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BioSpace
Prozac And Celexa Exhibit Anti-Inflammatory Effects, Study

Single Men, Unhappily Married Men May Have Higher Risk Of Fatal Stroke, Tel Aviv University Study

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Panel Calls for Flu Vaccine for All

Regulus Therapeutics, Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline Establish New Collaboration to Develop and Commercialize microRNA Therapeutics Targeting miR-122; Has Potential to Earn More Than $150 Million

Biotech ETFs May Be Poised For A Great Year Ahead

BioSpace - Breaking News
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Reports Record Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Financial Results

Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Provides Preliminary 2009 Results

Eli Lilly and Company Chief Tests Drug Search to Offset Sales Loss

European Medicines Evaluation Agency is in Overall Agreement with OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Development Plan for OGX-011 in Patients with Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer

SIGA Technologies, Inc. Awarded a $2.8 Million Contract With Additional Options for the Development of a Broad Spectrum Antiviral Drug

Biotech News - Business Wire
Dr. Nitesh Chawla from the University of Notre Dame Joins Health Discovery Corporation Science Advisory Board

Safeguard Scientifics to Release Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Financial Results on Thursday, March 11th

Complete Genomics Named One of the 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2010 by Technology Review

4medica to Demonstrate Integrated Health Record Solution at HIMSS 2010 Interoperability Showcase

BioReference Laboratories, Inc. Announces Earnings Date for First Quarter for Fiscal Year 2010
Biotech News - PR Newswire
Supelco(R) Introduces Breakthrough in Bioseparations Performance -- Ascentis(R) Express ES-C18 HPLC Columns

Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Gene Security Network Partner to Test Advanced Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) Technology

TriReme Medical, Inc. Receives FDA 510K Clearance for Glider(TM) PTA Balloon Catheter

AFFiRiS AG: Vaccination Against Hypertension is Development Project No. 4 and has Already Been Awarded an FFG Grant of up to EUR 1.2 Million

Regeneron Announces Participation in a Panel Discussion at RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference

 Biotechnology - Moreover
Roth Capital Initiates Coverage Biotechnology and Drugs KERX & CLDX

Government on its way to mend Jairam's Mistake

Appointments: Heidrick & Struggles recruits Tan

Research and Markets: Pharmaceuticals: Japan Industry Guide for Biotechnology, Generics, OTC Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceuticals ..

Life sciences investment funds OKd

 CenterWatch - Clinical Trials
PPD Opens First Office in Philippines, Expands Operations in India

INC Research Launches Alliance Partnerships Program

Quintiles Adds Anatomic Pathology Services to China Lab

ResearchPoint Global Continues to Grow, Add CRO Partners

German CRO Clinicalprojects Plans to Open First Foreign Office
Clinical Trials - Business Wire
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Milestone for Therapeutic Program

Acute Study Demonstrates Safety of Vertos Medical's mildŽ Procedure; Findings Appear in Pain Physician Journal

QR Pharma Receives US Patent 7,625,942 to Treat Down Syndrome

Investigators Present Phase III Data for Prochymal in Steroid-Refractory Graft vs. Host Disease

Osiris Therapeutics Announces Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy Presentation at BMT Tandem Meeting

 Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Children Can Have Recurrent Strokes

Dysport: Should Botox Users Switch and Save Money CosmeticSurgeryGuru Investigates

US HIFU to Fund Landmark Investigation of Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Stroke Conference Daily News Summary

Researchers at No. 1-Ranked U.S. Children's Hospital Work with Industry to Develop a Child Crash Dummy that's More True-to-Life

 Contract Pharma
Pfizer’s Prevnar 13 Gains Approval

Genentech Gets Positive Phase III Avastin Results

Financial Report: ICON 4Q

WuXi Passes EMEA Inspection

Bilcare Launches nonClonable Safety System

FDA Drugs- What's New
Submission of Documentation in Applications for Parametric Release of Human and Veterinary Drug Products Terminally Sterilized by Moist Heat Processes

