Word: biogen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...points in one day, to 36 3/4. By the end of last week the price stood at 37 3/4. A domino effect also knocked down the stocks of rival biotech firms, some of which are developing drugs similar to t-PA. Such futuristic- sounding companies as Amgen, Biogen, Centocor, Cetus and Chiron saw their shares drop anywhere from 7% to 11% before recovering some of those losses...
Indeed, at least three other companies -- Genentech, Biogen and Genetic Systems -- are developing their own versions of genetically engineered hepatitis B vaccines. Researchers at a number of firms are also working on vaccines for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, herpes, other forms of hepatitis and some types of cancer...
Students also provide a variety of reasons for choosing Harvard over other night and part-time schools in the area. Liora L. Gates, 28, of Jamaica Plain, is a scientist for Cambridge-based BioGen. She says she chose Harvard because it was conveniently located near the research firm...
...only the second time in his career, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Walter Gilbert '53 has been given a lifetime teaching post at Harvard. The recombitant DNA specialist left the University in 1980 after winning the Nobel Prize to become chief operating officer at Biogen, a Cambridge-based biotechnology firm which he helped found...
...Although Biogen officials said that his departure was not related to the company's finances, there have reportedly been concerns at the board level about the corporation's 1984 financial losses, estimated by analysts at about $14 million...