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b3c newswire
Biotage Unveils Isolera (TM) Spektra with Full PDA Spectral Scanning

Results of Letermovir (AIC246) Phase 2b in Prophylaxis of Human Cytomegalovirus in Recipients ...

BioRN Annual Conference 2012: Mobilizing Seed and Venture Capital for Health Innovation

Cellmid Launches Évolis (TM) Hair Products

LingVitae, Plarion and KTH Royal Institute of Technology Initiate a Collaboration to Provide ...

BioSpace
Roche Disappointed by Illumina, Inc.'s Board of Directors' Rejection

EntreMed, Inc. Appoints Interim CEO

Johnson & Johnson Alzheimer's Med Cut Chemical Tied to Brain Tangles

Osteoporosis Drugs May Lead to Eye Trouble, University of British Columbia Study

American Regent, Inc. Initiates Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Cyanocobalamin Injection, USP, 1000 mcg/mL, 1mL Vial Lot #s 1662, 1679, 1683 Due to Cracks in the Vials

BioSpace - Breaking News
Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc. Ischemic Tolerant Stem Cells Produce Significant Improvement in Cardiac Function After Heart Attack

Latitude Pharmaceuticals Inc. Develops a Stable Liquid Glucagon Formulation

Astex Pharmaceuticals Announces Subcutaneous SGI-110 Interim Phase 1/2 MDS and AML Data Presentation at American Association for Cancer Research

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Completes Biologics License Application for Metreleptin to Treat Diabetes and/or Hypertriglyceridemia in Patients With Rare Forms of Lipodystrophy

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Release: FDA Extends PDUFA Date for Lymphoseek by Three

Biotech News - Business Wire
Pathway Genomics Teams with Harvard Medical School and University of Michigan for NHGRI-Funded Genomic Testing Study

Therapeutic Antibody Producing Cells Encapsulated Using Cell-in-a-Box® Encapsulation Technology Proven Effective for Targeted Treatment of Various Diseases

The Law Firm of Levi & Korsinsky Notifies Investors with Losses on Their Investment in Metabolix, Inc. of Class Action Lawsuit and the Deadline of April 17, 2012 to Seek a Lead Plaintiff Position

Research and Markets: Alternative pre-mRNA Splicing: Theory and Protocols

Dr. Abraham Verghese and Rosedale Infectious Diseases Honored with athenahealth Vision Awards

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Health Diagnostic Laboratory Names Scott Blackwell Vice President of Corporate Culture

Hamamatsu Corporation Announces Exclusive Distribution of Its NanoZoomer Whole-Slide Scanners

Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank Provide $15 Million Senior Credit Facility to NanoString Technologies

VWR International, LLC se porte acquéreur de VITRUM PRAHA S.R.O. et de VITRUM ROZNOV S.R.O. deux sociétés basées dans la République tchèque

VWR International, LLC adquiere VITRUM PRAHA S.R.O. y VITRUM ROZNOV S.R.O. en la República Checa

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
US Protests India's Compulsory License for Nexavar

Nanotech Armor Guards Against Breast Cancer Remission

FDA Approves Affymax Anemia Therapy

New Guidelines on Taking Life's Measure

Bausch & Lomb to Buy Ista Pharmaceuticals

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
AUXILIO's Managed Print Services Independent Business Model Recognized as a Best-of-Breed by Quocirca

Fenwal Recibe Autorización de la FDA para el Intercambio Terapéutico de Plasma con su Separador Amicus®

Metamark Genetics Completes Proof-of-Concept for Protein-based Prostate Cancer Test

Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Density Mobile Storage Systems

TYRX CITADEL/CENTURION Clinical Studies Enroll 1000th Patient

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Northwestern Study Compares Endovascular Brain Aneurysm Repair Devices

Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Public Policy

Marshall Edwards Announces Data from Clinical Trial of ME-143 Selected for Presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting

Cytochroma receives notice of allowance for US patent covering CTAP101 capsules

Expanding Orthopedics Inc. Granted a US Patent for an Innovative Expandable Device for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures

CNN Top Stories
Do I still need a mamogram

Fall TV survival predictions

Breast cancer may be overdiagnosed

Will Wisconsin wrap up GOP nomination

James Murdoch resigns from BSkyB

Contract Pharma
Amgen, AstraZeneca Enter Inflammation Alliance

Intertek Launches Cell-Based Assays

AMRI Licenses Tubulin Inhibitor Cancer Program

Haupt Launches Cold Storage in Japan

CRL Enhances Presence in South America

FDA Drugs- What's New
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Revised recommendations for Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide) related to a potential risk of abnormal heart rhythms with high doses

Postmarketing Requirements and Commitments: Reports

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: La interacción entre ciertos medicamentos para el VIH o hepatitis C y los medicamentos con estatinas para reducir el colesterol, puede aumentar el riesgo de lesiones musculares

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: La interacción entre ciertos medicamentos para el VIH o hepatitis C y los medicamentos con estatinas para reducir el colesterol, puede aumentar el riesgo de lesiones musculares

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Cambios importantes en la etiqueta de seguridad de los medicamentos para reducir el colesterol conocidos como estatinas

