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b3c newswire
BioInvest Israel 2012: Local & Global Pharma , Medtech and Finance Companies Meet to ...

NovAliX Enters into Multi-Target Integrated Drug Discovery Collaboration with Teijin Pharma

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

BioSpace
AAIPharma, Inc. Raises $20 Million in Connection With Acquisition

MD In AstraZeneca PLC Bribe Scandal Commits Suicide

Frequent Red Meat Eaters at Higher Risk of Stroke, Harvard School of Public Health Study

Antidepressants While Pregnant Linked to Slight Risk of Lung Problem in Babies, Karolinska University Hospital Study

Children Exposed to HIV Before Birth at Risk for Language Delay, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. and Crown Bioscience, Inc. Announce Antibody Partnership

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum Signs Global Licensing Agreement for Novel Neonatology Treatment from Only for Children Pharmaceuticals

Amerigen Pharmaceuticals Announces Two China-US Deals

Omni Bio Pharmaceutical to Conduct New Human Clinical Trials

First FDA-Approved Study of Stem Cells to Treat Hearing Loss Begins at

Biotech News - Business Wire
MOgene LC Brings Fluidigm Access Array Sample Prep Technology to Its Customer Base

Avance Nerve Graft Clinical Results Published

Acucela

Research and Markets: Handbook of Harnessing Biomaterials in Nanomedicine: Preparation, Toxicity and Applications

BIOTRONIK

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Scott Brooks Joins Regenesis Biomedical as Chief Operating Officer

Zyga Technology, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Jim Bullock as President and CEO

LoneStar Heart Acquires Worldwide Exclusive Rights to New Class of Small Molecules That May Lead to New Treatments for Diabetes

Neogen Develops Simple, Precise Test for Mold Toxin Zearalenone

Palatin Technologies to Present at BOCEMb, Noble Financial Capital Markets' Eighth Annual Equity Conference

Biotechnology - Moreover
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BASF cuts back on GM products in Europe

Hospital Sales Manager - Rheumatology

FLUIDIGM CORPORATION (ADR) : MOgene LC Brings Fluidigm Access Array Sample Prep Technology to Its Customer Base

UPDATE: European Hostility Pushes BASF's Plant Biotech To US

Burrill Report
Novartis to Ax 2,000 jobs after Tekturna Development Halted

Genentech Partners with Xenon Pharmaceuticals in $646M Pain Pact

Forma Therapeutics Inks Alliance with Janssen Biotech

Bristol-Myers Squibb Buys Inhibitex for $2.5 Billion

Flagship Ventures Launches $270 Million Fund

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
Data from St. Jude Medical's ASSERT Implantable Device Monitoring Study Published in New England Journal of Medicine

Endosense Launches TactiCath® 75 Force-Sensing Catheter, Announces New Results of EFFICAS I Clinical Study

Research and Markets: Emerging Market for Clinical Trials in Poland - Cost Advantages of Nearly 30% as Compared to the US

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

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
New Indicator May Help Identify Patients With Increased Risk From Throat Cancer

MYTHOS Trial of PLC's RenalGuard® Article Published in JACC -- Cardiovascular Interventions

MADE IN IBM LABS: New Silicon Probe Assists in Disease Diagnostics and Drug Discovery

First FDA-Approved Study of Stem Cells to Treat Hearing Loss Begins at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital

Conventional Nerve Repair Wisdom Defied in First-Ever Multicenter Clinical Study with Processed, Donated Nerve Tissue

CNN Top Stories
Zelizer: Gingrich's gift to Obama

Frum: S.C. not in Romney's wheelhouse

Gingrich's 'Armageddon' strategy

Cruise went from magical night to nightmare

Nigeria strike suspended

Contract Pharma
Carbogen Amcis Acquires Creapharm Parenterals

Almac Opens Clinical Services Offices

PRG Names European Medical Director

FEI, NIH To Create Living Lab for Biology Research

NovAliX, Teijin in Multi-Target Discovery Pact

FDA Drugs- What's New
FDA Drug Safety Communication: New Boxed Warning and Contraindication for Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin)

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Update: Preliminary findings from ongoing investigations of CardioGen-82

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 News - Business Wire
BIO Urges Congress to Promptly Reauthorize PDUFA to Promote the Development of Innovative Therapies and Speed New Medicines to Patients

Torax Medical's LINX® Reflux Management System Receives Unanimous Recommendation From FDA Advisory Panel

