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b3c newswire
ZZ Biotech Initiates Phase 1 Study with 3K3A-APC for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke

AiCuris Promising Drugs Against Herpes Simplex (AIC316) and Human Cytomegalovirus (Letermovir, ...

CEVEC Licenses its Proprietary Human Cell Lines to Paragon Bioservices, Inc.

Cambridge Research Biochemicals Signs Deal with LI-COR Biosciences for Infrared Dye Labelled ...

2. Laupheimer Zelltage Attracts Top Scientists to Discuss Recent Advances in Biomanufacturing

BioSpace
Fresenius Kabi AG Threatens to Sue Doc Over Study

Dyslexia May be Caused by Signal Processing Problem in Brain, Max Planck Institute Study

How Stress and Depression Can Shrink the Brain, Yale University Study

Roche Requested by National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) to Provide Further Zelboraf Data

"Selfish" DNA in Animal Mitochondria Offers Possible Tool to Study Aging, Oregon State University Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
PharmAthene, Inc. Release: Exercises Options Under Contract for Nerve Agent Medical Countermeasure Program

Auris Medical AG Completes Enrollment in First Stage of AM-101 TACTT1 Study

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Drug RAD001 Plus Reduced Tacrolimus Provides Similar Efficacy and Better Renal Function Compared to Standard Tacrolimus, Study Shows

Biota Holdings Limited Shareholders Meeting on Proposed Merger With Nabi Biopharmaceuticals

Spectrum Pharmaceutical Research Corporation Announces Authorization Of Stock Repurchase Program up to $100 Million

Biotech News - Business Wire
Fresenius Medical Care and Chef Aaron McCargo Jr. Offer Tips for Tasty, Dialysis-Friendly Summer Meals on the Grill

BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. to Present at the Wedbush PacGrow Life Sciences Management Access Conference

Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Patient Lifts and Lateral Transfer Devices

Fibrocell Science, Inc. Announces Annual General Meeting

Cook Medical's Ongoing Zilver® PTX® Trial Data Show Higher Freedom From Target Lesion Revascularization (TLR) Rates Compared to Angioplasty and Bare Metal Stenting After Three Years

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Rosetta Genomics Receives 2012 North American Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award by Frost & Sullivan

New In Vitro Study Data Show That Wound Dressing With Silver Kills Multidrug-Resistant Organisms

Z Trim Holdings Adds Top Paper Industry Executive to Advisory Board

New Stroke Drug from ZZ Biotech Produced by Laureate Biopharma

Elsevier Expands Access to Digital Offerings Through Collaboration with Follett

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
Innovation Bank Proposed

China Invests in U.K. Diagnostics Startup

Alzheimer's Drug Bapineuzumab Fails in Second Trial

Nanobiotix teams up with PharmaEngine in Nanomedicine Deal

Pharma Heads Back to School

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
Research and Markets: Vitamin D Deficiency Disorders Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2012

U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research to Present Results of OxyBand Wound Dressing Clinical Trial at Military Health System Research Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida August 13-16, 2012

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

Research and Markets: e-Clinical Trial Solutions Market to 2018 - Growing Complexity of Clinical Trials and Increased Focus on Accuracy and Efficiency Drive Trial Sponsors to Adopt Novel Technologies

Cardiovascular Systems Reports Fiscal 2012 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Financial Results

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Mutations Disrupt Cellular Recycling and Cause a Childhood Genetic Disease

Elcelyx Therapeutics Extends Series B Financing for Late-Stage Clinical Programs in Weight Loss and Diabetes

New regulatory mechanism discovered in cell system for eliminating unneeded proteins

Looking to Lose Weight New Study Shows Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup Perform Equally on a Reduced Calorie Diet

GeNO LLC Receives FDA Marketing Clearance For Its Inhaled Nitric Oxide Drug Delivery Device

CNN Top Stories
Pit bull adopts goat as puppy

Police criticized in Norway massacre

Calif. fires force evacuations

Opinon: Pick won't help Romney

Man accused of reselling old meat

Contract Pharma
InSite Vision, Merck Amend AzaSite Terms

Elan To Spin-Off Discovery Unit

Molecular Profiles, Onyx Form Services Alliance

BioStorage, RUCDR in Bioprocessing Pact

Bosch Expands Capacity in India

FDA Drugs- What's New
Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Riesgo de convulsiones en pacientes con esclerosis múltiple que toman Ampyra (dalfampridine)

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Riesgo de convulsiones en pacientes con esclerosis múltiple que toman Ampyra (dalfampridine)

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Seizure risk for multiple sclerosis patients who take Ampyra (dalfampridine)