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Ongoing safety review of Invirase (saquinavir) and possible association with abnormal heart rhythms

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Ongoing review of Avandia (rosiglitazone) and cardiovascular safety

Potential Signals of Serious Risks/New Safety Information Identified from the Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) between July - September 2009

Potential Signals of Serious Risks/New Safety Information Identified from the Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) between January - March 2008

 FDA News - Business Wire
Barry Buckland Joins Ancora Pharmaceuticals Board

Full Line of Erythromycin Ophthalmic Ointment, USP Now Available from Fera Pharmaceuticals

imaGenes GmbH Adds Certification of Roche NimbleGen DNA Methylation Analysis to Service Portfolio

Exenatide Once Weekly New Drug Application Review Extended by FDA Due to Weather-Related Closure

Cannabis Science Moves Its FDA Clinical Trial Process Forward

 FDA Press Releases
U.S. Attorney News Release: Medical Technician Sentenced to 30 Years

FDA Approves Pneumococcal Disease Vaccine with Broader Protection

U.S. Attorney News Release: Woman pleads guilty to poisoning salsa at Lenexa restaurant

U.S. Attorney New Release: Miami Prescription Drug Diverter Sentenced To 70 Months In Prison

U.S. Attorney New Release: SK Foods former owner charged with RICO violations
FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
Biologic Product Shortages

Cord Blood Licensure: A Workshop

Field Correction of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine Live, Intranasal Expiration Dating

COBAS TaqScreen MPX Test

Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine Live, Intranasal Questions and Answers

 FierceBiotech
Regulus wins $150M hep C pact with Glaxo

Lilly chief vows to create lean, mean drug-making machine

FDA, NIH partnership promises better science, faster reviews

Anthera delays IPO and sends a chilling message

Icahn says he's ready to 'fix' Genzyme

 FierceBiotech IT
Oracle: analytics benefits to unfold in stages

EDC giving way to clinical software suites

Real-time data, analytics challenge IT

Cite competitive plus to justify informatics

Mitigate risks in clinical trials
FierceBiotech Research
Scorpion venom compounds used to kill pain

Mouse/human chimera will aid hepatitis research

The roller coaster ride of melanoma drug development

Pharma giants join forces behind Asian cancer research group

Pfizer's old Ann Arbor complex recruiting researchers

 FiercePharma
Jury rules for Pfizer in Prempro case

Summit is on, but it's tomorrow that counts

Pharma gets by with help from your friends

GSK aims to take down Senate report

Pfizer's big payoff from Wyeth buy begins

 FiercePharma Manufacturing
Ops job gains to offset exec losses

Tobacco may speed vax production

WuXi plant ok another notch for China

Genzyme paying big for GMP slips

FDA letter vetoes Lilly API test
FierceVaccines
Scientists easily create hybrid virus

Older women unlikely to benefit from HPV vax

Prevnar 13: Pfizer's next Lipitor

Decision to scrap HIV vax facility stirs controversy

DARPA providing $40M for tobacco vax project

 GEN News Highlights
GSK and Regulus to Collaborate on miRNA-Based HCV Drugs

Paladin Gains Canadian Distribution Rights to BTG's Antidote for Digoxin Toxicity

SIGA Wins $2.8M DoD Contract to Progress Antiviral into the Clinic

Phase III Trial Suggests Avastin Maintenance Therapy Increases PFS in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Benefits of Osiris Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy Confirmed in Late-Stage Studies against SR-GvHD

 Health News - BizJournals.com
Omnicare beats earnings estimates for 4Q

Live web stream of Obama health-reform summit

James Hargrett shares strategies at Black History Month event

Stereotaxis loss shrinks in Q4

Mednax acquires neonatal group
Health News - CNBC
Republican senator tells Obama: "Let's start over"

