<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Human Genome Sciences</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/washtech/companies/hgs?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><description>Human Genome Sciences</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[HGS Arthritis Drug Clears Testing Hurdle]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28494-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28494-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Human Genome Sciences Inc.'s treatment for rheumatoid arthritis has cleared a major testing hurdle, according to company officials, marking the first time one of the drugs developed by the Rockville firm has proved effective in patients.]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Crunch Time for Biotech Companies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42854-2005Jan2.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42854-2005Jan2.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Washington area biotech companies will face pivotal moments this year, finding out whether key products work before money dries up, fending off competition from bigger companies,  and, perhaps filing to go public.]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[HGS Picks Watkins as New Chief Executive]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3115-2004Nov21.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3115-2004Nov21.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[20-year product development veteran from Abbott Laboratories will face the challenge of completing Human Genome Sciences' makeover from gene hunter to drug marketer.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[HGS Board Member Named Chairman]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36881-2004Sep20.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36881-2004Sep20.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Argeris N. Karabelas, a Human Genome Sciences board member, will become chairman Oct. 17, the company said Monday.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-TheWashington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Favorite in Race to Treat Lupus]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64190-2004Sep5.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64190-2004Sep5.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Race to bring to market the most important new drug to treat lupus in 40 years hardly seems an even match. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bioshield Too Little for Drug Industry]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13873-2004Jul25.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13873-2004Jul25.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When President Bush signed Project Bioshield, few companies seemed to have more to celebrate than a Rockville biotechnology firm that has spent more than $10 million to develop a drug to prevent and treat anthrax infections.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Cuts Bush's Budget Request for NASA]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64974-2004Jul20.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64974-2004Jul20.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A key congressional subcommittee slashed the president's NASA budget request by more than $1 billion Tuesday, dealing a sharp early blow to the administration's ambitious plan to send humans to the moon and Mars.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta  and Dan Morgan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. to Order Anthrax Vaccine]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23388-2004Jun7.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23388-2004Jun7.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Despite slow action on Capitol Hill, the Bush administration is moving forward to create defenses against biological terrorism and expects to place a big new order for anthrax vaccine by late this summer, one of the government's top health experts said Monday. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Justin Gillis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Your Seat for Venus Transit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8108-2004Jun1.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8108-2004Jun1.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[From our earthly perspective, the planet   Venus crosses the sun for the first time since 1882, and the event will be visible at sunrise June 8 in the Washington area.]]></description><author> Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[HGS Cutting Staff, CEO Haseltine Retiring]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22227-2004Mar24.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22227-2004Mar24.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Human Genome Sciences, a bellwether company for Maryland's biotechnology industry, will lay off 20 percent of its employees. CEO Bill Haseltine plans retirement as company aims to get products to market faster. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Justin Gillis and Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. to Buy Anthrax Vaccine Stockpile]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51691-2004Mar11.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51691-2004Mar11.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The government is preparing to buy enough experimental anthrax vaccine for 25 million people, a stockpile that would permit mass inoculations in numerous U.S. cities if terrorists launched a broad assault with the deadly germ.]]></description><author> Justin Gillis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthrax Treatment Successes Reported]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43087-2004Mar9.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43087-2004Mar9.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two experimental drugs designed to treat anthrax infection have shown promise in recent tests -- evidence that the nation might eventually produce new defenses against a weapon that terrorized Capitol Hill and much of the East Coast in late 2001. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Justin Gillis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthrax Treatments Promising in Tests]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41548-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41548-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two experimental drugs designed to treat anthrax infection have shown promise in recent tests, leaving developers hopeful of finding new defenses against the bioterror threat. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Justin Gillis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firm Abandoning Drug]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7273-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7273-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Human Genome Sciences Inc. will scrap a once-promising wound-healing drug after the medicine failed in a large human test, the Rockville biotechnology company said yesterday. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human Genome Sciences Cuts Workforce by 7%]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9616-2003Dec17.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9616-2003Dec17.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Human Genome Sciences Inc. laid off 78 workers -- 7 percent of its workforce -- in the largest job reduction in the Rockville biotechnology company's 11-year history.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The High Cost Of Making an Anthrax Drug]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43948-2003Dec7.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43948-2003Dec7.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In order to proceed with their Anthrax treatment, Human Genome Sciences Inc. needs a commitment from the federal government.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human Genome Sciences Cuts Losses]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31646-2003Oct28.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31646-2003Oct28.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Human Genome Sciences Inc., a Rockville biotechnology company trying to turn human proteins into commercial drugs, reported sharply lower third-quarter losses, even as revenue fell. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human Genome Sciences to Abandon Key Treatment]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2196-2003Sep25.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2196-2003Sep25.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Human Genome Sciences Inc., a Rockville biotechnology company, said yesterday that it will abandon an experimental treatment for painful skin sores after the drug failed to prove effective in a large human test.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[HGS Still Waiting for Drug Pipeline to Pay Off]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62124-2003Jul29.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62124-2003Jul29.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Human Genome Sciences, the Rockville biotechnology company, reported a slightly wider net loss for the second quarter, a nearly 2 percent increase from a year ago, even as expenses fell.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biotech Firm Revises Financing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29539-2003Jul8.html?nav=rss_technology/washtech/companies/hgs</link><guid 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