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b3c newswire
Medicyte Coordinates EU-funded Collaboration on Biomimetic Bioartificial Liver

Anniversary: euroPLX to Hold its 50th Partnering Conference in November

Selvita and Orion Pharma Achieve a Research Milestone in Alzheimer's Disease Program

BioWelder® TC: Fully Automated Device for Welding Large and Liquid-Filled TPE Tubing

Sartorius Officially Opens New Filter and Aseptic Bag Production Facility in Puerto Rico

BioSpace
Roche Ordered to Pay $18 Million to Former Accutane Users

FOXO1 Gene May Play Important Role in Parkinson's Disease, Boston University School of Medicine Study

James Karis Teams With Tegal's Thomas Mika as Co-CEO of Tegal Corporation

Sleep Deprivation and Stress Both Activate Immune System, Study

Spanking Kids Leads to Adult Mental Illnesses, University of Manitoba Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
Corcept Therapeutics Inc. Commences Public Offering of Common Stock

FDA Issues Further Guidance About K-V Pharmaceutical Company's Makena

Digirad Corporation and Agree to Further Strengthen Commitment to Governance Best Practices

Auxogyn, Inc. Presents New Data Showing the Ability of Eeva(TM) to Non-Invasively Predict Embryo Advancement With Increased Accuracy

FDA Approves Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc.' ANDA for Generic Tussionex(R) Pennkinetic(R) Product

Biotech News - Business Wire
Research and Markets: The Chinese R&D Landscape - Biotechnology

Medgenics Appoints Former Celgene CEO Dr. Sol Barer as Chairman of the Board

Samenvatting: Mike Mathews benoemd tot Senior Vice President, International bij KCI

ImmunoCellular Provides Update on Phase II Clinical Trial of ICT-107 for Treatment of Glioblastoma

Great Basin Corporation's TB ID/R Molecular Diagnostic Test Detects Mycobacterium Tuberculosis with 96 Percent Accuracy According to Study Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Biotech News - PR Newswire
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Celator Pharmaceuticals Announce $5 Million Partnership to Support Phase 3 Development of CPX-351 for AML

Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Shows Evidence of Quality, Cost, and Speed at LeeSar's Sterile Compounding Center

ThermoGenesis Announces Sale Of CryoSeal® Product Line To Asahi

Roche announces FDA approval of HIV viral load test

Cerulean Completes Enrollment of Randomized Phase 2 Study of CRLX101 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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
Idec and Isis Pharmaceuticals in Rare Disease Pact

New Mobile Healthcare Survey Reveals Mixed Bag

Making NICE with Investors

FDA Approves Arena's Obesity Drug

India Proposes Offering Generic Drugs for Free

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
Sorin Group Announces the Acquisition of California Medical Laboratories (CalMed)

SORIN GROUP ACQUISISCE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL LABORATORIES (CALMED)

Research and Markets: Liver Failure Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012

Vascular Closure Systems, Inc. Announces 30-Day Follow-Up Results for Phase I of the First in Human (FIH) Clinical Use, of the FastSeal® Bioabsorbable Vascular Access Closure System

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Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Innate immune system protein provides a new target in war against bacterial infections

Southern Research and LSU Health Sciences Center Study Validates Using Imaging to Study the Progression of Parkinson's Disease in Preclinical Animal Studies

Boston Scientific Completes Patient Enrollment in PREVAIL Study for First-in-Class WATCHMAN Device

Le traitement à base d'ondes de choc à faible intensité de Medispec garantit un traitement durable de la dysfonction erectile

Medispec ofrece un tratamiento duradero para la disfunción eréctil

CNN Top Stories
Flesh-eating bug victim leaves hospital

Bill Nye: U.S. may lose edge in space

Christie to reporter: 'You stupid'

'State of terror' in Damascus

Wildfires

Contract Pharma
GEA Sells OSD Line to Large Pharma

BMS, AZ To Buy Amylin

Biogen, Isis in Antisense Alliance

NoAb, SAGE in Discovery Services Pact

Pfizer Names Indian Ops Director

FDA Drugs- What's New
FDA Drug Safety Communication: New information regarding QT prolongation with ondansetron (Zofran)

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Cefepime and risk of seizure in patients not receiving dosage adjustments for kidney impairment

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)

FDA News - Business Wire
Cardiovascular Systems Announces First Patients Treated with New Electric Orbital Atherectomy System in ORBIT II Coronary Trial

