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BioSpace
Compugen Ltd. Appoints as President and CEO

U.S. FDA Panel Backs Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Transplant Drug

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. To Sell ScinoPharm Taiwan Stake For $94 Million

Private UK Drug Firm Archimedes Pharma Raises $97 Million; Former Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Head Appointed as CEO; US Commercial Operations to be Established

Astellas Pharma Inc. Commences Tender Offer to Acquire All Outstanding Shares of OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for $52 per Share in Cash; Bid Goes Hostile

BioSpace - Breaking News
Gold Standard Diagnostics Completes Series A Funding; Gold Standard Diagnostics Plans to Double Staff This Year

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company , Allergan Inc. in Pact for New Pain Drug; to Pay $40 Million; up to $373 Million in Milestones

Pfizer Inc. Reportedly to Offer $4.1 Billion for Ratiopharm

NicOx SA and Bausch & Lomb Announce Worldwide Licensing Agreement for NCX 116; to Pay $10 Million, Milestones Could Total $169.5 Million

Transition Therapeutics Inc. Reaches Licensing Deal with Eli Lilly and Company ; Milestones Could be as Much as $250 Million

Biotech News - Business Wire
AxoGen Launches New Website with Expanded Information and Graphics Highlighting Range of Options in Repair of Peripheral Nerve Injury

Gentronix Signs Three Year Agreement with GlaxoSmithKline for GreenScreen HC and BlueScreen HC Genotoxicity Assays

MIT Student Inventor Honored for Transformative Work in Genomics and Linguistics

CaridianBCT obtient lautorisation 510(k) pour la toute dernière version de son système de prélèvement sanguin automatisé Trima Accel

CaridianBCT krijgt 510 k-vergunning voor nieuwste versie van geautomatiseerd bloedafnamesysteem Trima Accel
Biotech News - PR Newswire
Hexaware Launches HPower10 for the Healthcare Industry

Foamix Ltd. and Therapeutics Inc. Enter Into Joint Venture to Develop New Prescription Foams for Inflammatory Skin Diseases - Will Target Over 20 Million Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis Patients

China Sky One Medical to Attend Rodman & Renshaw Annual China Investment Conference

VIVUS to Present at Two Upcoming Investor Conferences

New Research Reveals Mechanism By Which TNFerade(TM) Suppresses Metastases

 Biotechnology - Moreover
RNCOS Private Investors Eyeing APAC Biotech Market

Thai researchers produce omega 3 from microbes

Butcher donating $1M for CU-Boulder biotech building

It's more than just brinjals

Video: Dendreon's Wild Ride

 CenterWatch - Clinical Trials
eResearch Technology Revenues Down 60% in 09

ICON Income Up 17%, Revenues Hold Steady

CenterWatch Monthly March 2010

Healogica to Close, Plans to Sell Trial Matchmaking Technology

Parexel Opens Third Early-Phase Unit in South Africa
Clinical Trials - Business Wire
Sanjay Gupta, Abraxis Senior Vice President and Advisor to the Executive Chairman, Named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum

St. Jude Medical Announces Publication of Feasibility Results for Trial of Novel Heart Failure Management System

Study Demonstrates People Living with Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity Can Be Successfully Treated with GI Dynamics EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner for 12 Months

Nebraska Cultures Announces Sponsorship of Clinical Study on Efficacy of DDS-1 Strain of L. acidophilus

Hythiam to Present at the Roth 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference

 Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Medivation to Host Conference Call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time Tomorrow to Discuss Phase 3 Trial Results for Dimebon in Alzheimer's Disease

So You Think You Know Atkins

Michael J. Fox Foundation Commits up to $5.75 Million in Funding for 2010 Critical Challenges in Parkinson's Disease

New Data from Caldolor(R) Study in Burn Patients to be Presented at 42nd Annual Meeting of The American Burn Association

Abbott and Enanta Announce Advancement of Hepatitis C Collaboration

 Contract Pharma
BMS, Allergan in Pain Pact

AZ Announces R&D Cuts

Seattle Genetics Reaches Genentech Milestone

Transition Licenses Lilly Diabetes Compounds

Pfizer, Medivation Alzheimer Drug Fails in Phase III
FDA Drugs- What's New
Non-Inferiority Clinical Trials

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

 FDA News - Business Wire
NXT Nutritionals' CEO Michael McCarthy Updates Shareholders

PTC Therapeutics and Genzyme Corporation Announce Preliminary Results from the Phase 2b Clinical Trial of Ataluren for Nonsense Mutation Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy

