Sysmex and bioMerieux form joint venture in Japan
The new company, called Sysmex bioMerieux will promote and commercialize the entire bioMerieux product range in Japan starting April 1, 2008. The joint venture (JV) will manage the

The new company, called Sysmex bioMerieux will promote and commercialize the entire bioMerieux product range in Japan starting April 1, 2008. The joint venture (JV) will manage the

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Proteologics has anti-viral drug discovery programs based on proprietary research of host-protein ubiquitin-ligase drug targets shown to be essential for the HIV life cycle. Proteologics strategy is to

The acquisition is expected to add more than $55 million in sales annually and be accretive to earnings in the first year. Joseph Papa, chairman and CEO of

The company said that this is the first issuance from a series of patent applications covering its XmAb antibody Fc engineering technology, which is comprised of a suite