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 News - Business Wire
Intelliject, Inc. Receives FDA Approval for Auvi-Q (epinephrine injection, USP)

Cannabis Science Announces Initiation of GMP Development Plan for CS-TATI-1

Teva Receives FDA Acceptance of Its New Drug Application for Quartette (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol tablets and ethinyl estradiol tablets) for the Prevention of Pregnancy

Resumen: Sapheon anuncia los datos de un año de seguimiento en un estudio realizado a 38 pacientes que han recibido tratamiento para las venas varicosas

Acorda Therapeutics Announces Top Line Results of Post-Marketing Commitment Study Exploring 5 mg Dose of Dalfampridine-ER

FDA Press Releases
FDA approves Lucentis to treat diabetic macular edema

FDA approves Marqibo to treat rare type of leukemia

FDA revises safety information and limits use of Stryker Wingspan brain stent system

FDA approves first generic versions of Singulair to treat asthma, allergies

FDA approves Zaltrap for metastatic colorectal cancer

FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
Black Widow Spider Antivenin (Latrodectus mactans)(Equine) Packaged Lot 0585Z: Information about Expiration Date and Use

Cord Blood Banking - Information for Consumers

Package Insert - Twinrix

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

FierceBiotech
Pfizer preps $100M animal health IPO

Elcelyx sheds stealth status, adds venture bucks as it seeks obesity pacts

UPDATED: Elan stokes buyout buzz with plan for $130M R&D spinout

Both low and OK'd doses of Acorda's Ampyra fall shy of key endpoint

Elan stokes buyout buzz with plan for $130M R&D spinout

FierceBiotech IT
U.K. scientists tap into ehealth research with Centers of Excellence

Merck to draw on social network for psoriasis patients

Schadt reflects on first year at $100M genomics center

FDA taps data-mining tech for drug safety research

Sanofi eyes diabetics with social media

FierceBiotech Research
University of Cambridge debuts latest stem cell research institute

Nanomaterial propels self-repair for damaged hearts

Nanomaterial propels animals' heart attack-damaged hearts to repair themselves

Absence of specific protein might trigger muscular dystrophy brain-function decline

Another key to breast cancer metastasis: The TRPM7 protein

FiercePharma
Icahn accuses Forest of hidden 'poison pill'

Sun finally nabs Taro with $600M deal

Sanofi connects with diabetics using social media

Acorda MS drug falters in new walking study

NICE stiff-arms Roche melanoma drug once again

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Falling Epogen sales crash on Amgen plant

Pfizer's manufacturing changes help it hit emissions goal

Plant approval only bright spot in dismal ViroPharma quarter

Amgen to idle Epogen plant as sales fade away

Bloomberg: Strides Aroclab ponders sale of injectables operation

FierceVaccines
PharmAthene's anthrax vax put on hold as shares plummet

Researchers discover malaria target

Immatics' kidney cancer vaccine extends lives in trials

Sanofi readies defense as judge rules antitrust lawsuit can proceed

Tuberculosis vaccine may reverse Type 1 diabetes

Health News - BizJournals.com
Pfizer will spin off animal health business

Kansas City group pushes for smoke-free casinos

Linde completes purchase of Lincare

Kaiser income down 22% in Q2

Aetna names new chief for Ohio, Kentucky operations

Health News - CNBC
FDA extends review time for NPS Pharma's bowel drug by three months

Ryan's Way: How He Would Change Medicare

Varian Medical CEO plans to retire, COO promoted

Taro agrees to long-sought acquisition by Sun

Acorda MS drug fails goal of post-marketing study

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
Elan to Cut Loose its Discovery Subsidiary

Some Better News for Avastin

Amgen Anticancer Antibody Bites the Dust

Cushioning the Patent Impact and Preparing for Growth: Analysis of Big Pharma's Diversification Strategies to Overcome Industry Challenges

Alzheimer's Disease Antibody Bombs

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Biostem Medical Director, Dr. Marina Pizarro Performs First Biostem Method(TM) of Hair Re-Growth Procedures at Orlando Training Facility Located at the Pizarro Hair Restoration Clinic

GeoVax Reports 2012 Second Quarter Financial Results

L'lites sexes doit faire partie du paysage urbain canadien

Radiant Sage Receives Prestigious Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement Award for Its Clinical Trial Image Management Solution

PatientsLikeMe and Merck Establish Health Information Collaboration Focused on Psoriasis

MassBio News
Stericycle Hosting Four FREE DOT Hazmat Trainings for MassBio Members Via Webex

Stericycle Adds SteriSafe for MassBio Members

FierceBiotech will announce 2012 "Fierce 15" at BioPharm America in September

State, Local and Industry Officials Join KeraFAST to Open New Headquarters in Boston, MA

MLSC 2012 Capital Program Announcement

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
ADP and The Vitality Group Partner To Help Midsized Companies Control Healthcare Costs

New helicopters mark new era for U-M Health System's Survival Flight

West Clinic Welcomes Richard E. Fine, MD, FACS, Top Breast Cancer Surgeon

Adam Chasse Named to New Executive Post at RxTrials, Inc.