Highlights From the Health Care Summit

At Closing Plant, Ordeal Included Heart Attacks

Live From Washington: Obama's Health Care Summit

Adolor narrows 4Q loss as Entereg sales increase

 Health News - Fox Business
Obama Opens Health-care Summit With Appeal

Drug Stocks Retreat; Mylan Advances

Biovail Corp. Net Income Falls 65%

Mylan Swings To Profit In Fourth Quarter

Merck KGaA Cut To Hold At Jefferies

 Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
2010 Results Announced: Best Places to Work for Postdocs

Gamma Pharmaceuticals CEO Peter Cunningham Releases Letter to Shareholders - Announces Multi-Year Agreement for Minimum Annual Sales Revenue Plus Several Strategic Initiatives Designed to Expand Global Sales and Market Share and Drive Shareholder Value

Adamis Pharmaceuticals Signs Agreement to Acquire Prostate Cancer Drug Candidates

OmniComm Announces the Release of OmniConnect(TM) for Seamless Exchange and Analysis of Study Data

CryoPort, Inc. Announces Pricing of Follow-On Offering
MassBio News
MassBio Thanks Millennium for Making Progress Toward Winning the War on Cancer

Check out the NEW & IMPROVED W.B. Mason contract for MORE SAVINGS!

MassBio and American Cancer Society present Symposium on Progress Toward Winning the War on Cancer

Policy makers, industry leaders gather to cement commitment to life sciences industry

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Announces 2010 Internship Challenge Program

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
Hereditary Angioedema: Viewpoints From the Experts

Univision Radio Stations Host National Radiothon on March 4 & 5 to Help Kids with Cancer at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Somanetics Corporation To Release First Quarter 2010 Financial Results and Host Conference Call March 17, 2010

MedTrust Online Brings MICROMEDEX(R) DRUGDEX(R) From Thomson Reuters to Over 7,000 Online Oncologists

B. Braun Infusion Systems Complete Interoperability Test for HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase

 National Center for Biotechnology Information
Bookshelf News

dbVar News and Announcements

Genome Reference Consortium News

HomoloGene News

Library-LinkOut Announcements
Nature Biotechnology
Industry gains on moneyback schemes

$2 million rice verdict against Bayer

Biorefineries' stimulus win

Purpose-built chromosome

FDA balks on MedImmune's cell-grown flu vaccine

 New York Times- Biotechnology
After a Shooting, Colleagues Try to Regain Footing

Staggered by a Shooting, a Small Biology Department Tries to Regain Its Footing

A Previous Death at the Hand of Alabama Suspect

A Previous Shooting Death at the Hand of Alabama Suspect

A Previous Shooting Death at the Hands of Alabama Suspect

 New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
A Drug Trial Cycle: Recovery, Relapse, Reinvention

After Long Fight, Drug Gives Sudden Reprieve

Doctor Training Aided by Drug Industry Cash

Medical Residency Programs Said to Take Drug Industry Cash

A Protein That Fuels Cancer, and a Drug to Fight It
OnBioVC
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.: Series A $9M

Neomend, Inc.: Series D $30M

Elevation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series A $30M

Alnara Therapeutics, Inc.: Series B $35M

TVA Medical, Inc.: Series A $2.6M

 Outsourcing-Pharma
SAFC preparing for inevitable shift to cell culture vaccines

Informex companies hope for a brighter 2010

MDS' sites "perfectly dovetail" with Ricerca's capacity; VP

Trial sponsors and CROs must do more to recruit older people, says EU group

Intelligent packaging can cut cost of trials; Stora Enso

 Pharma News - Business Wire
Go4Europe Conference: Innovation for Pharma and Access to Finance for Biotech Companies

Golden Helix Taps Millennium Science to Distribute GWAS and CNV Software

Richard Buchanan, DMD Appointed Dean of the University of Southern Nevada College of Dental Medicine

