http://www.inveslogic.com/latest Biotechnology Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1106602?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Until today I ve largely been a big supporter of Microsoft s (MSFT) efforts to acquire Yahoo (YHOO). A couple of days before Microsoft placed its initial $44.6 billion bid for the company, I told Fox Business Channel that a Microsoft merger had t... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1106602?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:05:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106157?rsstype=latest&cid=12 I typically write about smallish, unknown or misunderstood products and companies and this category of biotech and life sciences investment appears to have been whacked harder than most in the current bear market. That being said, I did a half-year p... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1106157?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:15:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1106235?rsstype=latest&cid=12 The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) has come a long way since its founding in 2004. The idea then was to bring together the main stakeholders in the Massachusetts health care system to improve quality, safety and efficiency through the ro... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1106235?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:09:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1106346?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mothers and fathers of twins conceived either spontaneously or with assisted reproductive technology (ART) suffer more mental health symptoms after delivery and one year later than do parents of singleton babies.read more... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1106346?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:55:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1106764?rsstype=latest&cid=12 It seems that the differences between old Big Pharma key drug powerhouses and established biotech players is becoming more and more of a blur rather than any firm lines. Before you consider this lunacy, remember the analogy that all biotech companie... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1106764?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:39:54 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1106348?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Fungi can cause a number of life-threatening diseases but they also are becoming increasingly useful to science and manufacturing every year. However, many people, scientists among them, are largely unaware of the roles fungi play in the world around... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1106348?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:04:52 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1106351?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Vietnam veterans who experienced posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were twice as likely to die from heart disease as veterans without PTSD, a new Geisinger study finds.read more... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1106351?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:18:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1106765?rsstype=latest&cid=12 APP Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: APPX) is seeing a surge in trading this morning. The pharmaceutical producer for cancer, infections, anesthesia, and critical-care applications, is suddenly a takeover stock.German health-care giant Fresenius has ag... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1106765?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:03:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1106341?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Sciencebase readers will likely be aware that when I cite a research paper, I usually use the DOI system, the Digital Object Identifier. This acts like a redirect service taking a unique number, which might look like this assigned to each research p... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1106341?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:00:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1105606?rsstype=latest&cid=12 As proof that the biomedical world in China continues to evolve even during the traditional summer slowdown ChinaBio Today reported stories last week that dealt with China s patent law revisions, gave a longer-term analysis of a biotech s... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1105606?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:35:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1106040?rsstype=latest&cid=12 As proof that the biomedical world in China continues to evolve even during the traditional summer slowdown ChinaBio Today reported stories last week that dealt with China s patent law revisions, gave a longer-term analysis of a biotech s... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1106040?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:35:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1105609?rsstype=latest&cid=12 The New York Times Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma examines the value proposition of Genentech s (DNA) Avastin. In UK Provides No Public Funding for Genentech s Avastin Users and ' Drugs and Value , a Financial Tim... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1105609?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:24:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1106041?rsstype=latest&cid=12 The New York Times Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma examines the value proposition of Genentech s (DNA) Avastin. In UK Provides No Public Funding for Genentech s Avastin Users and ' Drugs and Value , a Financial Tim... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1106041?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:24:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1105392?rsstype=latest&cid=12 digiyesicaArtichoke leaf extract (ALE) can reduce cholesterol levels in healthy adults, said a research in UK.Levels dropped six per cent in otherwise healthy adults with raised cholesterol between a group given 1280mg of ALE per day and a control... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1105392?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1105620?rsstype=latest&cid=12 As we enter the contraction phase of the economy (a state which leads to recession), inflation is rampant. The USD s weak and will stay so due to the inability of the Fed to increase the interest rates. Had we not experienced the sub-prime crisis a... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1105620?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:13:47 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1105621?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Happy Birthday, America! The typical economic cycle consists of two main phases: Boom and Recession. The phase leading to a boom is called expansion and that leading to a recession is called contraction. Another way of looking at this is considering... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1105621?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:44:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1105386?rsstype=latest&cid=12 A week ago, following a bench trial held in March, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware held that Boehringer Ingelheim's patent on Mirapex (pramipexole dihydrochloride) is invalid for obviousness-type double patenting. Mirapex, indi... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1105386?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:03:40 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1105393?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Here's an interesting report by scientists in Texas: a slice of cool, fresh watermelon has effects similar to Viagra (Sildafenil Citrate). Of course, that isn't really a substitute for the said drug to keep a man going all night long. Well, I guess..... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1105393?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:49:40 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1105388?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Cytori Therapeutics (CYTX) is successfully implementing the early stages of a dual device and therapeutic commercialization strategy based on its Celution System, which transforms a patient s own fat tissue in about one hour into a regenerative cel... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1105388?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:39:57 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/pharmas-cutting-edge/1106274?rsstype=latest&cid=12 NEJM Detection of Mutations in EGFR in Circulating Lung-Cancer Cells (Sub Req)Look to history for a sense of the import of today s medical advances. Most authorities recognize TR Ashworth, writing in the Australian Medical Jorunal, as making... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/pharmas-cutting-edge/1106274?rsstype=latest&cid=12 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:03:52 -0400