http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/biotechnology Biotechnology - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384472?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Voters seem to be paying attention to the corrupt processes the Democrats are using to try to take control of the health care industries, and they don't like them. I'm pretty sure that's the explanation for Scott Rasmussen finding Republicans with a... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:34:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384472?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1385328?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 IMS Health (NYSE: RX) has upped its count of pharmerging countries to 17 high-growth pharmaceutical markets. Previously, only seven markets qualified. According to IMS Health, these 17 countries represent $90 billion of increased pharmaceuti... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:01:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1385328?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1385273?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Nearly 70 percent of the world's Tasmanian devils ( Sarcophilus harrisii ) have been killed in the past 10 years by an infectious cancer called devil facial tumor disease (DFTD). So far, no cure has... ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:19:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1385273?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1385054?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 'THE REPERCUSSIONS THEY WILL SUFFER WILL BE HUGE'.... The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll offers a few interesting insights on health care. In particular, the results suggest Democrats would be committing political suicide if they let this oppo... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:35:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1385054?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1385047?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 KUCINICH TO SUPPORT HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL.... Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) hosted a press conference on the Hill this morning to announce, once and for all, how he would vote on the Democratic health care reform package. Kucinich, of course,...... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:35:50 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1385047?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1385160?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 WellPoint reaffirmed their 2010 guidance, but please note that excludes any kind of health care reform. If we get a big health care package, that would change the guidance. CNBC s Squawk on the Street 3/17/2010 ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1385160?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1385370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABII) is one of the top biotech gainers this morning. The company announced that its key ABRAXANE met the primary endpoint in a Phase 3 trial for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.The company s randomized Phase... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:49:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1385370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1384893?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS), the Swiss multinational pharma, said revenues in China grew 36% last year, far better than the company s overall 11% rise in sales. In 2009, Novartis China was helped by supplying 100 million doses of the company s A[H... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:56:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1384893?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1384727?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Atlanta, Ga. (March 17, 2010)?Healthcare personnel influenza immunization rates have remained low, despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other leading... ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:55:06 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1384727?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384492?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Can we just shut the New York Times down now? This is just too embarrassing. And Jonathan Chait leaves out the most offensive and most stupid part of David Brooks's column: Brooks's claim that if the Democrats use Reconciliation to tweak the health c... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:35:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384492?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384490?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Ezra Klein:I threaten you with a continuation of current trends!: Of all the Republican threats meant to derail health-care reform, this has to be the emptiest: While a bill-signing ceremony in the Rose Garden would provide at least a ...... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:35:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384490?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384482?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE RHETORIC.... Josh Marshall had a good item earlier on the tone of Republicans' rhetoric this week about health care. To be sure, GOP attacks on reform proposals aren't exactly new -- and have never been...... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:35:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384482?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384477?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 DIMINISHING RETURNS, CONT'D.... We talked the other day about the right-wing protests against health care reform, and how attendance seems to have fallen off quite a bit as the process has unfolded. It looks like we saw another example of...... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:34:50 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384477?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384473?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 A TALE OF TWO HEADLINES.... Paul Krugman makes a point that congressional Democrats may want to keep in mind over the next several days. By this time next week we'll have seen huge headlines about health care. These headlines will...... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:34:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384473?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1384641?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 As the Wall Street Journal (Bill Gives Insurers A Younger Market) points out, there is some upside in national health reform for commercial health plans. In particular, it should increase the number of young, healthy people with coverage. Health insu... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:18:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1384641?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1384443?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 How many movies and legends are based upon eternal youth? Hundreds or thousands for sure. BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: BTIM) is seeing a massive surge of interest today after the company announced a Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publication on the Rev... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:58:01 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1384443?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384113?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.... I'll admit it -- it's tempting to think the final push towards health care reform all going well. President Obama told ABC's Jake Tapper yesterday, I believe we are going to get the votes, we're...... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:32:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384113?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384110?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 THE IOKIYAR RULE, PROCEDURAL EDITION.... For a while, Republicans were awfully worked up about using the reconciliation process to pass a health-care related budget fix, despite the GOP's repeated use of the same procedure. Now Republicans are headed... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:32:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384110?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384108?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Professor Peter Wood is the anthropologist and president of the National Association of Scholars. He is also the author of the invaluable Diversity: The Invention of a Concept.Professor Wood notes that congressional Democrats have added President Ob... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:32:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384108?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384106?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Have more lies ever been told about a worse public policy than the Democrats' impending nationalization of health care? If so, I can't think of it offhand this morning.Obamacare won't improve the health care system. It isn't fiscally responsible. ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:32:01 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1384106?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1384366?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Using spices eaten in the Mediterranean diet as natural antioxidants is a good way forward for the food industry, given the beneficial health effects of these products. This has been shown by... ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:05:23 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1384366?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/1384274?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Now here's something that I don't think anyone expected. A recent paper in PLoS One makes the case that beta-amyloid, the protein that has been fingered for decades as a major player in Alzheimer's disease, is actually part of the body's antimicrobia... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:40:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/1384274?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1384131?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Anyone who doesn't own Boston Scientific (BSX) is once again breathing a sigh of relief. It seems like an ever shrinking list. Holders of BSX include Paulson & Co., Primecap, Dodge & Cox, Wellington, Greenlight Capital (Einhorn), and even Brande... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:08:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1384131?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1384093?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Promedior Inc., a Malvern biotechnology company developing therapies to treat inflammatory and fibrotic diseases, said Tuesday it raised $12 million in a venture capital financing.... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:00:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1384093?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1384070?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Sanofi (SNY) and Merck (MRK) are working together to tackle the animal healthcare market in a joint venture that will likely become the sector's biggest player, with combined sales of more than $5 billion. The marriage will help shore up revenue for... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:41:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1384070?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1384073?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA):Shares of Vanda Pharmaceuticals have been on the move of late after Hapoalim Securities initiated coverage of the company with a 'BUY' rating and issued a price target of $23. Additionally, Hapoalim suggested that the ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:21:24 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1384073?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383916?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Buce: A Repo Man Spends his life Getting Into Tense Situations Great moments with Mr. Nixon Worrying About the Housing Bubble: Hoisted from the Archives from July 2005 FireDogLake Health Care Whip Count Rajiv Sethi: An Ecological Perspective on Finan... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:33:23 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383916?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383666?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Jonathan Bernstein:A plain blog about politics: Watching Health Care Week: For those who want to follow it more obsessively, David Dayen seems to have the best whip count out there, Greg Sargent and TPM are great resources for the latest developments... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:33:38 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383666?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383665?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 David Dayen:New Health Care Whip Count: 191 Yes, 203 : Definite YES: 191 Democrats. Definite NO: 178 Republicans, including Joseph Cao (R-LA), who voted Yes in November (he s in the Stupak bloc); 20 Democrats who voted No in November: Bobby Brig... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:33:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383665?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383662?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 AN ODD DEFINITION OF 'SPIN'.... On ABC's This Week yesterday, David Axelrod told Jake Tapper that Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) health reform bashing is rather ironic. Brown, Axelrod said, comes from a state that has a health care format in...... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:33:30 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383662?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383660?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 'DID YOU HEAR THAT, DENNIS?'.... President Obama held another public event on health care reform this afternoon -- his third in the last eight days -- and this time spoke a raucous crowd in Ohio. And not just anywhere in...... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:33:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383660?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383659?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Minnesota is not exactly the throbbing heart of resistance to the Obama administration's attempted nationalization of health care and other big government schemes. But we do boast of congressional representation by Reps. Michele Bachmann, John Kline... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:33:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383659?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383657?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 PELOSI VISION OF THE ROAD AHEAD.... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sat down this morning with nine bloggers/reporters to share some thoughts on the fate of health care reform, as the effort enters what may be its final week. As Pelosi...... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:33:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383657?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383651?