Research and Markets: Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc SWOT Analysis - Evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

Research and Markets: Schwarz Pharma AG - SWOT Report
Pharma News - PharmiWeb
2010/019 New NICE guideline aims to promote consistent safety standards for donor breast milk

The search for future scientists begins

CORNISH REGULATORY AFFAIRS COMPANY SCOOPS TOP AWARDS

Eisai Launches REVOVIRŽ in the Philippines for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B

2010/020 New NICE guidance on school-based methods to prevent children and young people smoking

 Pharma News - PR Newswire
In the Acute Coronary Syndrome Drug Market, the Uptake of Eli Lilly/Daiichi Sankyo's Effient Will Be Constrained by the Widespread Use of Astrazeneca's Brilinta

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners to Present Today at 2010 Epilepsy Pipeline Update Conference

Mylan Names John D. Sheehan Chief Financial Officer

Mylan Reports Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.33 for the Quarter and $1.30 for the Year Ended Dec. 31, 2009

Questcor to Present at the Cowen and Company 30th Annual Health Care Conference in Boston

 Pharmaceutical - Moreover
AWS boosts production in response to growing rPET demand

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners to Present Today at 2010 Epileps...

Rummelt Named To Alexion Pharmaceuticals Board

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group names new president

Durect Q4 net loss narrows
PR Leap - Biotech
SourceSolution Launches Client Portal Software, PlanIt, for CMOs/CROs and their Biotech and Pharma Clients

Vivante GMP Solutions Enters into License Agreements with Crucell

Ascent Scientific Licenses Novel Columbia University Technology for High-Resolution Optical Imaging of Synaptic Activity in the Brain

World First - Green Cell Technologies' Extraction Process reduces plant & micro-organisms to a stabilised molecular level

SourceSolution Announced Today the Launch of New Website Features Designed to Support Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Strategic Sourcing Decisions

 PRWeb - Biotechnology
Advans Survey Reveals that 75 Percent of Executives Prefer Domestic Outsourcing vs. Offshore

invivodata Opens Registration for 3rd Annual Patient Reported Outcomes Conference

Introducing the NEW Oakton® pH 700 Benchtop Meter from Cole-Parmer

Soybean Genome Mapping, New Soy Products Aid in Sustainable Agriculture

QB3 Adds Zcube As Limited Partner In Mission Bay Capital Fund

 PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Centice Corporation Presents Latest Technology at PittCon 2010

Actenum Corporation Extends Capabilities with Microsoft Project 2010 Integration

New Cancer-Fighting Strategy Focuses On Signaling Molecules

Morgan & Morgan's Personal Injury Attorneys Provide Information About Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella Injuries and Potential Health Risks

Life Line Screening Joins Center for Health Transformation

Scientific American
Wired Waters: Bacterial Electric Circuits Facilitate Chemistry in Marine Sediments

Test-Tube Babies May Face Greater Health Risks Than Naturally Conceived Children

Making Scents of Sounds: Noises May Alter How We Perceive Odors

Waiting to Inhale: Deep-Ocean Low-Oxygen Zones Spreading to Shallower Coastal Waters

Same Species, Polar Opposites: The Mystery of Identical Creatures Found in both Arctic and Antarctic Waters [Slide Show]

 Xconomy Life Sciences
Trius Sets IPO Price Range

SonoSite Spends $89M on Share Buyback

OncoGenex CFO Exits

FDA Diabetes Drug Review Slowed by Snow

Regulus, the MicroRNA Child of Isis and Alnylam, Strikes Potential $150M Deal with Glaxo

 Yahoo Biotech News
Heart Stem Cells Move Closer to Human Treatments (HealthDay)

Genetic Mutation Linked to Prostate Cancer in Blacks (HealthDay)

US scientists warn of fraud of stem cell 'banks' (AFP)

Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against HIV (HealthDay)

U.S. "tweaks" stem cell policy (Reuters)


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