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b3c newswire
Sartorius Stedim Biotech Recognized as Innovations Honoree for FlexMoSys

New Campaign for Rentschler's 'Facility of the Year'

Berthold Awards Marlene DeLuca Prices

Berthold Launches TriStar² Microplate Reader

Encap Announces $ 2 Million Capital Expenditure Programme

BioSpace
FDA Approves Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s Truvada Pill for HIV Prevention

FDA Approves Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s Truvada(R) for Reducing the Risk of Acquiring HIV

New Gene Mutations Linked to ALS and Nerve Cell Growth Dysfunction, University of Massachusetts Medical School Study

Copper's Previously Unknown Exit Strategy From the Body, Johns Hopkins University Study

Coferon, Inc. Announces $12 Million Series B Financing

BioSpace - Breaking News
Favorable July 12 Safety Monitoring Committee Meeting for Nymox Pharmaceutical Pivotal Phase 3 NX-1207 Trials

New Study Suggests That Use of Veracyte, Inc.'s Afirma® Gene Expression Classifier Helps to Significantly Reduce Surgeries in Patients with Ambiguous Thyroid Nodule Cytology Results

Makucell Announces Key Scientific Findings for Its Proprietary Technology, Asymmtate

Stevens Institute of Technology and mPhase Technologies, Inc. to Partner on Research and Business

StemCells Inc. Announces Its Human Neural Stem Cells Restore Memory in Models of Alzheimer's Disease

Biotech News - Business Wire
NYU Langone Only Hospital in New York to Rank in Top 10 for Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation by U.S. News & World Report 2012-2013 Best Hospitals

BIO India International Conference to Bring Global Biotechnology Industry Leaders to Mumbai

LipoScience to Present Scientific Data Highlighting the Diagnostic Capabilities of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Based Assays at AACC 2012 Annual Meeting

Exactech Schedules Second Quarter 2012 Earnings Release and Conference Call

NYU Langone Medical Center Achieves Honor Roll Status in U.S. News & World Report's 2012-2013 Best Hospitals Ranking

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. announces the availability of XTN TALENs targeting every gene in the human genome

Conatus Pharmaceuticals Appoints Daniel Ripley As Head Of Corporate Development

FDA Approves Ferring's PREPOPIK (sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide, and anhydrous citric acid) For Colonoscopy Prep

The Biomedical Device Industry in America: Challenges at Home and Abroad

NineSigma Partners with Scientists Without Borders to Find New Sustainable Packaging for Micronutrient Powders that Combat Malnutrition

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
AstraZeneca Ramping up Virtual Neuroscience Effort

Chelsea Therapeutics' CEO Steps Down

Clinical Trials Waste Billions of Dollars Through Unnecessary Procedures

23andMe Acquires CureTogether

The Already-Approved Drug Researchers Think Can Combat Aging

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
The Woodlands Institute for Health and Wellness Pioneers Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Boost Clinical Lab Efficiency With the ThunderBolt® EIA+CLIA Automation Platform

Research and Markets: Clinical Chemistry Market Report & Forecast (2012 - 2015): Global Analysis - China Set to Double Market Revenue

Research and Markets: Nonmelanomatous Skin Cancer Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012 Includes An Overview Of The Trial Numbers And Their Recruitment Status

St. Joseph Hospital of Orange Enrolls First Patient for Los Angeles and Orange County Region in Landmark Hypertension Study

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Vitamin D Supplementation May Not Reduce Cholesterol-Related Heart Disease Risk, New Study Finds

Alzheimer's Treatment Study Reports Three Years With No Decline In Memory And Function At AAIC 2012

New Methods Reported For Safely And Accurately Disclosing Alzheimer's Disease Risk Based On Newly Approved Tests

AXIOS Stent and Delivery System CE Mark Approval Expanded to Include Biliary Tract Drainage

Genetic link to rapid weight gain from antipsychotics discovered

CNN Top Stories
Fugitive tried to steal plane, official says

Hundreds of penguins dead in Brazil

Suri Cruise's new Catholic school

New addition to 'Hunger Games' sequel

Absent first lady upstages Obama

Contract Pharma
PPD Names Stratgic Lab Ops VP

PharmaNet/i3 Appoints Neuroscience GM

BioStorage Expands To Asia Pacific Region\n

DSM, RECEPTA In Biologics Manufacturing Pact

GlaxoSmithKline To Aqcuire Human Genome Sciences

FDA Drugs- What's New
Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Nueva información sobre la prolongación del intervalo QT con ondansetrón (Zofran)

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Nueva información sobre la prolongación del intervalo QT con ondansetrón (Zofran)

