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Vetter Boosts Quality and Logistic Processes

Definiens Expands Functionality of Its Leading Solution for Quantitative Digital Pathology with ...

Antisense Pharma Internationalizes Management Board

Mucosis Announces Positive Proof-Of-Concept Data for Mimopath® Platform In Humans

Nuevolution Announces Receipt of Milestone Payment from Boehringer Ingelheim

BioSpace
Array BioPharma, Inc. Shares Rise on Lung Cancer, Melanoma Results

New Novartis AG COPD Drug Beats Placebo Over a Year

Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation Reports Convincing Data for Lung Cancer Therapy

Amgen Revives Defunct Drug for New Cures

Not All "Good Cholesterol" Is "Good," Massachusetts General Hospital Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
StemCells Inc. Reports Positive Interim Safety Data From Spinal Cord Injury Trial

Medgenics, Inc. Receives FDA Clearance to Commence Phase IIb Trial of EPODURE for Sustained Anemia Treatment in Dialysis Patients

Sigmoid Pharma Completes Phase II Trial of CyCol in More than 100 Ulcerative Colitis Patients and Raises 3 Million

Avraham Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Announces Commencement of a Phase 2 Study of Ladostigil for the Treatment of MCI

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Enrolls First Patients in Global BAYnovation(TM) Phase 2b Study for Adenoviral Conjunctivitis

Biotech News - Business Wire
NeuroMetrix CEO Discusses Significance of WellMed Adoption of NC-stat® DPNCheck

New Research Computing Cluster for Childhood Cancer Ready to Help Fast-Track Targeted Treatments

Industry Consultant Gregory Bonfiglio Joins California Stem Cell Board of Directors

OpGen Announces Formation of Public Health Consortium to Evaluate Whole Genome Mapping for Improved Genetic Analysis of Disease Outbreaks

ANSAmed e Vention Medical anunciam inovações na tecnologia de extrusão multicamadas

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Ruga Corporation Acquires a Novel B-RAF Paradox Breaker Program from Selexagen Therapeutics, Inc.

Simbionix Releases Two New Platforms at the Upcoming DDW and AUA Events

Access Pharmaceuticals To Host Investor Call On Wednesday, May 23, 2012

New Competitive Arena Emerges for Pharmaceutical Companies in Healthcare's Changing Payment Landscape, Finds PwC Health Research Institute Study

InspireMD Announces Positive 3-Year Results from Extended MAGICAL trial

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
Blech, One-Time "King of Biotech," Pleaded Guilty to Manipulating Stock Prices

Gilead's Truvada Gains Support for HIV Prevention

Daiichi Sankyo Enters Biosimilars Arena with Coherus BioSciences

Groups Weigh in on Biosimilars

Vertex's Cystic Fibrosis Considered Game-Changer

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
North American Society for the Study of Celiac Disease Calls for Industry Standardization of Gluten-Free Labeling

Research and Markets: Tension -Type Headache Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012 Offers a Preliminary Coverage of Disease Clinical Trials by Their Phase, Trial Status and Prominence of the Sponsor

BrainScope® Announces Publication of Findings from Three Years of Concussion Studies in Football Players

Key Clinical Data for St. Jude Medical's Structural Heart Technologies Revealed at EuroPCR

Pfizer Provides Topline Results From Phase 3 Study Of Torisel® As Second-Line Treatment In Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Study by Christiana Care Health System's Dr. Andrew Doorey identifies Unnecessary Surgeries due to Induced Vasospasm

Des données présentées par des médecins montrent qu'une ablation au moyen de la procédure convergente multidisciplinaire pourrait restaurer un rythme sinusal normal chez les patients atteints de fibrillation auriculaire persistante

Lineagen Completes 9000-Person Study Focused on Genetic Variants in Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Early Coronary Artery Healing Advantage of OrbusNeich's Combo Dual Therapy Stent Compared to the TAXUS® Stent Shown in Two Clinical Trial Subgroup Analyses

US HIFU to Showcase High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer at AUA

CNN Top Stories
4,700 asteroids swarm near Earth

Get a 2nd cup. Coffee lovers live longer

380 white-powder letters, 1 suspect

'Fake cop' highway shootings linked

Fracking banned in Vermont

Contract Pharma
Harlan Enhances Client Services

Agilent To Acquire Dako

Financial Report: Alkermes

Celerion Expands ADME Suite in Lincoln

Fette Opens Tableting Center in Brazil

FDA Drugs- What's New
Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Informe actualizado sobre la seguridad del medicamento Revlimid (lenalidomida) para el cáncer y el riesgo de nuevos tipos de neoplasias (nuevos tipos de cáncer)

