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b3c newswire
AMSilk to Be Featured on 21st Century Business Television on CNBC and Fox Business Network

Rentschler Manufacturing Facility Wins 2012 Facility of the Year Award in Equipment Innovation

Encap Drug Delivery Adds New Commercial Product to Portfolio

Affectis Granted Patent for AFC-5128, other P2X7 Antagonists

Boehringer Ingelheim Prolongates Drug Discovery Collaboration with Priaxon

BioSpace
Factors Linked to Age of Onset of Menopause Identified, Boston University Study

How Work Tells Muscles to Grow, Reveals

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Delivers Solid Fourth Quarter Capping a Year Highlighted by New Product Approvals, Continued Execution of Strategic Transactions and Good Operating Performance

Caffeine May Alter Women's Estrogen Levels, Study

Autism: Kids Prefer Solo, Not Social, Screen Time, Washington University Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
Apricus Biosciences Expands Commercial Oncology Offerings Through Agreement With Pediatrix for U.S. Co-Promotion of GRANISOL(R) (Granisetron) Oral Solution and AQUORAL(TM) Spray and Purchase of Non-U.S. Rights to GRANISOL(R)

Ipsen Acknowledges Tanakan Delisting in France

Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. Release: New Analysis Shows Lower Mortality Rates and Less Need for Redosing When Treating Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome With CUROSURF(R) vs. Survanta(R)

Celgene Acquisition of Partner, Avila Therapeutics, Significant Advance for Novel Blood Cancer Therapy

Lpath, Inc. Temporarily Suspends Dosing of iSONEP in Clinical Trials Due to cGMP Compliance Issues at Contract Fill/Finish Source

Biotech News - Business Wire
Samenvatting: KCI kondigt nieuwe managementstructuur aan

Johnson & Weaver, LLP Announces Investigation in Connection with the Possible Acquisition of Illumina, Inc. by Roche

LipoScience Names Timothy J. Fischer Chief Operating Officer

Medtronic Launches New Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Products Through Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Miami Instruments

KCI Announces New Management Structure

Biotech News - PR Newswire
iBio, Inc. Listing Deficiency Resolved

Mission Pharmacal Launches Alamo Pharma Services

Interventional Spine, Inc. annonce l'homologation par la FDA de son dispositif d'arthrodèse déployable Opticage pour le traitement de la discopathie dégénérative

Interventional Spine, Inc. anuncia la aprobación de la FDA de su Opticage Expandable Interbody

Watson Reaches Settlement with Mallinckrodt Over Exalgo(R)

Biotechnology - Moreover
Celegene strikes deal to buy Avila Therapeutics

Cong advertisement in Gujarat praises Modi

Congress' self-goal! Ad praises Modi as "master organiser"

A subset of co-expressed genes in Slug-based cancer mesenchymal transition signature remains coexpressed in normal samples in a tissue-specific manner

Systems biology innovator to present seminar at ASU

Burrill Report
Strategic Outsourcing To Buoy European Drug Manufacturers

What's Driving Roche's $5.7 Billion Bid for Illumina

US Obesity Rates Hold Steady

Sanofi Scientist Pleads Guilty to Thefts

Pfizer, Medivation End Development of Alzheimer's Drug

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
Research and Markets: Belgium In Vitro Diagnostics Market Outlook to 2017

Research and Markets: Germany In Vitro Diagnostics Market Outlook to 2017

Medical Metrics, Inc. Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification for Imaging Core Lab Services

Research and Markets: Stomatitis (Sore Mouth) Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2011

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

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
New Data Publication in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Highlights Proprietary Algorithm for Aria's Non-Invasive Prenatal Assay

Pinpoint Genomics Announces Publication of Clinical Study Results using its Pinpoint Dx Lung Assay in Lung Cancer

UT Southwestern Diagnostic Brain Tumor Test Could Revolutionize Care of Patients with Low-grade Gliomas

Celgene Acquisition of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Partner, Avila, Significant Advance for Novel Blood Cancer Therapy

Ortho Caps Files Opposition to Align Technology Patent

CNN Top Stories
Opinion: Romney delivers at debate

Obama promotes college affordability

Connecticut home invasion killer gets death sentence

VP Marco Rubio The man in demand

'Stomping the Worm' in 8 countries

Contract Pharma
PPD, VirtualScopics Expand Strategic Alliance

Lpath Suspends Trials Due to Contractor Compliance Issues

inVentiv Health Appoints Commercial Health VP

Financial Report: Covance

Catalent Expands Capabilities at Schorndorf Facility

FDA Drugs- What's New
FDA Drug Safety Communication: New risk factor for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) associated with Tysabri (natalizumab)

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)

