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... drug (called Aranesp) generated more than $2.5 billion in sales in 2002. Though the Genetics Institute continued the EPO race with Amgen by wrapping up a deal with Miyake to access more purified EPO, Amgens Lin beat the Genetics Institute to the patent filing by more than a year. Over the ...Third Wave boosts numbers in latest report
... Madison, Wis. Third Wave Technologies this week reported the best annual financial results in the company's short history, wrapping up a year in which it met or exceeded all of its stated fiscal expectations. Third Wave reported total revenues of $46.5 million and a net loss of ...CIO Leadership Series: David Melbye, Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District
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