January - March 2001 Archive

Friday, March 30, 2001
• GPC Biotech
announces two milestones in expanded anti-microbial alliance with Altana Subsidiary Byk Gulden

Protein found that is a critical factor in metabolism of drugs/medicines

Thursday, March 29, 2001
CEO of 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals named to board of Lynx Therapeutics

• CuraGen to Webcast a 4/02/01 Presentation at healthcare conference
• Hybrigenics Develops HIV Protein Interaction Database
LA Startup Uses 'Kevin Bacon Game' To Predict Protein Pathways -GenomeWeb

3/28/01
Compugen
appoints CEO of US operations

MDS Inc. will be acquiring 90% of the MDS Proteomics Special Warrants

Partners HealthCare Inc., which runs Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, formed an alliance with MDS Proteomics to study protein sequencing and how it can help patients -Boston Globe

3/27/01
CuraGen
to present their proprietary approach to drug discovery at meeting

Zyomyx Licenses Phage Display Technology for the Development Of High Density Protein Biochips

3/26/01
LumiCyte Expands Operations with $20M Financing

3/23/01
Aurora Biosciences hires Geneva Proteomics co-founder as VP of business development

3/22/01
Georgia Research Alliance to establish core proteomics laboratories using Amersham Pharmacia Biotech Technologies

Biosite Diagnostics has developed a prototype protein microarray

Applied Biosystems' CEO Angered By Stock's Fall -The Motley Fool

3/21/01
Applied Biosystems Introduces New System for LC/MS/MS Quantitation

Lynx and UroGene Announce Collaboration to Identify Genes in Cancer

Hybrigenics Named as Exclusive Licensee to Fundamental Proteomics Patent

Proteome Systems, Shimadzu and Kratos announce partnership

Inpharmatica Signs Collaboration Agreement with Genentech

ProteoMetrics Announces the Recent Release of SonarMS/MS - A Novel Search Engine for Proteome Mapping and Genome Annotation Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS)

3/20/01
MDS Proteomics Expands Denmark and Toronto Facilities to Meet High Demand for Proteomics Research

Structural Genomics Reveals Hidden Keys to Faster Drug-Lead Refinement and Target Identification -Cambridge Healthtech Institute

3/19/01
New Systems Approach to Biological Complexity Propels Markets for Research Tools and Technologies -BioInsights.com

Pathfinding on the Internet: BioCarta.com offers Web-based tools for proteomics research -The Scientist

3/16/01
Large Scale Biology Corp. Enters Collaboration Seeking Human Stem Cell Growth Factors

GPC Biotech AG announces fiscal 2000 Year-End Results

Jain PharmaBiotech releases 4th edition of report "Proteomics -Technologies and Commercial Opportunities."

Beyond Genomics Takes a Gamble on Systems Biology -GenomeWeb

3/15/01
Oxford GlycoSciences announces preliminary unaudited results for 2000

3/14/01
Ciphergen Announces Opening of Philadelphia Biomarker Discovery Center

IBM Life Sciences to Hold a Protein Folding Workshop at UCSD to Advance Blue Gene Project

3/13/01
Pharmagene enters strategic alliance with WITA Proteomics

Caprion raises additional $6.2 million, $38 million total

3/12/01
Integrative Proteomics and Bruker enter several strategic alliance and technology development collaborations

SYN X Pharma announces new VP, Business Development

ActivX Biosciences announces new VP, Finance

3/09/01
Integrative Proteomics names new Chairman and CEO

(12 pm PT) BioOnline Panel Discussion: Tackling the Human Proteome

The Genome as Cuisinart -Wired.com

3/08/01
Biotech Patent Guru Discusses Possible Proteomics Patent Wars

IBM Life Sciences invests $US 10 million in MDS Proteomics in January deal

ArQule subscribes to Structural Bioinformatics's ProMax 3-dimensional drug target protein structure database

3/07/01
Millipore and Proteome Systems Announce Plans for Proteomics Kit Development

Incyte Chairman Predicts New Phase Of Genomics-Driven Discovery As Science Harnesses Knowledge Of Gene Transcripts And Proteins

3/06/01
XERION PHARMACEUTICALS GmbH RAISES 11 MILLION EURO IN SECOND FINANCING AND APPOINTS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

3/05/01
Proteologics Announces Completion Of $14 Million Financing Round

Bruker Daltonics introduces three new MALDI/TOF mass spectrometers

3/02/01
Thermo Finnigan Launching Proteome Digest as Proteomics Information Source

Researchers Want 'Em, but Will Protein Microarrays Ever Make it to Market? -GenomeWeb

3/01/01
Proteome Systems, Kratos to Develop Software for Mass Spectrometers

Cellzome Closes 34 Million Euro ($31 MM) Private Placement in Second Round of Financing

