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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
4SC AG Says Its Resminostat Meets Primary Endpoint In Phase II Trial; Stock Rises +0.57(38.51%) @ 11:36AM EST

Sandoz, Inc. Initiates Two More Phase III Amgen Biosimilar Trials

EU OKs Mass. Plant for Genzyme Corporation's Fabry Disease Drug, FDA Still Needs to Get on Board

"Upper Normal" Blood Pressure Linked to Heart Risk in Men, University of Oslo Study

Depression Drugs "Causing Falls," Erasmus University Medical Center Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
ShangPharma Achieves First Milestone in Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. Biologics Partnership

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Launches Generic Yaz(R)

Commonwealth Laboratories, Inc. and Health Point Press Announce a New Association Which Will Work to Promote Small Intestinal Bacteria Overgrowth (SIBO) and its Correlation to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

A*STAR, GE Global Research Join Forces to Develop Integrated Advanced Medical Imaging Technologies for Improved Clinical Diagnosis

HUYA Bioscience International Announces Strategic Partnership with the

Biotech News - Business Wire
Commonwealth Laboratories, Inc. and Health Point Press Announce a New Association Which Will Work to Promote Small Intestinal Bacteria Overgrowth (SIBO) and Its Correlation to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Mirus BiosciencesFugent

Cannabis Science Updates Second Medical Cannabis Cancer Patient Suffering from Squamous Cell Carcinoma Photo-documents Cannabis Extracts Killing Cancerous Tumor

NanoIsrael 2012: Top Global Researchers, Achievements in Science and Business, and Potential Investors

Verisk Health's HEDIS Solution Fully Certified and Ready for the 2012 Season

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Ambry Genetics Reports Results from Clinical Diagnostic Exome Testing of Three Patients

EveryDayMatters.com Aims to Raise Awareness and Coordinate Care Between Mental and Physical Health

China Health Resource Pharmaceutical Grade Gastrodia Product Line Expected to Contribute $8 Million in Revenue to 2011 Year End

GeNO LLC Makes Significant Additions to Management Team to Increase Capability and Talent

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. Prices Public Offering of Common Stock

Biotechnology - Moreover
Research highlights key role grandmothers play in mother and child nutrition and health

IBB: ETF Outflow Alert

CNA extends offering for pharmaceutical and biotech companies

Origin Agritech swings to yearly loss; shares fall

Immunogen, inc. announces conference call to discuss its second quarter fiscal year 2012 financial results

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
Au vu des résultats positifs d'une analyse intermédiaire le Comité indépendant de surveillance et de sécurité de l'étude clinique FAME II de St. Jude Medical recommande l'arrêt des inclusions

Samenvatting: De FAME II onafhankelijke Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) beveelt St. Jude Medical een patiënten opnamestop aan voor de FAME II clinische trial na een positieve tussen analyse.

Resumen: Sapheon anuncia los resultados en humanos después de un año; comienza la inscripción para estudio europeo de postventa

Research and Markets: Inflammation Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2011

Sapheon gibt einjährige Ergebnisse von erstmals am Menschen durchgeführter Studie bekannt; Rekrutierung für europäische Post-Market-Studie beginnt

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Combination of Oral Drugs Suppresses Common Type of Hepatitis C, According to University of Michigan-led Research

BioElectronics' Study on Plantar Fasciitis to be Published in The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

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

CNN Top Stories
Apple: School should center on iPad

Roads icy after Pacific Northwest storm

Rescue efforts on Concordia may end

Hollywood park searched for body parts

Lawmaker, others get hacking payouts

Contract Pharma
Suzhou Pharma Services Appoints President

SGS To Open Second Facility in Mumbai

Patheon Adds Soft Gel Capabilities Via Procaps Pact

Astellas Appoints UK Ops Head

Pii Expands Aseptic Facilities

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
CardioComm Solutions, Inc. Receives FDA Clearance to Market First Over-the-Counter Heart Monitoring Solution

La Agencia de Alimentos y Fármacos de EE.UU. aprueba nuevas formulaciones de Viread® para su uso en niños con VIH

Gore Receives First FDA Approval for Endovascular Repair of Traumatic Aortic Transections

Cancer Patients Experience Increased Survival Time After Pathwork Tissue of Origin Test

Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca Receive Complete Response Letter from U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Dapagliflozin

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
4SC surges on positive midstage data for advanced liver cancer

Animal rights activists boiling mad at BMS

Quintiles to hire 500 for new BPO hub in China

Frazier preps venture fund to back biotechs built for sale

Bristol-Myers reports interferon-free cures in small PhII hep C study

FierceBiotech IT
Medidata chief calls company 'the cloud' for clinical data

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

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
Pharma gets its close-up in new Hollywood films

UPDATED: J&J said to settle TX Risperdal case for $158M

AZ chief: Emerging markets are tougher than you think

Adding MEK drug to Zelboraf could stymie secondary cancers

No more working Saturdays at exports-minded Cipla

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Toray takes stake in Mitsui bio-CMO

Genzyme revives Fabrazyme with EMA plant OK

Lean earns Lundbeck big prize, cost cuts

Bioprocess budget hikes a sign of efficiency quest

Novartis, Lundbeck score wins for manufacturing in the West

FierceVaccines
Confident Inovio chief pushes ahead on universal flu vaccine

Paragon nabs $15M filovirus vax contract from DoD

Scientists balk as U.S. gov't pushes limits to bird flu discourse

Breast cancer vaccine set for large-scale testing

Flu season gets off to a sluggish start

Health News - BizJournals.com
Meet today's 40 Under 40: James David Lehmann Jr.