Rexahn Submits an Investigational New Drug Application to the FDA for First-in-Class p68 Helicase Inhibitor, RX-5902

CytRx Announces Issuance of European Patent Covering INNO-206 Linker Technology

CaRES Study Published in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Further Demonstrates the Safety and Tolerability of Ultrasound Contrast Agent DEFINITY® in a Large and Diverse Patient Population

InVivo Therapeutics Engages FDA With Second Product, A Novel Drug Releasing Hydrogel For Chronic Pain Treatment

FDA Press Releases
FDA approves Myrbetriq for overactive bladder

FDA approves Belviq to treat some overweight or obese adults

FDA allows marketing of first test to identify certain bacteria associated with bloodstream infections

FDA approves first glaucoma stent for use with cataract surgery

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

FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
Direct Recall Classification Program

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

FierceBiotech
GSK, Theravance race rivals with PhIII COPD data on LAMA/LABA combo

J&J snags early-stage heart drug in small biotech buyout

Icahn confederate could profit off a seat on Forest board

Which biotech will be the next to get swept away in the M&A wave

Bristol-Myers outbids Big Pharma pack and nabs Amylin for $5.3B

FierceBiotech IT
Microsoft honors Bristol-Myers, Novartis and Sanofi

Pfizer boosts online offerings to German docs

Boehringer claims 'gamification' win in pharma

Google's new cloud attracts biotech researchers

Mobile tech isn't ideal for recruitment in clinical trials

FierceBiotech Research
Mayo Clinic find novel way to repair MS damage

Texas cancer research funding effort may shift to startups

In mice, at least, gene therapy-enhanced vaccine blocks nicotine addiction

Scientists wield human stem cells to engineer blood-brain barrier structures

Cleveland BioLabs drug, chemo kill neuroblastomas in mice

FiercePharma
Icahn crony could profit off a seat on Forest board

GSK's Zofran arrhythmia risk leads to new label change

Bristol-Myers, AZ aim for diabetes glory with Amylin buy

UPDATED: Icahn says CEO treating Forest like a dynasty

Pharma gets what it bargained for in Supreme Court ruling

FiercePharma Manufacturing
ScinoPharm building new cancer injectables plant in China

Health Canada warns on Hospira paclitaxel vials

FDA gets new inspection powers with PDUFA

AMAG closing plant, moving to contract manufacturing

Drugs mislabeled after Shamrock ignored FDA

FierceVaccines
Sanofi's Hexaxim vax gets EMA thumbs up

Cuban hepatitis B vax cuts disease

BioDiem steps closer to a dengue vaccine

Swine flu shots a success for Scotland

Texas researchers improve Rift Valley vaccine

Health News - BizJournals.com
Occupy Pittsburgh to Protest UPMC East Facility

Infinity's partner delays $27.5M payment after nixed trials

EagleBank refinances Fox Hill property for Sunrise Senior Living

NuPathe says it has answered the FDA on its new drug application

Atlanta doctor joins Waterkeeper Alliance council

Health News - CNBC
Dueling Governors: Florida vs. Texas

US stocks mixed in early trading

Stung by Recession, Young Voters Shed Image as Obama Brigade

GSK hails positive results for combo new lung drug

Linde to buy health firm Lincare for $4.6 billion

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
7 out of 10 Patients Prefer Orexo's OX219 to Suboxone

Failure of Anticoagulant Prompts BioInvent to Seek $2.2M Cost Cuts

Abbreviated Approval Process for Biosimilars Survives in Supreme Court

Biosimilars Streamlining Survives in Supreme Court

FDA Bill Sails Through Senate

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Targeted Growth Adds New CEO, Board Members & Venture Funding

MYOS Announces $5.6 Million Equity Private Placement

Study Validating Rosetta Genomics' miRview lung Assay Published in Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Dynavax Reports New CPT Code for Adult Two Dose Hepatitis B Vaccination Schedule

Corcept Therapeutics Announces Underwritten Public Offering of Common Stock

MassBio News
Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

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

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
Masimo Signs Pronto-7 Distribution Deal with PSS World Medical

Tethys Bioscience and Lose it! Announce a Strategic Partnership to Support Diabetes Prevention

Improved Maintenance and Control of Electronic Health Records. ICAP Patent Brokerage Announces for Auction Patented Techniques for Improved Patient Control and Selective Access to Electronic Medical Records

Alexza Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 7th Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Conference

BONESUPPORT Names Mr. Offer Nonhoff As New Chief Financial Officer

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
Saddened Town Recalls History With Drug Giant Roche

Arthritis Drug Study

In Health Care Ruling, Investors See a Mixed Blessing

Insurance Stocks, Including Cigna and Aetna, Flag; Hospital Shares Gain

Diet Drug Gains F.D.A. Endorsement

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
up to data and CAMO Software Partner to Deliver Industry-First Solution for Quality by Design Initiatives in the Life Science Industry.

