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Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Life Technologies in $13.6B Deal |  |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech April 15th, 2013 .
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Waltham, MA-based Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO) said today it will pay $13.6 billion to acquire Carlsbad, CA-based Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE) following an auction that began in January…
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Japan’s Ajinomoto Acquires Contract Drug Maker Althea Technologies | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech March 6th, 2013 .
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[Updated 3/7/13 7:34 am to include terms, other details. See below.] Ajinomoto, a Japanese food, pharmaceuticals, and specialty chemicals manufacturer, is acquiring San Diego-based Althea…
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Natera Joins Quest in Four-Way Battle for Prenatal Genetic Tests | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech February 20th, 2013 .
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[Corrected: 9:10 am PT] Parents have long wanted to know whether they are about to bring a child into the world with a chromosomal abnormality like Down syndrome. There’s never been a noninvasive,…
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J&J Creates Space at Janssen Labs for Life Sciences Entrepreneurs | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech February 5th, 2013 .
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Johnson & Johnson’s innovation center, Janssen Labs, has admitted 18 early stage companies since opening its “no strings attached” business accelerator program in San Diego a year ago. Now the…
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Crowdfunding Is Coming to Biotech, so Get Ready for a Wild Ride | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech January 28th, 2013 .
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Most biotech pros will shrug, or chuckle, if you ask whether crowdfunding will transform life sciences financing in the U.S. This, after all, is an industry where you often need to raise at least $50…
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Boston’s Got The Big Mo in Biotech, But SF Won’t Go Down Easy | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech January 21st, 2013 .
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San Francisco is used to being No. 1 in lots of things. It’s there in technology, and in biotechnology. Every magazine that ever ranked ‘Best Places to Live’ is practically required to put it near…
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Boston’s Got Big Mo in Biotech, But SF is Pushing Back | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech January 21st, 2013 .
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San Francisco is used to being No. 1 in lots of things. It’s there in technology, and in biotechnology. Every magazine that ever ranked ‘Best Places to Live’ is practically required to put it near…
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The Fiscal Cliff Is Forcing a Biomedical Day of Reckoning | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech December 31st, 2012 .
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Sarah Palin, the onetime candidate for the second-highest elected office in the U.S., once delivered a rant on the campaign trail about waste she perceived in federal support of fruit fly research….
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Avelas Bio Raises $7.65M to Advance Fluorescing Diagnostic for Cancer | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech December 6th, 2012 .
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San Diego’s Avelas Biosciences says today it has closed on $7.65 million in a Series A financing round—raised entirely from San Diego-based Avalon Ventures—to advance the use of fluorescing tags that…
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The Few and the Proud: The Biotech Startup Class of 2012 | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech November 26th, 2012 .
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[Updated: 3:35 pm PT, 12/3/12] Quick: Can you name three exciting biotech companies that got started, in your city, in 2012? I can’t, as a citizen of Seattle. Chances are, no matter where you live in…
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