UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: RM Sees Scale-Back Of Pending BSF Work

26th Jul 2010 12:30

Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps RM PLC (RM.LN) expects to find out soon if it has won six Building Schools for the Future, or BSF, projects, although the amount of work required may be

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UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Connaught Plunges On Funding Warning

26th Jul 2010 09:30

Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps CONNAUGHT PLC (CNT.LN), a support services firm, warned it will breach its banking covenants when its fiscal year ends Aug. 31 and its year-end net debt

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Oxford BioMedica TroVax Prostate Cancer Trial Approved

26th Jul 2010 07:32

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Biotechnology company Oxford BioMedica PLC (OXB.LN) Monday said it received approval to begin a clinical trial of its cancer vaccine TroVax in men with prostate cancer. Oxford BioMedica said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved plans to begin a Phase II trial of Tro

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TechMARK movers: New grant for Oxford Biomedica

1st Jul 2010 13:11

Gene therapies developer Oxford Biomedica is higher following an R&D presentation for investors. It is also part of a collaborative research project that will receive a £255,000 grant from the UK Motor Neurone Disease Association for the further evaluation of MoNuDin® for the treatment of amyotrophi

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UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: ABB Drops Chloride Bid

1st Jul 2010 09:30

Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps ABB LTD. (ABB), a Swiss engineer, Thursday threw in the towel in a bidding war over U.K. industrial company CHLORIDE GROUP PLC (CHLD.LN), increasing the

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Oxford BioMedica Gets Grant To Test Lou Gehrig's Disease Drug

1st Jul 2010 07:56

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Biotechnology company Oxford BioMedica PLC (OXB.LN) Thursday said it received a grant from a charity to fund early-stage development of an experimental drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a form of motor neurone disease commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Oxford BioMe

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UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Hong Kong's MiLOC Group Plans AIM IPO

24th Jun 2010 12:30

Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps MILOC GROUP, a Hong Kong-based healthcare company, is planning an initial public offering in London to raise funds to establish a network of traditional

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UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: DS Smith Eyes Less Cyclical Business

24th Jun 2010 09:30

Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps DS SMITH PLC (SMDS.LN), a packaging company, Thursday said it is targeting higher returns and less cyclical business as part of a major company review.

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MARKET TALK: Ambrian Starts Oxford BioMedica At Buy

24th Jun 2010 08:23

0723 GMT [Dow Jones] Ambrian initiates coverage of Oxford BioMedica (OXB.LN) with a buy rating, and fair value of 24p. Analyst Chris Redhead is confident the biotechnology company can secure a deal for its experimental Parkinson's disease treatment ProSavin within nine months. Adds investors can als

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UK MARKET TALK ROUNDUP: BROKERS COMMENTS

24th Jun 2010 08:23

Broker comments in the UK today. Compiled by Dow Jones Newswires Markets Desk, [email protected] Contact us in London. +44-20-7842-9464 [email protected] 0723 GMT [Dow Jones] Ambrian initiates coverage of Oxford BioMedica (OXB.LN) with a buy rating, and fair value of 24p. Analys

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Oxford BioMedica's TroVax To Be Tested In Asbestos Cancer

24th Jun 2010 07:50

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Biotechnology company Oxford BioMedica PLC (OXB.LN) Thursday said it has teamed up with scientists in Wales to test its experimental cancer vaccine TroVax in patients with mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung lining linked to exposure to asbestos. Oxford BioMedica said it enter

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TechMARK movers: Oxford Biomedica amends antigen licence

18th Jun 2010 14:46

Gene therapy company Oxford Biomedica has agreed an amendment to its licence with Cancer Research Technology covering the 5T4 antigen used in the Tro-Vax cancer vaccine. The deal covers royalties due to CRT relating to the sanofi-aventis TroVax agreement (signed March 2007 and terminated April 200

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Oxford Biomedica Amends License Pact With Cancer Research Technology

18th Jun 2010 07:15

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Oxford Biomedica PLC (OXB.LN), a gene therapy company, said Friday it has signed an amendment to its license agreement with Cancer Research Technology, or CRT, covering the use and exploitation of the 5T4 antigen used in TroVax, Oxford BioMedica's therapeutic cancer vaccine, clar

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UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Egdon Resources Up On Production Boost

14th Jun 2010 16:00

Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps EGDON RESOURCES PLC (EDR.LN), an oil and gas company, Monday said it intends to revive plans to generate electricity from gas produced from its Keddingto

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UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Majestic Wine Plans 12 Openings For FY11

14th Jun 2010 12:30

Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps MAJESTIC WINE PLC (MJW.LN), a U.K. wine warehouse chain, said Monday it expects to open 12 new stores this fiscal year, doubling the number it opened in

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