Chinese in Biological Technology

SAFC Biosciences(R) Defines Hydrolysate Components That Enhance Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) Cell Line Protein Production

ST. LOUIS, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAFC Biosciences(R), a business segment within SAFC(R), a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (Nasdaq: SIAL ), announced today that it has developed a new, chemically defined cell culture supplement based on the characterization of hydrol...

NeoStem, Inc. Appoints Leading Chinese Medical Official to Its Advisory Board

NEW YORK, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeoStem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: NBS ), which is pioneering the pre-disease collection, processing and long-term storage of adult stem cells for future medical need, announced today it has entered into an advisory consulting agreement with Dr....

WuXi PharmaTech Named a Top Ten Chinese Outsourcing Enterprise

SHANGHAI, June 29 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX ) announced today that it had been selected by China's Ministry of Commerce to the list of Top Ten Leading Outsourcing Enterprises in China. The list was announced at the Second Annual China International Service ...

MIT is pleased to announce that it has received a US$ 500,000 private placement from its Chinese partners

DENVER, CO, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Medical International Technology Inc. (MDLH. PK) ( http://www.mitcanada.ca http://www.mitinvest.ca ), MIT is pleased to announce that it has received a US$ 500,000 private placement from its Chinese partners and a new order of 200 units. This privat...

Neogen Partners With Chinese Government

LANSING, Mich., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG ) announced today that its Scotland-based European subsidiary has signed a partnership agreement with the Chinese government to research China-specific food safety and plant health issues. The partnership agre...

Sinobiopharma Applies For Two Chinese Patents For Cisatracurium Besylate

NANJING, China, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinobiopharma Inc. ("Sinobiopharma ", or "the Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: SNBP) is pleased to announce that it has applied for two Chinese patents for its flagship product, Cisatracurim besylate, a pre-surgical skeletal muscle relaxant. The...

SAFC Biosciences(R) Expands Media Capability for Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) Cell Lines

EX-CELL(TM) CD CHO Fusion Media Formulation and CHO cGMP Media Library for Cell Culture Applications Now Available ST. LOUIS, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAFC Biosciences(R), a business segment within SAFC(R), a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (Nasdaq: SIAL ), today announced that i...

DuPont and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Collaborate to Advance Crop Insect Control, Increase Yield

DuPont and the Institute of Plant Protection of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IPP/CAAS) today announced they have entered into a multi-year, exclusive research collaboration to improve in-plant insect control to help increase yield in crops of worldwide agricultural importance. ...

Miami Beach Real Estate Attorney Announces Services to Assist Chinese and other International Real Estate Investors Purchase Discount Florida Homes

Chinese, European, Russian and other International buyers buy luxury South Beach oceanfront homes and condominiums at discounts in Miami Beach, Florida, with new services of international real estate attorney and real estate broker, Christian N. Folland, Esq. Many luxury homes and condominiums in...

Cracking the Code: Exclusive Conference to Reveal Secrets of Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- With all the woes of the U.S. economy, many people and businesses are looking to China for better opportunities. After all, China is expected to become the fifth-largest pharmaceutical market in the world by 2010. As the world watches, China is becoming a drivin...

Canopus Biopharma and Leading Chinese Researcher Team Up to Treat Avian Influenza, to Prevent Possible Pandemic

LOS ANGELES, California and GUANGZHOU, China, August 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Major Threat Treatable With StatC(TM); FDA-Approved Drugs to Begin Testing in U.S. Animal Models An internationally renowned avian influenza expert today hailed "encouraging and exciting" results from exper...

WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX) Named the Most Innovative Company in China and CEO Dr. Li the Most Innovative Leader of Chinese Enterprises

SHANGHAI, China, July 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced that it was awarded one of the top 20 "China Most ...

Medicsight Announces Chinese State Food and Drug Administration Approval for MedicRead Colon Workstation

NEW YORK, April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medicsight PLC, a subsidiary of MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (AMEX: MGT ), and an industry leader in the development of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) and image analysis software which assists in the early detection and diagnosis of disease, today...

