Industry News

Johnson & Johnson to Buy $1 Billion Elan Corporation PLC Stake, Work on Alzheimer’s

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Bloomberg -- Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $1 billion for a stake in Elan Corp. and will develop the Irish drugmakers medicines against Alzheimers disease.

Pfizer Inc.’s Sutent Fails in Colon Cancer, Trial Halted

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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CombinatoRx, Incorporated to Merge with Privately Held Neuromed Pharmaceuticals

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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Maxygen, Inc., Astellas Pharma Inc. Seal Research Pact, CEO will Exit

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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Biogen Idec, Inc. (Massachusetts) Gains Rights to Acorda Therapeutics’s MS Drug

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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Morphotek Inc. Announces a Research Collaboration Agreement with Synageva BioPharma to Develop Potential Treatments for Cancer and Infectious Disease

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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Repros Therapeutics Inc. to Stop Using 50 mg Dose in Fibroids Study

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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Novartis Corporation Sees FDA Decision on Menveo Early 2010

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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Eisai Corporation of North America and Pfizer Inc. Decide not to Appeal NICE Decision and Call for an Expedited Review of Guidance for Alzheimer’s Disease

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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NeoStem, Inc. Raises Additional Funds from Principals of and U.S. Institutional and Private Investors, Bringing the Total Recent Financings to Over $15 Million

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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