The company announced this morning that its BioSeek subsidiary has achieved a research milestone in a drug discovery collaboration with Japan’s Ono Pharmaceutical
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30/11/11
The company announced this morning that its BioSeek subsidiary has achieved a research milestone in a drug discovery collaboration with Japan’s Ono Pharmaceutical
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08/10/10
Asterand filled us in on the details of company's ground-breaking deal with America’s National Cancer Institute during a conference call with analysts. Here is what boss Martyn Coombs had to say.
01/10/10
The five-year contract is worth up to US$24.3 million. The deal provides a major boost for the tissue supply business, which has been squeezed as the economic downturn hit 'Big-Pharma' R&D spending.
26/08/10
Chief Excutive Martyn Coombs believes the company has weathered the worst of the storm in the contract research market, and analyst forecasts see Asterand making up lost ground in the second half.
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COMPANY SNAPSHOT: ValiRx, Cove Energy, Northern Petroleum, Petrofac, Patagonia Gold and Deltex Medical| Date | Director | Trans | Amount | Type | Price(p) | Value (£) | Holding | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/06/11 | M. Coombs | BUY | 85,000 | ORD | 11.75 | 9,988 | 569,764 | 0.48 |
| 25/05/11 | J. Stchur | EX | 700,000 | OPT | 0.00 | 0 | 0,000 | N/A |
| 25/05/11 | J. Stchur | SELL | 280,350 | ORD | 12.50 | 35,044 | 539,206 | 0.46 |
| 03/11/10 | M. Coombs | BUY | 80,000 | ORD | 12.25 | 9,800 | 484,764 | 0.42 |
| 30/03/10 | M. Coombs | BUY | 60,000 | ORD | 15.90 | 9,540 | 404,764 | 0.35 |
| Date | Type | Turnover | Profit | EPS (p) | Dividend (p) | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/12/11 | Full year | 24.09 | -6.60 | -7.00 | 0.00 | USD |
| 30/06/11 | Interim | 11.85 | -1.62 | -1.90 | 0.00 | USD |
| 31/12/10 | Full year | 21.31 | -2.04 | -1.80 | 0.00 | USD |
| 30/06/10 | Interim | 8.68 | -1.57 | -1.30 | 0.00 | USD |
| 31/12/09 | Full year | 11.96 | -1.28 | -0.96 | 0.00 | GBX |