Procyon Acquires Bioxalis Medica Inc. at The Biotech Weblog

Procyon Biopharma Inc. announced last week the successful acquisition of Bioxalis Medica Inc. (Bioxalis), a Montreal-based biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research and development of targeted liposomes for cancer treatment. The acquisition of Bioxalis will bring to Procyon's pipeline an innovative technology platform for cancer therapy, TVT-Dox which is 12 months from an Investigational New Drug (IND) application. The TVT technology comprises a liposome drug carriers containing Dovorubicin, a cytotoxic drug, [...] Read More


Merck Acquires Survac at The Biotech Weblog

Danish start-up biotech company Survac, with a total injected capital of � 0.5 million, was sold to German pharma Merck for �10.9 million "It is a fantastic deal. It proves that it pays to invest in Danish high technology companies during the early stages of development even if it is risky. The deal proves that the interest for acquiring technologies and drug projects is present at a very early stage", says [...] Read More


Amgen Acquires Abgenix for $2.2 B at The Biotech Weblog

Amgen and Abgenix have been collaborating on developing two major cancer drug candidates, one of which, panitumumab, has been shown effective against colorectal cancer therapy in its Phase 3 clinical trials. If approved by the FDA (they will file for FDA approval next week), the drug, which is an epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor, is expected to have billion dollar potentials. Amgen's press release says that Amgen gains full ownership [...] Read More


April is Cancer Control Month at Straightfromthedoc

April will be over soon, but i still would like to mention that April is Cancer Control Month. Over at b5media's Health and wellness Channel, the theme day is all about cancer. Marijke of the pain management blog Help My Hurt hosted the said Theme Day. Hop on over to say HI and more. ;-) [...] Read More


American Cancer Society Launched SharingHope.tv at Straightfromthedoc

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has launched an online video community called SharingHope.tv. A lot like YouTube, but the essence is that, it is a venue where cancer patients, survivors and their families can share their stories, triumphs, as well as loses. How did they cope? Things like that. The above video was created by Jeffrey Simms. What are you waiting for? Find out now if SharingHope.tv is for you. [...] Read More