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BioSpace
Sanofi-Aventis (France) Asks U.S. Court to Block Sandoz, Inc.'s Generic Blood Thinner

Infectious Prions Can Arise Spontaneously in Normal Brain Tissue, The Scripps Research Institute And University College London Study Shows

New Compound Improves Obesity-Related Health Complications, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Study

Muscle Gene May Provide New Treatments For Obesity And Diabetes, Rockefeller University Study

Certain Epilepsy Drugs May Increase Risk of Suicide,, Charite Medicine University Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
Roche Results: Results from Two Multi-Site Collaborative Studies Highlight the Value of 454 Sequencing Systems for Genotyping Applications

Sanofi-Aventis (France) and Merck & Co., Inc. Appoint as CEO for the New Animal Health Joint Venture

Novartis Corporation Q2 Prompts Fresh Call for Higher Alcon, Inc. Bid

Regado Biosciences Announces Publication in the American Heart Association Journal of the Results of a Phase 2a Study for the REG1 Anticoagulant System in Elective Percutaneous Interventions

Synta Pharmaceuticals Announces STA-9090 Results Published in Journal Demonstrating Potent In Vitro and In Vivo Activity in AML

Biotech News - Business Wire
T2 Biosystems Contributes to New Point of Care Book

Gold Standard Diagnostics Introduces the ThunderBolt Automated Diagnostics Platform

Golden Helix Brings High-Performance Analytics to a Broader Community

MabCure, Inc. Announces Positive Results for New Ovarian Cancer Diagnostic Blood Test

GTC Biotherapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Milestone Scientific's STA Single Tooth Anesthesia System® Named as One of Dentistry Today's 'Top 100 Products' for Third Consecutive Year

Health Robotics Surpasses 100 Installations Milestone and Acquires Two I.V. Room of the Future Partner Companies

Orchestrall Sponsors 'China Business Toolbox': Brings Focus to the 'How and When' of China Market Access

Luminex Launches New MAGPIX Multiplexing Instrument

OmniComm Systems, Inc. Announces 2010 First Half Results

Biotechnology - Moreover
Dr Menendez to lead workshop on GMP bioassay validation in Taiwan

Biotechnology, R&D ignored in federal election campaign

DCGI sets stringent rules for clinical trials

Biotechnology - Percorso Life Sciences, LLC Announces Strategic Commercialization Agreement with Generation Biotech

Biotechnology - New biotechnology study findings have been reported by researchers at University of Ljubljana

Burrill Report
Gel is Promising in Preventing HIV Infections

Reckitt Gets Its Mojo Rising

Pfizer Halts Trial of Pain Drug

Investors Weigh Biotech Results

Clean Living

CenterWatch - Clinical Trials
BIO Ventures for Global Health expands to West Coast

ACRO hails proposed privacy rule to help simplify clinical research

Biotech sector garners $1.3 billion in quarterly venture capital investing, up 59%

Survey: Researchers Value Training

Partnership Assists Patient Recruitment

Clinical Trials - Business Wire
iMedicor Launches Phase I Product Marketing Program for MuGard

Research and Markets: Patient and Investigator Recruitment Success - Now Available

MannKind Corporation to Hold 2010 Second Quarter Financial Results

Research and Markets: Taiwan In Vitro Diagnostics Market Outlook to 2016

Applied Spine Technologies Receives Notice of Patent Allowance for Travel Limiting Functionality in Dynamic Stabilization Devices

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Promise for Herpes, Staph Sufferers Shown in Probiotic-Derived Immune Support Supplement

Exuviance® AGE REVERSE Launch Promises Undeniable Results on Aging Skin

Medco Research Institute and Leading French Researchers Launch Study Comparing Effient® and Double Dose of Plavix® in Heart Patients Receiving Prevacid®

Boston Scientific Launches Neuroform EZ Stent System in U.S. and Europe

Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Submits New Drug Application for Investigational Once-Daily HIV Treatment TMC278 to U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Contract Pharma
Executive Moves: ABC Laboratories