FDA News - Business Wire
Pfizer Announces FDA Acceptance Of New Drug Application For Bosutinib For Patients With Previously Treated Ph+ Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

El estudio ASCEND evaluará la eficacia de TYSABRI® (natalizumab) como tratamiento para la esclerosis múltiple secundaria progresiva

Dr. Reddy's Clarifies Media Reports

Setting the Record Straight: The FDA, BPA, and Safety

Samenvatting: ASCEND studie evalueert de effectiviteit van TYSABRI (natalizumab) als behandeling van secondaire, progressieve multiple sclerose (SPMS)

FDA Press Releases
FDA approves Inlyta to treat patients with a type of advanced kidney cancer

Maine company holds cold smoked salmon product after FDA order

FDA permits marketing of first test for risk of rare brain infection in some people treated with Tysabri

FDA approves Voraxaze to treat patients with toxic methotrexate levels

FDA to protect important class of antimicrobial drugs for treating human illness

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
Will the FDA finally end the long-running Bydureon saga

Pfizer nabs FDA nod for another targeted cancer drug

Infinity craters after lead drug flunks PhII cancer study

Biogen's lead dealmaker makes case against corporate VC

Merger mania Or did back-to-back buyouts stoke a media frenzy

FierceBiotech IT
Covance's big IT budget gets thumbs down from analysts

Gamers tackle enzyme makeover, beat scientists' efforts

Emerging player in DNA analysis joins forces with U. of Missouri

Oracle, Parexel among leaders in CTMS market poised to hit $1.3B

Oracle injects genomics capability into analytics platform

FierceBiotech Research
Nearly $11M to fund new Joslin Diabetes Center research facility

New target could be key to beating back methamphetamine addiction

Scientists build human Alzheimer's neurons in lab

Fight colon cancer with veggies, plus 2 other discoveries

Colorado researchers remove leukemia's shield, making it easier to kill

FiercePharma
Europe makes Sanofi chief thankful for emerging markets

Sanofi, Novartis favor diagnostics partnerships over M&A

Amgen's new meds beat estimates as anemia drugs slip

Jimenez counts on 7 drugs to take Novartis past Diovan

Nexium, Actos, or Diovan Analysts try to ID Ranbaxy's 3 sacrifices

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Lonza board boots CEO Borgas

Ranbaxy, FDA enter consent decree over GMP, data breaches

Warnings analysis spotlights analytics weakness

Merck 'program of projects' earns facility award

Owner arrested in Pakistani drug deaths cites Big Pharma conspiracy

FierceVaccines
Hep A vax study underscores need for long-term campaigns

Gen X largely shrugged off call for H1N1 shots

Late-stage Galena vax offers hope for breast cancer patients

Nanoparticles hijack immune response

Researchers target multiple tumors in new cancer vaccine study

Health News - BizJournals.com
Florida Hospital Altamonte expands cardiac program

$3.8B HealthSpring-Cigna deal could close next week

KCI implements new management structure

2012 Industry Outlook: Executive PowerPoints and Q&As

Blog: Is your office ground zero for presenteeism

Health News - CNBC
Roche starts Illumina tender offer

Idexx Laboratories 4Q net income up 4 percent

Japan making progress on U.S. trade concerns: USTR

Infinity stops cancer drug trial

ImmunoGen fiscal 2Q loss shrinks on milestone pay

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
Amgen Ponies Up $1.16B to Buy Micromet for Its mAb Technology

Illumina Institutes Poison Pill to Ward off Roche's $5.7B Purchase Proposal

NIH Wont Survive FY 2013 Without Budget Reduction, GEN Poll Predicts

FDA Clears Leo's Picato Gel for 23 Day Treatment of Actinic Keratosis

President Obama Restates Case for Basic Research in State of the Union Address

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
BIOLASE Signs Strategic Sales and Marketing Partnership With the Seattle Study Club, a Leading Dental Education Organization

Save Your Skin Foundation Reaches More Melanoma Patients With Launch of French Website

La Fondation Sauve Ta Peau s'adresse n plus grand nombre de patients atteints de mnome en lant son nouveau site web en fran's

Rosetta Announces $1.75 Million Debt Financing and Potential $1.25 Million Licensing Transaction

PROTEONOMIX, INC.'s (PROT) CEO to Present at Investor Summit 2012 Sponsored by Merriman Capital in New York on February 1, 2012

MassBio News
MassBio Introduces the Leading Edge Award

MassBio Policy Update - SBIR Reauthorization

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

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
NJHA Presents Awards for Commitment to Healthcare

German Authorities Recommend Removal of TiBREEZE Breast Implants

Nominations Now Being Accepted For Excellence in Urology Health Reporting Awards

CVS Caremark Corporation to Hold Fourth Quarter 2011 Conference Call

Anglo American Lends its Expertise to Business Leadership Council for a Generation Born HIV Free

