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BioSpace
EU Drugs Regulator Reviews Safety of GlaxoSmithKline's Flu Jab, Probes Swine Flu Shot, Narcolepsy Link

Eli Lilly and Company Wins Longer Halt Of Generic Strattera Sales

Celgene Announces Appointment of as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Could Be Sign of s Intention to Go International

Yale University Team Finds a Genetic Rarity: A Mutation that Restores Health

Genentech, ImmunoGen, Inc. Receives Refuse to File Letter from FDA for Drug T-DM1, Stock Drops 38.02% at 11:08AM EDT

BioSpace - Breaking News
Landauer Declares Regular Cash Dividend

Charles River Laboratories (Massachusetts) Implements $300 Million Accelerated Stock Repurchase Program

Lotus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Starts China Clinical Trial of Asthma Drug

First European Patent Claims Now Allowed for Microwave Peptide Synthesis, CEM Corporation Study

Hospira, Inc. to Present at Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference Sept. 13

Biotech News - Business Wire
VertiFlex®, Inc. Announces Sale of Percutaneous Fusion Portfolio

Research and Markets: Novel Antibodies and Therapeutic Proteins - Technology Challenges and Future Prospects

Exactech Acquires Minimally Invasive Spine Reconstruction Portfolio

Biomagnetics Confirms Conference Call Hosted by President Clayton Hardman

MTBC Joins Some of America's Most Successful Entrepreneurs on the 2010 Inc. 5000 List

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Orexigen(R) Therapeutics Reports Inducement Grants Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

GeoVax Labs Inc. Announces Results of 2010 Annual Stockholders Meeting

Novartis receives FDA approval of Tekamlo, a single-pill combination of aliskiren and amlodipine to treat high blood pressure

STALLERGENES: Excellent 1st Half-Year 2010 Performance

Athera Signs Distribution Agreement in Scandinavia

Biotechnology - Moreover
Evolva CEO Neil Goldsmith wins 2010 Biotech Builders Award

Biotechnology News patent Search

Biotechnology News human genome Search

Biotechnology News ovarian cancer Search

BioPortfolio Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical News July to ...

Burrill Report
Costs of Scientific Misconduct

Legislators Weigh Goals of Personalized Medicine Bill

Retrovirus Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Actos and Avandia pose similar risks

Remarkable Result in Melanoma Drug Trial

CenterWatch - Clinical Trials
Synexus sees clinical trials rise 25% in Hungary

Merck partners with Alectos to develop new type of Alzheimer's treatment

Medco Health Solutions to acquire United BioSource in $730 million all-cash deal

ClinTec partners with Elephant Capital for Asia Pacific expansion

ActivMed opens N.H. research center

Clinical Trials - Business Wire
Medical Action Industries Inc. Completes Acquisition of AVID Medical, Inc.

Pico-Tesla Expands Operations to Midwest Region

AUXILIO Provides Business Update and Outlook

ArtVentive Medical Group, Inc. and Medical Murray Inc. Sign Agreement

InSite Vision Commences Phase 1/2 Clinical Study of ISV-303 for Post-Surgical Ocular Pain and Swelling

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Funds AgeneBio to Advance Pharmacological Neural Stabilizer Technology

Shire Announces European Approval of VPRIV(R) (velaglucerase alfa) for the Treatment of Type 1 Gaucher Disease

BrainScope(TM) Announces Findings of Traumatic Brain Injury Study in the Emergency Department

Salinas Valley Memorial Completes Successful Implant of Cardiac Monitor and Alert System

Heart Transplant Patients With Common Disorder Have High Survival Rates

Contract Pharma
Shire Gaucher Drug Gains EU Approval

Ricerca Completes cGMP API Purification

Catalent Completes BioAlliance Pact with Oravig Launch

IBA, Bayer Ink Clinical Trial Supply Pact

Catalent To Provide Materials for AML Trial

FDA Drugs- What's New
September 20, 2010: Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Ongoing Safety Review of Stalevo and possible increased cardiovascular risk

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Aseptic meningitis associated with use of Lamictal (lamotrigine)

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Serious medication errors from intravenous administration of nimodipine oral capsules

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Ongoing safety review of Evamist (estradiol transdermal spray) and unintended exposure of children and pets to topical estrogen

FDA News - Business Wire
Genentech Receives Refuse to File Letter from FDA for T-DM1

SonoSite Receives FDA Clearance for LumenVu Catheter Guidance System

New Health Canada and FDA Studies Support BPA Safety

Amneal Announces FDA Approval for Spironolactone HCl Tablets

Resumen: La FDA concede la designación de huérfano al anticuerpo monoclonal recombinante anti-CD20 de LFB para la leucemia linfocítica crónica

FDA Press Releases
FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid TimeOut Capsules

