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Big drugmakers think small with nanomedicine deals
Reuters* Nanomedicine promises greater precision and monitoring * Pfizer, Amgen, AstraZeneca among firms placing bets * Early-stage research but scientists see momentum building By Ben Hirschler LONDON, May 3 (Reuters) - Is nanomedicine the next big thing? A...Tags: Medical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Amgen Inc.
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Vertex posts quarterly loss as hepatitis C drug sales fall
ReutersApril 30 (Reuters) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc on Tuesday reported a fourth successive quarterly loss as sales of its hepatitis C drug, Incivek, continued to plunge, but the biotechnology company raised its forecast for sales of a cystic fibrosis drug...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology, Hepatitis C , Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
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Chevron to appeal imprisonment of Indonesia contractor
ReutersBy Fergus Jensen JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Oil firm Chevron on Wednesday criticised the sentencing of one of its Indonesian subcontractors to five years in jail for breaching environmental laws, citing irregularities in the investigation and trial,...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Political Corruption, Prosecution, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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CORRECTED-Chevron criticises imprisonment of Indonesian contractor
Reuters(Corrects headline and first paragraph saying Chevron itself would appeal) By Fergus Jensen JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Oil firm Chevron on Wednesday criticised the sentencing of one of its Indonesian subcontractors to five years in jail for breaching...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Political Corruption, Prosecution, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Amgen first-quarter profit, revenue rise
ReutersApril 23 (Reuters) - Amgen Inc on Tuesday reported higher first-quarter profit on increased sales of its drug Enbrel for rheumatoid arthritis and newer medicines to help prevent bone fractures. The world's largest biotechnology company posted a net...Tags: Enbrel (drug), Biotechnology Industry, Amgen Inc., Drugs and Medicines, Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Avera building $11M cancer center
Avera St. Luke's Hospital plans to build an $11 million cancer center at least five times as big as its current cancer facility. The center would allow Avera to offer expanded services, help attract cancer specialists to the area and solidify Aberdeen'...
Tags: Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Therapy, ESPN (tv network), Chemotherapy
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Cancer treatment facility to be named after Don and Carmen Meyer
Two of Aberdeen's most well-known residents, Don and Carmen Meyer, will spearhead fundraising efforts for a proposed new $11 million Avera St. Luke's cancer facility in Aberdeen, as well as financially support it. The new facility will bear their names....Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, ESPN (tv network), Chemotherapy, Basketball, Health and Medical Professionals
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Bioengineered rat kidney could lead to treatments for people
A team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has engineered functional rat kidneys by stripping donor kidneys of their cells and then repopulating the remaining collagen substructures with new cells. The bioengineered kidneys produced...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Boston, Chemical Industry
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Supreme Court critical of patents on human genes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices said Monday they were highly skeptical of the idea that a company or a scientist can hold a patent on human genes and prevent others from testing or using them. “What about the first person who found a...
Tags: Medical Research, Biology, Civil Rights, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Breast Cancer
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Supreme Court to consider validity of patents on genes
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear an appeal Monday from breast cancer patients and medical researchers who say the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made a mistake when it granted a Utah company an exclusive right to profit from testing genes...
Tags: Biology, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Breast Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Crime, Law and Justice
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The Supreme Court looks at gene patents, worries about biotech
When the Supreme Court took up the question Monday of whether genes could be patented, the justices were clearly concerned about preserving innovation in medicine and biotechnology. But the issue presented by Myriad Genetics' patents on the BRCA genes...
Tags: Medical Research, Technology, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Who should own DNA? All of us
Most court cases involving patent law are corporate battles, with one company suing another for infringing on its intellectual property rights and, therefore, profits. Big companies fighting over big money can seem painfully irrelevant, especially when so...
Tags: Biology, Medical Research, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Human Rights, Justice and Rights
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