An interview with Dr. Randal Chase, President & CEO of ImmunoVaccine Technologies: Can you describe the top priorities or upcoming milestones for your company? Our first priority is to show the safety of our DepoVax™ vaccine enhancement technology in humans by taking our first product, DPX…

An interview with Dr. Carol Gallagher, Pharm.D., CEO of Calistoga Pharmaceuticals: Can you describe the top priorities or upcoming milestones for your company? 4Q 2009: Reporting updated efficacy and safety data from the ongoing CAL-101 Phase 1 trial in patients with hematologic malignancies 1H…

XOMA Ltd. (Nasdaq:XOMA) announced a plan to repay its loan with Goldman Sachs Specialty Holdings, Inc. (Goldman Sachs) through a combination of funds. Payment will include proceeds from Genentech's payment to XOMA for the buyout of its LUCENTIS(R) royalty obligation to XOMA, the sale of common…

Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA, announced positive preclinical study results showing that ralfinamide has statistically significant benefits against spontaneous chronic pain in an experimental model of central pain. Ralfinamide has shown positive results in chronic pain on CNS targets, in addition to…

Early results from clinical trials show that the majority of healthy adults may only need one vaccine shot rather than two to protect against the H1N1 virus. Results are showing that the effects of the vaccine are starting faster than expected. Those results could mean that the limited vaccine…

An interview with James A. Schoeneck, Chief Executive Officer, BrainCells, Inc.: Can you describe the top priorities or upcoming milestones for your company? BrainCells Inc. has two up-coming milestones in 1Q10: the advancement of BCI-632 into a Phase 1 clinical trial, and Phase 2 data for BCI…

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDS) announced today that dosing has begun in a Phase II trial of ANA598 in patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The study will evaluate ANA598 over 12 weeks, taken in combination with pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin, in…

XOMA Ltd. (Nasdaq:XOMA) and Arana Therapeutics Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq:CEPH) will collaborate on multiple proprietary XOMA antibody R&D technologies, including a new antibody phage display library, and a suite of integrated information and data management…

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTC) initiated a Phase III trial of ataluren, an investigational protein restoration therapy for patients with nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis (nmCF). Ataluren is the first investigational drug designed to address the underlying cause of nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis…

An interview with Dr. Peter A. Thompson, MD, FACP, President, CEO, & Chairman of the Board of Directors of Trubion Pharmaceuticals: What is one aspect of your company that you feel would be most attractive or exciting to investors? We currently have three product candidates in the clinic with…