Massachusetts Institute of Technology obtains United States
patent.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) and Brigham
& Women's Hospital Inc. (Boston, MA) has patented methods and
products for suppressing a class II MI-IC-restricted immune response . . .
Korea Kumho obtains United States patent.
Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Seoul, Korea) has patented
modified phytochrome A (PHYA) nucleic acid molecules in which Pr
absorption spectra have been shifted to longer wavelength . . .
Bristol-Myers Squibb to acquire Adnexus.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (Princeton, NJ) and Adnexus
Therapeutics announced the companies have signed a definitive agreement
under which Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire privately held . . .
Biodel receives notice of issuance for United States patent
covering lead product candidates.
Biodel, Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced the receipt of a notice of
issuance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the
company's patent encompassing VIAject and VIAtab, Biodel's . . .
Syngenta rights to GA21 in corn reaffirmed by Federal
Circuit.
The United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
unanimously in favor of Syngenta Seeds, Inc., with respect to the
patents asserted by Monsanto against Syngenta's use and sale of
Agrisure . . .
Emmaus obtains United States patent.
Emmaus Foundation, Inc. (Fayetteville, AK) has patented a stable
continuous method for producing ethanol from the anaerobic bacterial
fermentation of a gaseous substrate containing at least one . . .
University of Maryland obtains United States patent.
University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, MD) has patented a
composition comprising a novel Ca.sup.2+-activated,
[ATP].sub.i-sensitive nonspecific cation (NC.sub.Ca-ATP) channel is
described. . . .
Cepheid enters agreement to exclusively license HPV portfolio
developed by Quantovir AB.
Cepheid (Sunnyvale, CA) has entered into an agreement to
exclusively license the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) patent portfolio held
by Quantovir AB of Sweden for the quantitative measurement of . . .
United States awards $15 million grant to GeoVax' HIV/AIDS
vaccine program.
GeoVax Labs, Inc. (Atlanta, GA) announced receipt of an estimated
$15,000,000 Integrated Preclinical/Clinical AIDS Vaccine Development
(IPCAVD) Grant to support its HIV/AIDS vaccine program.
This . . .
Idenix restructures to concentrate on HCV and HIV.
Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) a biopharmaceutical
company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the
treatment of human viral diseases, announced a strategic . . .
Gendaq obtains United States patent.
Gendaq Limited (London, Great Britain) and The Rockefeller
University (New York, NY) has patented a method of regulating
transcription in a plant cell from a DNA sequence comprising a target
DNA . . .
Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen obtains United States
patent.
Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (Nijmegen, Netherlands) has
patented use of a compound that binds to a C-type lectin on the surface
of a dendritic cell, in the preparation of a composition for . . .
BioNanomatrix announces issuance of nanofluidics patent enabling
single molecule whole genome analysis.
BioNanomatrix, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA), a company developing
breakthrough nanoscale whole genome imaging and analytic platforms for
clinical genetics, cancer diagnostics and biomedical research, . . .
ChemoCentryx demonstrates recently discovered chemokine receptor
essential in tumor growth.
ChemoCentryx, Inc. (Mountain View, CA), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and
commercializing therapeutics that target the chemokine system, . . .
Strativa Pharmaceuticals to focus on supportive care.
Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (Woodcliff Lake, NJ) will
develop and market novel prescription drugs, through the establishment
and introduction of Strativa Pharmaceuticals, its proprietary . . .
ECI Biotech obtains United States patent.
ECI Biotech, Inc. (Worcester, WA) has patented a method for
expressing proteins as a fusion chimera with a domain of p26 or alpha
crystallin type proteins to improve the protein stability and . . .
University of Arizona obtains United States patent.
University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) has patented methods and
compositions for transgene expression in target cells. Expression
constructs using an inducible amplification system to drive . . .
Bayer obtains United States patent.
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (Leverkusen, Germany) has patented nucleic
acid coding for enzyme activities of spinosyn biosynthesis and to the
relevant enzymes per se. Furthermore, the invention relates . . .
MedImmune licenses reverse genetics technology to
GlaxoSmithKline.
MedImmune, Inc. (Gaithersburg, MD) licensed its proprietary reverse
genetics intellectual property to GlaxoSmithKline to support the
development and construction of new vaccine strains to produce . . .
Adams Respiratory files lawsuit against Perrigo for infringement
of extended-release guaifenesin patent.
Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. (Chester, NJ) has filed a
lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New
Jersey against Perrigo Company, L. Perrigo Company and Perrigo . . .
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