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b3c newswire
Nuevolution Announces Receipt of Milestone Payment from Boehringer Ingelheim

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

BioSpace
Having a "Purpose in Life" May Help Shield You From Dementia, Rush University Medical Center Study

Sunscreen Ingredient May Increase Skin Cancer Risk, Study

Grant & Eisenhofer Represents Lead Whistleblower in Historic $1.6 Billion Settlement With Abbott Laboratories Over Off-Label Marketing of Antiepileptic Medication Depakote

Santen Pharmaceutical Nabs Japanese Co-Promotion Rights to Bayer HealthCare and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s Eylea

Novartis AG: Pasireotide Works Well in Phase III Acromegaly Trial

BioSpace - Breaking News
Advaxis, Inc. Announces Cancer Research UK Initiates Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of ADXS-HPV for the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer

Acucela Inc. Announces New Data from Its Phase 2a Trial of ACU-4429 in Patients With Advanced Dry AMD/Geographic Atrophy

New Data to be Presented at the Annual American Thoracic Society International Conference Demonstrates Depth of Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation Respiratory Research Pipeline

DiaGenic ASA Reports Completion of Data Collection and Genetic Analyses in a Unique Study on Familial Parkinson's Disease

Genta Incorporated Initiates Randomized Trial of Tesetaxel in Gastric Cancer

Biotech News - Business Wire
Medgenics Awarded $2.2 Million Grant from the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist

Human Genome Sciences Board of Directors to Review Unsolicited Tender Offer From GlaxoSmithKline

GE Healthcare Strengthens Its Commitment to Electrophysiology with Dose Reduction Technologies and Advanced Clinical Applications

American Renal Associates Announces First Quarter 2012 Conference Call Details

NeuroMetrix to Showcase Test for Diabetic Neuropathy at International Meeting

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Founder of National Children's Leukemia Unveiled Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment Promising Cure for Cancer at GIL 2012: Europe

Via Surgical Ltd. Announces the Appointment of two Leading US Surgeons

Aeterna Zentaris Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial and Operating Results

Biosensors Announces Date of Release of Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Financial Year Ended 31 March 2012

Abbott's New FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Monitoring System with Insulin Calculator Now Available in Canada

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
First Automated Insulin Dosage Titration System Demonstrates Positive Results in Clinical Study, Says Hygieia, Inc.

ImmunoCellular Provides an Update on Enrollment for the Company's Phase II Clinical Trial

Clinical Results by Twelve Electrophysiologists at Eight Independent U.S. Sites Replicate the Acute Results of the CONFIRM Trial

Tryton Announces Events at EuroPCR 2012

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma annonce que Latuda® (chlorhydrate de lurasidone) a satisfait aux critères principaux et secondaires dans les deux essais cliniques de phases 3 sur la dépression bipolaire I

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Aeras and IDRI Sign Agreement to Jointly Develop Novel Tuberculosis Vaccine

New Research Shows Minimally Invasive, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomies For Lung Cancer More Cost Effective And Clinically Beneficial Than Traditional, Open Surgery

Micro Interventional Devices, Inc. Secures Bridge Financing to Advance Clinical Development of Permaseal

DMC Cardiovascular Institute participates in Avinger's CONNECT II Global Clinical Trial

HeartWare Completes Enrollment In 450-Patient Pivotal Destination Therapy Clinical Trial

CNN Top Stories
Bennett: Obama's weird 'Life of Julia'

Lugar has biting words after loss

Experts: Body scans 'inadequate' abroad

Queen's speech lays out plans for UK

Van der Sloot challenges extradition

Contract Pharma
Financial Report: BioClinica

Financial Report: AMRI 1Q12

INC Research Expands Medidata Partnership

Evotec, 4-Antibody in Strategic Antibody Selection Pact

Patheon Continues Restructuring Program

FDA Drugs- What's New
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety review update of cancer drug Revlimid (lenalidomide) and risk of developing new types of malignancies

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Información actualizada sobre la interacción entre el medicamento Victrelis (boceprevir) y ciertos medicamentos reforzados inhibidores de la proteasa del VIH

