Archive for October, 2003
High hopes for biotech companies / IPOs getting ready to go as startups woo VC investors
High hopes for biotech companies / IPOs getting ready to go as startups woo VC investors
Biotechnology leaders are cautiously celebrating the end of a two- year financial slump this autumn as more than a dozen companies line up to go public and the latest class of young startups shows its stuff to potential venture capital [...]
Reducing Multi-Cycle Reviews Is FDA Priority
Reducing Multi-Cycle Reviews Is FDA Priority
FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan today described key steps the agency is taking to shorten drug approval times, in his keynote speech at IIR�s Phases conference in Washington, D.C.
Reaping and Sewing From Corn
Reaping and Sewing From Corn
The National Renewable Energy Lab and chemical company DuPont have teamed to design a versatile bio-refinery that turns the entire corn plant into a source for materials and a petroleum alternate.
Enigmatic ImClone
Enigmatic ImClone
Rarely has a company reeling from corporate malfeasance been on the receiving end of so much good news. But such is the case with ImClone Systems, as investors struggle for clues on the long-term direction of this enigma.
IPO market abuzz with biotech offerings
IPO market abuzz with biotech offerings
The buzz is biotech — at least as far as initial public offerings are concerned in the fourth quarter.
IPO Market Abuzz with Biotech Offerings
IPO Market Abuzz with Biotech Offerings
“We can expect to see the first IPO take flight in mid-October and we are sticking with our prediction … of at least a dozen IPOs getting done before the end of the year.”