Executive Moves: BioScreen Testing

Financial Report: ICON 2Q

QPS Acquires Xendo Drug Development

Colorcon Acquires Indian Coatings Business

FDA Drugs- What's New
FDA Statement on Avandia TIDE Trial

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

FDA News - Business Wire
PPD and Microsoft to Deliver Innovative REMS Solution Based on Microsoft Technologies

Bemis Launches FreshCase® Film

LDR, Leader in Innovation, Reports 112% Sales Growth for US Operations June 2010 YTD Over Prior Year

AMD Appoints BK Medical as Agent for Prostate HistoScanning in the UK

FDA and Academic Pharmacy Create a Groundbreaking Study to Improve Patient Health Outcomes

FDA Press Releases
FDA Approves First Generic Enoxaparin Sodium Injection

Federal Government Seizes Cyanide Antidote Kits from California Company

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

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
AZ's Brilinta garners favorable reviews from FDA staffers

How much is Genzyme worth

NovImmune inks deal, eyes possible IPO

Immune Design nabs $32M for vaccine development

Sandoz chief predicts big wave of biosimilars

FierceBiotech IT
NCI plans clinical trial system reforms

European academic researchers using CDMSs; Partners combine e-clinical, EHR software;

E-clinical solution adds mobility, language support

Cancer trials halted amid investigations

Service locates lost trial subjects, data

FierceBiotech Research
Researchers ID a key culprit in the aging process

Study: Animal molecule in drugs triggers immune response

NIH team reports breakthrough with new obesity drug

Researchers combat aging as a "stem cell disease"

Scotland looks to beef up life sciences sector

FiercePharma
Medicare rules threaten Epogen with 38% drop

Is Sanofi determined to take over Genzyme

GSK tosses sales targets for U.S. reps

Report: Genzyme rejects Sanofi offer

BREAKING NEWS: Report: Genzyme rejects Sanofi offer

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Bill to boost chemical safety may burden manufacturers

India seeks anti-fakes tools to preserve reputation

Congress's heparin "shock" will hamper Hamburg in China

Genzyme shows fight in manufacturing comeback

Cellexus joins disposables fray

FierceVaccines
Funds once earmarked for HIV lab go to research

Encouraging steps in AIDS fight prompt hope for 'renaissance'

HPV shot provides sustained protection against pre-cancerous growths

Emergent facility to work on TB, typhoid vaccines

Funds once earmarked for HIV lab goes to research

Health News - BizJournals.com
Global sales of Kinetic Concepts products flat

Kansas Bioscience Authority approves $2.13M in financing

HMA to buy Wuesthoff Health System

Census Bureau: Chatham, Orange post highest uninsured rates in Triangle

Thoratec abandons $110M sale of ITC unit

Health News - CNBC
Gilead Sciences offering $2.2 billion in notes

Walgreen clinics offer back-to-school physicals

Merck and Sanofi name CEO of animal medicine unit

Ahead of the Bell: Rule may help Amgen, Genzyme

Court places no restrictions on generic Lovenox

Health News - Fox Business
Counting Obama's Wins

Bristol-Myers Sees 6% Drop in 2Q Earnings

Human Genome Climbs On Upgrade

Repros Therapeutics Up As Firm Plans a Drug Study

St. Jude Medical Shares Up 4.3% On Profit, Outlook

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Bionan Healthcare, Inc. Partners With Bilcare GCS on Critical Clinical Venture

BioServe Develops Cost Effective PCR-Based GMO Screening Tests for Exporters of Food and Agricultural Products

PharmaVigilant Enhances eTMF System With Groundbreaking Functionality; Competitive Gap Widens

Dynavax Completes Enrollment and First Immunizations in Universal Flu Vaccine Study

Innovotech Signs Agreement for Distribution of Its bioFILM PA(TM) Test in Israel

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
Interactive Health Solutions Launches New Program With Physicians to Reduce Medical Costs

Regado Biosciences to Present at the 2010 Wedbush Securities Life Sciences Best Ideas MAC: Management Access Conference

Mindray to Attend the 2010 American Association for Clinical Chemistry Conference