FDA releases guidance on federal menu labeling requirements

FDA Warns of Possible Dangers from Portable Foot-Tanning Device

Study: Presence of murine leukemia virus found in CFS Patients, others

Urgent Nationwide Frozen Mamey Fruit Products Recall

FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
August 24, 2010 Approval Letter - Fluvirin

URGENT - Voluntary Market Withdrawal of Octagam [Immune Globulin Intravenous (human)] 5% Liquid Preparation

July 19, 2010 Approval Letter - Fluarix

Recall of Panoscreen lll

AFLURIA

FierceBiotech
Expert panel set to review Boehringer's Pradaxa

FDA approves Novartis' combo pill Teklamo

Stallergenes hunts for U.S. partner

XenoPort president departs

Mass. sees jump in biotech jobs

FierceBiotech IT
Cloud to host Saffron predictive analytics tool

UK study supports dose-response modeling

Google-like code aids drug development

Top 10 list rejects cloud for clinical data

NIH funds software-based brain plasticity trials

FierceBiotech Research
Mouse virus linked to chronic fatigue syndrome

Mouse virus found in chronic fatigue cases

Judge's ruling throws ESC research work into disarray

Tougher disclosure rules spur flak from biomedical researchers

AVI approach saves monkeys with Ebola

FiercePharma
Senators question Medicare's Provenge review

Governor aims to extend Medicaid drug discounts

Eyeing global growth, Celgene taps new CFO

Can China remain the low-cost leader for long

Genzyme set for Cerezyme supply boost

FiercePharma Manufacturing
FDA moves a step closer to executive prosecutions

Lilly, Pfizer announce manufacturing cuts

Robotic IV compounding comes to UMass

Hyaluron contamination response earns FDA warning

Texas kicks in for vegan vaccine funding

FierceVaccines
Bill Gates on vaccines: "Our investment is mind-blowing"

Will FDA reconsider hen vaccination program

Antigenics shares gain on GSK's ambitious PhIII vax program

Feds earmark $2B for new, faster vaccine tech

CDC: More teens getting their recommended shots

Health News - BizJournals.com
Zynex names ex-Qualmark exec its CFO

ProHealth Care names new CEO

Review of Genentech cancer drug rejected

St. Jude teams with Hansen on robotics tech

Amherst IDA deadlocks on Urgent Care deal

Health News - CNBC
Economy giving U.S. women pause about motherhood

Aetna completes $750 million notes offering

Exactech acquires product lines from VertiFlex

Europe probes swine flu shot, narcolepsy link

HealthSpring spends $545M to snare Bravo Health

Health News - Fox Business
ImmunoGen Sinks On FDA Delay; Drug Indexes Dip

European Medicines Agency Launches Review Into Glaxo's Pandemrix

Novartis Drug Approvals Bolster Franchise, Help Shares

HealthSpring Buying Bravo Health For $545 Million

Roche Hopes For Speedy Drug Approval Dashed

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
RECORDATI: THE SIXTH EDITION OF THE ARRIGO RECORDATI INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ISSUES THE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Despite Falling Peso, Mexican IVD Market Sees Growth in 2009

PPJ Enterprise Announces Today the Most Exciting News During the Last Three Years -- That It Has Reached Its Highest Revenue in August, 2010

SOHM Signs Exclusive Agreement for Distribution of Generic Pharmaceuticals in Sri Lanka

Ash Access Technology, Inc. Has Been Granted a Key United States Patent for Its Novel Antimicrobial / Antithrombotic Catheter Lock and Catheter Flush Technologies

MassBio News
Massachusetts maintains national strength in biotech despite downturn

MassBio Statement on Stem Cell Decision

Sixteen MassBio Member Companies Selected to Present at BioPharm America 2010 and the MassBio Investors Forum

Check out the MassBio Innovation Exchange!

Nuclea Biotechnologies opens new Genomic Center in Pittsfield

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
600+ Health Experts Convene at Groundbreaking Global Maternal Health Conference 2010

Misonix Announces New Distribution Agreement for Russia

Mindray Medical to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference

Mindray Medical to Present at the Morgan Stanley China Global Healthcare Day

At 101, Patient is Nation's Oldest Transcatheter Heart Valve Replacement

National Center for Biotechnology Information
BLAST NEWS

BLASTFeed

Blast Tips

dbGaP News and Announcements

NCBI News

Nature Biotechnology
Waking up and smelling the coffee

Reply to Waking up and smelling the coffee

Genetic stability in two commercialized transgenic lines (MON810)

Distances needed to limit cross-fertilization between GM and conventional maize in Europe

Case study: India's billion dollar biotech

New York Times- Biotechnology
Stryker and Massachusetts Settle Over Marketing Practices

Genetics Pushes Canola Into the Wild

Europe Clears Import of New Biotech Corn Varieties

Exploring Algae as Fuel

Europeans Seek to Ease Wide Ban on Biotech Crops

New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
Lilly Stops Alzheimer's Drug Trials

