COLLEGE STATION -- Dr. Victor Ugaz has been named chair of Texas A&M University's Professional Program in Biotechnology, an interdisciplinary effort that draws on the skills of more than 60 faculty members from five colleges within the university.Ugaz, associate professor of chemical engineering at Texas A&M and holder of the Kenneth R. Hall Development Professorship, has been a faculty member ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top biotechnology companies were up at the close of trading: Amgen rose $.40 or .8 percent, to $52.91. Biogen Idec rose $.99 or 1.8 percent, to $56.24. Celgene rose $.25 or .5 percent, to $53.28. Gilead Sciences rose $.87 or 2.6 percent, to $34.02.

Junior biotechnology company Broadvector has locked on to two areas of health that are tipped to grow - prostate cancer treatment and hip replacements.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top biotechnology companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Amgen rose $.25 or .5 percent, to $52.76. Biogen Idec rose $.40 or .7 percent, to $55.65. Celgene fell $.09 or .2 percent, to $52.94. Gilead Sciences rose $.54 or 1.6 percent, to $33.69.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top biotechnology companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Amgen rose $.39 or .7 percent, to $52.90. Biogen Idec rose $.13 or .2 percent, to $55.38. Celgene fell $.04 or .1 percent, to $52.99. Gilead Sciences rose $.32 or 1.0 percent, to $33.47.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have allowed the municipal Biotechnology Centre to build 12 modern laboratories at the cost of $2 million each, totaling $24 million.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top biotechnology companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Amgen fell $.24 or .5 percent, to $52.35. Biogen Idec fell $.58 or 1.0 percent, to $54.73. Celgene rose $.04 or .1 percent, to $52.77. Gilead Sciences rose $.17 or .5 percent, to $33.19.

WuXi PharmaTech, a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, announced that its manufacturing subsidiary, Shanghai SynTheAll Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. (STA) passed the ISO 14001: 2004 inspection conducted by SGS Group on July 1 and received formal ISO 14001 certification on July 30.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top biotechnology companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Amgen fell $.04 or .1 percent, to $52.56. Biogen Idec rose $.05 or .1 percent, to $55.36. Celgene fell $.08 or .1 percent, to $52.65. Gilead Sciences rose $.28 or .8 percent, to $33.29.

WORCESTER, Mass. -- Generex Biotechnology Corporation , the leader in drug delivery for metabolic diseases through the inner lining of the mouth, announced today it has initiated an integrated Social Media campaign across its corporate website as well as its e-commerce websites for its various consumer diet, glucose raising and energy products, including Glucose RapidSpray , Crave-NX Diet Spray ...