Stock deal, textile team-up top biotech’s big week
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s been a busy and happy week for Applied DNA Sciences. Just days after trumpeting a new and potentially lucrative research partnership with Texas-based Aloe vera-products manufacturer Lily of the Desert, the Stony Brook-based supply-chain, anti-counterfeiting, anti-theft and product-authentication specialist announced Wednesday a $1.8 million private placement led by company executives and board members and an unnamed “strategic investor.” Also this week, Applied DNA announced a new licensing agreement with Himatsingka…