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 b3c newswire
Xceleron Announces New Investment and Move to Purpose-Built Laboratories in U.S.

IDEA Bio-Medical Sells HTS/HCS Cell Imaging System to The Medical University of South Carolina

Biotage Introduces Biotage® SNAP Ultra High Performance Flash Chromatography Cartridges

Definiens Strengthens Leadership with Key Appointment

Roche Diagnostics Announces Dan Zabrowski as New Head of Roche Applied Science

 BioSpace
Diabetes Quadruples Birth Defects Risk, Study

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum's Agreement With Biogen Idec, Inc. (Massachusetts) Regarding Long-Lasting rFVIIIFc and rFIXFc Hemophilia Programs

United Therapeutics Corporation to Fight Generic Copy of Lead Drug

Walnuts May Shrink Prostate Cancer Risk, University of California, Davis (UCD) Study

Chimerix, Inc. Antiviral Compound, CMX001, Meets CMV Phase 2 Primary Endpoint in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

BioSpace - Breaking News
SDIX Announces Collaboration Agreement with BD Diagnostic Systems

RainDance Technologies and Develop Manufacturing Capacity for Microdroplet-based Smart Consumables

Rainbow BioSciences, LLC Negotiates Funding Terms with

BioLineRx Ltd. In-Licenses Second Oral Hepatitis C Treatment

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Release: Study Finds No Drug-Drug Interaction Between Aggrenox(R) (aspirin/extended-release dipyridamole) 25mg/200mg Capsules and Omeprazole, a Widely Used PPI

Biotech News - Business Wire
MaxCyte Highlights Innovations in Scalable, High-Throughput Transfection for Cell-Based Assays & Protein Production at the SLAS2012 Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, Booth #848

Robotic-Assisted PCI Procedures Using CorPath® 200 System Will Be Discussed During CRT2012 Conference

RainDance Technologies and Sony DADC Develop Manufacturing Capacity for Microdroplet-based Smart Consumables

Cerus to Present at the 14th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference on February 13, 2012

Research and Markets: Global Alpha-2 Antiplasmin Market: US, Europe, Japan

 Biotech News - PR Newswire
RiverVest Venture Partners Sells Four Successful Life Science Companies for More than $1 Billion

Auxilium Announces Appointments to Enhance Leadership Team

Ikaria® to Present at 14th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference

Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure and Exosome Diagnostics Collaborate to Advance Clinical Studies of Exosome Biofluid Molecular Diagnostics Technology in Brain Cancer

UV Flu Technologies Continues Aggressive Program to Pay off Convertible Debt
Biotechnology - Moreover
Analysis of Relative Performance in the Biotechnology Industry for Shares of Incyte (INCY, ONXX, ALKS, SPPI, MITI)

Top 5 Companies in the Biotechnology Industry with the Best Relative Performance (CPHD, IMGN, HGSI, SGEN, RIGL)

NIH Translational Center Should Raise All Boats, BIO Says

Immunogen, inc. reports second quarter fiscal year 2012 financial results and provides quarterly update

Biotechnology to be 21st-century industry: Life Tech CEO

 Burrill Report
Americans Warming to Healthcare Reform Law

E-Prescriptions Could Improve Patient Adherence

Drug Supplies and Economics 101

Big Pharma Declares War on Neglected Diseases

Two Life Sciences IPOs Debut Below Target

 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
Verified Clinical Trials System Implemented At Leading Global Contract Research Organization To Improve Participant Safety And Data Integrity

ALung Technologies Raises $10 Million in Series B Financing

NTRR To Begin Clinical Trials of Pure Plus This Week

Cancer Research Organization Broadcasts Healthy Eating Tips with Top Chefs around the Country

ISCTM Pushes for Innovation in the Development of Novel Therapies for CNS Disorders

 Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
EntreMed Completes Strategic Financing

Stryker stellt die Ergebnisse der prospektiven klinischen Studie TREVO auf der International Stroke Conference vor

Evergreen Neurologist Co-Authors New Study Linking Coffee, Genetics and Parkinson's Disease Prevention

Stryker présente les résultats de l'étude clinique prospective TREVO à l'International Stroke Conference

Stryker presenta los resultados del estudio clínico prospectivo TREVO

 CNN Top Stories
U.S. orders new Iran sanctions

Long apologizes to ADL over Torah

U.S. closes embassy as fighting rages in Syria

Earthquake kills 12 in Philippines

Contador loses Tour de France title
Contract Pharma
Financial Report: Jubilant Life Sciences

Sobi, Biogen Idec Revise Hemophilia Pact

Auxilium Appoints Two Executives

Xceleron Moves to U.S. Facility

Celerion Adopts Participant Verification System

 FDA Drugs- What's New
Initiative Partners

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 News - Business Wire
MindChild Medical, Inc. Announces Filing of a 510(k) Pre-Marketing Notification Application with the US Food and Drug Administration for the MERIDIANTM Line of Non-Invasive Fetal Heart Rate Monitors

