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b3c newswire
Biotage Releases New Catalog and Technical Guide for Sample Preparation and Evaporation

Sartorius Stedim Biotech and G-Con Manufacturing Announce Global Collaboration

JSR Expands its Biomedical Business by Investing in BIA Separations' Unique Purification Technology

BrainStorm Announces Clinical Data for Safety and Supporting Efficacy of NurOwn(TM) Based on ...

AMSilk is Proud to Announce the Addition of Jeff Davis to its Advisory Board

BioSpace
Knee Arthritis May Speed Up Process Linked to Cell Aging, University of Utah Study

Intestinal Worms May Help Promote Healing, Nature Medicine Reveals

Frequent Eating Tied to Less Weight Gain in Girls, University of California, Berkeley (CAL) Study

Sugary Soda Ups Risky Fat Deposits, Study

How Much Iodine is Too Much Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
Teijin Pharma's Bonalon Bag for I.V. Infusion 900 g Approved as Japan's First I.V. Drug for Osteoporosis

Quintiles, Inc. Takes Stake in UK Biomarker Startup

Courtagen Life Sciences Acquires Medicinal Genomics

inVentiv Health Release: IMS Health Signs Agreement to Divest SDI Medical and Promotional Audits

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Secures Approval in Europe to Conduct a First-in-Human Trial of RX-3117 in Solid Tumors

Biotech News - Business Wire
Samenvatting: Quintiles voegt zich bij 's werelds leidende oncologie-experts in de vorming van nieuw biologische merker en ontwikkelingsbedrijf

A Mirus Biosciences keresete a Fugent ellen megsznt

A Quintiles lança um centro de excelência inovador em Dalian, China

Riassunto: Quintiles apre un centro di eccellenza innovativo a Dalian, Cina

Quintiles Inaugura Innovador Centro de Excelencia en Dalian, China

Biotech News - PR Newswire
New England Cord Blood Bank Expands into New Jersey

TPI Receives GMP Certification for JCM Facility

Elsevier and Tsinghua University Department of Computer Science and Technology Create New Research Productivity Solutions

DSM vai lançar nova linha de materiais bioderivados através de parceria com a Empresa Brasileira de Biotechnologia (EBRABIOTECH)

Hadasit Bio-Holdings' Portfolio Company Thrombotech Raises $1.4M

Biotechnology - Moreover
Cuba to Host Intl Meeting on Plant Biotechnology

AI BioTech to implement XIFIN revenue cycle management system

Cal State Long Beach Receives Nearly $1.7 Million Grant Renewal to Fund Stem Cell Research Internships

Generex Biotechnology Corp. (OTC:GNBT) Keeps Running Up

10 Biotech Stocks With Strong Corporate Governance

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
Riassunto: Il Comitato indipendente per il monitoraggio dei dati sulla sicurezza raccomanda linterruzione dell'arruolamento alla sperimentazione clinica FAME II di St. Jude Medical a seguito dellesito positivo dellanalisi provvisoria

Resumen: El Consejo de Control Independiente en la Seguridad de los Datos recomienda la interrupción de la inscripción de pacientes para el ensayo clínico FAMEII de St. Jude Medical tras su análisis positivo provisional

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Secures Approval in Europe to Conduct a First-in-Human Trial of RX-3117 in Solid Tumors

Research and Markets: Ovarian Disease Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2011

eviti, Inc. Launches Clinical Trials, Matching Cancer Patients with Appropriate Clinical Studies at the Point of Prescription

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
IRBNet Announces Release of National Research Network® 2011 Benchmark Report

DATATRAK Releases New Version of uIRT

Scripps-led Study in JAMA Shows New Drug Helps "Bridge" Stent Patients to Cardiac Surgery

Newborn Screening Project Aims to Help Transform Treatments for Genetic Diseases Detected at Birth

Novelos Therapeutics Enrolls First Patient in Phase 1b Trial in Solid Tumors With (131)I-CLR1404 (HOT) Cancer-Targeted Molecular Radiotherapeutic

CNN Top Stories
Head found near Hollywood sign

Hopes dim for finding survivors on Concordia

Snow storms slam Pacific Northwest

Iran firm may send toy drone to Obama

Seattle to get biggest snow since 1940s

Contract Pharma
Takeda Restructures After Nycomed Acquisition

AMRI Facility Gains MHRA GMP Certification

Theorem Names Global Regulatory VP

Paragon Gains DoD Vax Contract

AAIPharma Names Charleston Quality Director

FDA Drugs- What's New
Medication Guides

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 News - Business Wire
LabCorp to Offer New FDA Cleared Test to Aid in Assessing Whether Ovarian Mass is at High or Low Likelihood of Being Malignant

