Biotech Buyout Binge Continues
For the second week in a row, buyout rumors and merger speculation sent a number of biotech and specialty pharmaceutical shares higher.
Archive for February, 2005
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February 28, 2005
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February 25, 2005Ad Changes Ahead for Controversial Drugs
Ad executives and drug company officials say changes in advertising strategies are almost a certainty in the wake of the Vioxx and Celebrex news and new studies showing a consumer backlash.
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February 22, 2005U.N. Calls for Clone Ban
The United Nations has called on countries to ban all forms of human cloning “incompatable with human dignity.” The American religious right claims victory, but others say the declaration is the result of political maneuvering influenced by pressure from the United States.
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February 19, 2005Will California’s Stem Cell Initiative Reap Royalties?
When the backers of California’s stem cell initiative were seeking voter support last year, they not only promised cures for dread diseases, but also licensing revenue for the state. A statement posted on the initiative proponents’ CuresforCalifornia.com Web site says that ‘California will benefit for decades from patents and royalties that result from the research.’ But most biotech IP lawyers say it is foolhardy and wildly optimistic to predict that royalty revenue will come to California in the uncertain area of stem cell-derived therapies.
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February 16, 2005FDA Plans New Board To Monitor Drug Safety
The Food and Drug Administration will create an independent board to more aggressively monitor the safety of drugs on the market as part of an effort to restore public confidence in the nation’s prescription drug supply, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt announced yesterday.
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February 15, 2005More Roadblocks Ahead For Pharma in 2005?
The pharmaceutical industry was traumatized in 2004 when Merck had to withdraw its $2.5 billion COX-2 inhibitor Vioxx from the market due to potentially lethal side effects. Pharmaceutical companies are already struggling to deal with increasing generic competition and stringent approval standards in an effective manner. Will the aftereffects of a disastrous 2004 hamper industry growth in the years to come?
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February 10, 2005Genetically Modified IP Launched
A paper appearing in this week’s edition of Nature is antiseptically entitled: ‘Gene transfer to plants by diverse species of bacteria.’ But the information that lies within may herald a revolution in biology.
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February 8, 2005From the laboratory to the investment fund
How two Chilean scientists turned a graduate thesis into a business that is helping salmon and ham producers
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February 7, 2005Biotech: A Big Future Behind It?
Despite a bumpy 2004, the rush to market hasn’t abated. The key for this crop of newcomers: Holding investors’ attention?
