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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
Odyssey Thera, Inc. Announces Agreement with Lonza Inc.

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. and Target Discovery, Inc. Announce Product Licensing, Manufacturing, Co-Marketing, and Collaborative R&D Agreement

BioSpecifics Technologies Corporation Announces Availability of XIAFLEX(TM) for the Treatment of Dupuytren's Contracture

Exelixis, Inc. Announces Restructuring; Reduces Workforce by Approximately 40%, or 270 Employees

Trading Halted Today in InterMune, Inc. Common Stock; FDA Advisory Committee Reviewing Pirfenidone Data in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Biotech News - Business Wire
Venn Life Sciences Appoints New VP Business Development

William A. Hawkins, Medtronic Chairman and CEO, Receives Distinguished Achievement Award from Biomedical Engineering Society

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

biospace med Signs Distribution Agreement with Odelft for Benelux

BioMimetic Therapeutics Presents Promising Pre-Clinical Sports Medicine Data at the 2010 ORS Meeting

Biotech News - PR Newswire
A Year Since Obama's Lifting of Ban on Stem Cell Funding, Boston Team Ready to Distribute Lines Worldwide But Obstacles Remain. New Website to End Public Confusion and Push Science Forward

Stryker Launches New Technologies and Celebrates a Major Clinical Milestone at The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference

Kantar Health Oncology Thought Leaders to Present at Upcoming Industry Meetings

Oncothyreon announces termination of arrangement agreement

Feintuch Communications Launches Integrated PR and IR Practice for Healthcare and Life Sciences Organizations

Biotechnology - Moreover
FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation To ImmunoGen IMGN901 Compound

Cros NT Creates New Subsidiary CROS DE, Expands Into Europe

A Versatile Endoribonuclease Mimic Made of DNA: Characteristics and Applications of the 8-17 RNA-Cleaving DNAzyme

OncoVista subsidiary inks agreement with TATAA Molecular Diagnostics

Sartorius achieves operating earnings of 60.9M euros for 2009

CenterWatch - Clinical Trials
MDS Completes Sale of Discovery, Preclinical Portion of CRO

University of Oklahoma, Sarah Cannon Partner on Early-Stage Cancer Research

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

Clinical Trials - Business Wire
Exactech to Meet with Financial Analysts at AAOS Orthopaedic Meeting; Present Growth Strategies at Investor Conference

Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) to Participate at the 2010 World Stem Cell Summit in Detroit

iCAD Granted U.S. Patent on CAD Lesion Metrics That Enhance Clinical Information for Image Analysis Solutions

KCI Announces Reimbursement Approval in Japan

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

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Starting Treatment Early Doubles Chance of Success for People with Diabetes

Bioheart Directors Take Further Stake in Company

Scivanta Medical Corporation Announces Results for Initial Clinical Trial for the Scivanta Cardiac Monitoring System

Campaign To Stop Colon Cancer Now Launches Nationwide

TechniScan teams with Researchers at UC San Diego in Clinical Study With Warm Bath Ultrasound(TM) system

Contract Pharma
Exelixis Restructures, Cuts 40% of Workforce

Lonza, Odyssey Thera Enter Protein Assay Pact

Almac Wins Aer Lingus Excellence Award

Lilly To Acquire Animal Health Assets from Pfizer

NerPharMa Approved to Manufacture CTI Drug

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
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. Receives No Objection Letter from FDA Regarding GRAS Status of Proprietary Probiotic Strain, Bifidobacterium longum BB536

Ischemix Initiates Phase 2a Trial of CMX-2043 for the Prevention of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Expert Consortium Launches Chemistry Playbook®, Expedited CMC Solutions From Cambridge Major Laboratories, Xcelience, Beckloff Associates, and Avantium Pharma

Biologics Consulting Group, Inc. Announces Stephen P. Rhodes as Senior Consultant, Expands Expertise in Medical Devices and Combination Products

Investigation Relating to the Labeling of Sunsweet Antioxidant Blend Dried Fruit Mixes Announced by Stember Feinstein Doyle & Payne, LLC

FDA Press Releases
FDA Update on the Investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak - March 5, 2010

