Roche makes a US-$5.7bn hostile bid for Illumina
26.01.12 Basel – The rumours started just before Christmas. Roche wants Illumina. Just how dearly, has just become clear. The Swiss drugmaker made a $5.7b hostile bid for Illumina, the current market leader in Next-Generation sequencing.... moreNovartis loves and fears EMA
23.01.12 Basel – Good and bad news for Swiss drugmaker Novartis. First a look on the bright side: Signifor, for the treatment of Cushing's disease, is on its final stretch to approval. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use... more4SC gets a confidence boost in clinic and stockmarket
20.01.12 Martinsried - SHELTER is responsible for the fact that the stocks of 4SC behaved like a rodeo horse on Thursday. The shares rose in several stages up to 63%, only to settle at a mere 43% rise at the end of the day. SHELTER is a... moreBASF Plant Science says goodbye to Europe
17.01.12 Ludwigshafen – BASF Plant Science GmbH, the agrochemistry and biotech arm of the world-largest chemistry company, thinks that it has outstayed its welcome in Europe. Over the next two years, most of the green biotechnology... moreNational Cancer Institute supports Micromet
10.01.12 Munich - It is the accolade for Micromet. The German company, which is listed on the U.S. stock exchange, announced today that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the renowned US... more
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