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GENova Biotherapeutics signs LOI with Prime BioResearch

GENova Biotherapeutics Inc. ("GENova") today announced it has signed an LOI with Prime BioResearch, Ltd. ("Prime BioResearch"), another drug acquisition company in the areas of drug development and distribution a business case that will save GENova millions every year in drug development and at the same time more than double GENova's distribution network enabling GENova to potentially exceed its own expectations of reaching 100m+ in revenue in year.

16 Sep 2009

GENova Biotherapeutics and Prime BioResearch sign collaboration agreement

GENova Biotherapeutics Inc. ("GENova") today announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Prime BioResearch, Ltd. ("Prime BioResearch") the agreement is focused on how personalized medicine can be applied to cure cancer.

16 Sep 2009

Talecris launches initial public offering of shares

Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp. (“Talecris”) today announced the launch of its initial public offering of 44,736,842 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

15 Sep 2009

Genova gains access to Big Pharma's distribution channels

GENova Biotherapeutics Inc. ("GENova"), a cancer drug acquisition and development company, is pleased to announce it has gained access to distribution channels for its promising drug targets through a recently-signed deal with Bridge BioResearch Plc. ("Bridge BioResearch").

15 Sep 2009

GENova Biotherapeutics and Bridge Bioresearch sign collaboration agreement

GENova Biotherapeutics Inc. ("GENova") today announced it has signed a collaboration agreement with Bridge Bioresearch Plc. ("Bridge Bioresearch"), an international drug development and discovery company that focuses on metabolic disorders.

15 Sep 2009

Protalix Biotherapeutics reports completion of its Phase III trial of prGCD

Protalix Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE-Amex: PLX), announced the completion of its pivotal Phase III trial for prGCD, the Company’s proprietary plant-cell expressed recombinant form of glucocerebrosidase (GCD) for the treatment of Gaucher disease. The trial enrolled a total of 31 patients across Europe, North America, South America, Israel and South Africa. No serious adverse events were reported in this trial.

14 Sep 2009

GENova to file for Prostaganin patents in the US and in Europe

GENova Biotherapeutics Inc. ("GENova") today announced that it is preparing for patent application filings in both the US (at the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (www.fda.gov) for a 510(k) submission) and in Europe through EMEA (European Medicines Agency) subsequent to expected efficacious and non-toxic pre-clinical results for Prostaganin.

14 Sep 2009

New stem cell technology could destroy breast cancer cells

GENova Biotherapeutics, Inc., ("GENova"), released important information about its innovative method for destroying breast cancer cells, using stem cell technology.

11 Sep 2009

GENova Biotherapeutics to obtain three new drug target patents

GENova Biotherapeutics, Inc., ("GENova"), a biotechnology company that develops novel therapeutic proteins that disrupt the advance of life-threatening diseases, is pleased to announce that it is in the process of acquiring three promising new drug target patents that could generate over a billion dollar in royalty fees in the mid to long term.

11 Sep 2009

GENova Biotherapeutics files patent to combat breast cancer

(OTCBB: GVBP.OB) - GENova Biotherapeutics, Inc., ("GENova"), a biotechnology company that identifies, acquires, and develops novel drug targets that disrupt the advance of life-threatening diseases, today announced it has filed a patent for a potential blockbuster drug target that combats breast cancer.

10 Sep 2009

GENova Biotherapeutics discusses its anti-cancer drug development strategy

GENova Biotherapeutics, Inc., ("GENova"), today released important information about its anti-cancer drug development strategy and its unique niche in the drug development industry.

9 Sep 2009

aTyr Pharma expands intellectual property portfolio, receives its fifteenth patent

aTyr Pharma announced today that the US Patent office has issued patent US 7,572,452 B2, titled "Method for Stimulating Wound Healing." aTyr Pharma is the sole assignee of this patent, and Professor Sunghoon Kim, a scientific co-founder of aTyr Pharma, is the inventor.

9 Sep 2009

GENova Biotherapeutics files patent for Prostaganin anti-cancer drug

GENova Biotherapeutics, Inc., ("GENova"), is pleased to announce that it has filed a patent for a novel peptide that disrupts the advance of prostate cancer and thus has blockbuster potential as a new anti-cancer drug.

9 Sep 2009

Protalix receives orphan drug designation for prGCD

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE-Amex:PLX), announced today that it has received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the FDA’s Office of Orphan Products Development has granted orphan drug designation to prGCD, the Company’s proprietary plant cell expressed recombinant form of glucocerebrosidase (GCD) for the treatment of Gaucher disease.

8 Sep 2009

Intrexon purchases assets and operations of Avalon Pharmaceutical

Intrexon Corporation, a privately held life sciences company focused on modular DNA control systems for biotherapeutics and other industry sectors, today announced the purchase of assets and operations of Avalon Pharmaceutical, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clinical Data, Inc.

1 Sep 2009

Cancer Immunotherapy Index of ten cancer immunotherapy stocks increases by 23%

The Cancer Immunotherapy Index of ten leading cancer immunotherapy stocks increased 23% since its inception July 10, 2009. The CI Index was developed by Mentor Capital as a peer group index against which investors could bench mark stock performance in the rapidly growing immunotherapy sector.

29 Aug 2009

Oxygen Biotherapeutics to present at the Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference

Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. today announced that the company will present at investor conferences in New York on Sept. 9 and Zurich on Sept. 10, 2009.

26 Aug 2009

Aaron Whiteman to be the new CEO of GENova Biotherapeutics

GENova Biotherapeutics, Inc., ("GENova") - (OTCBB: GVBP.OB), a biotechnology company that identifies, acquires, and develops novel drug targets that disrupt the advance of life-threatening diseases, today named Aaron Whiteman as its Chief Executive Officer.

19 Aug 2009

Trial tests potential new angina treatment

As part of a multi-center clinical trial, UC San Diego Medical Center is evaluating the safety and effectiveness of a potential new way to treat angina - by injecting a protein that stimulates the growth of new oxygen-rich blood vessels directly into the heart. Angina is a debilitating form of chest pain caused by coronary artery disease that affects more than nine million Americans.

20 May 2009

Oxford BioTherapeutics and GSK form alliance to develop cancer therapeutic antibodies

Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT) today announced a strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline to discover, develop and commercialise novel, therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of primary, metastatic and recurring forms of cancer.

18 May 2009