Vioguard Announces Addition of World's First Self-Sanitizing Keyboard to HP Healthcare Solutions Portfolio

North American Facial Injectable Market to Grow to More Than $1.4 Billion by 2016

Genzyme Announces European Approval of Framingham Manufacturing Plant

TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Lists LC and Mass Spec Systems as Class I Medical Devices with FDA

FDA Press Releases
FDA approves Voraxaze to treat patients with toxic methotrexate levels

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 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
BTG wins FDA approval for new drug that fights toxicity

Bayer details positive PhIII data on cancer blockbuster hopeful regorafenib

Sanofi researcher admits to stealing trade secrets on experimental compounds

Columbia shares plunge after FDA staffers blast birth gel app

Takeda to axe 2,800 workers, consolidate R&D in global restructuring

FierceBiotech IT
AB Sciex, Indigo BioSystems join forces on mass spectrometry software

DecisionView updates clinical trial enrollment software

Entelos stages comeback bid with funding

PerkinElmer CEO arranges marriage between informatics, lab service biz

Cannabis company launches Jane-Ome app

FierceBiotech Research
Altering intestinal bacteria with probiotics improved rats' heart health

Sugar molecules betray precancerous cells in esophagus

PARP inhibitors could aid larger ovarian cancer patient population

Vitamin D helps (more than) 3 (nearly) blind mice see

Hormone irisin eyed as possible weight loss drug ingredient

FiercePharma
Novartis nabs Chinese OK for Lucentis, launches Galvus

Takeda targets 2,800 jobs in Europe, U.S.

Witness: J&J memo urged off-label Risperdal push

Generics market to bulk up by $100B in 5 years

Is Novo's Deen-on-diabetes campaign brilliant--or insane

FiercePharma Manufacturing
UPDATED: USP has credibility as pedigree driver

B.S., M.S. manufacturing jobs grow with R&D cutbacks

Abbott dodges excise tax at Indian plant

Roche pilots direct shipments to Europe

FDA: Novartis plant shows patterns of problems

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
Founder Hicks steps down as HealthGrades CEO

Ceptaris cutaneous T-cell lymphoma drug gets Europe orphan status

McAuley awarded $1.7 million in 2011

Community health centers receive $1.4 million in grants

Accretive Health picks Birmingham over Nashville for call center

Health News - CNBC
Jazz Pharmaceuticals closes Azur Pharma purchase

Equities Investors Need To Stay On The Defensive In 2012

Japan's Fujifilm calls for Swiss-style yen

Earnings Momentum to Slow on Europe Outlook

Cramer's Vanity Play: ZELTIQ Aesthetics

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
Quintiles Takes Majority Stake in Oxford Cancer Biomarkers

Bayer Plans 2012 Filing for Regorafenib Following Positive Phase III mCRC Trial Results

FDA Clears BTG's Voraxaze for Treating Methotrexate Toxicity

Pherecydes Receives Grant to Develop Bacteriophage Therapies for Skin Infections

CIRM to Put $40M into Stem Cell Genomic Centers

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Leading Romanian Research Institution Expands Capabilities With Purchase of a NanoInk DPN 5000 System

Jonah's Just Begun Supports Bipartisan Legislation That Incentivizes Research & Development for Rare Diseases and Accelerates Drug Approval Process

SOHM Starts Its Nutraceutical Manufacturing Facility in India

First China Pharma Appoints EFP Rotenberg as US Based Auditors

Stellar Biotechnologies Announces Investor Relations Agreement

MassBio News
451 Marketing & Freeman to Create Massachusetts Pavilion at 2012 BIO International Convention

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

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
IV Nurse Day: A Day to Honor Infusion Nurses

STD Med, Inc. Appoints New Director to Board

UBM Medica's ConsultantLive Offers Migraine Diagnostic Help for Clinicians

Outcomes Show Gundersen Lutheran Bariatric Surgery Among the Best

Ortho Caps GmbH to Challenge Align Technology´s European Patents

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
U.S. to Tell Drug Makers to Disclose Payments to Doctors

