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Article: Other News To Note.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc., of San Diego, said that effective Sept. 6, Eric Brandt will become president and CEO and a member of its board. Brandt was previously chief financial officer and executive vice president of finance and technical operations at Allergan Inc., of Irvine, Calif. Avanir is focused on developing and commercializing therapeutics for chronic diseases.
Benitec Ltd., of Mountain View, Calif., said the Australian Patent Office has upheld all of the company's issued patents from two ordered reviews resulting from a patent-infringement suit filed in March 2004 and a successful resolution of a contract dispute with Promega. Benitec focuses on ...