Local firm fills global biotech needs
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BILLERICA -- The dawn of a new century gave Millipore Corp. an expanded niche -- producing filtering systems to enhance the purity and sterility of products made by biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms.
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A centre in Edinburgh is to develop human stem cell lines to help find treatments for diseases like diabetes.
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Joslin Diabetes Center is expected to disclose today that it has found a new partner to build a $300 million biotechnology laboratory on land it owns in the Longwood Medical Area .
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A conglomerate of Japanese companies hopes to develop biochips.
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Looking at drug R&D is the best way to begin assessing biotech companies.
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Biotechnology companies are betting that pairing old drugs can be a better business than inventing new ones from scratch.
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The pharmaceutical enlists help to thwart a troublesome illness.
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Platforms have the potential to develop multiple drugs for a company.
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American Oriental Bioengineering makes an acquisition.
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Drugmakers get part of the job done outside of the U.S.
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The medicine is the first product of an innovative collaboration between a drug company and a medical charity.
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Researchers have taken to genetically modifying plants to produce medicine for the developing world, but not everyone is keen on the idea. Megan Lindow reports from Cape Town, South Africa.
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Millipore Corp. , a leading supplier of equipment to the drug industry, plans today to open a $50 million research center in Bedford , the centerpiece of a new effort to improve the costly process of making biotechnology drugs.
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The biotech firm advances to next stage of clinical studies in stem cell research.
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A MELBOURNE biotech company will offer scientists unconditional access to a new embryonic stem-cell line in an effort to speed up lifesaving medical research.
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Metahelix Life Sciences, a biotech firm founded by five Indian scientists in 2001, says it is doing research that may lead to the development of insect-protected rice and high-yield corn.
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Charly Travers offers advice on withstanding the volatility of the biotech sector.