Analyst says Sangamo BioSciences could be target: magazine
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Sangamo BioSciences Inc. , which is developing products for congestive heart failure and HIV, could become a takeover target for big pharmaceutical companies, an analyst said on Wednesday.
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A transport system used by the malaria parasite to infect blood cells could be a target for new treatments, scientists have said. Australian and US teams both claim that they have pinpointed the key proteins involved in the process.
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Washington area biotech companies will face pivotal moments this year, finding out whether key products work before money dries up, fending off competition from bigger companies,  and, perhaps filing to go public.-The Washington Post
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NEW YORK, December 3  - Biomiraâs (BIOM.NAS) share price appreciated 94% in mid day trade on the NASDAQ today, after the Canadian biotech company, along with its German development partner, Merck KgaA (MRK), reported promising test
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The biopharma's outlook is cloudy due to stiffer competition in biomanufacturing.
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Abbott Laboratories Inc. ABT.N is  betting $1 billion in deals and the start of a new clinical  trial will finally get Wall Street to focus on its  cardiovascular device business.
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Germany's MAN AG is preparing a more   attractive offer for Sweden's Scania SCVb.ST, the Wall Street   Journal on Friday quoted MAN MANG.DE Chief Executive Hakan   Samuelsson as saying.
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The threat from biological weapons has outstripped that of chemical and nuclear weapons because of advances in biotechnology, the respected British Medical Association (BMA) warned in a report published.
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Bear Stearns Cos Inc's management shake-up could make the investment bank a takeover target, but the possibility of more write-downs and chance of legal entanglements from the subprime mortgage crisis could sideline suitors for now, analysts said on Tuesday.
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If Biogen Idec Inc. is sold to a pharmaceuticals giant, as many biotech industry observers expect, it could spell the loss of yet another major corporate headquarters in Massachusetts, a blow to the state's prestige.
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Analysts speculate that company is a possible target to be acquired and that big operational changes are in store for the 16,557-person technology consulting firm.
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General Electric Co  is eyeing up takeover targets in Belgium in the property and financial services sector and in the port of Antwerp, its Benelux head was quoted as saying in a newspaper on Tuesday.
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If the plans of the Turku-based company Biotie Therapies and the Californian Somaxon Pharmaceuticals work out, Americans could soon have access to a new medicine that is claimed to work against different types ...
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A conglomerate of Japanese companies hopes to develop biochips.
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Europe's biggest medical device maker,  Smith & Nephew Plc (S&N) , is close to making a formal  bid for U.S. rival Biomet Inc. , British newspapers  reported on Sunday.
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Now might be a great time to load up on cutting-edge drugmakers.
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Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s Equity Research reiterated a &quot;hold&quot; rating and $68 target price on Biogen Idec (nasdaq: BIIB - news - people ), saying the anticipated success of the company&#39;s Antegren drug is largely factored into the share price.