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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
Merck & Co., Inc. Unit Held Liable in Australian Vioxx Case

VGXI, Inc. Expands Manufacturing Facility, Adds Key Personnel

US FDA Staff Say Effect of InterMune, Inc. Lung Drug Unclear

Pfizer Inc. , Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Anti-Clot Drug Promising in New Trial

Dow AgroSciences LLC Announces More Than $340 Million, Multi-Year Research and Development Expansion in Indianapolis; More Than 550 Jobs to Be Added

Biotech News - Business Wire
Stentys self-expanding stent receives CE Marking to treat acute coronary syndrome (ACS)

Life Technologies, TGen and US Oncology Partner on Groundbreaking Breast Cancer Sequencing Research

Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Finnzymes

SEED Competition for China Life Science Announces Finalists

Removal of Tax Barriers Opens Door to Flow of Foreign Capital for Biotech

Biotech News - PR Newswire
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. to Host Conference Call to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Financial Results on March 10, 2010

Interleukin Genetics to Raise $5.3 Million in Registered Direct Offering

Rodobo International, Inc. to Present at Rodman & Renshaw Conference in Beijing on March 8, 2010

Senesco Insiders Elect Conversion Price Favorable to Company Related to Securities Previously Held By Stanford Venture Capital Holdings

LifeNet Health and Soluble Systems Announce Partnership to Launch TheraSkin(TM)

Biotechnology - Moreover
iBio Inc names Dr Vidadi Yusibov as chief scientific officer

Career opportunities to biotech professionals need to be expanded: Dr D P Srivasthava

Biotechnology Business: Study results from Biogen Idec, Inc. provide new insights into biotechnology business

BAM Opportunity sells 2.4m Prana Biotech shares

New report: Biotech boosts environment

CenterWatch - Clinical Trials
Clinical Trial Activity in Russia Dipped in 2009

WuXi Partners with Janssen to Meet GLP Standards in China Lab

PPD to Invest $19M in Ireland Lab

eResearch Technology Revenues Down 60% in 09

ICON Income Up 17%, Revenues Hold Steady

Clinical Trials - Business Wire
ACE Progress Report Provides Insight into Insurance and Risk Management Challenges of Overseas Clinical Trials

Acurian Generates over 50% of Clinical Trial Patient Referrals from Proprietary Relationships with Online Health Networks & Social Media Platforms

SpineUniverse Launches Social Media Community

BioClinica Partners with Health Sciences International and PRL Central Laboratory Services

Sanjay Gupta, Abraxis Senior Vice President and Advisor to the Executive Chairman, Named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
CDC Awards Abt Associates Additional Contracts to Evaluate Effectiveness of H1N1 Vaccine

Michael J. Fox Receives Honorary Doctorate From Karolinska Institute

Sizing Up Nanotechnology: How Nanosized Particles May Affect Skin Care Products

Research Reveals How Popular Skin Filler Works at the Molecular Level to Stimulate Collagen Production in Sun-Damaged Skin

Studies Detail Possible Benefits of omega-3 Fatty Acids for Dogs With Arthritis

Contract Pharma
Kendle Gets Approval for India Center

Watson Expands Women's Health Portfolio

Congenix Joins Agile Clinical Network  

Executive Moves: Avrio Biopharmaceuticals

BMS, Allergan in Pain Pact

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
Patent Issued for Humanetics BIO 300 Radiation Countermeasure Drug

pSivida to Present at Cowen and Company Health Care Conference

CSL Behring Receives FDA Approval of HizentraTM, First 20 Percent Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin Therapy

Az els Európai Health 2.0 Konferenciát Párizsban rendezik 2010. április 6-7. Között

Primera conferencia europea en Salud (Health 2.0) en París 6-7 de abril de 2010

FDA Press Releases
FDA Investigation Reveals Salmonella Tennessee at Plant that Makes Flavor Enhancers for Food Processors and Other Distributors