FDA News - Business Wire
Companion Diagnostics Budgets Topping $1 Million as Companies Build Personalized Medicine into Drug Development Strategy, Finds Cutting Edge Information

Samenvatting: Fenwal introduceert nieuw Aurora-systeem voor plasmacollectie

REPEAT/ Neupro® Approved by U.S. FDA for Parkinson's Disease and Restless Legs Syndrome

JAVA Article: Clinician Surveys Help in Fight Against Bloodstream Infections

FDA Extends PDUFA Date for Lymphoseek® by Three Months

FDA Press Releases
Obama administration takes action to address tobacco epidemic

U.S. Marshals seize unapproved and misbranded drug products at Missouri distributor

FDA pursues enforcement action against California fish processor

FDA to discuss risks and benefits of metal-on-metal hip replacements

FDA approves additional blood test for viruses linked to leukemia, neurologic diseases

FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
WinRho SDF Liquid

Flebogamma DIF 5%

Cord Blood Banking Information for Consumers

Cord Blood Banking – Information for Consumers

Cord Blood Banking ââ¬â Information for Consumers

FierceBiotech
Traditional Chinese medicine team preps for Phase II cancer study

High-profile investigator tapped to lead $10M prostate cancer program

Stemline bets $50M IPO on a pair of cancer stem cell treatments

Google contributes to $14M round for fast-growing Adimab

Bayer bolsters blockbuster case for regorafenib with new PhIII data

FierceBiotech IT
Apple emerges as 'dominant' life sciences IT player

Check out the new and improved FierceBiotech IT website

Silicon Valley pro studies do-it-yourself clinical trials

NIH grabs share of Obama's new $200M bet on big data

Oracle to snap up clinical study software-maker ClearTrial

FierceBiotech Research
Australian team produces bone stem cells, no marrow required

Check out the new and improved FierceBiotech Research website

Study: DNA sequencing dubious as disease prevention tool

Stanford CD47 breakthrough fights tumors in multiple cancers

Cadre of scientists compile volumes of data on cancer cell weaknesses

FiercePharma
FDA battling White House over politicization of regulation

S. Korean drugmakers sue to block price cuts

Judge lets sex-bias suit against Bayer go ahead

Forest pins new hopes on Bystolic with rights buyout

Barred OTC drugmaker calls FDA oversight 'absurd'

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Novasep drawing on 40 million to fund international expansion

FDA says NuSil must get at root of contamination

FDA creates new standard for cargo theft

Ranbaxy shipping generic Lipitor from new Indian plant

Check out the new and improved FiercePharmaManufacturing website

FierceVaccines
UPDATED: Academics' oral stomach flu vax could save lives

Study: No benefit for Merck's zoster booster

Gardasil could cut cancer in women already infected with HPV

Genetic tweaking could create chlamydia vaccine

Narcolepsy spike linked with flu shot

Health News - BizJournals.com
Magic Johnson Enterprises invests in Simply Healthcare Plans

Ken Melani preliminary hearing is canceled, no new date set

Karr named chair of Southwestern board

Bioenergy changes name to RiboCor and moves to Brooklyn Park

Inova, MedStar help launch Healthier Hospitals program

Health News - CNBC
Summary Box: WellPoint CEO compensation slips

Santelli Exchange: Frenzied Federal Financing

WellPoint CEO compensation slipped in 2011

AstraZeneca hunting more deals like Amgen tie-up

Novadaq Technologies plans offering of 6.1M shares

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
Sigma-Aldrich Purchases Research Organics for Pharma-Grade Raw Materials

Illumina Shuns Roche's Improved Acquisition Offer of $6.5B

AlloCure Pockets $25M for Acute Kidney Injury Stem Cell Therapy

More Than Half the Respondents to a GEN Poll Support a Ban on Chimps in Research

Ingenuity, Life Tech Introduce Solution for Real-Time PCR Gene-Expression Analysis

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Le D BioGENEius Sanofi Canada pose aux jeunes la question suivante : "Comment allez-vous changer le monde au moyen de la science"

Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada Asks Youth "How Will You Change the World" Through Science

Immunovaccine Presents Findings of Cancer Vaccine Studies at AACR Meeting

DHS Holding Co. Signs Purchase Agreement for Land Development in Belize

Electrical Shocks to Brain Accelerate Learning

MassBio News
Norton High School Named MassBioEd Innovative School of the Year

Vertex Founder Joshua Boger to Receive MassBio's Henri Termeer Innovative Leadership Award

MassBio Launches New Blog: MassBioHQ

What has made Massachusetts a better place for biotech Make your nomination by 5 PM on Feb. 24th!

What has made Massachusetts a better place for biotech Make your nomination by Feb. 24th!

