Company*
(Country;
Symbol)

Company

Type/Product Area

Terms/Details (Date)

Acacia Research
Corp. (CBMX)

Science Applications International Corp.

Collaboration to develop microarrays to identify multiple biothreat organisms

Both SAIC and Acacia's CombiMatrix Group already had Department of Defense contracts in the area; terms were not disclosed (10/14)

Axonyx Inc.
(AXYX)

Pharmaceutical Special Projects Group LLC

Axonyx retained PSPG to help with the development of Phenserine

The consulting group will help with development and registration of the Alzheimer's disease drug under a multiyear retainer agreement (10/26)

Cellular
Genomics Inc.*

Saqqara Consultants

Deal to develop structure-based drug design within the CGI drug discovery process

Saqqara will provide crystallization expertise and downstream support under undisclosed terms (10/6)

Cytomedix
Inc. (OTC BB:CYME)

Health Systems Inc.

Health Systems gained rights to platelet-derived therapies

The nursing home facility will use the technology in various programs; terms were not disclosed (10/25)

Dyax Corp.
(DYAX)

Cambrios Technologies Corp.

Cambrios got a license to Dyax's peptide phage display patent portfolio

Cambrios has an option to maintain an exclusive license in electronic applications; terms were not disclosed (11/1)

Senesco
Technologies
Inc.
(AMEX:SNT)

Broin Cos.

Broin got access to Senesco gene technology to improve aspects of its ethanol-production capabilities

Senesco will receive an annual payment for each Broin facility that incorporates the technology; if adopted at all Broin plants, the total could exceed $1M per year (10/19)

Senomyx Inc.
(SNMX)

Nestle SA
(Switzerland)

Deal to discover and develop flavor ingredients in the coffee and coffee whitener fields

Senomyx will get funding for up to five years and milestone payments that together could exceed $13M; it also would get royalties on any resulting sales (10/27)

Notes:

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