Biotech Business Week articles from January 2003

Biotech Business Week archives from January 2003

Biotech company acquires Sigma's clinical chemistry business.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trinity Biotech, plc, (TRIB) announced that it has completed the acquisition of the specialty clinical chemistry product line from Sigma Diagnostics, a division of the Sigma Aldrich Corp. (SIAL). ...

New release of SYBYL drug discovery software announced.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tripos, Inc., (TRPS) a provider of drug discovery chemistry, discovery software, and enterprise informatics, announced the release of the latest version of its industry-leading computational platform...

Genesis Bioventures part of proposed business combination.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genesis Bioventures, Inc., (GBI) announced that it has signed a binding letter of intent for a proposed business combination with Innathera, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company focused on...

Omnicell purchases Medisafe's intellectual property.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Omnicell (OMCL) has completed the purchase of substantially all of the intellectual property assets of Medisafe, a provider of point-of-care patient safety solutions. As part of the transaction,...

Healthcare IT professional joins IntelliMark.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IntelliMark IT Business Solutions is expanding its privacy and security solutions practice (PSSP) into the healthcare field, said Steve Bova, chairman and CEO of IntelliMark Holdings, Inc. Heading...

National Medical Health Card Systems taps Gary N. Mansfield.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc., (NMHC), a national independent pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) doing business as NMHCRX, announced the appointment of Gary Mansfield, 41, as president and...

Sedgwick CMS names James McGee deputy operations director.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., (Sedgwick CMS) announced that James A. McGee has joined the company as senior vice president, deputy director of national operations. McGee brings to his...

Shareholders approve merger of Versico and Italian biopharmaceutical.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Versicor, Inc., (VERS) and Biosearch Italia, SpA, (BIO) announced that the shareholders of both companies voted in favor of the proposed merger between the two companies, to create an international...

Jan Vijg, PhD, joins scientific advisory board.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chronogen, Inc., a drug discovery company developing human therapeutics to treat age-dependent diseases, announced that renowned gerontology researcher Jan Vijg, PhD, has joined its scientific advisory...

Synovis' fourth-quarter and year-end earnings exceed expectations.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., (SYNO), reported revenue and net income gains for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended October 31, 2002. Consolidated net revenue was up 48% to $11,770,000 in...

eResearch raises fourth quarter and 2003 first quarter guidance.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- eResearchTechnology (eRT), Inc., (ERES), an e-research technology and services provider, announced that it revised previously announced estimates of its financial results for the fourth quarter ending...

David P. Wright, president and chief business officer, resigns; new VP named.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (GLFD) announced that David P. Wright has resigned from his position as president and chief business officer, effective December 13, 2002, in order to pursue new...

Trans Healthcare to purchase Integrated Health Services.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, a leading private equity firm, announced that Trans Healthcare, Inc., (THI) a GTCR portfolio company, has entered an agreement with Integrated Health Services, Inc., (IHS) to...

Upsher-Smith enters U.S. licensing agreement for calcitonin.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., and Unigene Laboratories, Inc., (UGNE) announced the signing of a $10 million exclusive U.S. licensing agreement to market Unigene's patented nasal formulation of...