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b3c newswire
Sartorius Stedim Biotech and c-LEcta Sign Sales Agreement

Mucosis Announces Publication of Preclinical Data Demonstrating Superior Protection by ...

LifeCodexx Successfully Completes Clinical Validation of its Noninvasive Prenatal Test Method ...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech Launches Initiative to Enhance Supply Chain Security

Cellon Launches PharmaTainer(TM) Single-Use Ultra-clean Containers

BioSpace
FDA Staff Question Side Effects of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Gout Drug

Lawson Health Research Institute Study Discovers Genetic Pathway Impacting the Spread of Cancer Cells

Wintherix and Reaches an Agreement With Pfizer Inc. and the Incubator

Feds Arrest Thieves Who Fleeced Eli Lilly and Company Warehouse in $70 Million Heist

Why You Overeat Even When You're Full, Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Initiates Phase 2 Study of ISIS-APOCIIIRx in Patients with Hypertriglyceridemia

Genocea Biosciences Highlights Key Progress in the Development of its First Vaccine Candidate, Targeting HSV-2

Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Conducts Investigator Meeting in Preparation for New Multiple Sclerosis Drug Study for Cyrevia

Generon (Shanghai) Corporation Ltd. Initiates a Phase II Clinical Trial for F-627 after US FDA Clearance

Microbix Biosystems Inc. Release: European Patent Office Revokes Controversial Patent

Biotech News - Business Wire
Cannabis Science Supports House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Historic Statement to President Obama Supporting Medical Cannabis and The Fight for Patient Rights

Smithers Signs Agreement to Purchase Environmental Sciences Group from Covance

Origin Agritech Limited to Announce FY2012 Second Quarter Financial Results on May 8

St. Jude Medical to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Health Care Conference

PURE Hard Surface Showcased at National Restaurant Association Show 2012

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Modern Mobility Aids, Inc. Announces Technology Agreement With Lumigene Technologies To Develop And Commercialize Molecular Diagnostic Products

New Published Guidelines to Help Physicians Diagnose and Treat Lupus Kidney Disease

Maladies du sang : Congrès des hématologues européens à Amsterdam du 14 au 17 juin 2012

Neurocrine Biosciences To Present At The Deutsche Bank 37th Annual Health Care Conference

CSL Behring Data Shows 4-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Is As Effective and a More Rapid Treatment for Vitamin K Antagonist Reversal Than Current Standard of Care

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
VCs See Sharp Drop in Biotech Investment

Investor Groups to Help Laid-Off Merck KGaA Employees Form Spin-offs

NIH Seeks to Find Uses for Shelved Compounds

Piecing Together the Proteome

Friction for Pharma Abroad, But Progress Too

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
Nocimed, LLC Announces Inside Business Show Hosted by Fred Thompson to Feature the Investigational Nociscan Virtual Discogram - Discovery Channel and CNN Headline News

Pall GeneDisc® Plates for Listeria Testing Granted AOAC Certification

ACM Global Central Laboratory Announces Isabel Struik as Head of Business Development, Europe

University of Miami's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute Awarded $10 Million Grant from Starr Foundation

Quanticate Selects Comprehend Clinical Data Visualization and Analytics Platform

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Analysis Finds Safety of 4-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Is Consistent With the Current Standard Treatment for Vitamin K Antagonist Reversal

Sound Interventions Completes "First-In-Human" Feasibility Trial of Ultrasound-Based Renal Denervation System For Resistant Hypertension

Teva to Present New Data on Women's Health Products at the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical Meeting

Study Identifies Possible Protective Blood Factors Against Type 2 Diabetes

Reliv Brings Science of LunaRich to Phoenix on Saturday

CNN Top Stories
14 die in Peru rehab center fire

Obama holds first re-election rally

I'll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby

Martin: Ignore racism No way, Rush

9/11 suspects ignore, disrupt hearing

Contract Pharma
Pii Gives Grant To UMiss

SNBL Remedies Process Deficiencies

Sartorius, c-LEcta in Bio-App Pact

Evotec, U.S. EPA in Compound Tox Pact

ACM Appoints European BD Head

FDA Drugs- What's New
Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Nueva advertencia y contraindicación sobre medicamentos para la presión arterial que contienen aliskiren

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Nueva advertencia y contraindicación sobre medicamentos para la presión arterial que contienen aliskiren

Webinar: Practical Advice for Preventing Surgical Fires--Safety Strategies from the Front Lines

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Updated information on drug interactions between Victrelis (boceprevir) and certain boosted HIV protease inhibitor drugs

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Información actualizada sobre el riesgo de coágulos de sangre en las mujeres que toman pastillas anticonceptivas que contienen drospirenona

FDA News - Business Wire
Latuda® (lurasidone HCl) Label Updated With Expanded Dosing Range Providing Added Flexibility for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia

