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b3c newswire
Definiens Expands Large Data Analytics Functionality to Accelerate Image-based Research and ...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Bosch Packaging Technology Announce Global Collaboration

Sistemic Announces Customer Agreement with Cytori Therapeutics

CellCentric and ZoBio Enter into Partnership to Develop Lead Compounds Against Epigenetic Drug ...

Sartopore® Platinum: Sartorius Introduces a New Generation of Sterilizing-Grade Filters

BioSpace
Celsion Corporation ThermoDox Cancer Drug Approval Seen in 2013: CEO

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Study Explains Functional Links Between Autism and Genes

Facebook Finds Men, Married People Most Influential, New York University Study

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Resubmits Drug Application, Shares Soar

Dad's Brains Mean More to His Son's Success Than His Money, Brigham Young University Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
Agile Therapeutics, Inc. to Present at the

Galapagos NV Wins 2012 European Mediscience Awards

Carl Zeiss Offers Special Confocal and Multiphoton Microscopy Systems Opportunity

Boston Therapeutics, Inc. Completes Enrollment in Phase ll Clinical Trial to Evaluate PAZ320 in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Amneal Pharmaceuticals Worker Convicted of Stealing Hydrocodone

Biotech News - Business Wire
Research and Markets: Next Generation Biometric Technologies Market - Global Forecast & Analysis (2012 - 2017)

Research and Markets: Biotechnology in Biopolymers

IntelliVueNellcor SpO2

Timothy Daniels, MD Presents Results from Augment Injectable Bone Graft Clinical Trial

Wright Medical Group, Inc. Announces the Launch of MiToe Hammertoe Patient Outreach Program

Biotech News - PR Newswire
PeriGen, Inc. Introduces New, Advanced Perinatal System at National Perinatal Nursing Convention

Rosetta Genomics Pays Off Secured Loan and Reclaims Unencumbered Rights to All Assets

1DegreeBio Expands to List Custom Research Services

Biodel Announces $18.5 Million Private Placement

Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Yeshwantpur Announces a Comprehensive Bone Marrow Transplant Service

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
Seeing a Silver Lining to Big Pharma's Patent Cliff

The July 2012 Issue of The Burrill Report

Mapping the Single Cell World

A Gentleman's D for Mitt

Startups raise $786 million in June's First Half

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
CFS Clinical Launches New, State-of-the-Art Technology Platform

Trifecta Multimedical Unveils New "Industry IQ-Raising" Technology at DIA

Research and Markets: Celiac Disease Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012

CEL-SCI Corporation to Raise $5.60 Million in Registered Direct Offering

Bioscience Industry Adds Jobs Over the Last Decade, Despite Economic Setbacks for the Nation

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
La insulina en investigación degludec de acción ultra lenta reduce la incidencia de hipoglucemia nocturna en los pacientes con diabetes de tipo 2 en comparación con la insulina glargina

FDA-Beratungsausschuss spricht sich für die Zulassung des MarginProbe® Systems von Dune Medical Devices aus

FDA Advisory Panel Votes in Favor of Dune Medical Devices MarginProbe® System

Treating Orthostatic Hypotension Improves Function In Parkinson's Disease Patients, According To Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital Study

New Study Shows Masimo rainbow® Pulse CO-Oximetry Speeds Evaluation & Treatment of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

CNN Top Stories
Egypt military threatens to use 'iron fist'

LZ: One night will decide Obama's fate

Syria opposition: Shelling is 'insane'

Opinion: Obama, where is the recovery

Sandusky's son: I was his victim, too

Contract Pharma
OXiGENE In-Licenses Rights to Cancer Program

PharmaNet/i3 Expands TSM Solution

Bosch, Sartorius Collaborate on Filling Solutions

Cetero Names CEO, Becomes PRACS

Catalent, Bend in Formulation Pact

FDA Drugs- What's New
Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Recomendaciones modificadas para observación cardiovascular y uso del medicamento Gilenya (fingolimod) para la esclerosis múltiple

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Recomendaciones modificadas para observación cardiovascular y uso del medicamento Gilenya (fingolimod) para la esclerosis múltiple

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 News - Business Wire
BalanceWear® Creator, Cindy Gibson-Horn, Named Finalist in San Francisco Business Times Health Care Heroes Awards

Repligen Receives Complete Response Letter from FDA for RG1068 NDA

Takeda Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for Teduglutide (Revestive®) for Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome

BIO Hails House Passage of Reconciled User Fee Package

Celgene legt aktualisierte Adhoc-Meldung vor

FDA Press Releases
Updated FDA Statement on Compounded Versions of hydroxyprogesterone caproate (the active ingredient in Makena)

FDA approves new combination vaccine that protects children against two bacterial diseases

