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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
Sanofi (France) Pulls Leukemia Drug Ahead of Possible OK for Lemtrada

A Urine Based "Potion" Can Act as a CO2 Absorbent, Study

Bacteria Clump Up to Infect Bloodstream, University of Michigan Study

Inspired By Genetics, Chemistry Finally Takes Hold of Its Own Code, University of Geneva Study

Red Wine Compound Can Improve Mobility in Elderly, Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
Almac Diagnostics Announces Launch of Next Generation Sequencing Service for Personalised Medicine

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd CEO Steps Down but Leaves Company Well Positioned

Allergan Inc. and Molecular Partners AG Enter Into $1.5 Billion Exclusive Alliance

BioDelivery Sciences International Announces Completion of Enrollment in Pivotal Pharmacokinetic Study of BEMA Buprenorphine/Naloxone Compared to Suboxone

NanoViricides, Inc. Reports That Oral Administration of FluCide Anti-Influenza Drug Candidates Led to Survival Improvements Comparable to IV Administration and Was Far Superior to Oseltamivir, in a Highly Lethal Animal Model

Biotech News - Business Wire
Fluidigm Announces Exercise of Underwriters Over-Allotment Option and Closing of $60 million Public Offering of Common Stock

Truven Health Analytics Defines Best Practices for Unlocking the Analytical Value of ICD-10 Disease Classification System

Systagenix Launches New Wound Care Products in Brazil

Systagenix lança novos produtos para tratamento de feridas no Brasil

iRounds Mobile Health App Powered By Online Tech's HIPAA Compliant Cloud

Biotech News - PR Newswire
MO BIO Laboratories, Inc. Becomes Exclusive Sponsor Of Nature's Human Microbiota Special

IntelliCell BioSciences Files Patent Application for a New Mechanical Method to Separate Stromal Vascular Fraction from the Blood Vessels in Adipose Tissue

POET And Agrivida Sign Technology Collaboration Joint Development Agreement

Autism and Cord Blood Stem Cells: FDA Gives Green Light for Groundbreaking Clinical Trial

Biopharmaceutical Service Providers Announce Collaborative Opening of Boston, MA Office

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
Elan to Shed Drug Discovery Unit

RNA Therapeutics in the Dealmaking Spotlight

Pfizer's Animal Health Unit Zoetis Files IPO

Inching Closer to a Pill for Men

Whistleblower Sues Genentech

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
AUXILIO, Inc. to Present at Southern California Investor Conference on August 30th

Advanced Instruments Begins Shipments of A2O Automated Osmometers to Clinical Laboratories

Research and Markets: Mycobacterium Infections Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012

New Technology Reduces Healing Time After Laser Surgery

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Appoints John S. Yu, MD, as Interim Chief Executive Officer

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) Creates New Central "Reference" Lab, Standardizing Ability to Measure Performance of Malaria Vaccine Formulations

InSightec Receives FDA Approval to Begin Phase I Parkinson's Trial

Juventas Therapeutics doses first patient in Phase II STOP-HF trial

Shedding Light on a Hidden Epidemic - AASLD Endorses the Centers for Disease Control's Plan to Identify Those Infected with Hepatitis C Virus

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Awards Grant to Continue Development of Computational Tools for Tuberculosis Drug Discovery

CNN Top Stories
Syria today: Reporter dies in gun battle

Photos: Diana Nyad swim cut short

Man, 80, rides coaster 80 times

Valedictorian not sorry for 'hell' line

TSA confiscates snakes in bag

Contract Pharma
Biopharma Providers Open Boston Office

Ipsen, Inspiration Restructure Hemophilia Pact

Almac Launches Next Gen Sequencing Service

Allergan, Molecular Partners Expand Alliance

United Drug to Acquire Bilcare GCS

FDA Drugs- What's New
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Codeine use in certain children after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy may lead to rare, but life-threatening adverse events or death

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)

FDA News - Business Wire
FDA Approves Labeling Changes for GE Healthcare's Optison (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP)

