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BioSpace
AIDS Breakthrough: Gel Helps Prevent Infection, Study

U.N. Urged To Probe U.S. Trade Stance On Generic Drugs

Male Fetuses Ignore Their Stressed-Out Mothers, University of Adelaide Study

Nanoparticles Plus Adult Stem Cells Demolish Plaque, Study

Pfizer Inc. Halts Tanezumab Studies For Back Pain, Diabetes

BioSpace - Breaking News
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to Webcast Virtual RNAi Roundtable on ALN-TTR for Treatment of Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis

Seattle Genetics, Inc. and Agensys, Inc., an Affiliate of Astellas Pharma Inc., Announce Initiation of Phase I Clinical Trial of ASG-5ME for Pancreatic Cancer

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. to Initiate Phase 3 Study for Sarcoma Connective Tissue Cancer

The Indian Drugs Controller General Approves Start of Clinical Study of Hemispherx Biopharma's Natural Interferon Product, Alferon N Injection(R), in Hospitalized Flu Patients

Biotech News - Business Wire
IntelePACS Breast Imaging is the Means to Superior Screening in Alberta

Orthovita Schedules Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results Conference Call

Leading INRA Facility Reports Robust Genetic Analysis Results From Fluidigm BioMark System

iCAD Unveils Advanced MRI Product Suite

Calypso's Medical Director Named One of Seattle's Top Physicians

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Oxford Finance Corporation and United Orthopedic Group, Inc. Close $20 Million Credit Facility

The Launch and Uptake of Nine Emerging Therapies Will Drive the Prostate Cancer Drug Market to More Than Double to $8.4 Billion in 2019

Beike Biotechnology Opens First Chinese Rehabilitation Center in Romania

Health Robotics' CytoCare Continues European Expansion With Grifols and Vall d'Hebron University Hospital

Four Rivers Announces TMS CAFM, a Computer-Aided Facility Management Application

Biotechnology - Moreover
Dong Nai aims high for biotech center

Tamir Compounds Show Positive Results Against Dengue Virus

What Is Biotechnology Research

Experts push for biotech farming trials

Tamir Biotechnology's Compounds Show Remarkable Results Against Dengue Virus : Thoughts

Burrill Report
GSK To Take $2.36 Billion Charge for Legal Settlements

Companies Give Back First Quarter Gains

Private Equity Looks to Vitamins for Strength

Scientists Develop First Malaria-Proof Mosquito

Common Class of Meds Can Impair Aging Brain

CenterWatch - Clinical Trials
Partnership Assists Patient Recruitment

Saint Joseph's Opens Phase I Unit in Atlanta

UBC to Continue Growth Strategy with New $150 Million in Funding

Victoria University launches Clinical Research Diploma

CRO Quintiles Opens First Prime Site in Asia

Clinical Trials - Business Wire
Maven Semantic: The Largest Database of International Arthritis Research Professionals

U-Systems Launches www.somoinsightstudy.org, Supporting a Breast Cancer Screening Clinical Study for Women with Dense Breast Tissue

AUXILIO and Sodexo Partnership Earns Managed Print Services Contract with Johns Hopkins Health System

Research and Markets: Dry Skin Therapy Area Pipeline Report

Twelve-Week MiDAS I Clinical Study Data Confirm Safety, Efficacy of Vertos Medical's mild®

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Innovative Partnership Helps Improve Medical Research by Optimizing Clinical Trials

Medical Device Consultants, Inc. and Clinical Development & Support Services Ltd Announce Strategic Partnership

Report Warns Flat Global Funding for HIV Prevention Research May Limit Ability of Researchers to Move Promising Approaches Forward

New Standard of National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program

PSI and Partners Join Call for Male Circumcision Scale Up

Contract Pharma
Vantage, Lipo Merge

Encorium Acquires Progenitor

Executive Moves: iMANY

LyoTechnica To Provide Parenteral Development Services

Catalent Expert Appointed USP Chair

FDA Drugs- What's New
FDA Drug Safety Communication: New boxed warning for severe liver injury with arthritis drug Arava (leflunomide)

FDA Drug Safety Communication: New risk management plan and patient Medication Guide for Qualaquin (quinine sulfate)

Peramivir Emergency Use Authorization Disposition Letter and Question and Answer Attachment

Tamiflu and Relenza Emergency Use Authorization Disposition Letters and Question and Answer Attachments

CDER Key Officials List

FDA News - Business Wire
FDA Accepts AFREZZA Complete Response Resubmission and Sets Target Action Date

Fero Industries Comments on Recent FDA Advisory Panel Recommendation on Avandia®

ZIOPHARM Announces Initiation of Palifosfamide Pivotal Study

Decas Botanical Synergies Signs Exclusive Patent Licenses

FDA Accepts BANZEL® (Rufinamide) Oral Suspension NDA for Review

FDA Press Releases
FDA and Other Federal Agencies Collaborate to Improve Chemical Screening

New Jersey Woman Sentenced for Committing Insurance Fraud and Selling Prescription Fertility Drugs via the Internet

Spanish: Federal Agents Seize Bee-Shield Hand Sanitizer from Puerto Rican Company