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Información actualizada sobre la interacción entre el medicamento Victrelis (boceprevir) y ciertos medicamentos reforzados inhibidores de la proteasa del VIH

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

FDA News - Business Wire
SORIN GROUP ANNOUNCES PUBLICATION OF FULL CLEAR STUDY RESULTS IN PEER REVIEWED CARDIOLOGY JOURNAL

SORIN GROUP ANNUNCIA LA PUBBLICAZIONE DEI RISULTATI COMPLETI DELLO STUDIO CLEAR SU EUROPACE, RIVISTA SCIENTIFICA SPECIALIZZATA IN CARDIOLOGIA

Courtagen Submits Pre-IDE Information Package for the Avantra® Q400 Workstation and QPDx® BioChip

Fidelity® Estimates Couples Retiring in 2012 Will Need $240,000 to Pay Medical Expenses Throughout Retirement

Guided Therapeutics Submits Response to FDA for LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scan PMA

FDA Press Releases
FDA proposal aims to help reduce unnecessary radiation exposure for children

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 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
Third Rock's Levin calls for teamwork in personalized medicine

Early VC rounds nosedive for biotech startups in Q1

FDA details kidney damage in Gilead's Quad studies

Stem cell therapy rescues child with marrow disease

FDA advisers snub Regeneron drug for gout

FierceBiotech IT
Crowdsourcing tool tapped to spot malaria

Investors pour $50.8M into genomics standout Oxford Nanopore

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)

FierceBiotech Research
Researchers find key to premature aging syndrome

Honeybee substance freezes prostate cancer growth (Hint, it's not honey)

Controversial bird flu study details revealed

Stem cells grown from skin treat muscular dystrophy in mice

University of Miami gains $10M to expand stem cell R&D

FiercePharma
Lipitor copy powers a surge in Ranbaxy sales, profits

DSM panel holds firm on new autism diagnosis, ditches 2 other revisions

Glaxo goes hostile on HGS with $2.6B bid

Advisory panels take up Gilead's Truvada, then Quad

Senate probes ties among narcoticsmakers, pain organizations

FiercePharma Manufacturing
UPDATED: Baxter bitten again by problems with Colleague infusion pumps

BASF erecting 50,000-ton-plus formic acid plant in Louisiana

Drug manufacturing problems bad for business but good for jobs

Baxter bitten again by problems with Colleague infusion pumps

Pfizer to grow manufacturing capacity in Indonesia

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
SunLink restates earnings for fiscal 2011

Shady Grove Fertility to open office in Towson

LDR Holding gets $9.7M of a planned $15M

DBJ Tech Watch for Wednesday: Facebook in Denver, Yahoo's resume-gate, Liberty Media

Expectations don't match health insurance reality

Health News - CNBC
GlaxoSmithKline in takeover bid for Human Genome

Merck KGaA's Erbitux fails in colon cancer study

GSK to launch $2.6 billion Human Genome tender offer

Teva profit beats forecasts on U.S. drug sales

Probe uncovers serious problems with India's drug regulator

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
Beckman Coulter to Start Sequencing Clinical Samples

CHI, BCG Issue Report on FDA's Drug Review Performance

Beckman Coulter to Start Sequencing on Clinical Samples

mAb Therapeutics for Alzheimer Disease Unlikely to Be Fully Successful, According to GEN Poll

Eleven Increases Series A Fundraising to $45M for Protein Therapeutics Pipeline

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
SampleMD Connecting More Pharmaceutical Manufacturers to More Doctors and Patients Wanting Their Vouchers & Co-Pay Support

Prana Chief Scientific Advisor to Give Plenary Lecture at Alzheimer's Symposium in Stockholm Featuring New Targets and Drugs

Drug Sponsors' Regulatory Experience Was Mixed During PDUFA IV, According to Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

Elsevier Business Intelligence (EBI) to Host Investor Conference, 'IN3 Medical Device 360 Boston', June 27-29, 2012

MIT Welcomes New Board Member

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
Neue Software-Version verbessert Sicherheit beim Patiententransport

