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Special Issue: Transforming Growth Factor Beta as a Target in Oncology

GATC Biotech and LifeCodexx Complete Recruitment of Blood Samples for Clinical Study of Trisomy ...

NiKem Research Srl and Dualsystems Biotech AG Announce a Strategic Alliance

AiCuris Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Letermovir (AIC246) from FDA

Randox Food Diagnostics Provide ELISA Kits for Rapid Testing in Milk and Milk Powder

 BioSpace
Breastfed Babies "are More Cranky and Cry More," Medical Research Council Study

China Approves Hepatitis E Vaccine From and

Occasional Pot Smoking Won't Harm Lungs, University of Alabama at Birmingham Study

Cancer Cells Feed on Sugar-Free Diet, Johns Hopkins University Study

AstraZeneca PLC Joins With IMS Health to Evaluate Drug Impacts

BioSpace - Breaking News
Polaris Goup Doses First Patient in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Lead Therapeutic Candidate ADI-PEG 20 in Combination with Docetaxel in Advanced Solid Tumors with Emphasis on Prostate Cancer

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Hydra Biosciences, Inc. Announce Plans to Begin Phase 1 Clinical Trial for Novel TRPA1 Modulator to Treat Acute Pain

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Commences the Phase III Clinical Trial for its EV71 Vaccine Against Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: FDA Accepts Resubmission of Lorcaserin New Drug Application

Telormedix Secures Further Funding With $7.5 Million CHF

Biotech News - Business Wire
IntelliCell BioSciences Announces the Licensing of its Proprietary Patent, Pending Stomal Vascular Manufacturing Technology to IntelliCell BioSciences of Canada

Dosing Begins for GOG US Cervical Cancer Study Evaluating ADXS-HPV

Amarantus BioSciences Awarded US Patent Protecting Composition of Matter for MANF

Mississippi's Medicaid program adds coverage for Aerocrine's FeNO testing in asthma management following a new ATS guideline

Sorenson Forensics to Set Up Nigeria's First Forensic DNA Laboratory

 Biotech News - PR Newswire
Simbionix Comprehensive Medical Simulators now Available in Additional Languages

Umfangreiche medizinische Simulatoren von Simbionix jetzt auch in weiteren Sprachen verfügbar

Los exhaustivos simuladores médicos de Simbionix ya están disponibles en múltiples idiomas

Les simulateurs médicaux complets Simbionix sont désormais disponibles dans des langues additionnelles

Amerigen Pharmaceuticals and the Shanghai Fosun Omni Pharmaceutical Company Enter Into Collaboration Agreement for the Development of Generic Oral Controlled Release Products
Biotechnology - Moreover
ADE Capital invests EUR 1.5m in TCD Pharma

Global Synthetic Biology Market Hits Value of USD 1.6 Billion in 2011

Top 5 Companies in the Biotechnology Industry With the Highest P/E Ratio (ALXN, ACOR, SIGA, EXEL, EBS)

Company announces low-cost DNA machine

PureNano Continuous Crystallizer: A Breakthrough In Crystallization Technology Enables Continuous Manufacturing Of Non-soluble Drug Suspensions

 Burrill Report
Medtronic Scores Digital Health Victory

Smith & Nephew and Essex Woodlands Form Joint Venture

Forma Cuts $815 Million Deal with Boehringer to Discover New Cancer Drugs

Record Drug Shortages Plagued the Year Gone By

Medtronic Launches Wireless Glucometer

 CenterWatch - Clinical Trials
Sanofi's $20 billion Genzyme buy could fuel a big pharma-biotechnology acquisition trend

New Quintiles initiative saves investigative sites the time, and cost, of patient recruitment advertising

Technology companies adapt interactive video concepts for clinical trial informed consent

CRI buys Lifetree, combining investigative sites on both coasts and across all trial phases

New $1b NIH center will tackle early-stage drug development to ease industry risk of failure
Clinical Trials - Business Wire
Nutrition Foundation of Italy and Fondazione ADI: Scientific Community Endorses the Safety of Low- and No- Calorie Sweeteners

Research and Markets: Global Ocular Hypertension Drug Pipeline Capsule - 2012

Epizyme Achieves $4 Million Pre-Clinical Milestone Payment in Eisai Strategic Partnership

$10 MM Convertible Debt to Focus on Clinical Study

Emerge Clinical Site Relations Re-brands as ClinEdge 

 Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Clarimedix, Inc. Secures Investment for Proof-of-Concept Study in Cerebral Vasospasm

