Genentech News

Shares of U.S. mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are seen lower due to concerns that their rescue plan might hurt the equity stakes of current shareholders, according to Reuters newswire.

In normal biological systems, HER2 functions as a co-receptor for a multitude of epidermal growth factor-like ligands that bind and activate other HER family members.

Genentech Inc., the biggest U.S. maker of cancer drugs, raised its 2008 forecast and said second- quarter profit increased 4.7 percent on higher sales of its Avastin treatment for colon, lung and breast tumors.

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Main Category: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology On Monday, the US Food and Drug Administration posted on its website, a copy of a letter from Genentech Inc, the makers of cancer ...

Biotechnology company Genentech Inc. ended several studies combining its cancer drug Avastin and Pfizer Inc.'s Sutent because several patients developed a type of anemia.

Genentech Inc. recently released a warning against an off-label use of bevacizumab, according to a FDA MedWatch notice.

The company reported second-quarter profit of $782 million, or 73 cents per share, compared to $747 million, or 70 cents per share, a year prior.

Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney downgrades Wachovia despite the already dramatic decline in the shares and the fact it trading below tangible book value of $13.60, based upon her dramatically diminished ...

Before the bell: Futures tumble on financials, ahead of data, earnings Genentech Inc.

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Genentech, Inc. informed healthcare professionals of reports of several cases of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia in patients with solid tumors receiving Avastin in combination with sunitinib malate.

Shares of biotechnology sector heavyweight Genentech Inc. and chip-equipment maker Novellus Systems Inc.

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A tiny Fremont company with a single eye surgery device in a late-stage trial has mighty Genentech Inc.

As we do each earnings period, here are the names I'm watching as earnings season begins in earnest Tuesday.

There's really just one reason you invest in stocks : to make money. But when the investing climate doesn't cooperate, it's just as important to lose less when markets are falling as it is to make more when ...

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday's session are Genentech Inc.

The rehabilitation of Kirk Raab is complete. Deposed as CEO of biotech giant Genentech Inc.

Genentech Inc. in the past year has received more than the usual number of complaints of damaged and broken vials of Herceptin and its accompanying diluent, according to a company letter circulated today by ...