FDA Approves JANUMET® XR (sitagliptin and metformin HCl extended-release) for Type 2 Diabetes, Offering the Powerful Efficacy of JANUMET® (sitagliptin/metformin HCl) Now Available with Once-Daily Convenience

OptiNose Files Investigational New Drug Application to use Sumatriptan Delivered with its Novel Drug Delivery Technology

Regulatory Harmonization Institute and Korea Health Industry Development Institute Partner to Launch 2012 Columbus Project

La FDA acelera la evaluación de un nuevo medicamento para el cáncer de piel, mientras que Cannabis Science ofrece un tratamiento tópico para el carcinoma basocelular sin efectos secundarios aparentes
FDA Press Releases
FDA and industry reach agreement in principle on medical device user fees

FDA approves Gleevec for expanded use in patients with rare gastrointestinal cancer

FDA takes action against New York cheese manufacturer

FDA approves Kalydeco to treat rare form of cystic fibrosis

FDA approves new treatment for most common type of skin cancer

 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
PhRMA's COPD pipeline report spotlights blockbuster hopefuls

Sanofi chief can't spark much enthusiasm for new MS drugs

Will $1B cancer IP theft suit trigger tighter vigilance on researchers' work

FDA commish counters industry critics on expert conflict rules

Idenix gets good news on hep C trial, but can't compete with Gilead
FierceBiotech IT
Norway's sequencing project will need major IT infrastructure

Oracle announces new round of projects in IT, clinical trials

Supercomputing supports genetic, cancer research in Arizona

Median Technologies, Sanofi sign medical imaging deal

Researchers create software-based 3-D genome map

 FierceBiotech Research
Stem cells solve hepatitis C research dilemma

Mutated melanoma receptor heightens diabetes risk

Team finds 2 mutations that cause pediatric brain cancer

Meet cancer's latest enemy: grape seed extract

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

FiercePharma
Amgen's Xgeva faces doubters on new indication

Botox delivers for Allergan, Dr. Reddy's sees big profit increase during quarter

Astellas scores highest in Japanese M&A bout

FDA talks, but doctors don't necessarily listen

Gloom for the pharma industry, yes. Doom No
FiercePharma Manufacturing
Executive suite not spared in J&J reorg tied to quality concerns

Medical devicemakers double down on FDA

Pfizer suspects 30 packs of contraceptives mispackaged; pulls 1 million just in case

Roche plant spared from sale runs into GMP issues

Amylin's OH plant prepped for Bydureon's U.S. debut

 FierceVaccines
Women's own cells could blast breast cancer

Universal flu vaccine might be a step closer

First hookworm vaccine enters clinical trials

Ovarian cancer vaccine clinical trial begins enrollment

Study: Gardasil does not cause autoimmune disease

 Health News - BizJournals.com
Apollo Endosurgery secures $47.6M financing

Colorado groups join to fight ovarian cancer

Community Health Foundation issues grants worth $200K

CEO of Cornerstone Hospice retires

Mylan gets dermatological generics
Health News - CNBC
FDA questions Amgen drug for prostate cancer

FDA question's Amgen drug for prostate cancer

Green tea drinkers show less disability with age: study

Tyson Foods, BB&T, Gilead are market movers

PerkinElmer rises on 4Q results and outlook

 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
Audax Group Announces the Acquisition of Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery

UPenn Cancer Institute's Suit Against Ex-Director Reflects Greater Focus on IP Protection

Agennix Stops Phase II/III Talactoferrin Study in Sepsis Due to Higher Death Rates

PDUFA V Supporters Try to Sell Congress on Job, Innovation Potential

Athersys MultiStem Program Gets $3.6M Boost
Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Physicians Interactive Awarded First-Ever Patent for Medication eSampling

Proteonomix, Inc. (PROT) Brings in Additional Leadership in Order to Expand Management

Physicians Office Resource Bolsters Management Team

REMINDER: Theratechnologies to Announce Results for Its 2011 Fiscal Year

RAPPEL : Theratechnologies annoncera ses rltats pour l'exercice financier 2011

 MassBio News
NUCLEA BIOTECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES $3.4 MILLION IN CAPITAL COMMITMENTS

Annual Policy Breakfast Makes Headlines on Healthcare Reform

MassBio Introduces the Leading Edge Award

MassBio Policy Update - SBIR Reauthorization

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

 Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
Smith & Nephew Reaches Settlement With US Government

New Fellowship Pairs University of Michigan Researchers With State Policy Makers to Better Connect Research and Policy

Misonix, Inc. to Report Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results on Wednesday, February 8, 2012

AxoGen, Inc. Investor Presentation Now Available for On-demand Viewing at RetailInvestorConferences.com

Dystonia & Parkinson Patient and Caregiver Symposium Houses Top Neurologists and Specialists
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
Cancer Center, in Suit, Claims Ex-Official Took Research

Life Sciences Development Rebounds in Central New Jersey

Amgen and Watson to Work Together on Generic Drugs

A Genome Deluge

Drew Endy: Better Computing for the Things We Care About Most
New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long-Term