U.S. Food And Drug Administration Extends Action Date For Tofacitinib New Drug Application By Three Months

NanoLogix Rapid Diagnostic Technologies Set to Enter Market Under FDA 510K-Exempt Status

CORRECTING and REPLACING Texas Workers Compensation Dept. Adopts Medical Treatment Guidelines Recommending STAR Ankle Replacement System Exclusively

STAR Total Ankle Replacement to Be Featured on CNBC and Bloomberg International Network

FDA Press Releases
FDA approves first generic Actos to treat type 2 diabetes

FDA recommends X-ray or other imaging on implanted heart defibrillators with St. Jude Medical Riata leads to help guide treatment

FDA warns of risk of death from codeine use in some children following surgeries

FDA approves vaccines for the 2012-2013 influenza season

FDA approves vaccine formulation for the 2012-2013 influenza season

FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
Extension of Expiration Date for Black Widow Spider Antivenin Lot 0667018 (in packaged lot 0585Z) until February 12, 2013 And Instructions for Diluent Use

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

FierceBiotech
FDA pushes back PDUFA date on crucial Pfizer app for tofacitinib

Buzz: Genomics startup Halcyon Molecular tanks

Controversial stem cell treatment put to test in groundbreaking autism study

Allergan adds $1.5B R&D pact as it builds ophthalmology pipeline

Kineta uses unorthodox strategy to push autoimmune drug into clinic

FierceBiotech IT
DNA data-crunching contest draws Sanofi, NIH, others

10 Big Pharma smartphone apps

Lilly's 'big data' ally finds new Indy digs for IT workers

IMS bags planning tech for clinical trials with TTC buyout

Big data analytics bolsters hunt for elusive Huntington's drugs

FierceBiotech Research
A cool $1M to fund preclinical work on nanotech/siRNA drug

Old antifungal drug also fights tumors, researchers discover

A cool $1M to fund preclinical work on nanotech/siRNA cancer drug

Scientists discover wound-healing secret

Dana-Farber, Broad Institute spot CYCLOPS gene class in cancer fight

FiercePharma
Sanofi pulls Campath to clear way for higher-priced Lemtrada

Novo CFO: Why we're not fussed about new threats to Victoza

Novartis, India face off over patent-protection future there

Panel to recommend testing for HIV as routinely as cholesterol

FDA has four big drug decisions lined up

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Cambrex puts $19 million in Iowa API plant to fulfill new contract

B. Braun completes 30,000-liter solutions plant in Spain

API growth to spurt in Central, South America

GSK closes 50-year-old India plant, 'retires' 330

It is overfilled pain drug in latest Hospira recall

FierceVaccines
Merck's Gardasil the HPV vax of choice in Scotland

Heart disease vaccine steps closer

Antigen Discovery receives $2.5M grant for malaria vax

Feds cut ebola vax funding

FDA approves 6 flu vaccines

Health News - BizJournals.com
Concussion report: Living through the fog of football

Western Health Advantage expanding

Kindred Healthcare to buy IntegraCare

Sacramento health exec retiring

Ranbaxy launches new generic drug in U.S.

Health News - CNBC
FDA warns Medtronic on manufacturing guideline violations

NPS says FDA committee will review Gattex in Oct.

Danger of New Normal

FDA extends review for Pfizer arthritis drug by three months

Heart valves, stents lift Medtronic 2Q net income

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
Convergence CT Deploys Advanced Clinical Data Warehouse at Advocate Health Care

It's Tool Time for VCs

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Invests $11.9 Million in NARSAD Grants for a New Generation of Mental Health Research

AstraZeneca Partners on miRNA Inhibitors

Firms Flock to Epic's CTC Platform

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Issues Letter to Shareholders

Barrett Distribution Centers on Inc. 500|5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies

BioCentury and Nature Publishing Group Announce The First SciBX Summit on Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development

Arch Scientists Successfully Image Brain Tumour Initiating Cells Using MRI

Galena Biopharma to Present at the 2012 Gateway Conference on September 6

MassBio News
GNS Healthcare And CHDI Foundation Collaborate To Build Computer Model Of Huntington's Disease