$2M ER investment complete at Buffalo General

Supreme Court's Antonin Scalia sounds off at law gathering

Enrollment opens for cancer prevention study

Anthem, Norton agree to three-year extension

Health News - CNBC
WebMD says expected possible bids would be too low

Analysis: Goal for Alzheimer's drug by 2025 too ambitious

Cash-strapped Ireland tests limits of austerity

Neurocrine Biosciences plans $77M stock offering

FDA won't approve Bristol-Astra diabetes drug yet

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
GEN Poll Voters Divided on Prospects for Growth of Emerging Bioclusters

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

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Aptalis Pharma annonce que la FDA a approuve NDA pour une poudre ngestion par voie orale de Viread(R), co-dloppavec Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Health Care Without Harm Calls Kaiser Permanente's Purchasing Change "A Huge Step Toward Making Health Care Healthier"

Science Magazine Showcases Groundbreaking Bio Architecture Lab Technology That Efficiently Converts Seaweed to Renewable Fuels and Chemicals

Winchester Systems Releases New White Paper for Mobile Military Surveillance Data Recorders

Growth of Vaccines Calls for Better, Faster Production

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
UBM Medica's Psychiatric Times Offers Help for Clinicians Treating Personality Disorders

Fish & Richardson Attorneys Tom Melsheimer, Tommy Jacks Help Whistleblower, State of Texas Earn Historic Settlement in Lawsuit Over Risperdal Medication

March of Dimes to Launch Prematurity Prevention Network

Salk Scientist Ronald M. Evans Wins 2012 Wolf Prize in Medicine

The Raleigh Eye Center Selects TSI Healthcare and NextGen

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
Pill Organizers Pretty Enough to Come Out of the Cabinet

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

OnBioVC
Monteris Medical, Inc.: Series C $8.6M

Sorbent Therapeutics, Inc.: Series B

OnBioVC: End Piracy, Not Liberty

Verastem, Inc.: Series B $32M

Transcend Medical, Inc.: Series B $16M

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
Research and Markets: Schizophrenia Product Profiles: Adjunctive treatments to carve new niche in mature market

Research and Markets: Alzheimer's Disease Product Profiles: immunotherapies can revolutionize treatment paradigm

Research and Markets: Injectable Drug Delivery: Drugs, Devices, Targets, Therapeutics and Forecasts

Research and Markets: Pen Injectors: Devices, Drugs, Combination Products

Advanced BioNutrition Signs Third Agreement with Centovet Laboratories, its Strategic Chilean Partner

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Dr. Gregory S. Hageman Awarded Prestigious Pisart Vision Award by Lighthouse International

W. L. Gore & Associates Named a Top U.S. Workplace

Michael Strahan and Hungry Girl Lisa Lillien Team Up For St. Jude Game Day. Give Back. to Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®

Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety: Can There Be Too Much FDA Oversight

Martindale Pharma® launches Latanoprost eye drop solution

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Berkery Noyes Releases 2011 Pharma & Healthcare Information and Technology Industry Mergers & Acquisitions Report

Pharmacists Ask Medicare to Help Seniors Complaining About Inadequate Pharmacy Access in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans

National Online Directory of Permanent Prescription Drug Collection Boxes Launched

PediatRx reports revenues and third quarter results

Catalina Council Boy Scouts Partner With Sanofi US Tucson Research Center to Host First-Ever Chemistry Merit Badge Program

Pharmaceutical - Moreover
Billion Dollar Quarterly Research & Development Club: Who Turns R&D Into Stockholder Gains

Business Development Director: A Global CRO

Fengyuan Pharmaceutical Forecasts 2011 Earnings To Fall 74.7...

Regulatory Business Development Director

Senior Clinical Research Physician - Sweden

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
November Research Group Appoints Senior Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry...

Antibiotic Development Pipeline and Strategies Analysed in New...

Microfluidics and Quadro Engineering to Present Webinar on Vaccine and...

Healthcare Data Solutions Announces New Vice President of Technology...

Safe-Guard PET-G Optics Packaging Launches Online Size-Finder

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
CSA Awarded Covert Supply Chain Tracking and Tracing Contract

Craig Hospital Improves Clinical Forms Processes and Patient Safety...

Apex Plastics expands Plastic Flat Oval Container Line

Ernest Mario Joins the Board of Delpor, Inc.

US Drug Watchdog Calls Its Osteoporosis Drug Fosamax Initiative &...

Scientific American
Dirty Dancing: Dung Beetles Get Down to Walk the Line

Rainforest in Transition: Is the Amazon Transforming before Our Eyes

Trumpeter Swans Rebound, with an Assist from Global Warming

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

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

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Thames' 22 fuel S. Diego St. to 9th straight win

Buckner, Ole Miss upend rival Mississippi State

Creighton staves off Missouri State's upset bid

Nebraska erases 13-point deficit, stuns Indiana

Murray State nips Morehead St., reaches 19-0

Sports News - ESPN
Ex-QB Schlichter had two positive cocaine tests

Tulsa names Parmley as new athletic director

Record 65 players declare early for NFL draft

Warrant: Schlichter violated bond conditions

Report: Trustees say Paterno didn't do enough

Xconomy Life Sciences
Xconomist of the Week Chris Rizik: Who Says VC Has No Soul

Xconomist of the Week Chris Rizik: Who Says VC Has No Soul

Reinventing Biotech's Business Model: Leaders Converge in Seattle April 3

Frazier Healthcare Aims for First Biotech VC Fund After Financial Crisis

A Good News-Bad News Night for Bristol's Diabetes and Hepatitis Drugs

Yahoo Biotech News
Genes Important to Keep Brain Sharp Through Old Age (LiveScience.com)

Genes May Guide Intelligence Throughout Life (HealthDay)

Genes May Give Clues to Severe Form of Lupus (HealthDay)

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

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