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

FDA News - Business Wire
Illinois Expands Use of Advanced Technology to Help Reduce Medicaid Costs, Implement Structural Changes in Program

L'Agenzia per gli Alimenti e i Medicinali statunitense (Food and Drug Administration, FDA) approva Truvada® di Gilead per la riduzione del rischio di contrazione dell'HIV

Biogen Idec anuncia colaboración con instituciones de investigación líderes para secuenciar el genoma de los pacientes con ELA

Samenvatting: Biogen Idec legt genomen van patiënten met ALS vast

La Administración de Alimentos y Fármacos de Estados Unidos aprueba Truvada® de Gilead para reducir el riesgo de adquisición de VIH

FDA Press Releases
FDA approves new colon-cleansing drug for colonoscopy prep

FDA approves first drug for reducing the risk of sexually acquired HIV infection

FDA seeks to halt production, distribution of dietary supplements at NY company

FDA warns consumers about Listeria threat in Mexicali Cheese Corp. products

FDA outlines plans to provide earlier feedback on device product submissions

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
Senator blasts FDA for spying on internal whistleblowers

Analysts' frenzy over PhI success helps ignite Alnylam shares

AZ puts Brilinta up for another head-to-head fight with Plavix

Gammagard demonstrates signs of efficacy in PhII Alzheimer's study

Investors on high alert as D-Day arrives for Vivus's Qnexa

FierceBiotech IT
Sanofi pins winner in hunt for digital diabetes breakthroughs

Stanford rides Big Data wave in medical research

Quintiles, Allscripts to tap health IT data for drug research

Intel and NextBio seek Big Data upgrades in genomics

Eli Lilly aims to up social media game

FierceBiotech Research
Hopkins study exposes potential schizophrenia drug target

New 'molecular grenade' used to attack tumor cells

Researchers use gene therapy to treat spinal muscular atrophy

Researcher rebuts rival finding that ovarian stem cells exist

Rare gene mutation protects against Alzheimer's

FiercePharma
Appeals court ruling threatens pay-to-delay deals

J&J drug sales hold their own, thanks to foreign growth

Senator castigates FDA for spying on scientists' email

Gilead's Truvada wins final nod as HIV preventative

Par could fetch up to $2.5B from rival genericsmaker

FiercePharma Manufacturing
After cGMP no-no's cited, Indian drugmaker says FDA accepts remedies

Lonza seeks growth in China after securing IP

UPDATED: Serbia's Hemofarm responds to FDA import ban

UPDATED: Serbia's Hemofarm's reponds to FDA import ban

Hospira blames supplier's bad vials for latest recall

FierceVaccines
Silk could eliminate 'cold chain' need

MedImmune to cut 200 jobs, layoffs hit vax R&D

Novavax teams up to fight malaria

Australia backs plan to give HPV vax Gardasil to boys

Duke and Scripps grab $31M for HIV/AIDS vax research

Health News - BizJournals.com
Florida Hospital, Orlando Health ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report

Inova Fairfax topples Washington Hospital Center in U.S. News & World Report rankings

U.S. News ranks top Colorado hospitals

Top Arizona hospitals ranked by U.S. News & World Report

Biogen Idec teams with Duke to take on ALS

Health News - CNBC
StanCorp's 2Q outlook disappoints, shares tumble

Analyst keeps 'Outperform' rating on CVS Caremark

Forest Labs profit plunges; Icahn renews his attack

J&J hit by strong dollar, CEO eyes pruning units

UNESCO awards Equatorial Guinea prize despite outcry

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
Scorecard Chides Administration on Synthetic Bio Policy Follow-Up

GSK Finally Bags HGS in $3B Deal

Can DNA Be Downloaded

Duke, Scripps to Anchor New NIAID-Funded HIV/AIDS Center

AstraZeneca Acquires Neurodegenerative Disease Assets and Establishes Research Consortium

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Douglas Elected to Battelle's Board of Directors

IVD Market Exceeded 50 Billion Dollars in 2011: Kalorama

Launch of Biosimilar mAbs in Europe & New Regulatory Pathways in the US to Spur Market Growth

Medical Mutual of Ohio Selects Pegasystems

Stem Cell Therapeutics Annual General Meeting

MassBio News
Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals Releases Impact Report

Four Entrepreneurs Begin MassCONNECT Mentoring

BioPharm America 2012 program to feature first SciBX: Science-Business eXchange Innovation in BioPharma Summit

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center 2012-13 Accelerator Loan Program

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

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
CMA Media Awards for Health Reporting: Call for Entries - New Awards Categories Introduced

MEDTEC Events und European Medical Device Technology, Europas führende paneuropäische Quellen für die MedTech-Gemeinschaft, veröffentlichen Branchenüberblick und stellen Umfrageergebnisse vor