AARPSays Brand-Name Drug Prices Up 8% in 2009

AARP Says Brand-Name Drug Prices Up 8% in 2009

What to Tell Alzheimer’s Patients After a Trial Goes Awry

A Problem Easily Fixed

OnBioVC
Complete Genomics, Inc.: Series E $39M

Poxel, SA: Series A $20.3M

Gemin X Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series E $8M

Great Lakes Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series B $3.1M

Health Market Science, Inc.: Series B $6.1M

Outsourcing-Pharma
Almac Diagnostics discusses new biomarker service

Asia Pacific trial sector poised for continued growth, says Novotech

ERT develops IVR suicidality monitoring for trials

Demand for discovery services recovering, says Domainex

Biomarkers indispensible in cancer drug development, says Quintiles

Pharma News - Business Wire
Company Profile for Quintiles

Maven Semantic: Nanotechnology Research Database

Company Profile for The Channel Group, LLC

Independent Drugstore Lobby to Congress: No Transparency For Us, More for PBMs

Biomagnetics Announces LOI to Acquire Hubei Tianyuan Chemical CompanyThird Chinese Asset Targeted at $1.50 BMGP Share Price

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Epigenetics Therapeutics to 2017 High Market Potential for Epigenetics Drugs in Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma and Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

Electrophysiology Devices - Global Pipeline Analysis, Opportunity Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2016

Dorothee Foernzler at Roche to speak at Cancer Conference Oct 20-22 California

NICE proposes to restrict access to Velcade® (bortezomib) in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients

Key Bio Nano Consulting partner develops novel nanolitre scale technique for determining protein stability and ligand-binding affinity

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Fosun Pharma Acquires $14 Million of Chindex Stock

Americans to U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Preserve Life-Saving Medicines; Reduce Antibiotic Use in Food Animal Production

UPDATE: China PharmaHub Corp. Introduces a 'Magic Bullet' Liver Cancer Therapy to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, and Bangladesh

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase III Clinical Study Aimed at Resetting the Body Clock

China PharmaHub Corp. Introduces a 'Magic Bullet' Liver Cancer Therapy to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, and Bangladesh

Pharmaceutical - Moreover
Digital Pathology Services Firm Flagship Biosciences Creates...

Manager - QA

Catalent Pharma Soultions Provides Manufacturing And Packaging Expertise To Bioalliance Pharma And Strativa Pharmaceuticals To Launch Oravig On The Us Market

SOHM Signs Exclusive Agreement for Distribution of Generic Pharmaceuticals in Sri Lanka SOHM Continues to

Croatia Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2010

PR Leap - Biotech
Executive Impact Group Provides Startup Solutions to VC funded $40M Calithera Biosciences

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

PRWeb - Biotechnology
Microsonic Systems Enters Asia-Pacific Market

Invida to Participate in Key September Conferences in the U.S.

Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopedics, Inc. Recalls the ASR XL...

Extech Video Borescope Inspection Cameras New from Cole-Parmer

Agile Sciences awarded NIH SBIR grant to validate biofilm dispersion...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
New Data Shows Synthetic Hormone Replacement Yields No Muscle Mass...

FLAVORx and Fillmaster Systems Introduce Automated...

Dorland Health Announces Silver Crown AwardsCall For Entries

Pain Relief And Healing Cream Awarded Patent For Pain Associated With...

It Can be Cheaper to Buy Medications from a Canadian Online Pharmacy -...

Scientific American
Stem Cells from Reprogrammed Adult Cells Found to Bring Along Genetic Defects of Their Donors

Calling All Predators: Caterpillar Saliva May Be a Component in Plants' Chemical Alarms

First Ant Genomes Promise Insight into Epigenetics and Longevity

Cancer-Zapping Precision Radiation Beams Could Soon Target Other Diseases

Light Diet: Eating Food without Seeing It May Impede Ability to Judge Hunger

Xconomy Life Sciences
Washington Startups Bring in $81.7M in July, Majority in Healthcare Sector

MedNetworks Partners with Healthways, NKT Gets $4M, Aileron Lands Deal With Roche, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News

Cypress Bio Acquires Technologies in Separate Deals with Marina Biotech, Alexza Pharmaceutical

Finistere Planning New Venture Fund, National Cancer Institute Official Offers SBIR Insights, Ramius Still Tries to Woo Cypress Bio, & More San Diego Life Sciences News

Promising Skin Cancer Drug Could Be First Big Win for Plexxikon's Structure-Based Drug Discovery Approach

Yahoo Biotech News
Stem-Cell Ruling Causes Gloom, Anxiety Among Scientists (Time.com)

Gloom and Confusion in the Stem Cell Community (Time.com)

Study links Chinese kidney problems to genes (AFP)

Effect on stem cell ruling on companies unclear (Reuters)

Obama to Appeal Stem Cell Ruling (HealthDay)