Biomoda and Amigenics Announce Collaboration

BSD Medical Retains Financial Profiles for Investor Relations

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Submits Zoraxel Phase IIb Protocol to FDA

 FDA Press Releases
FDA Survey Finds More Americans Read Information on Food Labels

U.S. Attorney News Release: Boca Raton Man Sentenced for Nutritional Supplement Scam

FDA Announces Meeting Information and Voting Membership of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee

FDA Update on the Investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak - February 26, 2010

U.S. Attorney News Release: Medical Device Manufacturer Guidant Charged in Failure to Report Defibrillator Safety
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
PTC's lead drug ataluren flunks PhIIb

BMS inks $413M pain pact with Allergan

AstraZeneca outlines deep cuts in global R&D ops

Medivation's Dimebon fails Phase III for Alzheimer's, shares collapse

BREAKING NEWS: Medivation's Dimebon fails Phase III for Alzheimer's

 FierceBiotech IT
Service aids in trial ops management

C-TASC teaches data prep for FDA filings

FDA advises on adaptive trials, simulations

Tech boosts enrollment at Parexel site

Oracle: analytics benefits to unfold in stages
FierceBiotech Research
New antiviral compound proves promising against bird flu

X Prize may offer millions for stem cell breakthrough

Researchers ready leptin test for Type 1 diabetes

Marker aids in detection of hidden cancer

Experts discuss challenges, promises of personalized medicine

 FiercePharma
Pharma reports 26,000 layoffs in 2010

BMS' Cornelius to retire, Andreotti named CEO

BREAKING NEWS: BMS' Cornelius to retire, Andreotti named CEO

Conn. AG backs pharma-gift limits

Should drugmakers try talking pill bottles

 FiercePharma Manufacturing
Pfizer takes on counterfeiters

The world's most expensive drugs

Genzyme places twice on high-cost drug list

Bioprocess experience a plus in 2010 hiring

New website serves REMS writers
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
Transition Therapeutics and Lilly Expand Diabetes Partnership through Licensing of the Latter's Preclinical Candidates

Scientists Identify Sea Squirt as Model for Alzheimer Disease Research and Drug Testing

BMS Transplant-Rejection Drug Passes FDA's Advisory Panel

Metabion Licenses Polyplus-transfection's ZNA Technology for Research and Diagnostic Development

PolyTherics and Zealand Ink PEGylated Peptide Therapeutics Collaboration

 Health News - BizJournals.com
HGSI posts 300% increase in 4Q revenue

University Health Alliance earns $3.7M

Despite court's opinion, venture capitalist Larry Coleman will keep fighting for TNInvestco records

Advisory Board plans another acquisition

Stanford Hospital CEO Martha Marsh to retire in August
Health News - CNBC
Bristol-Myers, Allergan in $413M pain drug deal

Walgreen Feb. sales rise, but key reading slips

Bristol-Myers Squibb could pay Allergan US$413M in licensing deal for neuropathic pain drug

Spotlight on Health Care Reform

Pfizer Alzheimer's disease drug fails in study

 Health News - Fox Business
Early-Market Movers: SouthWest Water, VisionChina Media

Walgreens February Same-store Sales Up 0.4%

Pfizer, Medivation Disappointed With Dimebon Trial

Pfizer Reportedly To Offer $4.1 Bln For Ratiopharm

NicOx Licenses Glaucoma Drug To Bausch & Lomb

 Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
75 Percent of Drug Companies Formally Manage Investigator-Initiated Trials

Aetna Selects WebLayers for I.T. Policy Governance of IBM SmartSOA Platform

Avisio Engages Auditors

Gamma Pharmaceuticals Announces Multi-Year Distribution Agreement With Approximately $48 Million Annualized Minimum Sales Volume

CryoPort, Inc. Announces Trading of Warrants
MassBio News
National Cancer Institute SBIR and STTR Funding Support Various Stages of Cancer Therapeutics, Device, and Imaging Development

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

 Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
SCLZ's Potential Value Continues to Increase with Professional Addition

The Time Is Right for Doctors to 'Go Digital'

Corporate Services, Inc., (CSI) Launches National Pharmaceutical Sampling Fulfillment Program After Completing Licensing Requirements for All 50 States

84% of Physicians Polled will have to Stop Seeing Medicare Patients if Reimbursement Cuts Pass

Newly-formed Coalition for Vaccine Safety Speaks With a Unified Voice on Serious Gaps in Vaccine Science

 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
E.U. Clears Biotech Potato for Cultivation

Merck to Pay $7.2 Billion for Millipore

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

 New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
Sheldon Gilgore, Physician Who Led Drug Giants Pfizer and Searle, Dies at 77

