Small caps round-up: BioSeek, 21st Century, CareCapital...

BioSeek, a subsidiary of drugs developer Asterand, has signed a new three-year collaboration agreement with Merck Serono, a division of German pharmaceuticals giant firm Merck. The new agreement is for a research plan which extends and expands the companies' previous three-year agreement from 2009. The studies carried out by BioSeek for Merck Serono over the past three years have demonstrated that the BioMAP platform can be used to reliably advance promising molecules through pre-clinical evaluation, the company claimed.

BioSeek, a subsidiary of drugs developer Asterand, has signed a new three-year collaboration agreement with Merck Serono, a division of German pharmaceuticals giant firm Merck. The new agreement is for a research plan which extends and expands the companies' previous three-year agreement from 2009. The studies carried out by BioSeek for Merck Serono over the past three years have demonstrated that the BioMAP platform can be used to reliably advance promising molecules through pre-clinical evaluation, the company claimed.

21st Century, a supplier and installation service provider of public transport closed-circuit television, reported a leap in sales from £10.8m to £14m for 2011. Profit after tax doubled from £0.6m to £1.2m, while earnings per share rose from 0.61p to 1.31p. Year end cash was up to £2.8m from £1.1m at the start of the year. The firm said if the company continues to progress it will consider proposing a dividend within the next 12 months.

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