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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
Potency of Statins Linked to Muscle Side Effects, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Study

Green Tea Compound Shows Promise for Tackling Cancer, University of Strathclyde Study

Cipla Ltd. Partners Aspen Pharmacare Ltd. for Australia Foray

Key to Burning Fat Faster Discovered, University of Copenhagen Study

Prostate Cancer: 6 Things Men Should Know About Tomatoes, Fish Oil, Vitamin Supplements, Testosterone, PSA Tests, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
Columbia Laboratories, Inc. Will Present on September 6 at Healthcare Conference

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Discuss Overall Business Strategy Including FUSILEV Growth at the in Newport Beach

International Stem Cell Corporation to Present at the on August 30, 2012

Ingen Technologies, Inc. Receives First Purchase Order From National Distributor

Pharming Group Reports on Financial Results First Half Year 2012

Biotech News - Business Wire
St. Jude Medical Announces Death of Board Member Thomas H. Garrett

3DR Laboratories, Inc. Receives $7.2 Million in Funding from Advantage Capital Partners

Samenvatting: Cerbomed GmbH: transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation voor pijnstilling

Research and Markets: Global Array Instruments Market (Life Science And BioTechnology Instruments) - Global Industry Share, Size Growth And Forecast, 2011 - 2017

Advaxis Announces Two Abstracts Accepted for Presentation at SITC Annual Meeting

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Medical Marijuana Inc. Product, CanChew Bio-Technologies

Blue Medical Devices Announces New CEO

AllCells, LLC Named to Inc. Magazine's 500/5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies

Columbia's Nursing School Launches "Keep It Clean for Kids" (KICK)

Walgreens Set to Present at CBI's 3rd Forum on Strategic Distribution Planning for Specialty Products

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
The September 2012 Issue of The 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

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
BioReference Laboratories, Inc. Announces Earnings Date for Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2012

Research and Markets: Alpha - Antitrypsin Deficiency Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2012

Research and Markets: Uterine Fibroids Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2012

Research and Markets: Idiopathic (Essential) Hypertension Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2012

Penumbra Inc. Launches New 5MAX Reperfusion Catheter for Clot Removal in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Biodesix Announces New VeriStrat® Data to be Presented at the 2012 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology

Star Scientific's Rock Creek Subsidiary Enrolls First Alzheimer's Study Patient at Roskamp Institute

Elderly Kids: Alarming Number of US Children Affected by Adult-Onset Diseases

Canary Foundation announces $8.5 million in gifts to advance vital cancer early detection studies

Long Island Plastic Surgical Group President Kaveh Alizadeh, MD, MSc, FACS Featured In ASPS Plastic Surgery Update Video

CNN Top Stories
He's got lowest voice in the world

Hubby: Monogamy kills marriage

Inside look at a Chicago trauma unit

Rodney King's death ruled a drowning

John Lennon's killer denied parole

Contract Pharma
Actinium Pharmaceuticals Appoints CEO, CFO

Pfizer, Mylan Establish Generics Pact in Japan

Marken Expands Branch Ops

Renaissance Pharma Acquires Denavir Assets

Ariana Appoints CTO

FDA Drugs- What's New
Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: El uso de codeína en ciertos niños tras amigdalectomía y/o adenoidectomía puede llevar a eventos adversos poco comunes pero que pueden poner en peligro la vida o causar la muerte

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: El uso de codeína en ciertos niños tras amigdalectomía y/o adenoidectomía puede llevar a eventos adversos poco comunes pero que pueden poner en peligro la vida o causar la muerte

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 News - Business Wire
GI Dynamics, Inc. Announces FDA Conditional Approval for Pivotal Clinical Trial of the EndoBarrier®

Toshiba's Aquilion RXL Receives FDA Clearance

Kips Bay Medical Announces the Commencement of Its U.S. Feasibility Clinical Trial in Europe and Recruiting of U.S. Sites While Securing Additional Information for the FDA

Top-Performing Market Research Teams Evaluate the Accuracy of Their Previous Predictions to Showcase Their Value

Toshiba Receives FDA Clearance for the New 8- and 32-Channel Titan 1.5T MR Systems

FDA Press Releases
FDA announces recall of cantaloupe by Chamberlain Farms of Owensville Indiana

FDA: U.S. Marshals seize food products at Fremont, Calif., warehouse

FDA issues new safety alert on Reumofan Plus and Reumofan Plus Premium

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 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
Stem cell biotech Fate nails down $9.2M

J&J, GSK waltz into PhIII trials for rheumatoid arthritis contender

PRA sets up China shop with interest in Asia growing

ImmunoGen rises on hopes for encores to Roche's armed breast cancer drug

Biotech exec settles up on an insider trading case

FierceBiotech IT
Amazon targets pharma R&D, others with new cloud storage

Boehringer sets launch date for pharma's first social game on Facebook

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

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
Pfizer, Mylan plan joint attack on Japanese generics market

AZ's Nexium tops Q2 sales ranks, with BMS' Abilify on its heels

FDA bears greater ethical burden in post-marketing trials, NEJM says

Cipla, Aspen eye joint excursion in Australia

U.K. cost watchdogs kick Avastin again

FiercePharma Manufacturing
UPDATED: West tapping growth in India, Asia

EU inspectors give Alexza plant the approval that FDA denied it

India's Faridabad builds manufacturing mass

West tapping growth in India, Asia

Forfeiture of 27 ANDAs is a small piece of Ranbaxy penalties

FierceVaccines
NIH to pump $10M into tularemia vaccine research

Bavarian Nordic in peril if U.S. nixes smallpox vaccine order

PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative creates reference lab