A Doctor’s Crusade Against Cancer

For a Drugstore, ‘Nice’ Isn’t a Panacea

Deadly Germs Largely Ignored By Drug Firms

Few Treatments on the Way
OnBioVC
MicroCHIPS, Inc.: Series C $16.5M

TheraSim, Inc.: Series A $1.2M

ImpactRx, Inc.: Series E $1.2M

Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Inc.: Series B $5M

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.: Series C $30.8M

 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
ASEBIO selects EBD Group's partneringONE® as the partnering platform for BioSpain 2010

Transparent Inc. to Present Session on Cell-able, a Unique Human Hepatocyte Array, at ToxExpo 2010

BIOCIUS Life Sciences Extends Global Presence with Distribution Agreement for Japan

Adolor Corporation to Present at the Cowen and Company 30th Annual Health Care Conference

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Announces Delisting from Nasdaq and Failure to Get Stockholder Vote for Merger
Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Thermo Fisher Scientific Unveils New Quaternary Pump at Pittcon 2010

Sensitech's Groundbreaking TempTale(R)4 USB Dry Ice Temperature Monitor Provides Fast, Simple, Efficient Cold Chain Visibility

Making a Positive Response to the Closure of the AstraZeneca Charnwood Research Site

Statement by Lord Drayson re: Astra Zeneca restructuring announcement

NICE REASSESSMENT OF SWITCHING DECISION BRINGS LITTLE HOPE FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS

 Pharma News - PR Newswire
BNA Books' Announces Publication of New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to 'Pharmaceutical Law: Regulation of Research, Development, and Marketing'

New Study Links dLife to Increased Rx Drug Usage Among Diabetes Consumers

Sanofi-Aventis and Novalar Enter Exclusive License Agreement to Commercialize OraVerse(R) in Germany

Optimer Pharmaceuticals to Host Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Financial Results

New Publication Highlights 2-Year Durability and Effectiveness of Macroplastique(R)

 Pharmaceutical - Moreover
PerkinElmer to highlight new scientific solutions for pharmaceutical laboratories at PITTCON 2010

"Stem cells in drug discovery and development" workshop to be held during toxicology annual meeting

Blue Star Infotech workshop on Microsoft 'NAV Elixir' on March 8

Packaging News TV: easyFairs 2010

Senior Health Economist specialist in HTA subs!
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
InVitria Optimizes Hybridoma Cell Culture with New Product Zap-Hybridoma

New Study Shows Nu-Tek’s Modified Potassium Chloride Improves Yields in Meat Processing

Novasys Medical’s Debra Reisenthel Named ABL’s 2010 “Leadership in Innovation” Awardee

New Source for Science Funding: BenchFly Pioneers Search for Research Program

U.S. Government Awards DuPont, Partners with Technology Investment Agreement for Macroalgae-to-Biobutanol Research

 PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
ConsumerLab.com Finds Carcinogenic form of Chromium in Supplements, Including Those for Weight Loss

Phentermine Diet Pills or What Buying Legally and Safely Online

Industrial Cleaning Set To Change with Powerful New Partnership Between Two Great Industry Leaders

Quorum Review IRB Selects Vicki Winn as Director of Study Support

Drug Maker Created Needless Product Confusion With Name, Packaging Of Maalox Total Relief And Maalox Liquid Products, South Carolina Attorney Says

Scientific American
A Common Herbicide Turns Some Male Frogs into Females

No Implants Needed: Movement-Generating Brain Waves Detected and Decoded Outside the Head

Down the Hatch(ling): Nest-Raiding Snake Gulped Newborn Titanosaurs

Down the Hatch(ling): Nest-Raiding Snake Gulped New Born Titanosaurs

Climate Change Likely Caused Polar Bear to Evolve Quickly

 Xconomy Life Sciences
Geospiza Runs in the Black, as Scientists Turn to Software to Help Crunch Genomes

Seattle Genetics Gets Roche Cash

Stemgent Betting $4.5M on Scottish Biotech

Prominent Flatley Family Launches Boston Nonprofit for Cystic Fibrosis Drug Research

Novalar Strikes Deal With Sanofi to Market Dental Drug in Germany, Maybe Rest of EU

 Yahoo Biotech News
Cluster of Genes Tied to Alcoholism (HealthDay)

Fury as Brussels authorises GM potatoes (AFP)

EU authorises GMO potatoes (AFP)

Dog DNA Diversity Helps Show How Genes Work (LiveScience.com)

Pharmaceuticals Merck to buy Millipore for $7.2 bln (AFP)


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