Radiofrequency Ablation Prevents Local Cancer Recurrence as Effectively as Radiation Therapy, According to Research Presented at the American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting

Breastlink Medical Group to Offer iCAD's Xoft Radiation Therapy System to Breast Cancer Patients

KAMRAKFDA

Napo Comments on FDA Announcing Extension of Crofelemer NDA Priority Review

FDA Press Releases
FDA issues final rule on sterility testing of biological products

FDA permits marketing of a new device for abdominal surgery

FDA approves new orphan drug to treat a form of Gaucher disease

FDA approves new antibacterial treatment for plague

FDA challenges marketing of DMAA products for lack of safety evidence

FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
Moon Marine USA Corporation voluntarily recalls frozen raw yellowfin tuna product Nakaochi Scrape associated with a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly infections

Multi-Center Fellowship in Regenerative Medicine

FDA Webinar on Safety of the Blood Supply

WinRho SDF Liquid

Flebogamma DIF 5%

FierceBiotech
FDA notes cancer cases linked to Regeneron gout drug

NIH, U.S. agencies pay for nearly half of global health R&D

Bill calls for cancer clinical trials results to be reported--or else

Investors pocket $761M in deal betting on Biogen's BG-12

FDA whacks Alexza Pharma with CRL for Adasuve

FierceBiotech IT
Software provider to Merck taps IBM cloud to fight fake drugs

Startup tries Apple-like strategy in genomics field

A case for 'open source' clinical trial data (locked behind a pay wall)

Genomics tops chart of social media buzz in biotech IT

Medidata snags biz from rival Oracle in record Q1

FierceBiotech Research
Bioterrorism concerns vanquished, Nature publishes bird flu paper

Stem cell/gene therapy holds HIV at bay in mouse trials

U.K. scientists map structure of crucial obesity receptor region

Potential Alzheimer's treatment disrupts amyloid protein formation

Cleveland Clinic researcher seeks funds to advance breast cancer vaccine into human trials

FiercePharma
India's Cipla puts fire-sale prices on cancer drugs

Warner Chilcott lowers outlook

Drug shortages have fallen dramatically, FDA says

Pfizer, Lilly, AstraZeneca giving NIH abandoned drugs

Feds nab suspects in $70M Lilly heist

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Hospira says temporary production glitch affecting propofol supplies

Merck expands packaging plant to take on more vaccines

With upgrades, India to reopen 3 vaccine plants

Genzyme's $150M plant upgrade starts to pay off

German Merck tracking drugs in Africa with texts

FierceVaccines
Ampligen-FluMist nasal trial begins

'Designer' lymph nodes could boost cancer vaccines

Japan OKs Sanofi's inactivated polio vaccine

GSK's Nimenrix gets green light in Europe

Mucosis nasal flu vaccine shows positive results in animals

Health News - BizJournals.com
Supernus moves from IPO to FDA

Small business owners share insights at Business Times summit

VSP subsidiary Marchon buys sports eyewear company

HealthSouth to start construction on new Florida hospital

UAB names Landefeld new chair of Department of Medicine

Health News - CNBC
Salmonella linked to dog food, sickens at least 14 people

Arizona bans funding to Planned Parenthood in abortion fight

Idaho infant dies from whooping cough amid regional outbreak

Arizona surgeons carry out rare mom-to-child liver transplant

Review finds Chantix may not raise heart risks

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
NIH's NCATS Establishes $20M Collaborative Drug Repositioning Initiative

University of Miami's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute Awarded $10M

Affymetrix Drops Purchase Price for eBioscience to $315M

USTPO Affirms Key Claims of Gevo's AFT Patent

Corcept Therapeutics Announces First Quarter Results and Corporate and Development Update

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Response Biomedical Corporation Schedules First Quarter 2012 Earnings Release and Announces Conference Call

MichBio Honors Member Companies Recognized as One of Michigan's 50 Companies to Watch

New Patents Approved in U.S., Canada; Expansion of Evidence-Based Tools for Mental Health

MorphoSys to Present at Three Investor Conferences in May

BIOLASE Introduces Next Generation Diode Laser, the EPIC 10(TM)

MassBio News
10 reasons to attend the BIO International Convention

New Therapy Helps Patients Soar to New Heights

BIO 2012 Massachusetts Pavillion Patient Profiles

By Popular Demand: New Professional Development Courses Aim to Meet Industry Needs

10 reasons to attend bio international convention

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
Blue Belt Technologies kondigt de formatie aan van de wereldberoemde orthopedische wetenschappelijke adviesraad

Blue Belt Technologies annonce la création d'une Commission consultative scientifique orthopédique de renommée mondiale

Texas Nurses Association Gives Highest Award to State Attorney General's Team that Defended Nurses' Right to Act as Patient Advocate

Blue Belt Technologies gibt Gründung von wissenschaftlichem Beirat renommierter Orthopäden bekannt