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 'COMITY' AT RISK.... The funniest thing you'll read today. (via Matt Yglesias) The White House claims it's above worrying about the politics of health care -- they just want a bill passed this week. Good thing, because politics in Washington...... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:33:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383651?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1383903?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Rhythm Pharmaceuticals , a biotechnology company developing peptide therapeutics for metabolic diseases, announced today that it has completed the first close on its Series A equity financing of $21 million.... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:23:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1383903?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1383576?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Simple, low-cost measures such as wearing a pedometer to inspire walking and spending a few minutes a day meditating can put adolescents on the track toward better health, researchers report. ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:05:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1383576?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1383804?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 This is the transcript of part 2 of my podcast interview with Christus Health SVP/CIO George Conklin. I suggest reading part 1 first.David Williams: The 2004 to 2006 standardization initiative is very impressive. A lot of organizations probably tho... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:40:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1383804?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1383783?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 GenVec, Inc.(NASDAQ:GNVC) may be a biotech company to watch in the near term. The most immediate potential catalyst is GNVC's presentation at the ROTH 22nd Annual Orange County Growth Stock Conference on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. But more importantly... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:48:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1383783?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1383582?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 The link between obesity and disease has been well documented. There's evidence now that obesity and cancer have a strong link, as they've shown in the United States at least 90,000 cancer deaths a... ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:45:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1383582?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1383464?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIP) is holding up yet again, despite the notion that Astellas Pharma, Inc. of Japan wants to acquire the company. OSI decided to formally reject the $52.00 per share tender offer and is recommending that its shar... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:55:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biohealth-investor/1383464?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1383683?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Amgen Inc. (AMGN - $56.90) is the world s largest independent biotechnology medicines company. They discover, develop, manufacture and market medicines for serious illnesses. Their focus is on human therapeutics and AMGN concentrates on medicines b... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:19:31 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1383683?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1383352?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 ATLANTA - Body size, gender and the complexity of heart disease significantly influence how much cumulative radiation skin dose that patients receive during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)... ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:50:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1383352?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1383426?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Medtronic, Inc. (MDT) recently received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Neurological Devices Panel s approval for its Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Therapy for Epilepsy. The DBS therapy can be used for treating epilepsy in patients who h... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:30:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1383426?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383067?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 AXELROD TAUNTS GOP: 'MAKE MY DAY'.... When it comes to health care reform, Democrats are understandably nervous about getting the job done. They're concerned about securing 216 votes in the House; they're concerned the completing the reconciliation b... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:37:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383067?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383063?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 HARDBALL IN THE HOMESTRETCH.... Late last week, we learned the Service Employees International Union, one of the nation's largest and most influential labor unions, was beginning to urge wavering Democratic lawmakers to support health care reform. A ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:37:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383063?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383056?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 PRESIDENTIAL CARROTS.... With the fight over health care reform nearly over, a group of about 40 House Democrats will decide whether the effort succeeds or fails. The right's efforts to encourage these Dems to join Republicans in killing the reform..... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:37:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1383056?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1383205?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Shares of Amylin Pharma (NASDAQ: AMLN) are rising by about 10% during early trading today on the issuance of a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the FDA for its once-weekly formulation of its diabetes drug Byetta (exenatide), which would be markete... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:10:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1383205?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1383207?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Robert Samuelson nails it in his column today, here are some excerpts:WASHINGTON -- One job of presidents is to educate Americans about crucial national problems. On health care, Barack Obama has failed. Almost everything you think you know about he... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:49:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1383207?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1383347?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 Science news links for March 12-15, including the latest on my SpectroscopyNOW.com column:Feverish New World X-ray X-ray crystallography has allowed US researchers to discover exactly how one type of New World hemorrhagic fever virus latches on t... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:25:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1383347?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/1383257?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12 It's easy to lose sight of what a drug is supposed to do. Many conditions come on so slowly that we have to use blood chemistry or other markers to see the progress of therapy in a realistic time. And over time, that blood marker can get confused wit... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:22:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/1383257?rsstype=populararticles&cid=12