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• Where Are the Software Deals? WA Firms Raised $70M in October, Mostly in Healthcare, Gaming

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 708
  deals , VC , trends Gregory T. Huang wrote: Early-stage software and IT deals are a scarce breed these days. That’s my initial take from looking at the October funding numbers for Washington state, courtesy of ChubbyBrain , a New York-based information services company that makes tools for investors, ...
  7 hours ago

• Biodiesel Plant Receives Grant

  
  World Dairy Diary — Authority: 135
  HERO BX, formerly Lake Erie Biofuels, LLC, is the country’s largest producer of biodiesel. Last week, the company announced it has been awarded a $1,640,250 million grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority to complete the company’s expansion project – increasing their yearly output of low-cost, high ...
  11 hours ago

• Dendreon Burns $28M in Q3

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 708
  Biotech , cancer , Drugs Luke Timmerman wrote: Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN ), the Seattle-based developer of a new treatment to stimulate the immune system against prostate cancer, said today in its quarterly financial report that it ended September with $259.6 million in cash and investments. That means it ...
  13 hours ago

• ZymoGenetics, King Pharma Brawl Over Drugs to Control Surgical Bleeding

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 708
  Biotech , Legal , Surgical Bleeding Luke Timmerman wrote: ZymoGenetics started really playing hardball with King Pharmaceuticals in August , and now a high-and-tight fastball has come right back at the Seattle biotech company. The projectile in question is a lawsuit filed on November 2 by Bristol, ...
  14 hours ago

• Pfizer/Wyeth Announces Plans to Consolidate and Reduce R&D Activities at Collegeville, PA and Pearl River, NY Sites

  
  Bio Job Blog — Authority: 470
  Employees of Pfizer/Wyeth were notified earlier today of impending changes and consolidation that will be taking place at the newly combined company. According to internal sources, Cambridge, MA, Groton, CT and Pearl River, NY will be the main centers of the combined company’s East Coast operations and San ...
  14 hours ago

• Verathon, Maker of Diagnostic Ultrasound Tools, Acquired by Roper as Part of $356M Deal

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 708
  Biotech , Devices , Ultrasound Luke Timmerman wrote: Bothell, WA-based Verathon, which markets a simple ultrasound technology to help doctors diagnose common bladder disorders, has been acquired by Sarasota, FL-based Roper Industries in a pair of transactions worth a combined $356 million. Roper ...
  15 hours ago

• Engineered Rabbit Penises Raise Human Hopes

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 767
  Using tissue grown in a laboratory, researchers have engineered fully functional replacement penises. The organs were made for rabbits, but the technique may someday be useful for people. “This technology has considerable potential for patients requiring penile construction,” wrote researchers in a study ...
  16 hours ago

• Strutting and Fretting about Healthcare Reform

  
  PharmTech Talk — Authority: 120
  After much ado, the US House of Representatives passed a healthcare-reform bill this weekend. Drugmakers and commentators are understandably eager to parse the bill to find out what it would mean for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. So what’s the verdict? At first blush, it looks like ...
  20 hours ago

• Xoma Waffles on Timing of Drug Partnership: BioBuzz

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 605
  An expected deal for its diabetes drug may not happen until next year.
  21 hours ago

• Industry avoid the truth about GM segregation problems

  
  Newsvine - Pamela Drew's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 126
  As farmers are commencing delivery of their canola, the agricultural industry is avoiding answering genuine questions from non-GM farmers who claim need answering prior to delivery.
  21 hours ago

• Haemonetics: Cutting-Edge Innovation

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 605
  Haemonetics makes products that are changing the way blood is collected, stored and donated.
  22 hours ago

• Ariad Upgraded, Xenoport Drug Delayed: BioBuzz

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 605
  Analysts sees upside in two Ariad drugs while FDA delays decision on Xenoport drug.
  23 hours ago

• San Diego’s PaxVax Developing Oral Tablet Vaccine, Looks to Raise More Cash With Support of Seattle’s Ignition Capital

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 708
  Life Sciences , VC , vaccines Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: PaxVax, a San Diego startup backed by Seattle’s Ignition Capita l, has raised $2 million of a planned $6 million investment round, according to a document filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The biotech was founded in early ...
  23 hours ago

• Genome sequencing for

  
  Futurismic — Authority: 575
  The title says it all, really; Californian biotech company Complete Genomics has announced publicly that it has… … sequenced three human genomes for an average cost of $4,400. The most recently sequenced genome–which happens to be that of genomics pioneer George Church–cost just $1,500 in chemicals, the ...
  23 hours ago

• Biodegradable badges

  
  Plan Your Meetings — Authority: 421
  Now you can identify attendees and be good to the environment at the same time. Made of 100% biodegradable ingredients, the Biotech Badge System is an earth-friendly solution to traditional vinyl, plastic or acetate name badges. The Biotech system includes an entire green product line of badge sets, from badge holders ...
  1 day ago

• Concert Starts HIV Trial, Bags $12M From Glaxo to Help Challenge Gilead’s Once-Daily Pill

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 708
  Biotech , deals , HIV Luke Timmerman wrote: Concert Pharmaceuticals, the Lexington, MA-based company that chemically modifies existing drugs to make them more attractive, has started human testing of an HIV medication which it hopes will help GlaxoSmithKline wrestle back market share it has been losing ...
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• QA INSPECTOR JOBS DELHI/NCR-SPERRY PLAST

  
  VFRESHERS — Authority: 156
  QA Inspector Job Positions in India at Sperry Plast DelhiJob Title : QA Assistant / Inspector (for Plastic processing unit)Company Name : Sperry Plast Ltd.About Company : A 25 year old company in field of Thermoplastics, CPVC, Adhesive, Injection Moulding Machines (IMM) with turnover over Rs. 100 crores having plants ...
  1 day ago

• Shrinky dinks for science.

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 738
  Michelle Khine makes high tech out of childrens toys. Doing medical nanotech with Shrinky Dinks and a toaster oven.
  1 day ago

• A Strange System: Food: Hard Travelin’ Blues

  
  Science & Soul — Authority: 108
  You walk through the aisles of your local supermarket.  Apples in June.  Watermelons in February.  Oranges in December.  Weird star fruit in….well I don’t actually know if star fruit have a picking season.  So how do we have these fruits and vegetables when it is not time for them to be picked. Most of our ...
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• A Message From A Biotech Entrepreneur

  
  Tim Oren's Due Diligence — Authority: 414
  This was originally sent to the Instapundit reagrding his posts on biotech innovation. Since I found it as a comment here , Im going to take it as being an open letter. Id be pleased to credit the author if he or she will e-mail me: "I read with interest your links today on pharmaceutical and medical device ...
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