New, Groundbreaking Ultrasound Technology Delivers Permanent Non-Invasive Waistline Fat Reduction

Research in Rare Genetic Disease Poised to Provide New Therapies, According to New White Paper from Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance

Pharmos Announces Dosing of First Patients in Clinical Trial of Levotofisopam for the Treatment of Gout

Amorcyte, a NeoStem Company, Announces Expansion of Intellectual Property Coverage

 CNN Top Stories
Grounded whooping cranes OK'd to fly

Report: Iran nuke scientist killed in blast

Activists: 4 dead in latest Syria clashes

Police: Natalie Wood case still open

Van der Sloot back in court in Peru
Contract Pharma
GE Healthcare, Biosense Webster In EP Pact

Microtest To Manufacture Nexvax2

Almac Names Finance Director

Premier Research Names Clinical Development EVP

Evotec Reaches BI Discovery Milestone

 FDA Drugs- What's New
FDA Statement on recently terminated clinical trial with Doribax (doripenem)

Questions and Answers: FDA approves a class Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl (TIRF) medicines

FDA Alerts Pharmacists and Health Care Professionals to Potential for Injury when Dispensing the Similar-Sounding Drugs Durezol and Durasal

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Addition of another concentration of liquid acetaminophen marketed for infants

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety review of a reported death after the first dose of Multiple Sclerosis drug Gilenya (fingolimod)

 FDA News - Business Wire
Riverain Technologies Temporal Comparison X-ray Software Receives FDA Clearance

Biogen Idec presenta sus prioridades estratégicas para 2012 en el 30º Congreso anual sobre atención sanitaria J.P.Morgan

Ortho Kinematics Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for KineGraph VMA System

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Announces Panel Participation at the Biotech Showcase Conference

Samenvatting: Biogen Indec ontvouwt strategische prioriteiten op 30ste gezondheidszorgconferentie J.P. Morgan
FDA Press Releases
FDA to protect important class of antimicrobial drugs for treating human illness

FDA: Chicago-area sandwich manufacturer agrees to stop production

FDA expands use of HIV drug Isentress to children and adolescents

FDA: Do not use ShoulderFlex Massager

FDA collaboration to monitor rare eye condition associated with cataract surgery

 FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
Cord Blood Banking Information for Consumers

Cord Blood Banking – Information for Consumers

Cord Blood Banking ââ¬â Information for Consumers

Influenza Virus Vaccine for the 2011 - 2012 Season

Fluzone, Fluzone High-Dose and Fluzone Intradermal

 FierceBiotech
Sanofi deal strategy will shun hep C in global hunt for new "pearls"

Early-stage biotech investor Flagship launches $270M fund

BREAKING NEWS: Early-stage biotech investor Flagship launches $270M fund

HGS to axe 150 as Benlysta sales continue to disappoint

Genetics-focused Xenon forges $646M pain pact with Genentech
FierceBiotech IT
Life Technologies' latest DNA sequencer targets informatics 'bottlenecks'

New software aids RNA cocktail against cancer

Knome taps Pfizer vet as new CEO

Bristol-Myers Squibb outsources network duties to British Telecom

Accelrys CEO hints at more buyouts after VelQuest acquisition

FierceBiotech Research
Genetic mutations discovered in non-smoking lung cancer patients

Low-intensity electromagnetic fields shrink liver cancer tumors

Breakthrough trial protects monkeys from HIV-like virus

Scientists deduce gene that may contribute to major depression

Natural acid generated in liver selectively kills cancer cells

 FiercePharma
Big Pharma overhauls its marketing methods

Amgen aims for growth in bone drugs, overseas markets

Study flags risk of heart attack, ACS in Pradaxa patients

FDA: Endo opioids may be mixed in Novartis OTC packages

GSK impatient to unload for-sale OTC brands
FiercePharma Manufacturing
Genzyme's new plant to boost Fabrazyme supply

Novartis recall hints at regulatory snowball

ADHD community seeks DEA action in med shortages

Parents allege J&J's excess-API Tylenol killed son

USP suits up for pedigree challenge

 FierceVaccines
Argentina fines GSK $93K for Synflorix vaccine trial

Preclinical data in hand, Tetragenetics seeks partners for vaccine platform

GSK's genital herpes vaccine gets disappointing results

Vaccine combo shows early promise against AIDS

Argentina fines GSK $93K for Synflorix vaccine trial in which 14 babies died

 Health News - BizJournals.com
Hemispherx granted more time to work on chronic fatigue drug