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
Veteran FCPA and White Collar Attorney Michael Volkov Joins LeClairRyan

Psyche Systems Announces Availability of MicroPath, the First LIS for Microbiology

AccentHealth Continues to Innovate at the Point of Care with Expanded Suite of Condition Specific Networks

Northwestern Memorial Hospital Names Stephen L. Ondra Chief Medical Officer

With Multiyear Agreement, UMF Corporation Will Provide Infection Prevention Products to All Sodexo Markets

National Center for Biotechnology Information
GTR News

GEO Series Releases

ClinVar News and Announcements

Behind The Headlines - Health News from NHS Choices

PubMed Health Featured Reviews

Nature Biotechnology
Know before you go

Confronting the Gordian knot

Agbiotech 2.0

Tiptoeing around transgenics

Mission Therapeutics

New York Times- Biotechnology
Cost of Gene Sequencing Falls, Raising Hopes for Medical Advances

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

New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
F.T.C. Approves Merger of Express Scripts and Medco

Panel Recommends More Testing for Obesity Drugs

The Place to Head Off Malaria

Judge Bars Imported Drugs in Executions

Amgen Loses Monopoly on Drug for Dialysis Patients

OnBioVC
1Q12 White Paper | A is for Innovation And

Promedior, Inc.: Series D $21.5M

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.: Series B $22.5M

BioAmber, Inc.: Series C $30M

LanzaTech, Ltd.: $55.8M Series C

Outsourcing-Pharma
Comparator sourcing is a complex challenge in a globalised market says Clinigen

Pharma needs to rethink supply chains in an era of patent expiry and global outsourcing

European CMO market will double in just 6 years, says Frost & Sullivan

Social network sites is key to trial recruitment success, says expert

Social network sites key to trial recruitment success, says expert

Pharma News - Business Wire
One Eleven Software and ROI2 Create Alliance, Offer Influence Network E-sampling

Seattle Genetics Demonstrates Continued Leadership in Antibody-Drug Conjugates at AACR

AggregateSpend360

Cegedim Relationship Management's New AggregateSpend360 Cloud Based Solution Delivers a Superior Level of Global Transparency

A nova solução AggregateSpend360 baseada em nuvem da Cegedim Relationship Management oferece um nível superior em transparência global

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Chile Stops Use of Mercury in Vaccines

Meda AB (publ) Notice of Annual General Meeting 2012

Frost & Sullivan: Economic Downturn Compelled Pharmacists in the United States to Assume Additional Responsibilities

Actress Lisa Rinna and Pro Football Stars Clay Matthews, DeMarcus Ware and Wes Welker Join The Depend Brand's The Great American Try On Challenge for Charity

Patient Services, Inc. Transitions Patient Assistance Items Program to Hemophilia Federation of America

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Automated Medicine Dispensing Units Developed by AVT Can Reduce Errors

Attorneys Share Insights on Licensing Issues in Bio Pharma/Life Sciences

Vaginal Mesh and Kugel Hernia Mesh Case Applications for Lawsuit Funding on the Rise at Legal-Bay Settlement Funding

HRID Introduces New Product Enhancement

Novelos Therapeutics and Academic Collaborators Present Three Posters at 2012 AACR Annual Meeting

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
MSDSonline Management Partners with ICG Group, to Acquire MSDSonline...

Akadémos & Campus Book Rentals Announce New Partnership to...

Lnx Research Study Reveals the Autism Research Community

Children's Hospital Boston, Georgia Partnership for Telehealth, Inc.,...

Acrylic Aquarium Windows Soon to be Unveiled from Reynolds Polymer...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Rottenstein Law Group Applauds Consumer Reports Magazine for...

Global Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) Market to Reach US$5.0...

1-800-Therapist Launches Superior Patient Education Experience

Pharmacies and Drug Stores in the US Industry Market Research Report...

Healthcare Professionals Who Treat Patients With Major Depression Do...

Scientific American
'Breathtaking' Mummy Coffin Covers Seized in Israel

Why 'Uncanny Valley' Human Look-Alikes Put Us on Edge

New Images of Titanic Wreck Revealed

How Useful Is Whole Genome Sequencing to Predict Disease

World Repository of Human Genetics Will Move to Amazon's Cloud

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Illinois soph C Leonard declares for NBA draft

Michigan St. center Nix suspended after arrest

Top Cats: Kentucky rules final coaches' poll

One shot, dozens arrested as UK fans rejoice

King: Kansas keeps head held high after defeat

Sports News - ESPN
Petrino cleared to watch Razorbacks practice

Arkansas gov.: Petrino 'upbeat' after accident

Ducks sophomore RB Carson plans to transfer

Sources: Petrino suffered broken ribs in crash

Sources: Petrino 'pretty banged up' in crash

Xconomy Life Sciences
Boston Deals: Funding for FRX, Allocure, Good Start, & FirstBest

See You This Afternoon at Reinventing Biotech's Business Model

Hard-Nosed Hedge Fund Chief Has Soft Spot for Rare-Disease Startup

AVI Biopharma Passes Small Study in Muscular Dystrophy

San Diego's Sapphire Energy Raises $144M for Green Crude Farm

Yahoo Biotech News
Slow, costly process stymies generic biotech drugs (Reuters)

Analysis: Slow, costly process stymies generic biotech drugs (Reuters)

Waves Break Coral Embryo into Identical Twins (LiveScience.com)

Autoinjector Version of MS Drug Approved (HealthDay)

Fake Avastin had salt, starch, chemicals: Roche (Reuters)