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b3c newswire
Berthold Launches TriStar² Microplate Reader

Encap Announces $ 2 Million Capital Expenditure Programme

Encap Announces $2M Capital Expenditure Programme

Medicyte Coordinates EU-funded Collaboration on Biomimetic Bioartificial Liver

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

BioSpace
FDA Approves QIAGEN N.V. KRAS Test for Use With Eli Lilly and Company and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company's Cancer Drug Erbitux

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Falls After Failing to End Drug Deal With Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Allergy-Like Symptoms After Drinking Wine, Reveals

Pfizer Inc. Licenses Diabetes Drug to Russia's

Renaissance Pharma Will Not Cut DPT Laboratories, Ltd. Jobs

BioSpace - Breaking News
Verona Pharma Initiates Dosing in Clinical Trial to Investigate Anti-inflammatory Properties of RPL554

Bayer HealthCare Initiates Phase II/III Trial of New Recombinant Factor VIII Compound for Treatment of Hemophilia A

Isotechnika Pharma Inc.'s Partner Lux Biosciences Completes Enrollment in Phase 3 Uveitis Study

Acusphere Inc. Announces Completion of Marketing Authorisation Application for Imagify™ in Europe; Secures Additional Financing

Florence Pharma Multan and Cann Pharmaceutical CEO's Detained

Biotech News - Business Wire
Suzhou Industrial Park: Winning the International Race to Attract Industry Talent

LipoScience Appoints Ashok Marin as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary

Continued Growth for SpecialtyCare's Neuromonitoring

BioRx Acquires Coagulife Pharmacy

BroadcastMed Spotlights Revolutionary Orthopedic Technology

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Pappas Ventures Names Pat Gage to Scientific Advisory Board

Shire Changes its NASDAQ Ticker Symbol to SHPG

Little known pregnancy disease, Hyperemesis Gravidarum, receives awareness with a $20,000 donation from the H.E.R. Foundation to begin Genome Research at UCLA

Tougher Times May be Ahead for Biotechs: 1H12 Fundraising Slows

Chimerix Announces BK Virus Data In Late-Breaking Poster Session At The 24th International Congress Of The Transplantation Society

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
Cells From Parkinson's Patients Show Unique Drug Responses

GSK to Pay $3 Billion to Settle Civil and Criminal Charges with U.S. and States

Pfizer Grants Russia's SatRx Rights to Diabetes Compound

BMS to Acquire Amylin for $5.3 Billion Plus Debt

Sanofi May Slash 2,000 Jobs in France

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
Youngevity® Essential Life Sciences Initiates Clinical Studies at Clemson University's Institute of Nutraceutical Research

FGTB Holdings Names CEO

Research and Markets: Endpoints - Clinical Trials in Respiratory Diseases - Pulmonary Function Tests, Biomarkers and Quality of Life Questionnaires All Play Prominent Roles

Research and Markets: Aortic Aneurysm Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012

Research and Markets: Strabismus Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Carnegie Mellon's Marcel Just To Receive Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award

VolitionRX Signs Collaboration Agreement With Stefan Holdenrieder of Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn Germany

Abstracts Featured at PSA Meeting Focus on Improving Poultry Nutrition

OncoSec Initiates Phase II Clinical Program in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma and Doses First Patient

Feinstein Institute Researchers Discover Molecule That Could Treat Inflammation

CNN Top Stories
Your guide to Internet 'Doomsday'

Zelizer: Obama, take on 'class warfare'

Obama calls for tax cut extensions

Off to college -- at 9 years old

Avlon: Congress could jumpstart hiring

Contract Pharma
Merck KGaA Licenses Versamune Platform

Prokarium Acquires Emergent's Oral Vaccine Technology

ERT Acquires invivodata

Affymax Names CMC VP

ChemRar Group Licenses Pfizer Drug

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
CREW Calls for DOJ Investigation into Short-Seller Shkreli

Study Published in Diabetes Journal, Indicates Alleviation in Diabetes-Induced Large and Small Fiber Neuropathies in Rats with Prescription Medical Food