European Company NovaSecta Joins First Chinese CRO Service Alliance for Drug Discovery Solutions

SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Today, NovaSecta, Sundia Meditech and HD BioSciences announced their strategic alliance to provide drug discovery solutions for European pharmaceutical and biotech companies. This alliance brings together the high quality scientific capabilities ...

AMDL Wins Chinese Military Supply Agreement for Its Domperidone Product for up to $6.6 Million

TUSTIN, Calif., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMDL, Inc. (Amex: ADL), headquartered in Tustin, California, with operations in Shenzhen, Jiangxi, and Jilin, China, through its wholly owned subsidiary Jade Pharmaceutical Inc., (JPI) is an international biopharma company that, together with J...

China-Biotics, Inc. Launches English / Chinese Corporate and Investor Relations Web Site

SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China-Biotics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CHBT) (''China-Biotics", "the Company"), a leading Chinese firm specializing in the manufacture, research, development, marketing and distribution of probiotics products, today announced it has l...

Aida Receives Chinese Government Innovation Award

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aida Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AIDA) today announced that it has received an award from the Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province, one of the richest regions in China and known throughout the country for i...

DuPont Joint Venture with Chinese Biotech Firm Strengthens Gene Discovery Research Efforts

Partnership Will Focus on Identifying New Biotech Traits to Improve Farmer Productivity BEIJING, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DuPont and Beijing Weiming Kaituo Agriculture Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (BWK) today announced the formation of a joint venture to accelera...

AMDL's Chinese Subsidiary Wins Key Brand Excellence Award for Anti-Aging Treatment

TUSTIN, Calif., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMDL, Inc. (Amex: ADL), headquartered in Tustin, California, with operations in Shenzhen, Jiangxi and Jilin China, through its wholly owned subsidiary Jade Pharmaceutical Inc. (Jade), is an international biopharma company and today announced th...

ARIUS to present at Chinese Global Financial Forum

TORONTO, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - ARIUS Research Inc., (TSX: ARI), a biotechnology company discovering and developing the next wave of antibody therapeutics, today announced that David Young, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of ARIUS, will speak at the Chinese Global Financial...

American and European Parkinson's Sufferers Find Chinese Stem Cell Treatment Effective, Proving Western Debates Moot

Westerners Return from Beijing's World-Class Stem Cell Treatment Hospital with Clear Improvement, Giving Hope Not Found at Home BEIJING, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tiantan Puhua Neurosurgical Hospital, the world's leading center for effective treatment of Parkinson's disease usin...

EraGen's SARS test validated by Chinese agency

MADISON - EraGen Biosciences , a Madison-based genetic diagnostics and drug discovery company, announced Tuesday that the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has validated its molecular diagnostics in writing. EraGen President and CEO Irene Hrusovsky showed the company's SARS diagnos...

Alfalight finds Chinese distributor for high-power lasers

Madison, Wis. Alfalight , a firm that makes high-power lasers for industrial, defense, and telecommunications uses, said it has established ties with Chinese distributor Sanetronic Company Limited . Sanetronic's main office is in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The company was founded in 1987 as an int...

GE Healthcare invests $37.5 million in Chinese bio-sciences manufacturing facility

GE Healthcare, which has U.S. headquarters in Waukesha, Wis., will invest $37.5 million to extend its production facility in Shanghai to meet increasing customer demand for its products in China and worldwide. The GE Healthcare plant in Shanghai is currently undergoing a review process to be t...

Use of Novel FlashPlate Technology to Measure cAMP Accumulation in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Expressing Human -2 Adrenoreceptors

J. Watson SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, UK Introduction Due to recent technologies in the pharmaceutical industry that have resulted in an increase in the production of potential drug candidates, it has become vital that screening assays are high th...

Isolation and Characterization of Anti-Viral Nucleoside Compounds from the Chinese Herb Taraxacum Mongolicum

Characterization of nucleotide and nucleoside analogs from Taraxacum mongolicum, a Chinese medicinal herb was achieved for the first time using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). The active ingredients in the herb were characterized using nucleotide and nucleoside ...

Tools for Detecting MSH2 Expression in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells

Integrated system simplifies and improves Northern blot analysis Karen Dolter Jeff Braman Stratagene Streamline RNA analysis with a whole host of products from Stratagene. First, the StrataPrep total RNA miniprep kit is used to isolate ample yields of high-quality RNA...

