Biotechnology

• $115M stem cell research facility planned for San Diego
  AP ( 21, 2008)
  SAN DIEGO (AP) - A new nonprofit institution plans to build a $115 million stem cell research facility in San Diego that would open by 2010.
   
  
• Takeda Bids $8.8B for US' Millennium
  AP ( 10, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. announced an $8.8 billion bid for U.S. biotechnology company Millennium Pharmaceuticals, an all-cash offer that would give Japan's top drug maker a key cancer treatment.