Biogen Strikes $299M Deal for Isis Antisense Drug - Jan. 4, 2012

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Wednesday, January 04, 2012  |   |   |   |  Online Auction January 11 at 9 AM ET Featuring lab equipment from Elan and other leading global firms! Register and bid online. •   Biogen Idec, Inc. (Massachusetts) (BIIB) Strikes $299 Million Deal for Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ISIS) Antisense Drug More... •   Vernalis PLC (VNLPY.PK) Signs Drug-Discovery Deal With Genentech (RHHBY) More... •   BioInvent and Servier Enter Oncology Collaboration More... •   Cresset Group and Optibrium Announce Technology Collaboration More... •   Phylogica Ltd. Licenses Technology to Janssen Biotech Inc. More... More Alliances News •  Allozyne, Inc. Cuts Workforce After Scrapping Merger Plan With Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (PARD); Poniard CEO, 4 Board Members Resign, Company Booted Off Nasdaq More... More Job Industry News •  Smith & Nephew Inc. (SNN) Spins Off Biologics Unit Into JV With Essex Woodlands Health Ventures More... More New Company News •   Elevation Pharmaceuticals Completes $30 Million Series B Financing to Advance Aerosol COPD Therapy More... •   Probiodrug AG Raises Additional EUR $15 Million to Advance Its Clinical Program More... •   Pharmalink AB Raises SEK 35 Million Through Share Issue More... •   Dyax Corp. (DYAX) Enters into New Loan Agreement with Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners More... •   Abbott Biotech Ventures Invests in NeuroGenetic Pharmaceuticals More... More Finance News Quantifying the Value of Pipeline Pilot, the Accelrys Scientific Enterprise Platform This white paper outlines the methodology, sources of value, and quantifiable results from bringing products to market faster, avoiding unproductive experiments, saving developer time, and more. Request Now! •   Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. Acquires Cardiokine, Inc. More... •   AAIPharma Services Acquires Celsis International PLC  (CEL.L) More... More Mergers and Acquisitions News •   Accera, Inc. Elects Industry Veteran Holger Kunze as CEO and as a Member of the Company's Board of Directors More... •   NexImmune Appoints Kenneth Carter, PhD, as President and CEO and Jonathan Schneck, MD, PhD as Chairman of Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board More... •   BioNovo, Inc. (BNVI) Appoints New Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer More... •   Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO) Promotes Niranjan Sardesai to Chief Operating Officer More... •   Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Appoints Life Sciences Executive James B. Weissman to Chief Business Officer More... More Personnel News •   Forest Laboratories, Inc. (FRX) Sets Date and Conference Call for Fiscal 2012 Third Quarter Earnings More... •   InterMune, Inc. (ITMN) to Report Unaudited Fourth Quarter Esbriet(R) Revenue and Business Update on January 5 More... 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