GSK extends $2.6bn offer to key partnerGlaxoSmithKline has extended its $2.6 billion offer to buy long-time partner Human Genome Sciences until the end of June as it battles the US biotech company's reluctant management. The price remains unchanged at $13 a share under the  More… |
US clears new lupus drug, major sales seenThe first new treatment for lupus in a half-century has won US approval, a milestone for patients with the disabling disease and a potential blockbuster for its tiny biotech maker. Health officials cleared Benlysta, discovered by Human Gen More… |
Lupus drug trial reports successHuman Genome Sciences Inc said on Monday that its experimental lupus drug had succeeded in a late-stage clinical trial, shocking many who had written the product off as dead and fueling a 228 per cent stock jump. The results, which were an More… |