ViraCor-IBT develops swine flu test

A local laboratory said Monday that it has developed a test to diagnose the H1N1, or swine, flu in patients.

Genentech buying plant in Singapore

Genentech exercised an option to buy a drug manufacturing facility in Singapore for $290 million upfront and up to $70 million in milestone payments.

Pinnacol probe resumes at Colorado Capitol

Injured workers who claim they were unfairly denied payment by Pinnacol Assurance told their stories to a legislative committee Monday at the state Capitol, but so did others who talked of how Colorado’s largest workers-compensation insurer helped them when they needed it most.

Stanford seeks swine flu vaccine testers

The Stanford University School of Medicine seeks people for a saftey test of an experimental vaccine against the new strain of H1N1 virus.

U of L gets $1.6 million for research

U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., announced Monday $1.6 million in U.S. Department of Defense funding to support cell-transplant research at the University of Louisville.