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For Those on Watch, Hope Springs Eternal as Hair Trials Inch Along
Posted by sandiegobiotech May 18th, 2012 .
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Waiting for the biotech industry to advance new treatments for male pattern baldness (as well as female hair loss) might seem about as exciting as watching hair grow. But some people have a lot of...

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For Those on Watch, Hope Springs Eternal as Hair Trials Inch Along
Posted by sandiegobiotech May 18th, 2012 .
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Waiting for the biotech industry to advance new treatments for male pattern baldness (as well as female hair loss) might seem about as exciting as watching hair grow. But some people have a lot of...

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SD Biotech Roundup: Elevation Pharmaceuticals, BioSurplus, and More
Posted by sandiegobiotech May 17th, 2012 .
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We’re anticipating a lot of news out of a big cancer conference that begins next week in Chicago. Here is your head start. —Cancer researchers have talked for decades about finding the silver bullet...

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Targeted Cancer Drugs With Punch: The Next Big Class of Antibodies
Posted by sandiegobiotech May 16th, 2012 .
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[Updated: 1:30 pm PT, 5/17/12] One of the big dreams in biotech over the past 35 years has been to make drugs that work like “smart bombs” by destroying tumors while minimizing collateral damage....

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ASCO Preview: Eight Cancer Drugs to Watch at the Big Show
Posted by sandiegobiotech May 14th, 2012 .
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The pistons of the biggest publicity engine in cancer R&D will start firing this week. It’s time to behold the annual rite of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, the biggest...

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SD Life Sciences Roundup: Celladon, Vertex, MediciNova, & More
Posted by sandiegobiotech May 10th, 2012 .
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Massachusetts’ Vertex and San Diego’s Celladon are advancing some promising gene therapy treatments. Here’s our roundup of life sciences news over the past week. —San Diego’s Celladon, which is...

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A 10-Point Plan to Stimulate Biotech & the Economy as a Whole
Posted by sandiegobiotech May 9th, 2012 .
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AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA Dear President Obama: As you and the rest of our nation’s leadership grapple with the momentous questions of restoring our collective financial stability and...

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San Diego’s MediciNova Nears Turning Point with Lead Drug for Asthma
Posted by sandiegobiotech May 8th, 2012 .
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[Corrected 5/7/12, 5:10 pm. See below.] When Yuichi Iwaki started MediciNova in 2000, he says many mid-size pharmaceutical companies in Japan had concluded it was just too difficult to conduct their...

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San Diego’s Celladon Extends Round to $53M, Opens European Office
Posted by sandiegobiotech May 8th, 2012 .
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San Diego-based Celladon, which raised $43 million in February to advance development of a gene therapy treatment for heart disease, has extended the round with an additional $10 million, according...

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First Comes The $1,000 genome, Then Comes The $10,000 Analysis
Posted by sandiegobiotech May 8th, 2012 .
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While everyone in the in the world of sequencing has heard this cynical joke, as an industry, the joke is about to be on us. We have focused our time, energy and investment on the ability to sequence...

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