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 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
InterMune trading halted on panel review

'Externalization' takes center stage at Bio-Europe Spring

Ark in sales talks after regulators demand new trial

Exelixis chops 270 jobs in restructuring

ExonHit, bioMerieux nix colon cancer program

FierceBiotech IT
BioClinica adds heart, diagnostics savvy

Crowdsourcing may speed lawsuit archive

OmniComm unleashes products, wins

Data oddities mark Russian trials

Hosting setup hints at pre/post-market data loop

FierceBiotech Research
Growing arteries could lead to 'biological bypass'

Ritalin boosts learning speed

U of M researchers discover HIV reservoir

Scientists: Vitamin D crucial for immunity

Blood vessel cells aid in adult stem cell growth

FiercePharma
GSK aims at prices in middle-income countries

Lilly adding ethics watchdogs to executive ranks

Sanofi, Merck to reunite animal health ops

Nursing home antipsychotic use under fire

Survival with Sutent: A costly cancer 'miracle'

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Former Pfizer pill plant available

Aurobindo boosts CMO wave in Asia

CMO wave continues eastward

Pill plant available, many new features

Xcellerex, Humacyte take on regenerative medicine

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
Biosearch Licenses Roche IP that Allows the Manufacture and Sale of IVD Kits

Roche and Biogen Idec Put the Brakes on Development of Ocrelizumab in RA

NeuroSearch's Late-Stage Data Supports Disease-Modifying Properties of Huntington Drug

Sigma-Aldrich to Provide Knockout Rats for ADME/Tox

NeuroSearch's Phase III Data Supports Disease-Modifying Properties of Huntington Drug

Health News - BizJournals.com
Teva Pharmaceutical names Frost chairman

Mako Surgical boosts revenue 817%

Nasdaq halts InterMune trading while FDA reviews application

Golden State officials say new nonprofit Cal eConnect will oversee HIE exchange

Covidien buys Orthofix vascular business

Health News - CNBC
Senate Deal on Financial Watchdog Is Near: Sen. Corker

Caliper Life Sciences returns to 4Q profit

Stocks trade mixed on 1-year anniversary of low

Stocks fall early on 1-year anniversary of low

Gamehost cancels deal with Oncothyreon

Health News - Fox Business
InterMune Halted; Drug Stocks Edge Lower

Teva Names Frost As Chairman

Early-Market Movers: AgFeed Industries, Susquehanna Bancshares

InterMune Shares Halted Pending FDA Review

Sanofi-Aventis, Merck Form Animal-health Venture

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Update: HearUSA to Present at the ROTH Capital Partners 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference

Pfizer encourage la population onner au suivant

Mila Sales Spike With Lifemax Prosperity Promotion

Pfizer Encourages Canada to Pay it Forward

Top-Tier Medical Device Manufacturer Renews Agreement for Another 5 Years With OmniComm

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
A Positive Routine "HIV Test" is Likely to be a False Positive, Scientist Explains

Military Medical Experts to Offer Update on Push For Early Diagnosis of Combat Brain Injuries

New AVMA Market Data Reveals Trends in Veterinary Medicine, Pet Care and Women's Career Choices

West Wireless Health Institute Names Donald Casey to Serve as its CEO

Smith & Nephew Enhances Gold Standard Technique to Optimize Arthroscopic Repair of a Torn Meniscus

National Center for Biotechnology Information
Bookshelf News

dbVar News and Announcements

Genome Reference Consortium News

HomoloGene News

Library-LinkOut Announcements

Nature Biotechnology
Oversulfated chondroitin sulfate is not the sole contaminant in heparin

Reply to Oversulfated chondroitin sulfate is not the sole contaminant in heparin

Ark's gene therapy stumbles at the finish line

Monsanto's alfalfa reaches Supreme Court

GSK/Sirtris compounds dogged by assay artifacts

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
Bidding War Pits Pfizer And Teva

