Tag: statistics
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Industry Report Lists Anti-Infection Drugs in Pipeline
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) released today a report listing 395 new drugs designed to fight infections that are nearing the marketplace. Each of the drugs are either in clinical trials or under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. More than one-third of the drugs on the PhRMA list —…
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Chinese Patents, R&D Funds Climb in 2010
The Xinhua news agency reports that the number of patents and research and development funding by China’s largest companies have climbed so far in 2010, according to data released by the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC). The CEC says China’s top 500 companies held 169,000 patents in 2010, up 13.3 percent from last year. Some 41…
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Treasury Dept: Commercial Credit Standards Tightening
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, reports today that its annual survey of banks’ credit underwriting standards — guidelines for issuing loans — found that commercial credit standards remained tight for the 12-month period ending on 31 March 2010. Credit standards for small…
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Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Rise in July
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reports today that global sales of semiconductors grew in value to $25.2 billion in July, an increase of 1.2 percent from June when sales were $24.9 billion. This level also represents an increase of 37 percent over July 2009’s sales of $18.4 billion. SIA says that year to date chip…
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U.S. Using More Renewables, but Less Energy Overall
In 2009, Americans burned less energy overall, but still managed to use more energy from renewable sources, according to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California. LLNL computes and charts energy consumption annually, using data provided by the Energy Information Administration in the U.S. Department of Energy (see below). LLNL calculates Americans in 2009 consumed…
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Mass. Start-Up Funding Drops 57% in July
Early-stage companies based in Massachusetts attracted investments worth some $131.4 million in July 2010, a drop of 57 percent compared to the $307 million raised in June. The number of equity deals also dropped, from 31 in June to 26 in July. The Web site Xconomy reported these findings today based on data from the…
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Outcome Sciences to Study Effectiveness of Glaucoma Treatments
The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has selected Outcome Sciences Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to conduct a study to compare the effectiveness of medications versus surgery for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma. The study will enroll 2,600 patients from 30 sites across the United States, which aims to provide new scientific information about…
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Report: Startups Help Sustain Long-Term Job Growth
An analysis of U.S. Census Bureau business data by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation indicates that the numbers of jobs created by startup companies in the U.S. since 1977 have stayed fairly stable, even while most of the startup companies themselves have disappeared. The report — After Inception: How Enduring is Job Creation by Startups?…
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Study: Industry Drug Trials Show More Favorable Results
A study published in today’s issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine reviews drug trials appearing on the Web site ClinicalTrials.gov, and finds those trials funded by industry sources are more likely to report data favorable to the drug being tested. The investigators — Florence Bourgeois and Kenneth Mandl of Children’s Hospital Boston in Massachusetts…
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Science Sectors Help Power 2Q Jump in Venture Financing
Venture capitalists invested $6.5 billion in 906 deals in the second quarter of 2010, with both numbers representing sizeable gains over the first quarter of the year. And in the second quarter, science-based industries were among the leaders in attracting venture capital (VC). PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association provide these findings in…
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