Biovest touted for cancer vaccine

Children's Mercy wraps up sale of Medicaid health plan

APA: Atlantans less stressed, but work still nerve-racking

Boca Raton hospital gets $25M donation for neuroscience center
Health News - CNBC
Medical equipment co. Hill-Rom trims 2012 outlook

SGEN's Adcetris Targets Lymphomas

Cramer's Speculative Biotech Play: Regeneron

Stryker 4Q revenue rises 11 percent

Heart disease more likely in people with psoriasis: study

 Health News - Fox Business
Employers Grateful for Proposed Tax Breaks, But Still Scared

Employers Grateful for Proposed Tax Breaks, Still Scared

Insmed Shares Drop as FDA Halts Study After Rat Test Results

Week Ahead: A Flood Of 2Q Earnings

Pfizer Drug Raises Heart Attack Risk: Study

 Inside Industry - Gen
Ion Torrent Instrument Designed to Sequence the Human Genome for $1,000 in One Day

Mentor Capital Begins its 2012 Cancer Roll-up Strategy with $10 Million in Private Medical Company Acquisitions

BMS To Buy Anti-Infectives Firm Inhibitex for $2.5B in Cash

Third Rock, Sanofi Launch Drug Discovery Firm, Warp Drive, with $125M

U.K.'s Technology Strategy Board Awards £900K to Stem Cell Research Consortium
Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Professor Rudy Tanzi Appointed Prana's Chief Scientific Advisor

Burrill & Company Announces Close of Burrill Brazil Fund I

Cleveland BioLabs to Present at Noble Financial Eighth Annual Equity Conference

Persistent Systems Offers Academic Research Grant to Indiana University

"Heart-Less" Politician Goes From Short-Term Survival to 5th Term in Office With SynCardia Total Artificial Heart

 MassBio News
A Note from the President: Looking Forward to a Busy 2012 at MassBio

BIO International Convention Returning to Boston in 2012

The Blogs MassBio Reads

2012 Futures in Life Sciences Sessions Scheduled

Congress Passes SBIR and STTR Reauthorization

 Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
Multiparameter Patient Monitoring Market Outlook in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) to 2017

World Market for Gastrointestinal Devices, The

CytoSorbents 2011 End of Year Shareholder Letter

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces $33 Million Financing

China Kanghui Holdings Renews High and New Technology Enterprises Status of Its PRC Operating Subsidiaries
National Center for Biotechnology Information
GEO Series Releases

ClinVar News and Announcements

Behind The Headlines - Health News from NHS Choices

PubMed Health Featured Reviews

SRA News

 Nature Biotechnology
Approval on a knife edge

Bringing business risk into sharp focus

The NIH's role in accelerating translational sciences

Building stem-cell genomics in California and beyond

Foundation Medicine

 New York Times- Biotechnology
Amgen and Watson to Work Together on Generic Drugs

A Genome Deluge

Drew Endy: Better Computing for the Things We Care About Most

DNA Sequencing Caught in Deluge of Data

China’s New Economic Plan Focuses on Raising Standards of Living
New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
F.D.A. Creeps Forward

Anxious Days for Long Island Pharmacies

The Shame of Filling a Prescription

F.D.A. Restricts Cephalosporin Antibiotics in Livestock

F.D.A. Restricts Use of Antibiotics in Livestock

 OnBioVC
Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc.: Series A $4.5M

SironRx Therapeutics, Inc.: Series A $3.4M

Affinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series B $15M

Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.: Series B $6.4

Entellus Medical, Inc.: Series E $35M

 Outsourcing-Pharma
Parexel discusses transdermal drug delivery techs

Sponsors and CROs differ on perception of service quality, says the Avoca Group

Recipharm CEO talks CMO sector recovery and Asian plans

Covance adding mass spec for biosimilars

Embedded service providers are future of the industry, says RPS
Pharma News - Business Wire
Celerion Scientist Proud Recipient of Scientific and Technological Achievement Award (STAA) from EPA

CryoPort Introduces High-Volume Dry Shipping Container

Entelos Announces Recapitalization and Significant Capital Infusion to Drive Future Growth

Clearlake Capital Group Leads Recapitalization of Entelos

Microtest Laboratories Will Manufacture ImmusanT's Nexvax2 Immunotherapeutic Vaccine for Expected Clinical Trial

 Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Senators Tom Daschle and Doctor Bill Frist Join ZocDoc Advisory Board

Spherix Announces Successful Completion of Important Toxicology Study of SPX-106

Glaucoma Awareness Month Prompts Diopsys to Reach Out

Genetic Sudden Cardiac Death Screening Test on the Horizon

Potentially Unfair Tender Offer for Inhibitex Triggers Shareholder-Claim Investigation by Securities Class Action Lawyers at Goldfarb Branham LLP

 Pharma News - PR Newswire
Pharmaceutical Industry Confronting Big Challenges, Opportunities in 2012: Leaders to Convene at Groundbreaking Event on February 7-8 in New Jersey

Medical IT and Diagnostic Product Company Decision Diagnostics Announces Patent Enforcement Strategy for Their Smart Phone Based EMR Technology

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: UnitedHealth Group, Aetna, WellPoint, CIGNA and Wright Medical Group

Suneva Medical to Pursue Expanded Indications for Artefill® With Launch of Phase III Acne Scar Study

Potential Role of Natural Alkaloids in Combatting Memory Loss
Pharmaceutical - Moreover
Research and Markets: Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its International Trade [2012 Edition]

Research and Markets: Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its International

Zaizao Wan to Debut Europe

bTrade Announces Partnership With One Of Europes Pharmaceutical Software And Services Vendor, PHARMSOFT

Key Account Manager - North West London

 PR Leap - Biotech
Abcam Biochemicals is launched; the new name for Ascent Scientific products

AL-TAR Services, Inc. Adds Thermo-Scientific Product Line to its Online Lab Equipment Store

Ascent Scientific Launch Novel Dynamin Inhibitor Dyngo-4a™ with Children's Medical Research Institute and University of Newcastle

AL-TAR Services, Inc. Names Robert Nugent Director of Business Development

Ascent Scientific licenses novel clathrin inhibitors from Freie Universität Berlin, University of Newcastle and Children's Medical Research Institute

 PRWeb - Biotechnology
Clinovo Completes Phase I Study Builds in only 3 1/2 Weeks

3D Biomatrix Perfecta3D Hanging Drop Plates Featured in New...

Therapure Biopharma Inc. Announces a Successful Health Canada Audit

Genedata Screener 10 Announced at CHI High-Content Analysis Conference

Sucanon Announces New Nutraceutical Alternative for Type II Diabetes
PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Intrinsic Imaging Awarded Important Clinical Trial for the Evaluation...

RxTran Expands Languages Provided for Written, Translated Prescription...

Prescribing Headaches Soon to be Relieved for Hospice Clinicians

Dignity Sciences Enters into Clinical Supply Agreement

American Diabetes Wholesale Adds Veteran Pharmacist George Tohme to...

 Scientific American
Smart Phone Makers Gave India Spy Tools, "Leaked" Memos Say

Doomsday Clock Moved 1 Minute Closer to Midnight

Casual Marijuana Smoking Not Harmful to Lungs

Airport Screeners to Be Monitored for Radiation

The $1,000 Human Genome: Are We There Yet

 Sports - ESPN Basketball
Young's season-high 21 points power Creighton

No. 22 Aztecs rally, fend off winless Chicago St.

Batts, Cotton power Providence's upset of L'ville

No. 3 UNC rolls Miami, caps perfect homestand

Paul goes for 43 as Illinois upsets No. 5 Ohio St.
Sports News - ESPN
Penn St. president to face alumni in Pittsburgh

Commissioners open to adopting 4-team playoff

Ex-UNC assistant Kaufman to run Texas Tech D

HS coach: Ex-Gator Shaw transferring to USC

Clemson's Ellington returning for senior season

 Xconomy Life Sciences
LogMeIn, Safari, Forma, And More Behind the Boston-Area Deals News

Amicus Counts on Chaperone Tech to Enhance Rare Disease Treatments

Slain Biotech Investor Leaves $1 Million to Support Entrepreneurship

Flagship Closes New $270M Fund For Healthcare and Cleantech Ventures

Me-Too Drugs

 Yahoo Biotech News
Novel Stem Cell Treatment May Hold Promise for Type 1 Diabetes (HealthDay)

Company announces low-cost DNA decoding machine (AP)

China halts unapproved stem cell treatments (AP)

China stops unapproved stem cell treatments (Reuters)

Insight: New DNA reader to bring promise (Reuters)


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