Misonix, Inc. to Report Third Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results on Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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
Use of genome-wide association studies for drug repositioning

The art of the alliance

Addgene provides an open forum for plasmid sharing

Tensha Therapeutics

Positive signals from Washington

New York Times- Biotechnology
DEALBOOK; Human Genome Sciences Rejects A $2.59 Billion Bid From Glaxo

White House Promotes a Bioeconomy

George Rathmann, Chief of Amgen, Dies at 84

Cost of Gene Sequencing Falls, Raising Hopes for Medical Advances

Cancer Center, in Suit, Claims Ex-Official Took Research

New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
2 Brothers Arrested in ’10 Theft of $80 Million in Prescription Drugs

The Horses Are Noble; Some Humans Are Not

Pfizer Settles B.Y.U. Lawsuit Over Development of Celebrex

Pfizer Profit Declines 19% After Loss of Lipitor Patent

Warner Chilcott Says It Is in Preliminary Sale Talks

OnBioVC
ImmuneXcite, Inc.: Series A $2.4M

AirXpanders, Inc.: Series D $10.3M

MC10, Inc.: Series B $2M

CN Creative, Ltd.: Series A $3.1M

SEA Medical Systems, Inc.: Series B $3M

Outsourcing-Pharma
Once a friend now an enemy: Over zealous EU regulators could hamper the CMO market, says analyst

Pharmas must give patients voice says DIA Europe director

Improve patient compliance by designing trials around real life, says expert

People special: social media gets job hunters noticed

Regulatory changes: the experts give us their thoughts at DIA Euromeeting

Pharma News - Business Wire
Anacor Pharmaceuticals Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast

Baron and Budd Seeks to Help Women Harmed by YAZ, Yasmin, Beyaz and Ocella

Preliminary Results of Prospective Trial Suggest Warfarin May Be a Safer Option for Patients than Alternative Therapies

SDIX to Report First Quarter 2012 Results on May 10, 2012

Anacor Pharmaceuticals to Present Clinical Data on Tavaborole and AN2728 at Upcoming Medical Meetings

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Righttime Medical Care Attends National Urgent Care Conference

Community Shares their Appreciation for Veterans and their Service Dogs via Social Media

SFL's Managing Director to Moderate Panel Discussion at EuroMedTech event in Grenoble, France

Interactive Medica Named Cool Vendor in Life Sciences by Leading Analyst Firm

First stone in UCB's new Swiss biotechnology production unit to be set

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Ocular Therapeutix Commences a Sustained Release Travoprost Punctum Plug Feasibility Study for Treatment of Glaucoma

Staffing and Performance Benchmarks for Quality Function Highlight New Medical Device Study

Amgen to Present at the Baird Growth Stock Conference

Watson to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Health Care Conference

Breckenridge signs Generic Agreement with Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

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 Launches Potent, Novel Dynamin Inhibitor Licensed from the University of Newcastle and Children's Medical Research Institute

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

PRWeb - Biotechnology
Cayman Enterprise City Extending its International Reach

Generational Achievements in Gene and Cell Therapy Honored at ASGCT...

Mental Health Association Announces New Name

Advanced Circulatory Systems Receives Innovation Awards from the Small...

Southern California Branch Relocation

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Medical Marijuana Resource Site Doobons.com Partners with Idrasil to...

Long Island Researchers Test Vaccine Made from Patients Own Cells to...

National Pain Institute Accepting New Patients At Seven Florida Pain...

BMJ Hip Study Author Defends Position On Metal Hip Safety To DePuy...

Pentec Health Named Life Sciences Company of the Year by Greater...

Scientific American
Giant Flealike Pest Put the Bite on Dinosaurs

Triple Crown-Bound Horse Breeders Start to Look to Genetics

Giant Flea-Like Pest Put the Bite on Dinosaurs

Stonehenge Had Lecture Hall Acoustics

Giant Flea-Like Pests Put the Bite on Dinosaurs

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Source: Texas Arlington moving to Sun Belt

Davis says UNC the right fit for move from TV

Davis moves from ESPN to North Carolina post

Kentucky gives Calipari 8.3 percent pay raise

UConn gets commitment from 6-foot-10 recruit

Sports News - ESPN
Ex-NFL exec, USC assistant Beam dead at 75

Ohio State loses top recruit due to sex offender

LSU fan in post-BCS video sues Alabama man

Arrest made in Yale-Harvard tailgating death

3 CSU football players expelled following brawl

Xconomy Life Sciences
Winners of MI 50 Companies to Watch Awards To Be Announced

Analyst: Dendreon's Growth Stalling With Cancer Docs as Rival Gains

NIH's Collins Lauds Unprecedented Partnership at NY Bio Confab

Nirvanix Raises $25M to Fuel Expansion of Cloud Storage Services

SD Life Sciences Roundup: Gen-Probe, Zogenix, & the Innovation Economy

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)