FDA urges that oysters, clams, mussels, and some types of scallops from Korea should be removed from the market

FDA approves Perjeta for type of late-stage breast cancer

U.S. Marshals seized misbranded drugs in Maine

FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
Draft Guidance for Industry: Amendment to Guidance for Industry: Revised Preventive Measures to Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease by Blood and Blood Products

Procleix Ultrio Plus Assay

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

FierceBiotech
FDA tracks rising impact of the 'placebo effect' in antipsychotic trials

EU regulators shut out new Gaucher drug from Pfizer, Protalix

New CRO owners hope new name, new CEO will clear way to new rep

Scientists demonstrate how bird flu could trigger a pandemic

Guarding Humira treasure, Abbott mounts a challenge to biosimilars

FierceBiotech IT
Bay Area startup delivers clinical trials analytics from the cloud

UPDATED: Pfizer's online trial recruitment gambit flops

Pfizer's online trial recruitment gambit flops

Parexel trumpets unified tech for clinical trials software

Africa goes mobile to tackle drug safety woes

FierceBiotech Research
Isis drug achieves Huntington's breakthrough in rodents

Researchers engineer kidney scaffolding from entire pig organs

Alzheimer's and diabetes may be connected by a single gene

Pluristem's placental stem cells spur bone marrow growth

BIO: In life sciences R&D, China is reaching for the stars

FiercePharma
FDA delivers Xarelto bad news to J&J, Bayer

Novartis' Afinitor gets nod for breast cancer use by EU committee

Roche overlooks 80,000 adverse reaction complaints

Is Madagascar 3's friendly lion a dangerous drug spokesman

Anti-overtime ruling a disguised blessing for reps, recruiters say

FiercePharma Manufacturing
UPDATED: CSL confirms convulsions appear tied to Fluvax

FDA wants foreign drug and API makers for supply chain security program

Shasun cutting costs with Indian intermediates plant

Ranbaxy reportedly hits bump with Indian regulator

FDA wants foreign API makers for supply chain security program

FierceVaccines
Therapeutic cancer vaccines: Optimism for the future at BIO 2012

Anthrax vax to move into new Phase II trials

CSL flu shot fits linked to viral components

Controversy halts HPV vax trial in India

HPV DNA vax should enter the clinic in 2013

Health News - BizJournals.com
Accentia sells stock units

Genentech sets new target: Alzheimer's

The Philadelphia region's biggest employers: Slideshow

Why Blue Cross Blue Shield President Bert Marshall hates cigarettes

Home health care agency owners sentenced

Health News - CNBC
Alexza resubmits drug application, shares soar

Wis. Supreme Court upholds damages in drug lawsuit

Novartis says EU recommends new Afinitor approval

Theratechnologies sinks on HIV drug setback

Kids' cereals are healthier, ads aren't: report

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
ProtoKinetix Creates Subsidiaries for AAGP Applications to Maximize Shareholder Value

Oxford Immunotec Scores $28M to Ramp Up Commercialization of TB Test

Valeant Picks Up OraPharma for $312M to Expand into Oral Health

NCATS' Drug Repurposing Program Grows to Eight Pharmas, 58 Compounds

Third Rock Ventures Sets Up New Firm Global Blood Therapeutics with $40.7M

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Cellceutix Approved by FDA to Proceed With Clinical Trials on Novel Cancer Drug

Research and Development Spending in Biotech Industry Increases for Two Consecutive Years

Research and Development Spending Increasing in Biotech Industry

Litha termine l'inscription des rlutions spales exig aux fins des investissements stratques par les Laboratoires Paladin

Litha Completes Registration of Special Resolutions Required in Connection With Paladin's Strategic Investment

MassBio News
MassBio Releases 2012 Complete Guide to the New England Life Sciences Industry at BIO

CB Richard Ellis N.E. Partners, LP Brings MassBio to Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.'s 300 Technology Square

500 Massachusetts High School Students Spend a Day in Biotech Laboratories

Xenetic Biosciences moves drug development program to Massachusetts following Governor Patrick's Trade Mission to the UK

Breaking: MassBio Applauds House for Passage of PDUFA

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
Prostate Cancer and Bone Health

Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont Top the List of Safest Hospitals in National State-by-State Ranking; Rhode Island, Missouri Hospitals Rank Lowest

Elekta's Agility Radiation Therapy Beam-shaping Innovation for Cancer Treatments Receives U.S. 510(k) Clearance

HCPengage.com Website Highlights Healthcare Professional (HCP) Preferences and Current Challenges in Medical Marketing

Innovations for Osteoarthritis, Sports Injuries and Orthopedic Practices

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
European agricultural policy goes down the tubers