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Informe actualizado sobre la seguridad del medicamento Revlimid (lenalidomida) para el cáncer y el riesgo de nuevos tipos de neoplasias (nuevos tipos de cáncer)

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Revised recommendations for cardiovascular monitoring and use of multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya (fingolimod)

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

FDA News - Business Wire
Lantheus Appoints New Member to Its Board of Directors

Medgenics Receives FDA Clearance to Commence Phase IIb Trial of EPODURE for Sustained Anemia Treatment in Dialysis Patients

New Data from Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology Portfolio to be Presented at 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

Baron and Budd Warns Women About Side Effects of YAZ, Yasmin

ZOLL Honored for Excellence in Customer Satisfaction for 11th Consecutive Year

FDA Press Releases
FDA expands use for FilmArray Respiratory Panel

FDA issues alert on potential dangers of unproven treatment for multiple sclerosis

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 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
Study: FDA outpaces the EMA on drug reviews, new approvals

Kythera files $86M IPO to support fat-busting drug

HGS faces skeptics as it boasts of a crowded bargaining table

UPDATED: ASCO abstracts reveal added appeal for key cancer drug prospects

GSK lands one-two punch in melanoma trial

FierceBiotech IT
Piramal banks on pharma's data binging in $635M buyout of Decision Resources

Startup Knode takes off with pharma fuel

UPDATED: Mobile apps could rival pharma's crown jewels

Mobile apps could rival pharma's crown jewels

UPDATED: AstraZeneca leans on IT to transform an ailing business

FierceBiotech Research
Scientist uses stem cells to rebuild bone

How do you make a deaf mouse hear Emory University tries gene therapy

Compounds may combat cancers by reversing p53 mutation

Preclinical breakthrough: Scientists beat rare skin cancer tumors

Researchers cure Type 1 diabetes in mice

FiercePharma
J&J's Zytiga may be useful in early prostate cancer, too

SEC probes Dendreon amid shareholder lawsuits

Study links Z-Pak with risk of sudden death

HGS puts 'poison pill' in its arsenal against GSK

Another one bites the dust: Plavix falls off patent today

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Hikma discloses FDA warning letter

EU prepares tougher drug recall standards

Fewer recalls in Q1, but units pulled rocket with Novartis OTC issues

Bristol-Myers starts Orencia manufacturing at new plant

End is near for Watson distribution center

FierceVaccines
Carbohydrate, vaccine combination could push melanoma immunotherapy forward

Nasal HIV vax safe, triggers immune response

Biovest makes a move on the EU market with BiovaxID

Inovio makes steps towards a universal flu vax

Existing drugs boost new cancer vax responses

Health News - BizJournals.com
Michael Jackson jackets coming to San Antonio

Advocat shareholders file suit

Auxilium says new patent further protects its Testim testosterone gel

IBC Foundation donates money to PCOM center in Phila.

MedCentral partner search could inspire Columbus-Cleveland tug-of-war

Health News - CNBC
Sex, age may affect athletes' concussion recovery

Many pregnant women may not get STD tests

Specialty drug costs a major employer worry: survey

Patients should consult before stopping Pfizer drug-FDA

Prestige Brands posts small fiscal 4Q loss

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
Aveo, Astellas Report Positive Data from Phase III Comparative Tivozanib Trial in RCC

Pfizer's Torisel Misses Endpoints in Renal Cell Carcinoma Trial Testing Second-Line Setting

Six Firms Commit £14.4M in University of Dundee's Division of Signal Transduction Therapy

Pfizer's Torisel Misses Endpoints in Renal Cell Carcinoma Trail Testing Second-Line Setting

Six Suitors Join Bristol-Myers in Considering a Bid for Amylin

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Lo stent bioassorbibile al magnesio di BIOTRONIK continua a dar prova di risultati eccezionali a 12 mesi con una semplicit'uso del dispositivo senza compromessi

22-Physician Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic Selects the SRS Certified EHR to Pursue Meaningful Use

Further Analysis Reveals Double Digit Hair Growth in RepliCel's First-in-man Clinical Trial

Lithium Exploration Group Is Pleased to Announce Additions to Executive Team

Nueva ecuacin diagnco del cer de prta ofrece la mejor respuesta hasta ahora

MassBio News
MassBio Honored with NORD's Power of Partnership Award

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

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
UCSD Doctoral Pharmacy Students' Manuscripts Addressing Metabolism of Five Most Prescribed Pain Medications Published in Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Cardium to Present at Sachs Associates 2012 Science, Partner, and Investment Forum: Gateway for the Global Life Sciences

