R-Tech Ueno, Ltd. (JASDAQ:4573): This is to announce start of the patient enrollment of the first stage of a Phase I/II clinical study of recombinant human serum albumin-containing ophthalmic solution (development code: RU-101(Note ... read more

For the fifth consecutive year, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) has been named to the Globe 100 annual list, the Boston Globe’s annual ranking of the 100 top-performing public companies headquartered in Massachusetts. Cubist was ranked number six overall and was named the top performing biotech ... read more

May 17, 2013 – Top winner Ionut Budisteanu, 19, of Romania (center) with second-place winners Eesha Khare, 18, of Saratoga, Calif. (left) and Henry Lin, 17, of Shreveport, La. celebrate their awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world’s largest high school science ... read more

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (NYSE: PBYI), a development stage biopharmaceutical company, has been contacted by the New York Stock Exchange regarding today’s trading in the Company’s common stock. It is the Company’s policy not to comment on trading activity. About ... read more

GlycoMimetics, Inc. announced today that the Tech Council of Maryland (TCM) named Rachel K. King, GlycoMimetics Chief Executive Officer, as the winner of its 2013 Executive of the Year award. Ms. King was honored last night at the TCM's 25th Annual Tech ... read more

Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNTS) today announced that additional data from two pivotal clinical studies with UCERIS® (budesonide) extended release tablets will be featured in two poster presentations at the Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®) Meeting being held in Orlando, Fla. from ... read more

InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV), a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI) and other neurotrauma conditions, today announced that the Company will be conducting a webcast of the Annual Shareholders Meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. ... read more

May 16, 2013 – Madelyn Lucas, 14, from Farmington, N.M. explained her research project on probiotics’ affect on the digestive system to an eager group of middle schoolers at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world’s largest high school science research competition. More than ... read more

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTPH), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of potent new antibiotics designed to be effective against dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria (including multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative pathogens), today announced that Tetraphase Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer ... read more

Atlas Venture is pleased to announce that it has entered into Corporate Strategic Partnership (CSP) agreements with both Amgen, through its venture capital fund, Amgen Ventures, and Novartis. The CSP agreements are in conjunction with the closing of Atlas IX in which Amgen Ventures and Novartis ... read more

The Stem Cell Action Coalition, a network of 75 nonprofit disease advocacy groups, scientific societies and academic centers, applauds the researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University for their groundbreaking accomplishment of producing stem cells utilizing the process of ... read more

The National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI) has been awarded $5,955,435 by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the next phase of human tissue collection for the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project—an NIH initiative begun in 2010 to investigate how genetic ... read more

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, announced today that it is expanding its OneSource® Laboratory Services offering to include strategic laboratory consulting services. OneSource® Strategic Lab Solutions will deliver ... read more

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today lauds the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 701, a bill to speed the implementation of a key capital formation provision in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. H.R. 701 was introduced by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and passed ... read more

The IEEE has named Dr. Dylan Forrest Williams as the recipient of the 2013 IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement. The award, which Keithley Instruments, Inc. has sponsored since its establishment in 2000, is presented for outstanding ... read more

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced today that ABThera™ Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy System (ABThera™ OA NPT) was associated with significantly improved patient outcomes compared to traditional Barker’s vacuum-packing technique (BVPT) in trauma and surgical patients studied. Results of the observational ... read more

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) John Ornell, Chief Financial Officer, will speak to the investment community at the UBS 2013 Global Healthcare Conference at the Sheraton New York Hotel in New York City on Tuesday, May 21st at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. ... read more

Chronix Biomedical, Inc., a developer of blood-based molecular diagnostics, announces that four research abstracts highlighting the Company’s cell-free DNA technology for real-time cancer detection will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting 2013 (ASCO 2013) being held May 31 through June 4, ... read more

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) today announced that Skillsoft has named PPD a winner of the 2013 Skillsoft Perspectives Innovation Award for Empowering Learning Cultures in the Enterprise. Judged by an independent panel of industry experts, the Skillsoft award ... read more

OpGen, Inc. today announced that new data on the utility and application of its Whole Genome Mapping™ technology in the public health and health care settings will be highlighted at a company-sponsored symposium and poster presentation during the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) ... read more