OvaScienceSM, (NASDAQ: OVAS), a life sciences company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of new treatments for infertility, announced today the appointment of Mary Fisher, President and Chief Executive Officer of Colorescience, to its Board of Directors. ... read more

Medidata (NASDAQ: MDSO), the leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for the life sciences industry, announced that Chief Financial Officer Cory Douglas was named the 2013 CFO Hero by NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry’s leading provider of cloud-based financials/ERP ... read more

Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE:ELN) (Elan or the Company) today issued a letter urging shareholders to protect the value of their investment in Elan by rejecting Royalty Pharma’s grossly inadequate offer to acquire Elan and by voting FOR all four resolutions in connection with Elan’s fast approaching ... read more

Prof. Zailin Yu, Yan Fu with Tianjin SinoBiotech Ltd. & Beijing Bio-Fortune Ltd. (the “Licensor”), privately held biotechnology and biopharmaceutical companies, announced today that they have entered into a US market patent license agreement with one of the global top 10 pharmaceutical companies (the “Licensee”) on their ... read more

Advaxis, Inc., (OTCQB: ADXS), a leader in developing the next generation of immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases, announced that it has submitted an Application for Orphan Drug Designation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) for ADXS-HPV, its ... read more

Which way is the drug development industry going? Theorem Clinical Research will be offering a unique forum for drug industry professionals to express their theories on many aspects of drug and medical device development at the Drug Information Association (DIA) Annual Meeting June 24-27 in Boston. ... read more

Michelle Dockhorn, MBA, Ph.D., an executive with extensive marketing and business development leadership experience specific to the life science industry, has joined SCORR Marketing as vice president of global markets. Dockhorn brings more than 20 years of experience to ... read more

Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) announced today that it has arranged an $8 million senior secured revolving line of credit that may be increased to $12 million with Healthcare Finance Group, LLC (HFG), of New York, New York, that may be utilized for working capital and growth purposes. The ... read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO) (“Thermo Fisher” or the “company”) today announced that the underwriters of its previously announced public offering of common stock have exercised their option to purchase an additional 3,859,649 shares of its common stock at $85.50 per share. ... read more

An innovative crowdsourced computational Challenge, called the NIEHS-NCATS-UNC DREAM Toxicogenetics Challenge, launches today. The objective of this Challenge is to obtain a greater understanding about how a person’s individual genetics can influence cytotoxic response to exposure to widely used chemicals. It is being led and organized ... read more

The most significant physical event on our planet since the end of the ice age is taking place today – the opening of the Arctic. The United States, one of eight Arctic nations, will face directly the changes, challenges, opportunities and responsibilities of this evolving strategic ... read more

Dr. Sivalingam (Siva) Sivananthan, founder and Chief Executive Officer of EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR) was honored at a White House ceremony on May 29th as one of eleven Champions of Change. "Immigrants have long made America more prosperous and innovative, and the Champions we are celebrating ... read more

Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) today reported results for the fiscal third quarter ended April 30, 2013. Among the quarter’s highlights: Sequential revenues growth, gross margin improvement and reduced operating loss. ... read more

Axis Biotec chairman Eduardo Cruz was nominated among the Top 100 most influential people in the health sector in Brazil. The reason for his nomination can be attributed to his work at IABAS (Institute for Immediate and Advanced Health Needs), a nonprofit organization in charge of ... read more

rEVO Biologics, an LFB Company, announced today that it has completed the treatment and follow up phase of a key dose ranging study of LR769, a novel recombinant form of human Factor VIIa (rhFVIIa), in patients with congenital hemophilia A or B. Results ... read more

Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) (Elan) today announced a successful result in the litigation Elan commenced one week ago in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”) to compel corrective disclosure in Royalty Pharma’s tender offer documents. Elan is ... read more

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL, launches DHL Thermonet, a new air freight product tailored to the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector. This global service is a new addition to DHL’s network of Life Sciences and Healthcare facilities and ... read more

AB SCIEX, a global leader in analytical technologies, today unveiled three new solutions for biological researchers to improve identification and quantitation of proteins, peptides, metabolites and lipids. The company extended the applicability of SelexION™ Technology, SWATH™ Acquisition and ProteinPilot™ ... read more

Automation, ease of use and balancing capabilities with lower cost are at the top of the list of priorities for laboratory technicians in search of faster, more accurate answers in applied sciences, according to food safety testing, environmental and clinical research analysts who attended the AB ... read more

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today launched the RapidFire 365 High-throughput Mass Spectrometry System. The system offers increased plate capacity, full integration with Agilent’s BenchBot Robot automation technology and improved productivity for researchers working on drug discovery, clinical research and forensic ... read more