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Article: Other News To Note.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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o Altana AG, of Bad Homburg, Germany, said Altana Pharma AG officially opened the Altana Research Institute in Waltham, Mass. The institute will focus on genomics and proteomics, but also will have an information technology and bioinformatics component. About 50 scientists are working on projects at the institute now.
o Biogen Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., said it licensed worldwide patent rights relating to fusion proteins, described as immunoadhesons, from Genentech Inc., of South San Francisco. The nonexclusive licenses will apply to Amevive (alefacept), already approved in the U.S. for moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis, and other potential products in ...