Science Business is taking a break today, but we’ll be back tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s a Chanukah video from my niece and nephew Dafna and Adam, with their two little girls providing the dance moves. Enjoy your holidays.
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Pharmaceutical and medical device maker Baxter International and biotechnology company Momenta Pharmaceuticals have agreed to collaborate on development of follow-on biologic drugs, also known as biosimilars. The deal valued at at least $33 million is expected to close in the first quarter of 2012. Under the agreement, Baxter in Deerfield, Illinois, will make an up-front . . . → Read More: Baxter, Momenta to Partner on Biosimilars  Comments are closed  Joint ventures/collaborations  biomedical, biotechnology, investment, pharmaceuticals TGF-beta molecule illustration (National Cancer Institute) Acceleron Pharma Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts says it raised $30 million in private financing from its current investors and one of its drug development partners. The funds, says Acceleron, will advance its clinical stage drug pipeline, as well as its overall research agenda. The company develops therapies . . . → Read More: Biotech Lands $30 Million Late Stage Investment One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance biomedical, biotechnology, equity, investment, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, venture capital (Apple Inc.) Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California has filed two U.S. patent applications for building fuel cell systems into the power supplies used in their electronic devices. The patent applications were reported yesterday on the Web site AppleInsider. One invention outlines a fuel cell system to directly power a portable electronic device. In . . . → Read More: Apple Files Patent Applications for Fuel Cell Power One comment - (Comments are closed) Intellectual property, New products chemistry, cleantech, computer science, energy, engineering, patent, physical sciences, USPTO (Idaho National Lab) The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) announced grants totaling some $7 million for research and development to help improve the performance and flexibility of electric vehicle chargers on the nation’s power grids. The funds will go to electric vehicle (EV) charging station manufacturers in California, Pennsylvania, New York, and New . . . → Read More: Energy Dept to Fund R&D on Vehicle Charging Stations One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance cleantech, computer science, energy, engineering, grant, physical sciences, software Kiminobu Sugaya (Univ. of Central Florida) A process that enables a single gene to generate millions of therapeutic stem cells from ordinary human cells has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent — number 8,080,420 — was awarded to medical professor Kiminobu Sugaya and colleagues at University of . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for Stem Cell Generation Process One comment - (Comments are closed) Intellectual property biomedical, biotechnology, entrepreneurs, licensing, life sciences, patent, stem cells, university, USPTO (National Institute of Drug Abuse) The Food and Drug Administration approved last week a hand-held device designed to detect bleeding in the skull, a life-threatening condition. The device, called the Infrascanner, is based on research conducted at University of Pennsylvania and Baylor College of Medicine, and funded in part by the U.S. Office . . . → Read More: FDA Approves Portable Device to Spot Brain Bleeding Comments are closed Finance, Regulations biomedical, DoD, engineering, FDA, grant, life sciences, medical device, patent, university, USPTO Prashant Kamat (Univ. of Notre Dame) Researchers at University of Notre Dame in Indiana have created an inexpensive paste made with semiconducting nanoparticles to produce a spreadable substance that can generate energy. The work of chemistry professor Prashant Kamat and colleagues is described in the 6 December issue of the journal ACS Nano . . . → Read More: Nanotech Solar Energy Paint Developed 2 comments - (Comments are closed) New products chemistry, energy, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, solar, university Aurel Cami (Harvard Medical School) Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston in Massachusetts have created a new method that combines data from a widely used drug safety database to predict adverse drug reactions. The findings from postdoctoral fellow Aurel Cami (pictured left) and colleagues from the Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, appear online in the . . . → Read More: Math Model Helps Predict Unknown Drug Side Effects 2 comments - (Comments are closed) New products, Regulations biomedical, computer science, engineering, mathematics, software Sofia Andersson (Univ. of Gothenburg) A doctoral dissertation at University of Gothenburg in Sweden has outlined testing methods for allergenic substances that do not require the use of lab animals. Ph.D. candidate in chemistry Sofia Andersson (pictured right) defended the dissertation in Gothenburg earlier this month, and is working with the university’s business . . . → Read More: New Methods Proposed for Testing Allergens Without Animals 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Regulations biomedical, chemistry, Europe, life sciences, university |
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