Federal Agents Seize Bee-Shield Hand Sanitizer from Puerto Rican Company

FDA: New Final Rule to Ensure Egg Safety, Reduce Salmonella Illnesses Goes Into Effect

FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
Medical Device Recall: Cobe Spectra Apheresis System Disposable Tubing Sets

GLASSIA

CSL Biotherapies Untitled Letter

June 2, 2010 Approval Letter - Havrix

June 2, 2010 Approval Letter - Engerix

FierceBiotech
FDA accepts Mannkind's response, sets PDUFA date

Actelion gets option to buy Trophos for up to $250M

Pfizer stops two more trials of pain drug tanezumab

Nycomed US names new CEO

Emergent looks to move beyond defense work

FierceBiotech IT
Early dialogue with regulators key in global trials

Report: Big pharma drives adoption of digital signatures

Sloppy dialysis app earns #2 in breach ranking

Scientists take on Web 2.0 cure claims

Group uses Internet, phone for trial recruitment

FierceBiotech Research
Researchers combat aging as a "stem cell disease"

Scotland looks to beef up life sciences sector

iPSC use may be limited by 'memory'

Study: Ecstacy may be useful in PTSD therapy

Researchers plan to use iPS cells to combat Parkinson's

FiercePharma
Novartis chief stands firm on Alcon bid

Merck's Isentress aces HIV combo study

Did Avandia panelist disclose GSK speaking fees

The most interesting logos in biopharma

Teva, Sun shares drop on Protonix patent news

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Doc jailed for peddling fake weight-loss pills

UK regulator sounds cold chain alarm

Stability tests prompt Bausch & Lomb ReNu recall

Latest FDA 483 report shows spread of J&J quality woes

Laid off McNeil plant workers can bid for other J&J jobs

FierceVaccines
Project BioShield's vax programs on the chopping block

Two new antibodies may lead to HIV/AIDS vaccine

Computer scientist engineers tame type of live vax

Vax for range of cancers may be available in 5 years

Bavarian Nordic delivers Imvamune to U.S.

Health News - BizJournals.com
EntreMed keeps Nasdaq listing

Kansas, Missouri could get $1.08B for electronic health record effort

Heska swings to Q2 loss

Tylenol, other recalls cause Johnson & Johnson to cut earnings forecast

Supplies Over Seas sends more supplies to Haiti

Health News - CNBC
FACTBOX: Trial shows an AIDS gel can protect women

Forest Labs settles probe, reports lower 1Q profit

Mild flu season hits Meridian Bioscience 2Q profit

Biogen 2Q profit doubles without Acorda payment

J&J posts higher 2Q net income despite recalls

Health News - Fox Business
2nd UPDATE: J&J 2Q Profit Climbs 7.5%; View Cut On Recalls

MannKind Shares Up; FDA Accepts a Resubmission

Four Seasons Amends Titan Europe Bond Investor Proposal

FDA Sends Warning Letter To Abbott Diabetes Unit

J&J Slips On Weak Forecast; Drug Stocks Dip

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Edge Therapeutics and SurModics Collaborate to Develop a Drug Delivery Technology for Treatment of Secondary Brain Injury After Stroke or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Seegene's New Magicplex(TM) Sepsis Test Indentifies Over 90 Indicators for Deadly In-Hospital Disease

CLSI Publishes Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; June 2010 Update

IBC Life Sciences Announces Added Programming During the 2010 BioProcess International(TM) Conference

New Report Examines Future of Molecular Diagnostics

MassBio News
MassBio President Bob Coughlin speaks about the Co-Pay Assistance Bill on Greater Boston (WGBH)

MassBio President Bob Coughlin speaks about the Pharmaceutical Coupon Bill with Greater Boston on WGBH

FDA, CMS Memorandum of Understanding Released

Gaming for Good at Summer Camp

International partnership brings fresh faces

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
MarketsandMarkets Partners With Centre of Business Intelligence (CBI) for its Market Research and Product Forecasting Summit

Researchers Discover Missing Link in Cell Mitosis: The Role of Protein in Controlling Cell Division is Unveiled

Quantum Signal and Delphinus Medical Technologies Awarded MEGA Funding to Expand in Ann Arbor Area

Mindray to Report Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results on August 9, 2010

Heska Announces Q2 2010 Results

National Center for Biotechnology Information
dbGaP News and Announcements

NCBI News

Bookshelf News

dbVar News and Announcements

Genome Reference Consortium News

Nature Biotechnology
Sunshine on conflicts

Ask your doctor

PeptideClassifier for protein inference and targeted quantitative proteomics

Minimum information about a protein affinity reagent (MIAPAR)