Moffitt Cancer Center and CvergenX, Inc. Sign Licensing Agreement

Prolias, LLC Spins Out Prolias Technologies, Inc., a Life Sciences Research Reagent Supplier to the Cancer Research Community

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
Exploring Algae as Fuel

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

New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
African Studies Give Women Hope in H.I.V. Fight

Livesaving Medications, Through a Back Door

Livesaving Medications, Through the Back Door

When a Cancer Drug Fails

Drivers on Prescription Drugs Are Hard to Convict

OnBioVC
Palmaz Scientific, Inc.: Series A $3M

Phreesia, Inc.: Series D $16M

Coskata, Inc.: Series D $23.7M

Mirina Corp.: Series A $3.9M

EarlySense, Ltd.: Series C $13M

Outsourcing-Pharma
Biomarkers indispensible in cancer drug development, says Quintiles

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

Pharma News - Business Wire
XenoPort to Release Second Quarter Financial Results on August 5, 2010

Maven Semantic: the Largest Database of International Heart Disease Research Professionals

Samenvatting: Covidien voltooit tender voor de aandelen van Somanetics Corporation

NCCN Receives $4 Million in Oncology Research Funding from GlaxoSmithKline

Affymetrix to Commercialize Powerful Genotyping Array for Chinese Population

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Cambian and Care Aspirations Join to Create the UK's Largest Private Provider of Specialist Services in Education, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

BSD Medical Submits Grant Applications Under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program

Doctors.net.uk launches GP commissioning resource

Teva UK Limited Repeats Student Bursary Offer

NICE guideline set to transform cancer care for thousands of patients

Pharma News - PR Newswire
FINRA Confirms China BCT's Corporate Name Change

Cobalis Creates Retail Marketing and Distribution Division and Launches US Retail Marketing for PreHistin®

Big Pharma Chemists Turning Out in Large Numbers for ChemOutsourcing Extravaganza Event on September 14-16, 2010 at Jersey Shore Beach Resort

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® and Shape Pharmaceuticals Partner to Advance Clinical Development of Novel, Topical Therapy for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Reports Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2011

Pharmaceutical - Moreover
Teva Pharmaceutical Profit Surges 53% To $797 Million (TEVA)

Jiangzhong Pharma plans $81.13 mln private placement

TEVA Q2 Beats Street View

Teva Pharmaceutical profit up 53%

US Colorcon takes over Indian Pharmaceutical Coatings

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
GenomeQuest Appoints Anthony Flynn as CMO

STEMCELL Technologies applauds Nature Protocol article from Institut...

August 15 Entry Deadline for 2010 da Vinci® Awards Honoring...

Bryant University Announces New Biology Major

Centre County Industrial Development Corporation's Business Incubator...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Buy Viagra Online, Using Multilingual Version of BuyCheapViagra.net

San Francisco Pharmacy Earns Industry's Top Quality & Safety...

New: BodyGuard Dietary Supplement for Internal Skincare by Bodyguard...

China: Getting Closer By the Day

Global Health Progress Releases New Report that Features Innovative...

Scientific American
How Will the Smart Grid Handle Heat Waves

More Education Delays Dementia Signs--But Not Damage

Climate Change May Mean More Mexican Immigration

Urban Air Pollutants Can Damage IQs Before Baby's First Breath

Urban Air Pollutants Can Damage IQs Before Baby s First Breath

Xconomy Life Sciences
Solazyme, Founded on Delusional Idea of Algae Biofuel, Stakes Claim as Industry's First Mover

Immune Design Follows Corixa Playbook, Sees Data, Deals on the Horizon in Year Three

Immune Design Follows Corixa Playbook, Sees Data, Deals on the Horizon in Year Threeo

RainDance Technologies, Delving Deep into DNA, Gets Wall Street Connections with Latest CEO

Onyx Preps for Dash to FDA, After Myeloma Drug Helps Sickest of the Sick

Yahoo Biotech News
Benefit confirmed in "bubble boy" treatment (Reuters)

Gene Therapy Shows Promise With 'Bubble Boy' Disease (HealthDay)

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)