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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
Dopamine: A Substance With Many Messages, Max Planck Institute Study

Cost Cuts Help Actelion Ltd. Lift Earnings View

Guardian Point Asks Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd to Up Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Offer

European Medicines Agency Accepts Pfizer Inc.'s Bazedoxifene/Conjugated Estrogens MAA for Review

How Thoughts Become a Psychiatric Diagnosis, Reveals

BioSpace - Breaking News
Thermo Fisher Scientific and Partner for Expanded Capabilities

SAIC's $473 Million Aquisition to More than Double Commercial Health Care Business

Chengdu Hoist Selling Animal Health Business

Sarepta Therapeutics (Formerly known as AVI BioPharma, Inc.)'s Marburg Virus Drug Shows Survival in Primates Despite Delayed Treatment

Phrixus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Reports Positive Preclinical Results in Respiratory Disease in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy After Subcutaneous Delivery of Carmeseal(TM) at Very Low Doses

Biotech News - Business Wire
DARA BioSciences Names Stephen Jaeger to Board

Cerus to Release Second Quarter 2012 Results on August 2, 2012

New SEEDS Supplier Added to Premier's High Risk OBGYN Specialty Products Portfolio

IncellDx® Receives North American Product Leadership Award in the Molecular Diagnostics Market From Frost & Sullivan

Exact Sciences to Host Second-Quarter 2012 Results, Annual Meeting Webcasts and Calls

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Hologic Announces Pricing Of Financing In Connection With Acquisition Of Gen-Probe

HYCOR Elects New Member to Board of Directors

Venture-Backed Life Science Companies Hit 7 Year Highs in Large Acquisitions

Lifeline Biotechnologies' First Warning Systems

Critical Process Filtration Announces New Website and Expanded Literature Library

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
Senator Turns Heat Up on FDA in Spying Scandal

Vivus Obesity Drug Gains FDA Approval

Senator Says FDA Spying on Whistleblowers was Authorized

AstraZeneca Ramping up Virtual Neuroscience Effort

Chelsea Therapeutics' CEO Steps Down

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
Patient Recruiters International, Inc. Launches Clinicalstudy.org

Samenvatting: Obalon rond financiering af voor non-chirurgisch apparaat voor gewichtsverlies

Resumen: Obalon® obtiene financiación de serie C de $16,5 millones y consigue un hito importante en relación con la provisión de un dispositivo novel y no quirúrgico para la pérdida de peso

Viral Genetics Begins Phase 1 Clinical Trial for Ovarian Cancer

Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings Announces 2012 Second Quarter Results

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Psychiatric Times Features Special Coverage on Sleep Disorders

New Research Reported At The Alzheimer's Association® International Conference Advances Validation Of New Diagnostic Guidelines

The Best Radiation Therapy Solution just got Better

Se publican nuevos avances de investigación en la Alzheimer's Association International Conference® 2012

Nouveau bilan des progrès de la recherche depuis l'Alzheimer's Association International Conference® 2012

CNN Top Stories
Working moms of CNN

Conan's take on Batman conspiracy

Opinion: Will veepstakes buzz fizzle

Abduction attempt caught on camera

Emmy noms announced

Contract Pharma
Array Achieves Amgen Clinical Milestone

PAREXEL In Korean Drug Development Alliance

ScinoPharm to Manufacture API for Obesity Drug

Amicus Therapeutics, GSK Expand Fabry Pact

MedImmune Restructures Vaccines Business

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
pSivida Corp. Receives FDA Clearance for Pivotal Trials for Injectable Sustained-Release Micro-Insert to Treat Uveitis

BioCryst to Report Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results on August 2, 2012

Resumen: Declaración de ACRO sobre la propuesta de la Comisión Europea para la regulación de los ensayos clínicos

Déclaration de lACRO sur la proposition de la Commission européenne de réglementer les essais cliniques

Riassunto: Dichiarazione della ACRO in merito alla proposta della Commissione Europea per la regolamentazione delle sperimentazioni cliniche

FDA Press Releases
FDA approves weight-management drug Qsymia

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 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
Faded star at Pfizer leads to discounted $68M IPO for Durata

EnVivo grabs Alzheimer's spotlight with promising PhIIb results

Plavix tops U.S. sales ranks, but not for long

Infinity restructures drug deal, raises $27.5M as it scrambles to refocus

Multibillion-dollar R&D strategy is paying off for Novartis

FierceBiotech IT
Boehringer backs study of mobile diabetes care

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

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
Novartis leans on emerging markets, new meds to offset Diovan drop

Next up for HIV prevention testing: Viiv's Selzentry

New bill aims to mandate abuse-deterrent painkillers

Common MS drugs don't prevent disability, study finds

Lexapro sales tank by 81% as Icahn fires back at Forest Labs

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Novartis' Q2 sales hit after Excedrin production woes

