Business
Biotech firm Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. agreed to buy Aurora Biosciences Corp. for about $592 million in stock to gain tools and systems used to search for drug candidates.
May 1, 2001
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the investment company run by billionaire Warren E.
Nov. 8, 2003
Science & Medicine
Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ ivacaftor reduced pulmonary flare-ups by 55% compared with a placebo. For now it applies to those with a certain genetic mutation, but the pool of patients could grow.
March 20, 2014
* JetBlue Airways Corp. said it will add flights from Long Beach Airport to New York’s John F.
Feb. 5, 2003
World & Nation
A couple’s collaborative has designs on improving the quality of life in Tijuana.
July 19, 2001
For biotech and health-care fund manager, buying decisions are a matter of thorough investigation.
March 25, 1997
The U.K. approves the world’s first gene-therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, which could help thousands of Britons who suffer from it.
Nov. 16, 2023
The stock market had its biggest decline in two weeks Tuesday, led by a sell-off in blue-chip bank and energy stocks.
June 24, 2014
Two scientific reports released Friday may lead to the development of new, more effective drugs both to prevent transplant rejection and to treat or even prevent such autoimmune diseases as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and insulin-dependent diabetes.
May 11, 1991
Regulators on Friday approved two new one-time gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure sickle cell disease.
Dec. 8, 2023