Seattle Genetics Announces Updates to ADCETRIS Prescribing Information

Biomet Receives FDA Clearance for Two New Products: E1® Humeral Bearing for the Comprehensive® Reverse Shoulder System and the Comprehensive® Segmental Revision System

Biosense Webster Announces FDA approval of the THERMOCOOL® SF Catheter in the United States

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
GSK deal chief hunts for 'hidden gems' to feed drug giant's pipeline

Big drugmakers lend hand in forming biotech startups

S. Korean biotech snags financing with help from U.S. venture group

Fierce's J.P. Morgan 2012 executive chats, recapped

Onyx Pharma CFO plugs cancer pipeline amid rumored sales process

FierceBiotech IT
Cannabis company launches Jane-Ome app

AstraZeneca taps IMS Health for mining 'real-world' data sources

Life Technologies' latest DNA sequencer targets informatics 'bottlenecks'

New software aids RNA cocktail against cancer

Knome taps Pfizer vet as new CEO

FierceBiotech Research
Hormone irisin eyed as possible weight loss drug ingredient

Hormone irisin may lead to weight loss drug

Fish oil may counter nerve damage

Genetic mutations discovered in non-smoking lung cancer patients

Low-intensity electromagnetic fields shrink liver cancer tumors

FiercePharma
J&J whistleblower testifies in TX Risperdal case

It's final: Tasigna in, Sprycel out in NICE guidelines

Will last year's buybacks morph into more M&A for 2012

Numbers hint that Pfizer's Lipitor strategy may work

Pfizer weighing baby-formula offers from Nestle, Danone

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Stability skimping a frequent component in FDA warnings

Interview: M+W on lean plants and carmakers

It's 'T' time for contract manufacturers

FDA seeks electronic reporting of drug stability tests

Global shippers unite against EU tariff

FierceVaccines
Oncothyreon awaits pivotal data on Stimuvax

Aeras, CNBG team on TB vaccine deal

Microtest to manufacture ImmusanT's celiac vaccine

As India nears polio eradication, researchers ponder new vaccines

ImmunoCellular starts Phase II trial of brain cancer vaccine

Health News - BizJournals.com
Fighting diabetes in Fayette County, Part 5

Dispensary lawsuit presents hurdle for Arizona medical marijuana law

Chapel Hill pharma Cempra prices IPO

DHHS Secretary Cansler resigns

Change:healthcare raises more than $9 million

Health News - CNBC
Magnesium-rich diet may lower stroke risk: study

Romanian protesters clash with riot police

Tax Cuts: Battle Begins Over Just How to Pay For Them

Balmy winter brings plenty of economic surprises

Novartis Excedrin recall expands into Canada

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
Novartis Plans $450M Cost Cuts to Shoulder Diovan Patent Loss, Aliskiren Safety Concerns

M&A Activity in 2012 Will Surpass Last Year's Pace, GEN Online Readers Predict

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

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
CORPAK(R) MedSystems Introduces the Enhanced Second-Generation CORTRAK(R) 2 Enteral Access System(TM)

ORLive Program Highlights Revolutionary Technology for Plastic Surgeries

EnWave Announces Successful quantaREV(TM) Scale-up

Market Research Forecasts the Insulin Delivery Devices Market at $11 Billion by 2017

Helix BioPharma Corp. gibt Ergebnisse des 1. Quartals 2012 bekannt

MassBio News
Local students explore Biotech Futures

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

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute Aligns With Top European University

Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Miami im US-Bundesstaat Florida tut sich mit der Universität Heidelberg zusammen

Global Weight Management Market Is Expected to Attain a Market Size of USD 650.9 Billion by 2015

ONRAD, Inc. Chooses Dicom Systems' Vendor Neutral Archive

Terumo Americas Holding Acquires Onset Medical Corporation, a Leader in Innovative Sheath Technology Designed for Multiple, Minimally Invasive Clinical Applications

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
DEALBOOK; Bristol-Myers Agrees to Buy Inhibitex for $2.5 Billion Cash

CVS Caremark Settles Charges Over Prescription Prices

CVS Settles Charges Over Prescription Prices

Oxycodone Prescriptions Rose Sharply in New York, Schneiderman Report Says

Walgreen Stands Firm on Decision to End Express Scripts Deal

OnBioVC
Horizon Discovery, Ltd.: Series C $18.6M

OPX Biotechnologies, Inc.: Series C $36.5M

SpineVision, SA: Series B $5M

Avedro, Inc.: Series C $25M

SpringLeaf Therapeutics, Inc.: Series B $4M

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
Riassunto: Covidien mette in guardia contro luso del Duet TRS TM per la chirurgia toracica e ne attua il ritiro volontario