Restoration Robotics Revolutionary ARTAS System Receives CE Mark to Treat Hair Loss

Revolutionaire ARTAS-systeem van Restoration Robotics krijgt CE-markering voor de behandeling van haaruitval

Bahnbrechendes ARTAS System von Restoration Robotics erhält CE-Kennzeichnung für die Behandlung von Haarausfall

FDA Press Releases
FDA approves genetic test to help some colon cancer patients, physicians considering Erbitux therapy

FDA approves first DNA test to help manage CMV infection in organ transplant patients

FDA prompts companies to remove certain unapproved oxycodone products from market

FDA approves first over-the-counter home use HIV test kit

FDA proposes unique device identification system for medical devices

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
Dissidents trigger big shake up at QLT after board coup

Biolex to liquidate after burning $190M on hep C drug

Cardiome eliminating 85% of staff after Merck deal evaporates

Australian cancer biotech spin-out pitches $60M IPO stateside

Experimental vaccine knocks the weight off flabby mice

FierceBiotech IT
Supercomputer, sequencing uncover clue to doc's unlikely cancer

Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cloudera embrace Big Data in genomics

ERT scoops up Invivodata for ePRO clinical trials tech

Mytrus aligns leadership for at-home clinical trials biz

Industry Voices: Harness Life Sciences Data, Uncover Insight

FierceBiotech Research
Experimental vaccine knocks the weight off flabby mice

Mayo Clinic researchers find novel way to repair MS damage

Alternate route on gene therapy raises hope for HIV treatment

Common parasite linked to increased suicide risk

In breakthrough, stem cell transplants reverse diabetes in mice

FiercePharma
Is it or isn't it Celgene said to mull bid for HGS, or not

Med students protest as Massachusetts relaxes pharma gift ban

Forest urges investors to reject Icahn's board nominees

Lilly could net $1.5B-plus from Cymbalta extension

Forest faces $100M gender bias suit

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Settlement unveils fed's leash on Glaxo manufacturing

Pernix grabs Great Southern to get more capacity

Serious manufacturing issues found at Celltex facility

FDA warning letter: Oxygen supplier not testing for purity

Glaxo manufacturing must meet special dictates

FierceVaccines
Group tackles dengue vaccine pricing

Soligenix, Infectious Disease Research Institute partner to combat anthrax

FDA gives Argos green light for kidney cancer immunotherapy

In $69M IPO bid, GlobeImmune spotlights therapeutic vaccines

Vaccine triggers attack on nicotine in mice

Health News - BizJournals.com
Mobius Therapeutics starts shipping glaucoma drug Mitosol

FDA clears Cook Medical stent for use

Anthem Blue Cross parent WellPoint bets on Medicaid expansion with $4.5B buy

Humana completes acquisition of SeniorBridge

Kaleida expanding services in Depew

Health News - CNBC
Humana completes purchase of SeniorBridge

Delcath Systems expands board

WellPoint to Buy Amerigroup

Texas governor rejects two provisions of health law

Sanofi withdraws Mulsevo application in EU

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
Luminex Snaps Up GenturaDx for $50M

Cobra Spinout Prokarium Acquires Emergent IP to Boost Oral Vaccine Initiative

Prokarium Acquires Technology from Emergent for Oral Vaccine Platform

Sanofi Sharpens Axe for Massive Layoffs

MDxHealth, Merck KGaA Partner to Develop Companion Dx for Glioblastoma Drug

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Theratechnologies to Announce Financial Results for Second Quarter of 2012

Theratechnologies annoncera ses rltats financiers du deuxi trimestre de 2012

ChemDiv Research Institute Announces R&D Collaborations With Abbott in Russia

Kadmon Corporation to Present at the JMP Securities Healthcare Conference

La Asociacimericana de la Diabetes copatrocina reunieneral: ¡Salud! La eliminacie las disparidades que dificultan la buena salud entre latinos en el congreso latino mconcurrido que ha de celebrarse en Las Vegas, NV

MassBio News
MassBio Commends Governor, Lawmakers for Ensuring Patient Access, Physician Education

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

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
Fujifilm's Synapse® MU Version 3.0 Receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 Certification

PLC Systems To Present At OneMedForum In New York City

Newman-Lakka Institute for Personalized Cancer Care at Floating Hospital for Children to accelerate the development of targeted cancer therapies

The Oakwood ACO to participate as a Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization.