First Published Study on Masimo Acoustic Respiration Rate Demonstrates Significantly Higher Patient Tolerance and Similar Accuracy Compared to Capnometry in Post-Surgical Patients

Varsity Campers Kick Off A Second Season Of Raising Funds For St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®

Specialized care by experienced teams cuts death & disability from bleeding brain aneurysms, new guide says

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
WELL; F.D.A. Is Wary Of Lengthy Use Of Bone Drugs

Zytiga, a Prostate Cancer Drug, Does Well in Trial

Popular Antibiotic May Raise Risk of Sudden Death

Clot-Fighting Drug Plavix Set to Lose Patent Protection

Alzheimer’s Prevention Is Aim of Drug Trial

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
Patheon launches CMC consultancy in face of restructuring plans

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

Pharma News - Business Wire
Avraham Pharmaceuticals Announces Commencement of a Phase 2 Study of Ladostigil for the Treatment of MCI

Devon Medical Products Announces Strategic Alliance with PKUcare BeiYi Pharmaceutical Co. to Distribute U.S.-Made Medical Products in China

MAHCP, MedImpact to Present Case Study on URx Value-Based Pharmacy Benefit Program

Research and Markets: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Italy

Thirteenth Annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards Features 14 Categories to Recognize Outstanding Websites and Digital Communications

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Register by May 18 to Save Up To $800 on the 2012 mHealth World Congress in Boston, MA

PharMEDium Highlights Enhanced Labeling for ICU Services at Critical Care Expo

Prostate Cancer Why Radical Surgery/Robotic Prostatectomy is NOT For You

Cellar Angels' Partnership Will Create Awareness and Double Contributions for Vasculitis Foundation

OPEN Health invests in Harvey Walsh

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Large-Scale Meta-Analysis Shows Age Not a Social Barrier to Opioid Use and Misuse

Rural Health-Systems Benefit From Remote Pharmacy Technician Supervision

Generex Announces New Members of Antigen Express Scientific Advisory Board for the AE37 Breast Cancer Vaccine

China BCT Reports First Quarter 2012 Results

Le Groupe travaillant sur la sécurité des patients renouvelle son appel pour une action urgente visant à protéger les patients contre les préjudices

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
SHEL LAB Introduces the Bactrox Chamber

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

PRWeb - Biotechnology
New Study Demonstrates GanedenBC30® Probiotic Increases Protein...

HOK Selected to Design New World-Class Medical School on the...

Total Artificial Heart Manufacturer Posts Record Revenue and Profit in...

FDA Truvada Approval for Sexual HIV Prevention is an Error, States Dr...

48 to Attend 2012 DuPont National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Health Literacy Innovations Adds the HHS Uniform Glossary to the...

NextGen introduces new generation biomarker products for brain...

Business Week Article States That Manufacturer of Depakote Agrees to...

MedixSafe Protection From Extreme Physical Pain or Impairment of...

Top Canada Pharmacy Online Receives Over 50,000 Canadian Pharmacy...

Scientific American
Coyotes Are the New Top Dogs

Self-Worth Shattering: A Single Bomb Blast Can Saddle Soldiers with Debilitating Brain Trauma

Track Record: Do Major Urban Subway Networks Evolve along Similar Patterns

How Subway Networks Evolve

Not-So-Quick Fix: ADHD Behavioral Therapy May Be More Effective Than Drugs in Long Run

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Old Dominion leaving CAA for Conference USA

Committee selects D.C. to host East Regional

Ex-Syracuse coach's wife to sue ESPN for libel

Ex-Syracuse coach's wife suing ESPN for libel

Hofstra hires Hathaway as new athletic director

Sports News - ESPN
Irish QB Rees pleads not guilty to four charges

Ohio St.'s Meyer: Leadership brings the rings

Big Ten: Bid could decide national title location

Irish LB charged for remark during Rees arrest

Sandusky renews effort to throw out charges

Xconomy Life Sciences
SD Biotech Roundup: Elevation Pharmaceuticals, BioSurplus, and More

Xconomist of the Week: Tom Maniatis on Prize4Life and ALS Research

Aveo Kidney Cancer Drug Shows Safety Edge in Pivotal Study

Dendreon's Provenge Works Best for Patients With Low PSA, Scientists Say

VC Guru Mendelson on MI's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (And Why There's Hope)

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)