Nordion Launches the Gamma Centre of Excellence

Simbionix Offers LAP Mentor Customers a Bariatric Curriculum at No Cost

U.S. Market for Spinal Implants & VCF 2012

In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) Market (Clinical Chemistry, Immunoassays, Molecular Diagnostics, Hematology Analyzers & Microbiology Culture) - Global Trends & Forecasts to 2016

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
High-efficiency TALEN-based gene editing produces disease-resistant rice

Recasting natural product research

A work in progress

Drug pipeline: 1Q12

Biotech equities heat up in 1Q12

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
Senate Panel to Examine Painkiller Makers’ Financial Ties

Senate Panel to Examine Narcotic Drug Makers’ Financial Ties

Vertex’s Cystic Fibrosis Therapy Is Called ‘Game-Changing’

F.D.A. Staff Raises Concerns About Arthritis Drug

Abbott to Pay $1.6 Billion Over Illegal Marketing

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
SGS adds formulation development services and expands US lab

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

Pharma News - Business Wire
CPRIT Awards Pulmotect $7.1 Million to Develop Novel Immune System Stimulant

Use of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Oral Abilify is Shifting to First-Line Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Schizophrenia Patients

Walgreens Selects GSD&M as Creative Agency of Record

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

Cook Medical to Sponsor Distinguished Speaker at 37th Annual Canadian Vascular Access Association

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Veriphyr Donates Patient Privacy Breach Detection Service to Minnesota Hospital

KILL The International Myeloma Foundation Says Three Studies Highlighting Myeloma Treatment-Advances Are Featured Together in the Prestigous New England Journal of Medicine

Macrocure's CureXcell Shows Strong Efficacy and Safety in Phase IV Hard-To-Heal Wounds Trial

A Mommy Makeover for Daddies

Avoid the Premature Death of Training

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Janssen Research & Development Submits Supplemental New Drug Application to U.S. FDA for XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) to Reduce the Risk of Stent Thrombosis in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Watson Announces Formation of Global Integration Management Office to Support Pending Actavis Acquisition

Competitive Insights to Protein Kinase Therapeutics in Oncology: The Faster Route to Consider Your Options and Position of Others

U.S. Market for Diabetes Monitoring, Treatment and Drug Delivery 2012

InnoPharma Inc. Appoints John C. Deighan as Chief Financial Officer

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
BedBugBully.com Lauds Moms with 17% Discount

InVigor® Canola Supports Communities with More for Everyone...

Myriad RBM Announces the Launch of OncologyMAP® v. 2.0

Telomeres and TA-65 are no longer a secret thanks to a new book...

WITI Announces Keynote Speakers From Comcast Cable, Intel, SpaceX and...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Expanding Therapeutic Applications to Drive the US Intranasal Drug...

Australia's Max Relief Expands into New England

American Medical ID Donates Portion of Sales to American Red Cross

4th-Hurdle Selects New Chief Medical Director to Head Life Science...

Cold Sore Medication Manufacturing in the US Industry Market Research...

Scientific American
Hive and Seek: Domestic Honeybees Keep Disappearing, but Are Their Wild Cousins in Trouble, Too [Slide Show]

Brain Scans Reveal Dogs' Thoughts

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

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Grambling hires Lamar assistant Price as coach

Report: NCAA looking at Kentucky recruit Noel

Report: Va. Tech's Finney-Smith seeks transfer

Report: Former Badger Uthoff to visit Marquette

Illinois State hires Vandy asst. Muller as coach

Sports News - ESPN
Sandusky's lawyer seeks postponement of trial

Ex-LSU QB Jefferson sued over 2011 bar fight

Ex-LSU QB Jefferson sued over bar fight

N. Carolina players enrolled in suspect classes

Fresno St. receiver Saunders to transfer to OU

Xconomy Life Sciences
NY's Cancer Research Institute Looks to Boost Cancer Immunotherapy

A 10-Point Plan to Stimulate Biotech & the Economy as a Whole

Seattle Genetics Misses 1st Quarter Sales Estimate, But Sees $1B Future

San Diego's MediciNova Nears Turning Point with Lead Drug for Asthma

San Diego's Celladon Extends Round to $53M, Opens European Office

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)