Covidien Contraindicates the Use of Duet TRSTM for Thoracic Surgery, Implements a Voluntary Recall

Despite No Current Approval of Janssen's Zytiga in Asymptomatic/Minimally Symptomatic MCRPC, 31% of Surveyed Physicians Report Decreased Use of Dendreon's Provenge Because Zytiga is Available for Later Lines of Treatment

Research and Markets: Pharmacoeconomic Analysis in R&D Decision Making: An In-Depth Report

Synta Announces Publication of Results Showing Ganetespib Synergizes with Taxanes in Multiple Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Models

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Systech Launches New Executive Project Management Program and Appoints Industry Veteran as SVP

Doctors in UAE urged to avoid duplicate therapy of cough and cold medications for young children

SGLT2 Inhibitors: Assessing the Evidence and the Potential Impact on Future Clinical Practice

Oxitec Appoints Dr Christopher Richards as Chairman

OnX Enterprise Solutions Signs Canadian Exclusivity Partnership With MEDSEEK

Pharma News - PR Newswire
National Certification for Women Owned Business Awarded to i-Path Media LLC

Cryo-Save India erhält AABB-Akkreditierung

Procédure convergente multidisciplinaire - Des médecins présentent des résultats prometteurs dans le traitement des patients souffrant de la fibrillation auriculaire persistante

Sectra to Provide Suite of Integrated Radiology IT Solutions to Nashville General Hospital at Meharry

Ärztliche Ergebnisse multidisziplinären Konvergenzverfahrens zeigen vielversprechende Ergebnisse bei Behandlung von Patienten mit persistierendem Vorhofflimmern

Pharmaceutical - Moreover
Gift sets boost Boots Christmas sales

(NOVARTIS) Key Account Manager Neuroscience Division - Kent & Sussex

Health Economics Analyst Market Access - Sussex

Number One Ranked Avandia Lawsuit Website Now Available for Rental To US Law Firms

GPhC brings first prosecution for practising while suspended

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
MSDSonline Offers GHS Guarantee Risk-Free MSDS Authoring for GHS...

LegUp LandinGear Motorcycle Stabilization Announces Year-end Results

Pittcon 2012 Announces New Short Courses Focus on Compliance &...

TooNiceStocks Initiates Coverage on BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc....

New MedReps.com Survey Shows Medical Sales Reps are Finding Jobs Via...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Union Square Laser Dermatology, Now Offering New Photodynamic Cosmetic...

Firm Attorneys Selected to National Leadership Roles in DePuy Pinnacle...

Canada Drugs Online Announces Free Coupons on Senior's Prescriptions

Pharmaceutical Operations Provider Announces New Client, Fera...

Additional J&J Executives To Be Deposed In ASR Hip Recall...

Scientific American
EPA Sees Risks to Water, Workers In New York Fracking Rules

Jet Lag: What's Causing One of the Driest, Warmest Winters in History

How to Buy Time in the Fight against Climate Change: Mobilize to Stop Soot and Methane

Red-Wine Researcher Implicated in Data Misconduct Case

Anti-GM Groups Attempt to Sully Transgenic Control of Dengue Fever

Sports - ESPN Basketball
McDermott tops 1,000 points in Creighton's win

No. 6 Duke overcomes late rally from Clemson

No. 5 Ohio St. has little trouble beating Indiana

Hoyas end two-game skid with win at St. John's

Inmate accuser of Bernie Fine says he was lying

Sports News - ESPN
New Miami policy: Boosters can't host athletes

Ohio St.'s Meyer releases DBs Clarke, Gambrell

Wojciechowski: Paterno's guilty heart

Indiana QBs Wright-Baker, Kiel leaving program

Oregon QB Thomas to leave early, enter draft

Xconomy Life Sciences
Axonia Medical Raises $1 Million in Seed Financing

Seattle Genetics Sees Updated Side Effect Warning in Drug Label

The Boston Life Sciences Newsmakers: Civitas, Blend, Forma, & More

San Diego Life Sciences News: AnaptysBio, Life, NeuroGenetic & More

Q4 Venture Deals, Dollars Stayed Strong, Making 2011 Best in a Decade

Yahoo Biotech News
Cancer drug gets stronger label warning (Reuters)

FDA sends user-fee recommendations to Congress (Reuters)

Genetic mutation tied to inherited prostate cancer (AP)

Gene Research Sheds Light on Rare Immune Disease (HealthDay)

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