3 Compete To Acquire Ratiopharm

3 Drug Makers Compete to Buy Ratiopharm, a Family Business in Germany

Biologics Boondoggle

Positive Test for Sanofi Prostate Cancer Drug

OnBioVC
Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc.: Series A $35M

Pulmonx, Inc.: Series C $32M

Seahorse Bioscience, Inc.: Series D $5M

Pearl Therapeutics, Inc.: Series C $15M

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

Outsourcing-Pharma
Electronic submission offers benefits for pharma, says ISI

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

Pharma News - Business Wire
Pharmadule AB: Pharmadule Receives an Order From Sicor Biotech UAB In Lithuania for a Complete Biotech Production Facility

BioSante Pharmaceuticals Closes $18 Million in Registered Direct Offering

Inhibitex to Host Conference Call to Report Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Financial Results on March 23, 2010

LYNX E/Point Achieves HFMA Peer Review Distinction

Fitch Affirms Amgen's IDR at 'A'; Rates New Issuance 'A'; Outlook Stable

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Budget Cuts Affect Public Confidence in NHS

Universal Detection Technology Receives Purchase Order from the City of Burbank Fire Department for Bioterrorism Detection Equipment

Research and Markets: What Health Care Lawyers Need to Know About New Federal HITECH Act Rules and Health Breach Notification Rules Effective in February 2010

Experts Call for European-Wide 'Heads Up' on Migraine

NextPharma Technologies Announces 2.4 Million Investment to Upgrade its Sterile Vial Area at its Belgian Facility, near Brussels.

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Aton Pharma Launches Authorized Generic Version of Glaucoma Eye Drop Timoptic-XE(R) Gel Forming Solution

Arbor Pharmaceuticals Announces the Launch of Pediaderm(TM) HC Complete Kit - A Comprehensive Approach to the Management of Atopic Dermatitis

FDA Clears GeNO LLC Investigational New Drug Application for Nitric Oxide Delivery System

The Side-Out Foundation Hopes to Score Big with Its First Funded Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

DUSA Pharmaceuticals to Present at Roth Capital Partners 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference

Pharmaceutical - Moreover
Enzon's Debt is Reduced by $116 Million --Debt converted into an additional 13.5 million shares

BlueStar, Citizen Systems America enter distribution deal

Israel stocks lower; a succession at Teva

Germany Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2010 - new market report released

Chinese-Nottingham link to further research

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
American Society of Anesthesiologists: Is Apathy or Avarice Precluding Advocacy of Better Patient Safety

Ritalin Boosts Learning by Increasing Brain Plasticity, According to UCSF Research

Technology PR Boutique Launches PRTechConnect to Help Tech Startups Restart Economy with Industry’s First $999 Monthly Service

XCell-Center Presents Impressive Results from Cerebral Palsy Stem Cell Treatment

Choice of Derek H. Lee as Chief Financial and Corporate Development Officer Strengthens Talaris Advisors’ Portfolio Design Business Model

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Promega - TOP srl Agreement Enables Live Animal Imaging for Cancer Studies

Healthcare Solutions Names Thomas Oram Chief Financial Officer

GenericsWeb Exposes Differences Between Abatacept Generic Launch Contraints in EU and US, and Highlights the Need for an Established Route for Biogenerics

Infectious Virus Hides In Human Chromosomes During Latency And Can Be Passed From Parents To Their Children

Physician's Pain Relief Cream Includes Patented Anti-inflammatory in New Formula

Scientific American
Seeing the Little Picture: Novel Nanocoating Gives Atomic Force Microscope Users a Better Look at Individual Molecules

Genetics in the Gut: Intestinal Microbes Could Drive Obesity and Other Health Issues

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

Xconomy Life Sciences
The 20-Year Future of San Diego Biotech, Coming March 31

Google Buys DocVerse, Madrona Backs ShopIgniter, ISB Gets Mystery Gift, & More Seattle-Area Deals News

Fallbrook Reveals Development Deal

ISB Nabs $6M Gift From VC

SensAble Pulls in $8M

Yahoo Biotech News
Roche, Biogen suspends arthritis drug after deaths (Reuters)

Roche, Biogen suspend arthritis drug after deaths (Reuters)

Breast Cancer Patients Often Confused by Genomic Testing (HealthDay)

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

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