Merck ditches biogeneric

New York Times- Biotechnology
Europeans Seek to Ease Wide Ban on Biotech Crops

Europe’s New Approach to Biotech Food

Europe Seeks New Approach to Biotech Crops

European Union Seeks New Approach to Biotech Crops

THE GENOME AT 10; Awaiting the Genome Payoff

New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
Drug Patent Settlements

Drug Patent Agreements

Drug Trials Test Bold Plan to Slow Alzheimer’s

Brain Center at Columbia Gave Patients Impure Drugs

F.D.A. Panel Votes Against Obesity Drug Qnexa From Vivus

OnBioVC
ReVision Optics, Inc.: Series D $35M

TPP Global Development, Ltd.: Series A $12.2M

Stemgent, Inc.: Series B $5.6M

Coronado Biosciences, Inc.: Series C $3.9M

Cyntellect, Inc.: Series E $9M

Outsourcing-Pharma
Data, patients and payers key to New Health success, says Quintiles

Safety and value driving Phase IV growth at CROs; EVP

Potential for trials in Russia "enormous", says ClinStar

US presence is a must for biologics producers, says Recipharm

Liquent and Take Solutions team on regulatory submissions

Pharma News - Business Wire
Affymetrix Launches Axiom Custom Genotyping Arrays Utilizing World's Largest Validated SNP Database

Research and Markets: Drug Formulations Manual - How to Get Your Drug Formulations to Market Quickly and Efficiently

Research and Markets: Triple Analysis: a Comprehensive Focus on Cancer Drug Development Strategies in Colorectal Cancer, Lymphoma and Pancreatic Cancer

ACR Image Metrix Names Clinical Project Manager

Nuevo informe demuestra que Compañías farmacéuticas de California están desarrollando 58 medicamentos para la Diabetes

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Multiple Studies Show that Cook Medical BIGopsy Backloading Biopsy Forceps Can Aid in Proper Cancer Diagnosis

Novartis receives approval in China for Rasilez, a first-in-class direct renin inhibitor for high blood pressure, the leading preventable cause of death in China

Bill Gates visited Intercell to discuss vaccine approaches for developing countries

Human Capital Management in Healthcare Conference on the 2nd and 3rd of November, 2010

AnaSpec's Published References Pass 1000

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Seniors Shortchanged on Time as Annual Enrollment Period Shrinks This Fall

Carmex® Unveils New Skin Care Line Featuring Healing Lotion and Cream

MEDcounselor Drug Information Now Available on ISMP's ConsumerMedSafety.org

National Contest Encourages People with Depressive Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder or Major Depressive Disorder to Speak Out

Access Pharmaceuticals Signs Exclusive Specialty Distribution Agreement With BioScrip

Pharmaceutical - Moreover
Lancme uses recycled board from Tullis Russell for perfume box

Mylan Inc reports dividend of USD16.25 per share

Group claims Irish COE would create 4,800 jobs

Inergetics Receives Product Certification for Resurgex Select(TM) From the FDA Philippines

Sinobiopharma Announces Agreement to Manufacture and Co-Promote Two Products

PR Leap - Biotech
Vivante GMP Solutions Announces Expansion of Technical Staff

Vivante GMP Solutions Announces Successful Completion of GMP Manufacture, Lot Release Campaign

SourceSolution Announces the Implementation of the PlanIt Partner Portal for Vivante GMP Solutions

Vivante GMP Solutions Announces Successful Completion of GMP Fill/Finish, Lot Release Campaign for Etubics Corporation

Vivante GMP Solutions, Aseptic Technologies Team Up To Address Viral Fill Opportunities

PRWeb - Biotechnology
DuPont Chief Innovation Officer: Collaboration on Clean Energy...

Roswell Park Team Receives Grant from National Cancer Institute to...

Chenomx to Offer Free Compound Libraries

EM Photonics Announces Partnership with PSSC Labs

The MedZilla Report for July 2010 - Rate of New Health Care Jobs...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
John Parnell Appointed to President and COO of Parnell...

Global Drugstores Market to Exceed $594.6 Billion by 2015, According...

PCMA: Legislation to Increase Funding to Combat Fraud Critical to...

Freedom for 15 Long-Tailed Macaques after Life in a Laboratory

Zenger Folkman Hosts Free Webinar; The Uninspiring Leader

Scientific American
Can Climate Change Cause Conservation

A Magnetic Remote Control That Can Rewind A Worm's Wriggle

Heat of the Moment: How Much Global Warming Are We Willing to Take

Scourge of the Jellies: Small Fish Shows How Ecosystems Adjust to Potentially Catastrophic Changes [Video]

Scourge of the Jellies: Small Fish Shows How Ecosystems Adjust to Potentially Catastrophic Changes

Xconomy Life Sciences
Mitralign Secures $5M Credit Facility

Mirador Biomedical Seeks to Prevent Dangerous Hospital Errors with Simple Digital Sensor

Memjet CEO Lauer Talks Strategy as Debut Approaches for Disruptive Inkjet Technology

Stromedix, with Biogen Idec Roots, Seeks Exit from Regulatory Limbo

Ramius Makes Unsolicited Bid for Cypress Bioscience

Yahoo Biotech News
Cigarette Smoke May Up Cancer Risk By Interfering With Genes (HealthDay)

Certain genes linked to kidney disease in blacks (Reuters)

New Clues to How Cancer Patients' Genes Influence Treatment (HealthDay)

Cigarette Smoke Jolts Hundreds of Genes, Researchers Say (LiveScience.com)

European ministers to discuss GM crop deadlock: EU (AFP)