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Strong 2Q for ageless BioSpecifics Technologies

Significant progress in its clinical-development programs – and a chunky opt-in payment from a major international partner – won’t affect BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.’s financial fortunes until the third quarter, but…








Another strong quarter for Planet Payment

Slight year-over-year declines in net income and earnings dulled Planet Payment’s second-quarter financials, but reported revenues were strong – and the comfortably profitable company remains on-course for significant growth, according…



Sloan Kettering facility green-lighted

The Hempstead Town board approved a site plan for Memorial Sloan Kettering’s proposed $140 million outpatient treatment and research facility at Mitchel Field as part of the so-called Nassau Hub…



Some pig: USDA, Codagenix target swine flu

By GREGORY ZELLER // With Zika virus, Foot and Mouth Disease and other global threats already in its crosshairs, Farmingdale biotech Codagenix Inc. is challenging another high-profile opponent: swine flu….



BNL snags key role in $50M battery effort

By GREGORY ZELLER // A host of advanced Brookhaven National Laboratory technologies will bolster a $50 million national campaign to create next-generation electric-vehicle batteries. The laboratory’s National Synchrotron Light Source II…