Applied Biosystems Launches ICAT Reagents for Proteomics

Bruker Daltonics Reports Product Revenue of $74.8 Million for Fiscal Year 2000, up 43%

2/27/01
Speed of Protein Identification Increases Dramatically with New Method by Thermo Finnigan

2/26/01
$25 M is committed to The Michael Hooker Center for Proteomics (UNC-Chapel Hill)

2/21/01
Lynx Therapeutics reported a net loss of $13.3 million in 2000

2/20/01
Data on Protein Interactions in Humans to Be Available Through New Product from InforMax and AxCell Biosciences

ActivX Biosciences Appoints new President and Chief Scientific Officer

MediChem Life Sciences Announces the Appointment of Key Management Positions

GeneProt Board of Directors names new Chairman

Where Is The Genomics Industry Headed For 2001? BioWorld releases its annual Genomics Review for 2000 -BioWorld

What Your Genes Do for You -Wired.com

2/18/01
The Way We Live Now: 2-18-01: On Language; Proteomics by William Safire -NY Times

2/16/01
Proteomics in Genomeland -Science Magazine

Solving the Next Genome Puzzle Identifying all our DNA was the easy part. Now, bring on the proteome -Newsweek

As the Genome Race Ends, Another Begins: Now that the human genome has been mapped, the race is on to come up with lucrative cures. Get ready for a new word -- proteomics --to be on every biotech-meister's lips -Time Magazine

2/15/01
Ciphergen fiscal year 2000, total revenue increased 78%

Genomic Solutions reports record fourth quarter Revenues up 62%

Rare Childhood Disease Points to New Cancer Genes -NY Times

2/14/01
Genomic Solutions sued by Perkin Elmer

Scimagix Launches 2D-Gel Analysis and Mining Application for Proteomics Research

2/13/01
Double Helix With a Twist -NY Times

Scientists, companies look to next step after genes -BusinessWeek

Genome's Riddle: Few Genes, Much Complexity -NY Times

2/10/01
The genome is cracked, now what? Proteomics: the next frontier Scientists turn to the study of proteins -MSNBC

Analysis shows it's proteins not genes that count -Reuters/Boston Globe

2/09/01
HUPO (The Human Proteome Org.) Announces Its Formation With the Creation of a Global Senior Advisory Group

2/08/01
Hybrigenics and Servier Pharmaceuticals Sign a Anti-Cancer Drug Target Discovery Collaboration

Structural GenomiX Announces $13M Collaboration with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation To Solve Structure of CFTR

Public Structural Genomics Initiative Revs Up Domestic, Int'l Efforts -GenomeWeb

2/06/01
Myriad Genetics, Inc. reported a 44% increase in revenue for the 2nd fiscal quarter 2001

Ciphergen Proteomics Scientist to Head Proteomics Discovery at Syn X Pharma

2/05/01
Zyomyx Appoints New CEO and CFO

2/01/01
Incyte Reports Record Revenue of $194.2 Million for Fiscal Year 2000, Up 24% From Prior Year

Compugen Unveils Major New Advancement in 2-D Gel Analysis for Proteomics

After Genome, Scientists Tackle Even Bigger Challenge -NY Times

1/30/01
Large Scale Biology and Biosite announce protein chip collaboration

IBM Lifesciences announce investment in MDS Proteomics and collaboration to establish protein database

Proteomics Effort Shouldn't Mimic Genome Project, Experts Say -GenomeWeb

1/29/01
Boston based law firm Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP has announced the formation of a Bioinformatics Subgroup as part of its existing Patent and Intellectual Property Group

U of California System, Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories subscribe to the Celera Discovery System

1/25/01
Applied Biosystems Revenues Rise 22 Percent to $411 Million

The Protein Structure Race Has Begun -GenomeWeb

1/24/01
Structural GenomiX Expands Research Management Team

1/19/01
Celera Genomics launched a new version of the Celera Discovery System (CDS) that integrates information about a gene and the protein structure, function and role

1/18/00
GeneFormatics entered into a strategic collaboration with Takara Shuzo

1/17/01
GeneFormatics has completed a merger with Structure Function Genomics LLC

GPC Biotech and Altana Subsidiary Byk Gulden announce drug discovery alliance in oncology of up to $100 million

1/15/01
How to Design a Molecule -TIME Magazine

1/09/01
Caliper Technologies Corp. and Structural GenomiX have formed a collaboration for high throughput protein analysis

Axcell Biosciences completes first-ever map of a human protein family

First Set of Human Protein Interactions Mapped -NY Times

1/08/01
Syrrx, Inc., a leader in structural proteomics, receives $54 million Series C round of venture financing

D&MD Report: Biochips, Progress and Prospects Ken Rubenstein, Ph.D.

Bioinformatics: The Child of Success -Modern Drug Discovery

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