Biotechblog

Have you heard about Platrol? It is being considered as one of the first anti platelet drug which has demonstrated forty percent more efficacy and very little toxicity resulting in higher therapeutic index when compared with Aspirin and other anti...

The area of injectable generic drugs presents a host of opportunities for industry planners and venture capitalists. Health payers have been moving towards generic substitution and this combined with low commercialization of new drugs has enabled this..

This new chemical compound could result in the development of a drug treatment for Alzheimer's disease. All thanks to the scientists at University of Liverpool who created this new chemical compound. For this purpose long chain sugars called...

Until and unless there is a proper policy on a technology a country cannot make headway in it. Realizing this government of Kenya has approved a policy on biotechnology. This policy is concerned with how R&D and applications are to be undertaken in...

Which sector do you think attracts the most venture capital? Software? If your answer is software then you are wrong as it has been displaced by biotechnology. This was revealed in a survey conducted by MoneyTree. In the third quarter biotechnology...

This can be considered as an exciting development in the field of biotechnology. We all know that Alzheimer is a disease for which there is still not a permanent cure but Enkam Pharmaceuticals which is a small Danish firm with a workforce of just...

The high cost of biotechnology drugs has been pinching the public and biotechnology companies realizing this are making an effort towards making these products more affordable. Here are some of the examples which would make you believe what I am..

Biotechnology is in the firing line again and this time in Mexico. In a recent move, Mexico has stopped Monsanto and other biotechnology companies from planting GM corn. Environmentalists have welcomed this step as they feel that this would prevent the.

Are you a diabetes patient? then this news would certainly bring a ray of hope in your life. If Novocell is to be believed then the company might come up with an effective treatment against diabetes. Let me remind you that Novocell is a company which...

The Zimbabwean president has given his approval to the controversial National Biotechnology Authority Act which has opened doors for establishing of an authority for regulating industry activities. The Act which was introduced last month caused a...