These days all the focus, the talk, the debates, and the confusion are, and will certainly continue for a while to be, about Illumina’s (ILMN) and Human Genome’s (HGSI) rejection of the acquisitions offers. The truth is that the offers were not as generous as they are said they are. More...

Affymax (AFFY) red blood growth factor drug Omontys (peginesatide) was granted FDA approval – good news for the firm. The approval is a remarkable achievement by Affymax. The firm has proven a capability developing biological products and there is no doubt that AFFY will sell the drug Omontys for patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis, as it is dictated by the FDA.  More...