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
Nursing Homes in California Confront Pharmacists’ Errors

Despite Generic Rivals, Branded Drugs Still Sell Well

Johnson & Johnson Takes $3 Billion Charge for Hip Recall

Dutasteride Is Seen to Curtail Cancer Left in Prostate

When the Drug Maker Pays the Doctor

OnBioVC
Antisense Pharma, GmbH: Series F $11M

Edison Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series E $4.1M

Zafgen, Inc.: Series C $33M

Breathe America, Inc.: Series B $22M

Pharnext, SAS: Series B $3.5M

Outsourcing-Pharma
An experienced CMO is key to successful biologics development says Cobra Biologics

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

Pharma News - Business Wire
Roche commences tender offer for Illumina, Inc. for $44.50 per share in cash

Research and Markets: Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery 2011-2021 Report - Drug Delivery Set to Be One of Highest Nanotechnology Growth Sectors to 2021

Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Contrast Media

Research and Markets: Patent Expiry Strategies of Big Pharma

Research and Markets: Men's Health Therapeutics Market to 2017 - Availability of Generic Sildenafil from 2012 to Restrain Market Growth

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Illumina's Board of Directors to Review Unsolicited Tender Offer from Roche

Quotient Bioresearch secures investment for next phase of growth

Clinical Development Recruitment grows by 26%

GenVec Extends Research Collaboration with Global Pharmaceutical Company

New Breast Cancer Treatment Available in Italy

Pharma News - PR Newswire
New Jersey Jobs, Pharmacy Choice Endangered by Proposed Express Scripts-Medco Merger

Apricus Biosciences expands commercial oncology offerings through agreement with PediatRx for U.S. co-promotion of GRANISOL® (granisetron) oral solution and AQUORAL spray and purchase of non-U.S. rights to GRANISOL®

El rostro cambiante de la belleza

Il volto della bellezza in trasformazione

The Changing Face of Beauty

Pharmaceutical - Moreover
Uganda: Rwanda to Buy Natiion's Drugs

Potential Medicis Pharmaceutical (MRX) Trade Has 6.37% Downside Protection

JI slams PML-N on medicine poisoning

'Eastern Europea can't meet standards for big conferences', planner says

Doctor and Patient: Doctor and Patient: Using Symptom Checklists to Sell Drugs

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
UAS Laboratories, Inc. Announces New Probiotic Product at Expo West

Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Strategies Announced By Sucanon

Bayer CropScience's TwinLink® Cotton Technology Receives Full...

Important Legal Victory Could Change How Hip Recall Cases are Filed in...

David Kristjanson, PMP Joins Sweetwater Construction Corp., a NJ-based...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Earns ACHC Accreditation

Royal Pharmaceuticals to Build a Branded Division

SF College Launches Letter Campaign to Have Acupuncture Added to...

US Drug Watchdog's Now Zeros In On Making Sure Diabetics Who Used...

AttorneyOne.com Informs: You Can Still File a Claim and Receive...

Scientific American
Primitive Attraction: Magnetized Moon Rock Points to Lunar Core's Active Past

Race and Religion at the Ballot Box: Building a Better Bias Detector

Children May Be Exposed to Higher Chemical Concentrations Than Their Mothers

Has Petroleum Production Peaked, Ending the Era of Easy Oil

Tame Theory: Did Bonobos Domesticate Themselves

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Syracuse's Melo expected to miss third game

Saint Mary's reaches 20 wins with 11th straight

Wisconsin beats Indiana for 5th straight win

Virginia pulls away from BC with late 22-3 run

UNC rolls as Zeller's 17 boards top NC State

Sports News - ESPN
Maisel: O'Brien begins to make inroads

Injured S Hall to miss Clemson spring practice

Report: Yale QB's Rhodes bid was suspended

Schlichter seeks prison drug abuse counseling

Maisel: Penn State says goodbye

Xconomy Life Sciences
Infinity Drug Fails in Pancreatic Cancer Trial, Shares Fall

2012 Venture Outlook: Some Bright Spots and Some Gloom

OncoGenex Stays in Prostate Cancer Fray, After J&J, Medivation

Why Biogen Idec Got Out of the Corporate VC Business

Millennium, Vertex, Avila, & More Boston Life Sciences Newsmakers

Yahoo Biotech News
Some Wash. wheat farmers back labels for GM foods (AP)

Mutations in 2 Genes Linked to Rare Autism-Related Disorder (HealthDay)

Gates defends focus on high-tech agriculture (AP)

Thoroughbred Racehorses Get Speed from Just a Few Ancestors (LiveScience.com)

Small Stem Cell Study Claims Early Success in Treating Eye Disease (HealthDay)