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Rosetta Genomics for Its Strategic Excellence and Strong Contribution to Next-Generation Diagnostics

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
Reply to In support of the European Union biosimilar framework

In support of the European Union biosimilar framework

It's the problem, stupid!

Adult stem cell therapies walk the line

Biotech weathers 2Q12 slump

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
Beware the Nocebo Effect

Amgen, Citing Weak Results, Halts Study of Pancreatic Cancer Drug

Bristol Executive Is Accused of Inside Deals

Prescription Skin Creams Jump in Price

Pfizer Settles U.S. Charges of Overseas Bribery

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
PHT Corporation Leads Pharmaceutical Industry in Patient-Reported Clinical Trial Data Integration

Medgenics Announces Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results

Research and Markets: Global Breast Cancer Drugs Market 2011-2015: The Global Breast Cancer Drugs Market to Grow at a CAGR of 1.7 Percent over the Period 2011-2015

Quintiles Acquires Expression Analysis, Premier Provider of Genomics Services, to Advance Personalized Medicine

Rasheda Ali, Daughter of Legendary Muhammad Ali and Advisory Board Member of BrainStorm, Visits Company Laboratories and Clinical Trials Site at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
SAIC Completes Acquisition of maxIT Healthcare

Research and Markets: Drug Stores and Health and Beauty Stores in France: Market Snapshot to 2016

ATG Acquires United Rehab Specialists Complex Rehabilitation Business

Bethesda 5K Run to Raise Money for Pediatric Cancer Patients

Over 1 Billion Stepped in CafeWell and HealthAmerica's Race to the Moon

Pharma News - PR Newswire
The Wound Institute® Named a 2012 Gold Award Winner For Its Online Medical Education Platform

Gauze With Hemostatic Agent Kaolin Shown To Stop Bleeding In Severe Bleeding Model Of Hemorrhagic Shock

Public Voting Now Open to Help Grant Two $20,000 Abbott CFCareForward Scholarships to Students with Cystic Fibrosis

Senokot-S® Tablets Stages a Scene in New York's Penn Station This Summer to Stop Commuters From Getting Derailed by Occasional Constipation

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Helps Explain Health Care Law's Contraception Coverage Provision

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
1DegreeBio Launches Online Resource for Stem Cell Researchers

DSI Launches PhysioTel Digital: The First Fully-Digital Telemetry...

Protect Yourself: Supplement to Consumer Reports Cover Article On...

The Scientist's 5th Annual Top 10 Innovations Competition

Study Start-up: A Comparison Across Emerging Markets

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Wendell A. Turner, MD, FACOG Becomes An InTone Specialist

CMI/Compas Releases Study Results Showing Promotional Access and...

Navarro Pharmacy Continues Compliance with ACHC Accreditation

Announcement of Price Increase for Grey Defence the #1 Grey Hair...

Live Like an Olympic Athlete: 9 Tips to Gain a Competitive Edge in...

Scientific American
Highest Possible Resolution Color Images Achieved

Invasive Fungi Wreak Havoc on Species World-Wide [Slide Show]

"Extreme Mechanics" Experts Crumple Materials in Remarkable Ways

How Do Beetles Walk Underwater

See Change: Rapid Emergence of New Sea Star Species Illustrates Evolution's Power

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Nova coach with resume discrepancies resigns

Nova asst. resigns due to resume inaccuracies

Despite claims, no record of Nova asst. playing

Villanova investigating new assistant's resume

Marquette reports potential violation to NCAA

Sports News - ESPN
New No. 1 Kiffin gives up vote in coaches' poll

Penn St. trustees express support for Erickson

Wisconsin's Ball says he wasn't involved in fight

Penn State's board signals support for Erickson

Michigan to get Toussaint back; Roundtree out

Xconomy Life Sciences
Brace Yourself: Biotech IPOs Are Beating Tech's Big Names

Genentech Gets FDA OK of Lucentis for Diabetic Eye Disease

Infinity & Dicerna Among the Week's Life Sciences Newsmakers

Join Risa Stack, Tony Coles & More for Reinventing Biotech

Connect Takes on Programs after TechAmerica Closes San Diego Office

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)