Biotech News

A major generic drugmaker has paid Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Sanofi SA more than $442 million to end a decade-long patent infringement case over blockbuster blood thinner Plavix, the world's second-best-selling drug.

Two Los Angeles-area outpatient clinics affiliated with the 1-800 GET-THIN marketing company have temporarily stopped Lap-Band weight-loss surgeries while they conduct a review of the procedure.The move follows Irvine-based Allergan's announcement last week that it would stop selling the device to companies affiliated with the ad campaign.The New ... (more)

Illumina Inc.'s board unanimously rejected Roche Holding AG's $5.7 billion bid to take over the maker of gene-mapping tools as "grossly inadequate." "The timing of the offer is blatantly opportunistic and does not reflect Illumina's strong platform of new products and pipeline," Chairman William Rastetter and Chief Executive Officer Jay Flatley ... (more)

Farmers in developing nations will sow more biotech crops than those in the industrialized world for the first time this year, with Brazil leading the charge, according to a report issued on Tuesday that showed steady growth in the use of genetically modified seeds.

'It feels great to be the guy with gray hair in his beard who is still invited to these things,'... An experimental anti-clotting drug that Readington-based Merck & Co.

A customer samples some fresh baked bread at a grocery store in Cincinnati on Tuesday, Feb.

Restructuring and reduced overheads helped GlaxoSmithKline PLC return to profit in the fourth quarter, with the UK drug maker adding that the UK drug maker was optimistic about new product development this year.

Stock index futures pointed to a dip at the open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.06 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.05 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.05 percent at 5:30 a.m. ET.

Archives Of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine , Center For Adolescent Health Promotion And Disease Prevention , Freya Sonenstein , Patricia Cavazos-Rehg , Washington University , Centers For Disease Control And Prevention , Conservatism , Sex Education , Sex education is failing to reduce adolescent birthrates in conservative states, according to a ... (more)

Michael Marletta The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla began the new year with a new president who is facing an old and daunting problem -- raising money.Michael Marletta must help Scripps Research fare well in the fierce competition for grant money.

Biotechnology companies that develop diagnostic tests are catching up in value to biotech companies that develop life-saving therapeutics.

British orthopedics maker Smith & Nephew has agreed to pay $22.2 million to settle U.S. criminal and civil allegations that it bribed doctors employed by the Greek government for more than a decade to win business, U.S. authorities said Monday.

Merck & Co. said Monday it will file for U.S. marketing approval of its experimental insomnia drug suvorexant in 2012.

NEW YORK -- ETF provider iShares rolled out another Scandinavian ETF with the iShares MSCI Denmark Capped Investable Index Fund It comes hot on the heels of similar iShares funds for Norway and Finland.

Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration raided two CVS pharmacies in Florida as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances.

Fraternal twins Noah and Alexis Beery get some air on the family trampoline at home in Olivenhain, Calif.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts reports fourth quarter earnings after the market close with consensus earnings of $0.71 per share, a loss of 30.4% from the same quarter last year but still positive over last quarter's loss of $0.91 per share.

The Port of New Orleans says a stomach virus outbreak delayed the departure of the cruise ship "Voyager of the Sea" this weekend.

Sequencing efficiency is racing ahead. Clifford Reid, CEO of Complete Genomics Inc.

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