Biotechnology

Vaccines in Sight for AIDS, Alzheimer's, TB, Herpes

AP| Health

… swine flu vaccine grew slower than expected, there have been shortages—and lines of anxious consumers. But a horde of biotech companies, many using multimillion-dollar government grants, already are testing state-of-the-art technology for …

Story|11/17/2009

Offspring of Cloned Meat Making Its Way Into U.S. Food Supply

Health

… is infinitesimally small compared to the total meat supply, a tiny little drop in the ocean." Still, ViaGen and the Biotechnology Industry Organization have helped to create a supply chain management program to track clones from birth to death. ViaGen …

Story|11/13/2009

FDA Finds Bits of Steel and Rubber in Genzyme Drugs

AP| Health

… Genzyme, the second time this year the biotechnology company has been cited for contamination ..... Thyrogen. All are manufactured at a biotech plant in Allston Landing, Mass., where ..... medical affairs. Genzyme specializes in biotech drugs to treat rare diseases. The company …

Story|11/13/2009

Got $4,400? Buy a Used Car, or Map Your DNA

FOXNews.com| SciTech

… since the Human Genome Project finished deciphering a complete human genome for $2.7 billion in 2003. Complete Genomics, a biotech company in Mountain View, Calif., has now delivered on a promise it made in Feb. 2009 to read an individual human genome …

Story|11/05/2009

Fla. Scientist Pursues Staph Vaccine

AP| SciTech

… company in Palm Beach County. More mature biotech hubs offer affordable wet-lab space ..... equipment. No such luck here, where the biotech cluster is in its infancy. Kim said he ..... Florida so far lacks a robust network of biotech angel investors who would take an interest …

Story|11/02/2009

Judge: Persian Gulf port out as America's Cup port

By BERNIE WILSON| AP| Sports

… between Silicon Valley maverick Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp., who owns BMW Oracle Racing, and his one-time friend, Swiss biotech mogul Ernesto Bertarelli, who owns Alinghi. Soon after the Swiss picked RAK in early August, Ellison raised concerns because …

Story|10/27/2009

Challenger wants Swiss club dumped as trustee

By BERNIE WILSON| AP| Sports

… is the latest filing in a bitter, two-year court fight between software tycoon Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp. and Swiss biotech tycoon Ernesto Bertarelli. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published …

Story|10/27/2009

U.S. Governments Backs Vaccines for Nicotine, Drug Addictions

Health

… effects and helping to prevent relapse in smokers trying to quit. TOUGH MARKET A similar anti-smoking vaccine by Cytos Biotechnology and Swiss drugmaker Novartis last week missed its main goal in a midstage study, leading some analysts to question whether …

Story|10/22/2009

U.S. Backs Vaccines for Drug, Nicotine Addiction

Health

… effects and helping to prevent relapse in smokers trying to quit. Tough Market A similar anti-smoking vaccine by Cytos Biotechnology and Swiss drugmaker Novartis last week missed its main goal in a midstage study, leading some analysts to question whether …

Story|10/21/2009

Ex-Biotech Exec Gets 3 Years for Faking Cancer

AP| Health

… Ex- Biotech Exec Gets 3 Years for Faking Cancer Tuesday, October 06, 2009 BOSTON ..... Howard Richman, a former vice president at the Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech company, pleaded guilty to an obstruction of justice charge in March …

Story|10/06/2009