NIAID provides $7.8M in grants for HIV research

Merck's Varivax slashes U.S. chickenpox cases

Health News - BizJournals.com
Mark Ordan says he had help turning around Sunrise Senior Living

Sunrise Senior Living shares rise 60% after deal

GlaxoSmithKline starting Phase III trials on arthritis treatment

3DR Laboratories receives funding from Advantage Capital Partners

40 Central Ohio companies make Inc. 5,000 list

Health News - CNBC
New Hampshire candidate backs down on abortion threats

J&J, Glaxo arthritis drug advances in trials

ZocDoc: Taking the Hassle Out of Health Care

GlaxoSmithKline, J&J to start rheumatoid arthritis drug trial

Breastfeeding, early milk not tied to puberty timing

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
Stevia First Corp. Appoints Senior Agronomist and VP of Operations

International Stem Cell Corp to Present at the Southern California Investor Conference on August 30, 2012

BIOTRONIK Demonstrates Its Commitment to Heart Failure Solutions With World's First MR Approved CRT Devices at ESC Congress 2012

BIOTRONIK eret neue Therapieoptionen ferzinsuffizienz-Patienten

Stellar Pharmaceuticals Enters Into a Partnership With Pfizer Canada Inc. to Promote Gelfoam(R) in Canada

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
Free Injury Exams by Orthopaedic Physician on Saturdays for Student Athletes

Synchrogenix Receives Honor

DST Health Solutions Joins the Johns Hopkins Center for Population Health IT as Founding Member of Industry Partners Program

Shady Grove Fertility Gives Donor Egg Patients More Options with Frozen Eggs

National Call-to-Action to Boost Meningitis Vaccination Rates Supported by Leading Health Organizations, Urges Dallas-Fort Worth Parents to Vaccinate Preteens and Teens

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
Clues to Fighting Cancer Are Found in the Genes of Yeast

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

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
Changes to EU clinical trial laws will mean fairer playing field, says Clinipace

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

Pharma News - Business Wire
Galectin Therapeutics to Present at the RedChip Small-Cap Equities Virtual Conference

AllCells, LLC Named to Inc. Magazine's 500/5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies

Joanne Mashburn Named Vice President of Quality Assurance at Clinical Research Advantage

Mallinckrodt Announces Agreement with Xanodyne to Purchase Roxicodone®

72% of Pharma Companies Have Dedicated Companion Diagnostics Staffs In-House

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
Ocean Spray Employees Praise Better Access to Medical Care With Good Health Gateway® Diabetes Care Rewards Program

Baystate Nurses Call For Strike Vote

Aethlon Medical Discusses Therapeutic Device Strategies to Address Cancer, Hepatitis-C and Sepsis with the Wall Street Transcript

SAIC Awarded Contract By eHealth Saskatchewan

Companion Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Market Report 2012: Twease.org

Pharma News - PR Newswire
CLEANPATH RESOURCES CORP Announces Next Generation of Four Herbal Products

Manhattan Isotope Technology Completes Drug Master File With Food and Drug Administration

Informex Global Pharma Sourcing 2012 Presents Key Strategies & Insight For Business Success

Registered Nurses Provide Immunizations at Walmart Stores Nationwide

Selfhelp Community Services and FEGS Health & Human Services Launch New Care Management Company: SinglePoint Care Network to Coordinate Care for Seniors & Others With Chronic Medical Conditions in Managed Long Term Care Market

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
The #1 Science Fiction Novel of 2011 (and NY Times Bestseller) Now...

Soliant Health Listed as Top U.S. Healthcare Staffing Firms

3D Biomatrix's Perfecta3D Hanging Drop Plates Now Available through...

SPIE Announces 2012 Election Results

Genuine Bio-Fuel Inc. Proprietary Technology Helps Mitigate Effects of...

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
AllergyHome.org Releases a Free Online Food Allergy Training Module...

Global Healthcare BPO Market: Analysis and Forecasts 2011-2016

Twelve People File Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuit in Los Angeles...

HIV Treatment Turns The Corner - Is Prevention Next What Then

NACCME's Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Supported by Maryland...

Scientific American
Do Post-Market Drug Trials Need a Higher Dose of Ethics

Head Start: Early Learning Could Compensate for Cognitive Deterioration

Older Fathers Pass On More Mutations To Children

Sea Lions Feasting on Threatened Salmon

In Virginia, Encroaching Seas Pit Parking against Preservation

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Marcus Jordan fined $250 for disturbing peace

Three plead guilty in San Diego fixing scheme

Cremins rallying Georgia Tech's former players

Report: NCAA expands probe of Noel recruiting

Seton Hall PG recruit Carr arrested in Baltimore

Sports News - ESPN
Brewster to coach Miss. St. WRs, source says

Coach: Vols WR Rogers unlikely to play in '12

Low: SEC quarterback pool is deep and talented

Maisel: Depth leads the SEC to championship glory

Vols All-SEC WR Rogers suspended indefinitely

Xconomy Life Sciences
EnVivo Forges Ahead With Alzheimer's Drug

In a Requiem for Helix Wind, Critics Come to Bury More Than Praise

FDA Approves Sotera Wireless Technology for Monitoring Vital Signs

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

MediciNova Raises Capital Through $20M Stock Purchase Agreement

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)