La FDA advierte a los consumidores en Puerto Rico acerca de la presencia de una bacteria dañina en desinfectantes para manos

La FDA advierte a los consumidores en Puerto Rico acerca de la presencia de una bacteria dañina en desinfectantes para manos

FDA Warns Consumers in Puerto Rico of Harmful Bacteria in Hand Sanitizers

FDA, FSIS, CDC Collaborate on Methods to Measure Success of Food Safety Programs

FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
DIA/FDA CDER/CBER Computational Science Annual Meeting

Hizentra

Biologic Product Shortages

Cord Blood Licensure: A Workshop

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

FierceBiotech
Apixaban superior to Lovenox in study

InterMune gears up for panel review

Resverlogix looks to succeed where Pfizer failed

Tolerx faces moment of truth with pivotal trial

Experimental vax could reverse Parkinson'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
Major OSI shareholder calls for $60 bid

GSK faces up to $6B Avandia liability

Court rebuffs Actavis on Vyvanse

Hiring reps is a song of experience

OSI: Board to consider Astellas bid

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Freeze-dry value on the rise

Orphanage to boast high-containment lab

Sentry delivers for CDC vax reserve

Stirling takes over Canadian plant

India considers plant restarts

FierceVaccines
Experts ponder why regular flu season is a no-show

Professor's new chip delivers vaccines without the pain

Study: Parents need to be better informed about vaccines

Vaccine reverses Parkinson's disease in animal study

Scientists easily create hybrid virus

GEN News Highlights
Xcellerex to Develop Single-Use Manufacturing Technology for Humacyte's Vascular Grafts

AB Sciex and University of Geneva to Fine-Tune Processes for Mass Spectrometer that Combines Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

Vaxart Raises $12.5M to Progress Oral Vaccine for Avian Flu

Columbia Sells Progesterone Products and Assets to Watson for $47M

TopoTarget Receives $8.17M through Divestiture of European Rights for Anthracycline Extravasation Therapy to SpePharm

Health News - BizJournals.com
Iridex moves from Q4 loss to $500K profit

Towler gives $1M to Hospice of Wake County for new 20-bed home

St. Joseph overhauling how it reviews cases

Grace Medical Home gets $50,000 grant

Moody's upgrades Mylan's credit rating

Health News - CNBC
Busch: Politics and Unemployment

DaVita says CFO Whitney to step down

InterMune says FDA panel will review its lung drug

Australian court: Vioxx doubled heart attack risk

Analysis: How Will US Health Care Play Out Politically

Health News - Fox Business
Energy Stocks Rise After Jobs Report

InterMune Rallies Ahead Of FDA Meeting

Actelion Raised To Hold At Citigroup

CombinatoRx Climbs In Early Action

Bristol-Myers Sees Adj. 2013 Profit Of $1.95

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
RECORDATI : 2009 ACCOUNTS APPROVED BY THE BOARD. NET INCOME EUR 110.6 MILLION. DIVIDEND PER SHARE EUR 0.275 (+ 10%).

Medtech VCs Will Divulge Trends in European Dealmaking and Investing at Elsevier's 'IN3 Europe' Investor Conference in Paris, April 29-30, 2010

Chembio Reports 2009 Results

Allon Reports 2009 Audited Operating Results and Updates 2010 Plans

Paradigm Medical Announces

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
Stryker to Host Conference Call on April 20, 2010

Global Medical Products (GMDP) Selects Mina Mar Group as Its Corporate Advisor And Updates

Orexigen(R) Therapeutics to Speak at Cowen & Company Healthcare Conference

Novalar Presents Results of OraVerse(R) Dental Practice Survey at American Association of Dental Research Meeting

Rigel to Present at Cowen and Company Health Care Conference

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
Positive Test for Sanofi Prostate Cancer Drug