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

OnBioVC
OnBioVC: End Piracy, Not Liberty

Verastem, Inc.: Series B $32M

Transcend Medical, Inc.: Series B $16M

NABsys, Inc.: Series C $10M

Horizon Discovery, Ltd.: Series C $18.6M

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
InflaRx schließt erfolgreich die klinische Phase I Testung von IFX-1 ab, einem neuen entzündungshemmenden anti-Komplement Antikörper

Simcyp Develops Virtual Laboratory Mouse for Use in Cancer and Toxicology Research

InflaRx Announces Successful Conduct of Its Clinical Phase I Trial with IFX-1, a New Monoclonal Antibody Inhibiting Complement Driven Inflammation

CovidienDuet TRSTM

Research and Markets: Strategies for Effective Partnerships Between Pharmaceutical and Diagnostic Companies: a Business Insights Report

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Refinements in Inhaled Drug Delivery Enhancing Growth Prospects as Global Markets Emerge

Avastin® (bevacizumab) receives approval to treat ovarian cancer: First new medicine for 15 years halts ovarian cancer for six months more than chemotherapy alone

Take Care of Winter Skin and Post-Holiday Stress

Thermo Fisher Scientific Activates Food Safety Response Center to Respond to Orange Juice Contamination; Director Available for Interview or Comment

Thomson Reuters Announces Top Health Systems

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank Provide $15 Million Senior Credit Facility to Vitae Pharmaceuticals

Hybrid Fuels, Inc. Announces the Product Launch of Azul Instant - "Be Ready in an Instant"

South Carolina Voters Press the Candidates on Reproductive Health Rights

Abbott's STARLIMS LIMS Technology to be Installed in FDA Testing Laboratories

HUYA Bioscience International Announces Strategic Partnership with the Tianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research

Pharmaceutical - Moreover
Grünenthal Plans Latin American Investment

Comment on binding free energies of inhibitors to iron porphyrin complex as a model for cytochrome p450

Ishar new vice-chancellor of Jammu university

Takeda plans 2,800 job cuts after Nycomed deal

Takeda says it will cut 2,800 jobs over 5 years after acquiring Swiss drugmaker Nycomed

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
FRC Systems International - Specialist in Wastewater Treatment Systems...

Silicon Kinetics Opens Second Demo Site in Europe

New Technology May Replace Tissue Biopsies Proxy Life Science...

BioPharm Systems to Host Webinar on Using Oracle Health Sciences...

Rescentris CERF Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) Software Fuels...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Global Healthcare Services Industry to Reach US$3.0 Trillion by 2015,...

The Ritacca Laser & Cosmetic Surgery Center, Now Offering New...

Beamonte Investments Announces Acquisition of CITEC ING

CanadaDrugs.com Stands with other Canadian International Association...

New Free Report Predicts the Issues the Health Industry Will Face in...

Scientific American
SOPA Opera: White House Shuts Down Online Anti-Piracy Bill

SOPA Opera: White House Shuts Down Proposed Online Anti-Piracy Bill

Green Chemist: A Q&A with Departing EPA Science Advisor Paul Anastas

Test Tube Yeast Evolve Multicellularity

EPA Sees Risks to Water, Workers in New York State Fracking Rules

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Davis sets school blocks mark as UK cruises

Douglass, No. 19 Michigan stop No. 9 Mich. St.

Led by Clark, No. 12 Georgetown bullies DePaul

Knee injury costs Louisville's Buckles season

Medcalf: Mid-major report -- Middle Tennessee State finds winning formula

Sports News - ESPN
Illinois fullback Prosch transferring to Auburn

LSU's Miles looking past BCS loss, Kiel to Irish

UCLA names Redskins' Spanos D-coordinator

Projected No. 1 pick Luck hires uncle as agent

Michigan WR Stonum dismissed from team

Xconomy Life Sciences
Cadence Biomedical Snags First $1M to Help Disabled People Walk

J&J Opens San Diego Biotech Startup Center, Says No Strings Attached

Global Healthcare

RaNA Raises $20.7M From Atlas, SR One, Monsanto, for RNA-Based Tech

Biology 101

Yahoo Biotech News
BrainStorm sees positive data in ALS stem cell trial (Reuters)

Why Can't Mitt Romney Be Pro-Life About Corporations (ContributorNetwork)

Your Taste for Fat May Reside in Your Genes (HealthDay)

Cancer drug gets stronger label warning (Reuters)

FDA sends user-fee recommendations to Congress (Reuters)