MedImmune, Chinese company form joint drug venture
Gaithersburg, Md.-based MedImmune, the global biologics arm of AstraZeneca, and WuXi AppTec, a development outsourcing company, announced they have formed a joint venture to develop and commercialize in China MEDI5117. The biologic is aimed...
Hoffman driving force behind decision to bring Podcamp East to Wilmington
Podcamp East is coming to Delaware, thanks in part to one of the area's social media pioneers. “We would not be looking at having PodcampEast in Wilmington, Delaware if it were not for Whitney Hoffman,”...
Total Wine's high-tech store in the desert: Inside Tucson Business
A company that got its start in Delaware opened its second location in the Tucson, Ariz. area and its 84th nationwide.
The Total Wine & More store took space in a former Border's books in...
Acorn Energy company gets $1 million order
US Seismic Systems, Inc., an Acorn Energy, Inc. portfolio company, announced it secured an order worth over $1 million for a one-hundred level Ultra-High Sensitivity fiber optic based sensor system to be used for...
AstraZeneca gets European OK for infection-fighting drug
AstraZeneca announced that the European Commission has granted Marketing Authorisation to Zinforo ceftaroline fosamil an antibiotic, for the treatment of adult patients with complicated skin and soft tissue Infections or Community Acquired Pneumonia. The...
N.J. pharmaceutical company to pay $4.2 million settlement to Delaware
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden said that he and 35 other attorneys general reached a record $181 million dollar settlement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson.
The attorneys general allege that...
Delaware part of e-book antitrust settlement over price-fixing allegations
Delaware is part of an antitrust settlement with book publishers over claims of price fixing of E-books that can be read on computers or other devices. Delaware consumers are expected to get $235,000 of the...
Drug developed by Incyte gets OK in Europe
Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, announced that Novartis, received approval from the European Commission for Jakafi ruxolitinib.
The drug was discovered by Incyte, for the treatment of adult patients with myelofibrosis, a bone marrow disease. The drug has...
Same-day delivery at Amazon? – Seeking Alpha
Why is Amazon.com building that massive distribution center in Middletown?
It may have something to do with the company's plan to move toward same-day delivery in a move that could put more pressure on Wal-Mart,...
Del. Congressional Delegation makes pitch for UD offshore wind test site
U.S. Sens. Tom Carper, Chris Coons and Congressman John Carney this week wrote to U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu urging him to review and support a joint proposal by the University of Delaware...