MDHI Update - Rapid Trend towards Profitability Continues - Gearing Up for Major Fall Product Promotion with US's Second Largest Retailer

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
Bristol-Myers Squibb to Buy Amylin for $7 Billion

India May Provide Free Drugs at State-Run Hospitals

OraQuick At-Home H.I.V. Test Wins F.D.A. Approval

The Consumer: Combating Acid Reflux May Bring Host of Ills

Childhood: Fewer Drugs for Allergies, More for A.D.H.D.

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
TranScrip Applauds Landmarks in the Battle for New Antibiotics

Ligand Announces New Presentation Time at the JMP Securities 7th Annual Healthcare Conference

Acusphere Announces Completion of Marketing Authorisation Application for Imagify in Europe; Secures Additional Financing

CRF Health Appoints Mark Maietta, MBA as Senior Vice President of Global Business Development

Biologics, Inc. Expands Physician Support Team in Florida

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
ApolloMed ACO To Participate As A Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization

Scott Sherman Joins IntraHealth as Its New Vice President of Human Resources

AtheroNova Receives Notice of Allowance for Its US Patent Application 12/024,908

Home Run King and 2012 MLB All-Star Jose Bautista Joins the Fuse Science Team

Inspra (eplerenone) accepted for use within NHS Scotland

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Savient Pharmaceuticals Announces CEO Appointment and Reorganization Plan to Drive Long-Term Growth

Merz, Inc. Announces Promotion of Katrina Church to Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer

Remedi SeniorCare® Names Michael Freedman Regional Sales Manager

Instrumentation Laboratory Launches ACL TOP® 300 CTS Hemostasis Testing System Worldwide

CVRx® Names Philippe Wanstok Chief Commercial 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
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
Flagship Biosciences Launches Quantitative Histopathology Services in...

WHEATON® Announces Acquisition of CELLine

EquipNet to Auction Entire Contents of Closed Pet Nutrition...

Rust Bust: Rusterizer Develops a Non-Toxic Rust Removal Product That...

Cleaning Products Get a Boost, MyCleaningProducts Uses Natural...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
The Skin Clinic Now Offering The Latest Photodynamic Cosmetic...

High Unmet Needs and Launch of Safer and Efficient New Drugs Drives...

Presence of Various Unmet Needs Drives the Peripheral Arterial Disease...

DrFirst Launches E-prescribing Task Force for New York State

Russian Healthcare System Is Improving but Still Fall Short of Its...

Scientific American
Why We Sunburn

Activists Call for Final NIH Research Chimps to Be Retired

Activists Call for NIH Research Chimps to Be Retired

New Particle Resembling Long-Sought Higgs Boson Uncovered at Large Hadron Collider

Chat at 11 A.M. EDT on Higgs Boson News from CERN

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Nigeria tops Calipari's D.R. for last Olympic bid

Hood transfers from Mississippi State to Duke

NCAA bans 4 summer teams for ties to agent

Syracuse sex abuse probe prompt but flawed

Texas Southern coach Tony Harvey resigns

Sports News - ESPN
Maisel: Measure of a program

Source: WR Gordon to hold pro day Tuesday

Ex-Boston College RB Harris to play at Temple

NFL players teach more than football at The Opening

Buckeyes dismiss senior Klein following arrest

Xconomy Life Sciences
Lux Bio Resurfaces With Defined Path for Pill for Rare Eye Disease

The Best Boring Companies in Biotech

U-M Tech Transfer Office, MVCA Announce Partnership

Novo Nordisk Weaves Itself Into Seattle Biotech, With Diabetes R&D

TechTown Hosts North African Entrepreneurs as Part of State Dept. Program

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)