Army Studies Workout Supplements After 2 Deaths

Pfizer and Eli Lilly, Squeezed by Generics, Top Forecasts

F.D.A. Approves Cystic Fibrosis Drug

F.D.A. Approves Drug for an Advanced Skin Cancer

 OnBioVC
IntegenX, Inc.: Series C $40M

Verona Pharma, Ltd.: Series A $11.5M

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.: Series B $15.5M

ImmusanT, Inc.: Series A $20M

Sotera Wireless, Inc.: Series D $12.2M

 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
pSivida CEO to Present at 14th Annual BioCEO & Investor Conference February 14

Novel Drug Shows Significant Promise in Treating Severe Stroke Patients

Labcyte Advances Automatic Acoustic Liquid Handling With Dynamic Fluid Analysis

Research and Markets: International Directory of Generics Companies 2012: Your Connection to the Key Decision-Makers in the Generics Pharmaceutical Industry Worldwide

BiovaxID® Personalized Lymphoma Vaccine is Featured in Article Published in HemOnc Today

 Pharma News - PharmiWeb
UBM Medica Launches New Online Community for Oncology Nurses

Children's Hospital Los Angeles Appoints Mitchell Geffner, MD, as Division Chief at the Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

ClearTrial to Present Best Practices in Resource Forecasting at CHI's Summit for Clinical Operations Executives (SCOPE) Conference

Union Budget 2012-13 should promote investment oppourtunities on Agriculture and Biotech sector - Sushil Karwa, MD, Krishidhan Seeds.

Pathfinder Health India Launches Family Medical Clinic in Greater Kailash

 Pharma News - PR Newswire
NPC Conference to Address Questions on Ability to Share Health Research Findings

Accident Fund Holdings, Inc. Launches Narcotics Program to Protect Injured Workers from Drugs Used to Manage Chronic Pain

Maryland's Cancer Care Community, Patient Advocates Urge State Legislature to Create Parity in Coverage for Preferred Cancer Drugs

Mending the Hole in the Health Care Safety Net: Medco Foundation and Dispensary of Hope Introduce National Pharmacy and Prescription Drug Program to Clinics for the Uninsured

Mylan Completes Acquisition of Two Limited-Competition Dermatological Products from Valeant
Pharmaceutical - Moreover
: Pharmaceuticals look to cure pipeline concerns

Drug firms sign up to new tropical disease fight

Cannabis Science Presents Newest Photographs From 3rd Cancer Patient That Show Cancer Tumors Dying and Areas That Are No

Micro Labs attracts private equity and pharma interest: VCCircle

Novartis net dips by 5.3% to Rs.38 crore in Q3

 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
Genedata Screener Debuts Interactive Time-Series Data Analysis at SLAS...

picoSpin Hires New Director of Global Sales

Senova Systems Appoints Christopher van Ingen to its Board of...

Oryzon Nominates Bispecific LSD1/MAOB Inhibitor as Drug Candidate to...

Neuroscientists Join Max Planck Florida Institute as Leaders of Two...
PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
PharmaVoxx Launches Diverse Portfolio of Drug and Disease-Based Market...

Telemedicine Provider MD 247 Partners with Healthcare Provider Optum...

US Drug Watchdog Expands Their Initiative for Diabetics Who Used the...

A Breed Apart: 30-acre Horse Farm Estate in North Carolina Up for...

Plateauing IVF Pregnancy Rates in Europe a Stark Contrast to the US...

 Scientific American
Hunter's Moons: Astronomers Use Kepler Spacecraft to Search for Exomoons

Cracks in the Plaques: Mysteries of Alzheimer's Slowly Yielding to New Research

Human Waste-Powered Robots May Be Future of Machines

Russian Scientists Poised to be First to Reach Ice-Buried Antarctic Lake

Is It Ethical to Own an iPhone

 Sports - ESPN Basketball
Miami needs OT to earn first victory over Duke

Miami earns school's first win at Duke after OT

Green backs talk, leads Mich. St. past Michigan

Mizzou edges Kansas on Denmon's huge finish

Missouri pro athletes to aid tornado-torn Joplin
Sports News - ESPN
Pac-12 extends Scott's contract through 2016

Source: Fleck left NIU job to coach Bucs' WRs

W. Virginia cancels Sept. 8 game vs. Florida St.

Report: Rhodes' timeline contradicts Yale QB's

Report: QB knew Rhodes candidacy was at risk

 Xconomy Life Sciences
FDA vs. Drug Ads: Cut the Kids and Dogs, Spell Out Side Effects

FDA vs. Drug Ads: Cut the Kids and Dogs, Spell Out Side Effects

Never Back Smug: A Lesson for Life Sciences From Newt Gingrich

Vertex Gets FDA Go-Ahead To Sell New Cystic Fibrosis Drug

Flagship Ventures Plans to Open Michigan Office

 Yahoo Biotech News
Sex & Parenting Genes Discovered in Mice (LiveScience.com)

Same Genes Key to Early & Late-Onset Alzheimer's: Study (HealthDay)

Romney stock trades clash with divestment pledge (AP)

Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Stroke, Studies Say (HealthDay)

Gene Study Sheds Light on Body Clock's Link to Diabetes (HealthDay)


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