Hopes for Alzheimer’s Drug Are Dashed

Hopes, and a Stock, Plunge on Failure of Alzheimer’s Drug

Sheldon Gilgore, Physician Who Led Drug Giants Pfizer and Searle, Dies at 77

A Doctor’s Crusade Against Cancer

OnBioVC
Pearl Therapeutics, Inc.: Series C $15M

Merus, B.V.: Series B $30.7M

Kolltan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series B $8.5M

MicroCHIPS, Inc.: Series C $16.5M

TheraSim, Inc.: Series A $1.2M

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
NYU Langone Medical Center Announces NYU Hospitals Center Receives Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission

Research and Markets: Omnicare Inc - SWOT Framework Analysis

Integrated Laboratory Systems Subscribes to Provantis Online

Avila Therapeutics to Present at Cowen and Company 30th Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at 10:30 AM EST

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Announces Termination of Merger Agreement with Adamis Pharmaceuticals

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
ClinTec International and HCG celebrate a successful partnership in delivering Global Patient Recruitment Services at European Drug Conference, DIA

Today: Roundtable for Reporters on How Deploying Biorefinery Technology Can Create Jobs, Produce Economic Growth

Biotage Introduces EVOLUTE WCX: Now Providing a Total Solution for Basic Compounds

Isotechnika Pharma Receives National Research Council IRAP Funding for NICAM Program

First Breast Cancer Patients in Europe to be Treated With Revolutionary Therapy System

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Ardea Biosciences to Present at Two Upcoming Investor Conferences

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals to Present at the Cowen and Company 30th Annual Health Care Conference

China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Four New Independent Directors

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals to Report Third Quarter FY 2010 Financial Results

NOVAVAX to Present at Cowen and Company's 30th Annual Health Care Conference

Pharmaceutical - Moreover
Teva to Present at the Cowen and Company 30th Annual Healthcare

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Announces Termination of Merger Agreement

La Jolla Pharmaceutical (LJPC) and Adamis Pharmaceuticals (ADMP) Terminate Merger Plan

KPPU to Investigate Suspected Medicine Cartels

Promoting Chinese medicine should be a state strategy

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
BestFoodFacts.org -- Food, Fiber and Fuel Questions Answered

Swisslog Introduces SpeciMinder™ Autonomous Mobile Robot at PDC Summit 2010

GenomeQuest Hosting Seminar at ABRF Conference In Sacramento, CA

INC Research and invivodata Announce ePRO Partnership

GenomeQuest Hosting Seminar at X Gen Congress In San Diego

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
CDPHP® Announces Expansion of Medical Home Pilot

Kidney Cancer Association Proclaims March As Kidney Cancer Awareness Month

New Informative Website Launched To Help People with Oral Mucositis and Their Caregivers

Sokolove Blasts GlaxoSmithKline Over Avandia Recall

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

Scientific American
Shields Up: Magnetized Rocks Push Back Origin of Earth's Magnetic Field

A Theory Set in Stone: An Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs, After All

Is ARPA-E Enough to Keep the U.S. on the Cutting-Edge of a Clean Energy Revolution

Not Just for Fuel Anymore: Hydrocarbons Can Superconduct, Too

Next-Gen Scientists Honored for Evolving Medicine and Renewables [Slide Show]

Xconomy Life Sciences
Ekos, Swedish Aim to Shake Up Stroke Treatment with Ultrasound Brain Clot Buster

Una Ryan Searching for Riches to Deliver Inexpensive Diagnostics to the Poor

The Pharmaceutical R&D Model is Broken. Here's How to Fix It

Avila Sets Out to Take on Vertex, CombinatoRx Nails FDA Approval, Millipore Opts for Merck KGaA over Thermo Fisher, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News

Adamis and La Jolla Pharma Kill Merger Deal

Yahoo Biotech News
Your best diet It might be in your genes (Reuters)

New gene test may help you pick your diet: report (Reuters)

Genes may help identify deadly yeast infections (Reuters)

Gene test may help you pick your diet (Reuters)

'Battle' on GM foods can't be won: EU official (AFP)