The Law Offices of Brian D. Witzer Wins 6+ Million Dollar Verdict

... LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A jury in Pasadena, California awarded over $6 million to an 82 year-old chinese female immigrant who suffered Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis after taking the drug Allopurinol. She alleged that the Defendant, ...

Genomic Health Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Business Progress

...epted for presentation at the 34th European Society for Medical Oncology Multidisciplinary Congress in September 2009. Initiated first Taiwanese chinese population study in collaboration with the National Taiwan University. Presented two breast cancer studies at the 2009 ASCO annual meeting. High...

VIASPACE Pursuing Renewable Energy Business in Asia

...ty. A 30MW power plant - that can provide electricity for more than 200,000 chinese rural households - uses approximately 460 metric tons of biomass daily. At ...uch as Giant King Grass, for at least 50% of their fuel needs. The chinese government is strongly encouraging growth of biomass power plants by offeri...

China-Biotics, Inc. Applies for Four Patents on Probiotic Formulations

... SHANGHAI, July 31 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China-Biotics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHBT ) ("China-Biotics", "the Company"), a leading chinese firm specializing in the manufacture, research, development, marketing and distribution of probiotics products, today announced it has submitted appli...

Sangamo BioSciences Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...th Genentech, Inc., a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group. Genentech scientists demonstrated the successful knockout of two pre-selected genes in a chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line using Sangamo's proprietary zinc finger DNA-binding protein nuclease (ZFN) technology. Genentech is using ZFN technology...

Sundia Shortens CRO Shipment Delivery Time with Express Customs Clearance in Shanghai

...rance process. This new customs clearance model will be implemented for more CRO companies after the successful trial. "With these efforts from chinese customs, the shipments to our clients are delivered without any delay at customs. The Express Custom Clearance privilege granted to Sundia greatly ben...

American Oriental Bioengineering Honorably Elected a Top 20 Most Competitive Public Pharmaceutical Company in China

...rganized by China's leading healthcare industry associations, including the chinese Pharmaceutical Enterprise Association and its publication, Healthcare Execu...emony was held today. The 20 listed companies were selected from 132 chinese pharmaceutical companies listed in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Singapore...

China Biologic Products Hosts its First Forum for Strategy and Development

... the bio-pharmaceutical industry included Mr. Zhongwei Zheng, head of the research and development center at the Institute of Blood Transfusion at the chinese Academy of Medical Science, and Mr. Fengshan Wang, Dean of School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Shandong University. Messrs. Zheng and Wang and o...

China-Biotics, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

... SHANGHAI, July 15 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China-Biotics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHBT ) ("China-Biotics", "the Company"), a leading chinese firm specializing in the manufacture, research, development, marketing and distribution of probiotics products, today announced its financial results ...

China-Biotics, Inc. Announces Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Financial Results

... SHANGHAI, July 10 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China-Biotics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHBT ) ("China-Biotics," "the Company"), a leading chinese firm specializing in the research, development, manufacture, marketing and distribution of probiotics dietary supplements, today announced it will hos...

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. Announces Cash Dividend to Common Stockholders

...na, July 8 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., (NYSE Amex: TPI ), a manufacturer and supplier of modernized traditional chinese medicine ("TCM") based in Chengdu, China, today declared a quarterly cash dividend to be paid to its common stock shareholders. The dividend of $0.025...

China Kangtai Cactus Biotech Retains Hawk Associates for Investor Relations Services

...ank Hawkins said, "As the dominant producer with 60% market share of China's edible cactus production, China Kangtai is a major beneficiary of growing chinese demand for health and wellness products. In China, cactus products are traditionally used for treatment for health issues such as diabetes, adiposity,...

Excalibur International Marine (49% Owned by EFT BioTech Holdings) Completes Inaugural Passenger Crossing of Taiwan Strait

...become a regular cruise service going not only to Xiamen, but also to other chinese ports like Fuzhou and Shanghai," said Han Chih-yang, Excalibur's deputy. ...ls of consumer spending, and (iii) exchange rates, particularly between the chinese Yen and the U.S. Dollar. Risks and uncertainties also include the impact of...