Abiomed names new VP and general manager of global sales and marketing
Prior to joining Abiomed, Mr Howley spent 20 years at GE Healthcare. From 2006 to 2009, he was general manager at GE Healthcare, overseeing the Americas X-ray and

Prior to joining Abiomed, Mr Howley spent 20 years at GE Healthcare. From 2006 to 2009, he was general manager at GE Healthcare, overseeing the Americas X-ray and

Endo Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company, has given notice that it is returning to Durect, a specialty pharmaceutical company, its rights in the US and Canada to develop

The company will split its US sales operations into three market segments: neurology, neurointerventional, and physician office. The neurology market includes neurologists and physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians.

Mr Celano has extensive experience in life sciences where he spent 24 years in public accounting as a partner with KPMG and Arthur Andersen holding life science leadership

For 2008, Emergent reported net income of $20.7 million, or $0.68 diluted earnings per share, compared to $22.9 million, or $0.77 diluted earnings per share for 2007. The

For full year 2008, the company reported net loss of $18.5 million, or $0.36 basic and diluted net loss per share, a 58% reduction compared to a net

For full year 2008, the company reported net loss applicable to common stock shareholders of $15.84 million, or $0.32 diluted net loss per common share, compared to a

For full year 2008, net loss was $41.6 million, or $0.64 basic and diluted net loss per share, compared to net loss of $42.2 million, or $0.96 basic

Novavax, a biopharmaceutical company, has announced encouraging results from a preclinical study of a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate directed against the viral fusion protein. The virus utilizes

Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, has reported positive topline results from a Phase II double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of NKTR-118 in patients with opioid-induced constipation. The Phase II