned experiments, develop clinical study protocols

Ardea Biosciences second-quarter total revenues decline to $3.5 million

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