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Google Inc. is starting a version of its business software tailored to government customers.

The government-friendly edition of a product called Google Apps will focus on local, state and federal agencies, Google said at a news conference Monday.

The Mountain View company unveiled the version after receiving certification from the U.S Federal Information Security Management Act, which applies to all systems the federal government uses. The new certification gives government and commercial customers more confidence in Google's applications, said David Girouard, president of the enterprise business.

biotech
Genentech's experimental medicine
Roche Holding AG's Genentech unit has agreed to buy rights to an experimental medicine being developed by Nov-Immune SA, a closely held Swiss biotechnology company.

The early stage compound, a so-called anti-IL-17 fully human monoclonal antibody, may be developed to treat inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, NovImmune said Monday. The company didn't provide financial details of the deal.

These bioengineered molecules mimic the action of the body's own response to infections.

NovImmune expects Genentech, in South San Francisco, to begin testing the compound in people next year.

Onyx drug aids some patients
Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. said its experimental drug helped about a quarter of patients with advanced blood cancer whose illness hadn't been halted by other treatments.

Onyx stock gained 21 percent Monday, the most in a year, after announcing results of the trial on carfilzomib. The study found 24 percent of patients with multiple myeloma had at least a partial response, and their improvement lasted a median of 7.4 months, the Emeryville company said in a statement. The research followed 266 patients, Onyx said.

Multiple myeloma causes uncontrolled growth of blood plasma cells and can lead to bone tumors that hinder the body's ability to make infection-fighting cells.

energy
Chevron eyes Down Under
Chevron Corp. expects its Wheatstone gas project in Australia to gain environmental approval in the first quarter of 2011, allowing it to start construction in the second half of next year.

The liquefied natural gas venture may have as many as six processing units and produce as much as 25 million metric tons of the fuel a year, Chevron Australia said in an environmental review filed on its website.

The Wheatstone and Gorgon projects, among more than a dozen proposed LNG ventures in Australia targeting an increase in Asian demand for cleaner-burning fuel, are centerpieces of Chevron's global growth plans, the company says on its site.

patents
Rambus wins Nvidia fight
Rambus Inc. of Los Altos won its patent-infringement fight against Nvidia Corp. over imports of computer-graphics chips.

Nvidia, in Santa Clara, violated Rambus' patent rights, the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington said in a decision on its website Monday. 

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