The need for innovation in biomanufacturing

Should preclinical studies be registered

Reaching across the table

The gatekeepers of effectiveness

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

Craig Venter’s Bugs Might Save the World

Study Backs Continuous Prostate Cancer Treatment

DEALBOOK; Human Genome Sciences Rejects A $2.59 Billion Bid From Glaxo

White House Promotes a Bioeconomy

New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
Former N.F.L. Quarterback Leaf Sentenced to Addiction Treatment

Roche and Seaside Team Up to Develop Autism Drugs

Move to Restrict Painkillers Founders in Congress

Genentech Breast Cancer Drug Wins Approval

Justices Back Drug Industry on Overtime

OnBioVC
Stemgent, Inc.: Series C $6.3M

Genalyte, Inc.: Series A $11.8M

Relievant Medsystems, Inc.: Series D $30M

ImaginAb, Inc.: Series A $12.5M

BiO2 Medical, Inc.: Series B $13.7M

Outsourcing-Pharma
Wockhardt targets CMO space for diversification

Overhaul of EU health systems good opportunity for outcomes data providers, says Quintiles

Home visits = regulatory thumbs up ResearchNurses.co thinks so

Home visits are the key to patient retention, says ResearchNurses.co

Kemwell and Boehringer set to finish biologics plant in India

Pharma News - Business Wire
Research and Markets: Amaryl (Type 2 Diabetes) - Analysis and Forecasts to 2020

Research and Markets: Abbott Partnering 2005-2012 - Better Understand Abbot and its Partnering Interests and Activities

Research and Markets: Bristol-Myers Squibb Partnering 2005-2012 - Partnering Interests and Activities over the Past Seven Years

GTx Announces Panel Presentation On Muscle Wasting In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

BIND Biosciences CEO Scott Minick and Founder Omid Farokhzad Win Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Generic Makers Enjoy Wide-Spread Immunity One Year After Supreme Court Ruling

Leica Microsystems and Indica Labs Announce Availability of Integrated Advanced Digital Pathology Image Analysis

Neways Celebrates 25 Years of Creating Healthy Homes

King Edward VII's Hospital first in the UK to receive Det Norske Veritas quality standard

Peli Launches New Peli BioPharma Division

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Van Andel Institute Researchers Find Potential Drug Target For Aggressive Form Of Lymphoma

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Discover Financial Services, POSCO, AstraZeneca, Bayer and Takeda Pharmaceutical

Shaji Procida Appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eisai Inc.

Texas Medicaid Managed-Care Problems Gaining National Attention

Pharma Execs Continue Looking For Growth Opportunities In Spite Of Increasing Regulatory Challenges: KPMG Survey

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
Romer Labs Launches New Website

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

PRWeb - Biotechnology
The Convergence of Art, Science and Beer

Webinar on Optimizing Strain Design and Development for Efficient...

Lightning Brewery's Craft Beer Old Tempestuous Ale Wins Best of Show...

DOE-CEA Partnership Awards Mentoring Services to Finalists in National...

Pacific BioStorage Announces an Exciting New First for The Life...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
RxLogix Will be Demonstrating it's Two Newest Products at the DIA...

Pentec Health Chairman, President and CEO Joseph Cosgrove Named Ernst...

New Lawsuit alleges Avandia Caused Heart Attack

Xybion to Exhibit at the 2012 DIA Annual Meeting and Present Total...

How To Maintain Younger Skin In 10 Easy Steps

Scientific American
Astronomers Catch Video of 'Near-Miss' Asteroid

Deadly Pandemic Bird Flu Details Finally Are Made Public

Are Fracking Wastewater Wells Poisoning the Ground Beneath Our Feet

Rudimentary Liver Grown in the Lab

Bright Idea: New "Tractor Beam" Proposal Relies on Negative Radiation Pressure

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Northwestern adds 7-2 cousin of Bulls' Deng

UConn, 9 others to sit out postseason for APR

Georgia State coach: 'We're an independent'

Georgia State coach: We're an 'independent'

Notre Dame announces 10-year deal with Brey

Sports News - ESPN
Jury to rehear testimony of McQueary, doctor

Adopted son accuses Sandusky; case to jury

Auburn transfer Prosch cleared to play in fall

Sandusky accused of abuse by adopted son

Judge delays Tide fan's trial in trees' poisoning

Xconomy Life Sciences
Onyx Shares Boom on Positive FDA Panel for Myeloma Drug

SD Life Sciences Roundup: Ambrx Gets Big Partner, GenMark, & More

MitoStem Wins Big at GLEQ; Stays Hopeful About Future of Detroit Biotech

BioMed Realty Remains Mostly Mum About New BioMed Ventures

Context Matters Helps Pharma Execs Make Sense of Drug Data

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)