Catalyst Health Solutions Announces Stockholder Approval of Merger with SXC Health Solutions

China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc. Reports Fiscal Year 2012 Earnings Results and Schedules Conference Call for July 3, 2012

DiscoveryBioMed, Inc. Garners Funding from the National Institutes of Health to Support a Metabolic Diseases Drug Discovery Program

Forest Laboratories, Inc. Sets Date and Conference Call for Fiscal 2013 First Quarter Earnings

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Bayer's Rebecca Lucore Named to 100 Women Leaders of STEM

Prostate Cancer Center of New Jersey the Latest Center to Achieve High Honor of ACR-ASTRO Accreditation

ACEP Commends Congress For Passing Legislation That Addresses Drug Shortages As Well As "Bath Salts"

Bruker's Novel PHOTON 100TM X-ray Detector for Crystallography Wins Prestigious R&D 100 Award

New Jersey Hospital Association Launches RIPE (Reform Insurance Penalty Estimator) to Help Employers Forecast Insurance Penalties

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Shareholder Alert: Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Investigation Of Acquisition By Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Drug Delivery Technologies Show Promise of Improving Clinical Outcomes for Patients at PODD: Partnership Opportunities in Drug Delivery Conference

GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) $3 Billion Whistleblower Settlement Has Paid for One Of America's Most Expensive Failed Corporate Internal Investigations, Qui Tam Whistleblowers' Attorneys Say

ACEP Commends Congress For Passing Legislation That Addresses Drug Shortages As Well As "Bath Salts"

Lilly Diabetes Announces Once Upon A Time Contest Winner

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
Renowned Operations and Supply Chain Expert Dr. David Simchi-Levi...

EquipNet to Auction Entire Contents of Closed Clorox Facility

Aquatic Habitats Donates Research Equipment to Gadsden State Community...

Synedgen's Synoplex® Receives FDA Indexing for Use in the...

Rusterizer Brings Out New Non-Toxic Rust Remover, Gives Samples of the...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Atlanta Whistleblower Lawyer Announces New Georgia Whistleblower Law

Y-Prime Introduces Prime PublisherTM to Streamline Content Review and...

KPRC in Houston Warns People of Potential Dangers of Using Topamax,...

Herberex Inc. Launches Male Enhancement Supplement Private Label...

New Lawsuit on Accutane Crohn's Disease: Severe Adverse Events

Scientific American
U.S. Task Force's Recommendations Stoke Debate over Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements

Mixed Signals: Smart Phone Sensors Recruited to Deliver Indoor GPS

Fractals, Parasites and 3-D Reconstructions: 18 Startling Science Images

Fire Deficit May Trigger Fiercer Wildfires

Empirical Esthetics: 18 Outstanding Images That Celebrate the Beauty Revealed by Science [Slide Show]

Sports - ESPN Basketball
UCF's Marcus Jordan, son of NBA star, arrested

Mississippi State star Hood to transfer to Duke

Report: Alleged dealer supplied Kansas players

Big East's Gavitt to be VP of NCAA tournament

Ex-NBA, Cincy forward Cummings found dead

Sports News - ESPN
Boise St. beats deadline to bolt Mountain West

FSU's Wilder out after more than week in jail

Buckeyes RB Hall cuts foot, sidelined 10 weeks

Report: PSU officials declined to alert authorities

Stanford reinstates LB Skov with 1-game ban

Xconomy Life Sciences
NPS Rejiggers Amgen Deal, Sees $75M Extra Cash

Bridesmaid No More: It is Time For Diagnostics To Shine

Who's Still Active Among the Early-Stage Biotech VCs

Bristol-Myers Buys Amylin for $5.3B, Getting Diabetes Drugs

Credit Suisse on Supporting (And Increasing) MI's Capital Continuum

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)