Sanofi plant adds 40 to produce SkyePharma product

India kicks track and trace further down the road

Docs reportedly get smuggled cancer drugs in Pakistan bazaar

J&J 'decree' upgrades cost 200 jobs in Puerto Rico

FierceVaccines
Oral vax rides on advanced microparticles

Galena stock jumps with NeuVax patent

HIV-positive patients approved for smallpox vax in an emergency

University of Birmingham explores attitudes toward polio vax in India

Silk could eliminate 'cold chain' need

Health News - BizJournals.com
Dayton's Top 7 Physicians Groups

LabCorp earnings up $30.4 million

Sutter to consolidate some office functions

CareSource awards $10,000 to nonprofit

Santa Clara retail site to become clinic

Health News - CNBC
CVS expects more Walgreen-Express Scripts gains

CVS still sees rivals' resolved spat boosting profit

News Summary: UnitedHealth profit beats estimates

90 Seconds with Art Cashin: 'Rally Almost Perverse''

Lab testing firms Quest, LabCorp face low volume growth

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
LMI Names New Senior Vice President for Resource Management

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

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Allezoe Medical Holdings (ALZM) Announces Acquisition Agreement

Quadrant EPP Earns OSHA's STAR Site Distinction

Thallion Announces Sale of its Stake in Caprion Proteomics

Agile Therapeutics Raises $40 Million in a Series C Financing

Physicians Interactive Announces New Zero-Click eCoupon(TM) Solution

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
Lee National Denim Day® Names American Cancer Society® As New Beneficiary

Gentiva® Health Services Schedules Second Quarter 2012 Earnings Call And Webcast For Thursday, August 2, 2012

Cardica To Announce Fiscal 2012 Fourth Quarter And Full Year Financial Results On Thursday, August 2, 2012

Ellman International Launches Multi-stage Growth Plan With Acquisition Of Sandstone Medical Technologies

EMR Daily News Aligns with UBM Medica US for Unique Marketing and Distribution Partnership

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
Kerry Kennedy Cites Possible Seizure in Car Crash

Some Legal Clarity on Generic Drugs

F.D.A. Approves Qsymia, a Weight-Loss Drug

Trial Hints Baxter’s Gammagard Can Slow Alzheimer’s

Dozens Are Charged in Medicaid Drug Scheme

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: Diversification in the Pharmaceutical Industry - Essential For Survival or an Unnecessary Distraction

FLOOR 13 investit dans Reflux Medical GmbH, un centre de diagnostic et de thérapie pour le traitement du reflux

For the Treatment of Fibromyalgia, Eli Lilly/Boehringer Ingelheim's Cymbalta Was the Patient- and Market-Share Leading Agent in the United States in 2011, after Surpassing Pfizer's Lyrica in 2010

Ligand Partner Pfizer Announces European Medicines Agency Accepts Regulatory Submission for Bazedoxifene/Conjugated Estrogens for the Treatment of Symptoms Associated with Menopause and Osteoporosis

Press Conf: AHF to Welcome 500 AIDS Advocates from Across U.S. at Union Station

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
UW System eCampus Healthcare Information Technology College Chat

NeuroLogica Announces Successful Validation with Mazor Robotics

Update - Health Canada Announces Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study

SANOFI ANNOUNCES 2012 PATIENT GROUP BURSARY WINNERS

Aetna Adapts to Changing Healthcare Market by Embracing ACO Model

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Securities Lawyers at Goldfarb LLP Seeking More Money, Information for Stockholders of Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc.

Celladon Corporation Receives Patent from United States Patent and Trademark Office

The Franklin Institute Receives $2.5 Million Gift From Teva Pharmaceuticals

Demand For BPS Board Certified Pharmacists Continues To Increase: Complex medication regimens and challenges in healthcare delivery contribute to exponential growth

Maximum-Strength Formulation Offers Highest Concentration and Purity

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
California Healthcare Institute Expands Sacramento Staff; Board...

LED Grow Light Developer, Prosource Worldwide, Launches Facebook Page

New York Times Bestselling Thriller, WIRED, Now Only $3.95

Webinar Announcement: CHA Life Sciences Consulting: Leveraging Our...

World's First Crowdfunded Genome Sequencing Project Uncovers...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Nearly 2/3 of Rx Payments in Florida Paid to Physicians Who Dispense...

Nearly Half of Rx Payments in Maryland Paid to Physicians Who Dispense...

More Than 1/4 of Rx Payments in Pennsylvania Paid to Physicians Who...

Nearly 40% of Rx Payments in Connecticut Paid to Physicians Who...

New Regulations Limit the Prices Paid for Doctor-Dispensed Rx and...

Scientific American
Coning In: New Ways to Tap Old Data Boost Hurricane Forecast Accuracy

Controversial Spewed Iron Experiment Succeeds as Carbon Sink

FDA Approves First Drug to Prevent HIV Infection

Partners Line Up to Join the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Mostly the Big-Brained Survive

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
Saban: Tax Penn State athletics to benefit kids

Penn St. trustees chair vows changes will occur

Report: TCU settles suit from Big East for $5M

Report: Big East drops lawsuit filed against TCU

Pitt to pay $7.5M to leave Big East in July 2013

Xconomy Life Sciences
From One Japanese Backer to Another: Galenea Advances Brain Drugs

San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Life, BioSurplus, Obalon, & More

Biotech VCs, in Shadow of Tech, Start Delivering More Hits

NanoString Makes IPO Prep Move, Adds Finance Vet to Board

Vivus Wins FDA Approval for Obesity Drug, After Long, Messy Day

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)