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

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
Auburn University Selects Conflict of Interest Management System

Save Ariana-Leilani Now

Gateway Foundation to Offer Free Training in Honor of National Recovery Month

Usana Health Sciences Unveils New Corporate Branding

Trinitas Regional Medical Center selects Hyland Software's OnBase Solution

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
Court Reaffirms Right of Myriad Genetics to Patent Genes

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

New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
Get Antibiotics Off the Farm

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

Pfizer Animal Health Unit Files for I.P.O.

Beware the Nocebo Effect

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

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: Diabetic Gastroparesis - Pipeline Review, H2 2012

Research and Markets: HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome - Pipeline Review, H2 2012

Wolters Kluwer Health's Sentri7® Patient Surveillance Software Receives High Marks in Two Recent KLAS Reports

Vets First Choice Named 30th Fastest Growing Company in the U.S. by Inc. Magazine's Prestigious 500/5000 List

Global Cardiac Rhythm Management Device Market to Show Minimal Growth Through 2016

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Newron raises CHF4.7m through a Private Placement

Taking Diabetes to Heart: Randy Jackson Partners with Merck to Challenge People Living with Type 2 Diabetes to Join Him in Committing to Living a Diabetes-Friendly Lifestyle

Creative Edge Nutrition, Inc., Acquires SCD Enterprises, LLC

Critical Diagnostics Widens its Footprint in The Asia Pacific Region For its Cardiac Biomarker ST2

Low T Center Opens Its First Center In Tennessee

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Prime Therapeutics named exclusive pharmacy benefit manager for HR Policy Association

BioMotiv Names New Chief Executive Officer

CPhI South America Expands Offering for 2013, Announces Co-Location with Food Ingredients South America

Abbott Sued for False Claims Related to its Blockbuster Drug TriCor

The International Serious Adverse Event Consortium and UC San Diego To Collaborate On Research Into The Genetics Of Drug Induced Renal Injury

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
JPSA Introduces New IX-6100-MD (Metal Dicing) System

Breast Augmentation Patients Can Now See Their New Body Before the...

Trade Show Display Co. GLM Displays Uses New Promotion to Attract New...

BioPharm Systems Named to the 2012 Inc. 500|5000 List of...

China to Post Blacklist of Counterfeit Drug and Device Makers

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
Brent Bankosky Explains How FDA Safety and Innovation Act Can Improve...

Healthcare Packaging Signs Marketing Partnership With Global Event...

Achieving Remission of Major Depressive Disorder: Exciting CE...

John McGonigal Joins Smart Devine as Managing Director in Their...

Kerry Ingredients Upgrades to Valdata's CMS Manufacturing Software

Scientific American
Kitty Corner: Jaguars Win Critical Habitat in U.S.

First Evidence Found for Photosynthesis in Insects

Synthetic Biology Book Published in DNA

E. Coli Strain Linked to Cancer in Mice

First Practical Maser (Microwave Laser) Is Built

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Kansas frosh Doyle leaves basketball program

Southland extends invites to 2 schools in Texas

UCF loses Jordan, 2 others, but Clanton staying

4 Hall of Fame coaches honored for character

Ex-ISU F Godfrey not joining LSU as planned

Sports News - ESPN
Source: Irish CB Wood (Achilles) likely finished

Texas to roll out both McCoy and Ash in opener

Sources: Bids for Champions Bowl up to five

Commish: 'Unlikely' WAC competes in football

Peppers donates $250,000 to alma mater UNC

Xconomy Life Sciences
An Insider's View on Raising Money from Life Sciences VCs

MediciNova Raises Capital Through $20M Stock Purchase Agreement

Regulus Therapeutics Files for IPO as Emerging Growth Company

Michigan eLab Connects Silicon Valley VC to U-M Entrepreneurs

Alzheimer's R&D Isnt Doomed, it's Learning From Failure

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)