Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007
Featured companies: Formac Pharmaceuticals, Pradama, Protein Sciences, SantoSolve, Scandius BioMedical
UPDATED: Expanded items on Protein Sciences, SantoSolve, Scandius and Pradama.
Vaccine maker Protein Sciences gets $1M — Protein Sciences, a Meriden, Conn., biotech working on a faster way to make flu vaccines, raised $1 million in a convertible-debt offering…. Continue Reading
A biotech flu vaccine and the seduction of hype
(UPDATED: See below.)
Vaccine developer Protein Sciences is all over the blogosphere today (see, for instance, items on Pharmalot and the WSJ health blog), thanks to a breathless Bloomberg piece on the little Meriden, Conn., biotech. According to Bloomberg reporter John Lauerman’s article, Protein Sciences is poised… Continue Reading