National Cancer Institute Awards $3 Million Grant to Arizona State University

Your Pain Has a Name: Vulvodynia

University of Ottawa Medical Research Arm Eliminates Storage Boundaries with EMC Isilon

National Center for Biotechnology Information
GenBank Submission Tools Announcements

GTR News

GEO Series Releases

ClinVar News and Announcements

Behind The Headlines - Health News from NHS Choices

Nature Biotechnology
Incorporating biomarkers into clinical trial designs: points to consider

TAL effector RVD specificities and efficiencies

Gene therapy matures in the clinic

From academic solos to industrial symphonies

Reading cancer's blueprint

New York Times- Biotechnology
Novel Blood Treatment Lures Athletes in Pain to Germany

Athletes With Chronic Pain Turn to Novel Blood Treatment

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

New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
U.S. Priority on Illegal Drugs Debated as Pill Abuse Rises

Drug Approved to Fight H.I.V. Infection

Despite Deal With TPG, Speculation That Par Could Garner Higher Bids

Glaxo to Buy Human Genome Sciences for $3 Billion

Glaxo Is Said to Be Near a Deal for Human Genome Sciences

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
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Cegedim Relationship Management and IMS Health Expand Cooperation

Cegedim Relationship Management e a IMS Health expandem sua colaboração

Cegedim Relationship Management und IMS Health erweitern Zusammenarbeit

Riassunto: Cegedim Relationship Management e IMS Health ampliano la collaborazione

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
The Promise to Amanda Foundation Pushes For Higher Standards of Patient Safety Among Families and Professionals

Fifty Shades of Grey, What it Means For a Woman's Libido And According to Dr. Diana Hoppe How it Benefits the Health of Women Everywhere

Marginalized Populations around the World Unite, Call for Revised Approach to Global HIV Epidemic

Welcome Home, Hélène Campbell! - Harper Government Announces Organ Transplant Investment

European Commission Grants Orphan Medicinal Product Designation for Emmaus Medical's Sickle Cell Treatment

Pharma News - PR Newswire
PuraMed BioScience®, Inc., Achieves Six-Month Goals with NACDS and Kicks Off the Second Half of 2012 with Aggressive LipiGesic® M Awareness and Sales Campaigns Nationwide

Iowa's Stop-Sale System Achieves Significant Results In Battle Against Meth

Louisiana's Stop-Sale System Achieves Significant Results In Battle Against Meth

North Dakota's Stop-Sale System Achieves Significant Results In Battle Against Meth

Florida's Stop-Sale System Achieves Significant Results In Battle Against Meth

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
8 and 12 Channel Reservoir Trough Plates for Multi Channel Pipettes

Doctors Say They are More Responsive to Sales Presentations Given on...

Introducing EMPAT, a Fully Automatic Aseptic Sampling System for...

Cayman Enterprise City a Special Economic Zone in the Cayman Islands...

Pamela Morley Joins Real Time Genomics as Vice President of Worldwide...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Rottenstein Law Group Concerned That J&J Pinnacle Has Harmed Even...

Pradaxa® Heart Attack and Bleeding Claims are Currently Being...

4D Pharmacy Management Launches Robust Website

ACRIA to Address HIV/Aging Issues, More, at XIX International AIDS...

Global Market for RFID in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals to Reach...

Scientific American
Open-Access of U.K.-Funded Science Papers Will Start in 2013

Early Intervention Could Help Autistic Children Learn to Speak

Fuel Cell Treats Wastewater and Harvests Energy

Open-Access of UK-Funded Science Papers Will Start in 2013

Cache Crop: Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers [VIDEO]

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Knight hires former Hoosier as Lamar assistant

Colorado adapting well to its Pac-12 home

Gottlieb: 2012-13 Pac-12 Power Rankings

Top recruit Parker to undergo right heel MRI

NCAA opts to keep APR system, penalties same

Sports News - ESPN
Anti-Paterno statue banner flown over stadium

Butch Davis hoping to coach in college again

NCAA prez signals heavy sanctions for PSU

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl set for Dec. 26

Former PSU president disputes Freeh report

Xconomy Life Sciences
Stealthy Gen9 Rolls Out BioFab for Large-Scale Gene Manufacturing

In Unexpected Plus, BioSurplus Raises $2.4M in Oversubscribed Round

Life Technologies Buys Navigenics in New Gene Diagnostics Strategy

MedImmune Cuts 200 Jobs in Bay Area, Keeping Hayward R&D Site

Genome Dynamics on Taking Overactive Bladder Biomarker Tests Mainstream

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)