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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
Putting Feelings Into Words Can Help Us Cope With Scary Situations, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Study

Optimal Length of Mitochondria is Essential to Preventing Alzheimer's, Massachusetts General Hospital Study

Cat Owners at No Risk of Brain Cancer, and Oxford University Study

Merck & Co., Inc. Licensing HIV Experimental Drugs

Histone-Modifying Proteins, Not Histones, Remain Associated With DNA Through Replication, Thomas Jefferson University Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
Horizon Pharma, Inc. to Present at the in the Biotech Industry Conference

BioNitrogen Corporation Announces a Three-Year Gasification Agreement With PRM Energy Systems, Inc.

Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Upcoming Oral Presentation of Data on PRT4445, a First-in-Class Universal Factor Xa Inhibitor Antidote, at European Society of Cardiology 2012 Congress

Pozen, Inc. Provides Update on Its PA Program and Results of Its Type A Meeting With the FDA

MediciNova, Inc. Announces Positive Preliminary Results From a Multi-Day, Repeat-Dose Clinical Trial With MN-221 in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

Biotech News - Business Wire
Interleukin Genetics Announces Executive Management Changes

Resumen: Cerbomed GmbH: estimulación transcutánea del nervio vago para aliviar el dolor

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

Biotech News - PR Newswire
Musculoskeletal Network Features Update on Nutraceuticals for Osteoarthritis

Muestra de Pivotal Therapeutics en el European Society of Cardiology Congress 2012

Pharma IQs Weißbuch Laborinformatik

Livre blanc sur l'informatique en laboratoire de Pharma IQ

Pharma IQ's Laboratory Informatics Whitepaper

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

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

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: Leprosy Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2012

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

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Eli Lilly and Company Announces Top-Line Results on Solanezumab Phase 3 Clinical Trials in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease

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

CNN Top Stories
Guard gave chase, witnesses say

Witnesses recount chaos

E-mail threat on Obama spurs arrest

Norwegian killer sentenced to 21 years

Lochte's fame getting him 'digits'

Contract Pharma
Synergy Acquires Shingles Drug from BMS

Hovione Appoints Product Development Expert

BMS Discontinues Development of Hep-C Drug

Pfizer Ends Claris Supply Pact

Actinium Pharmaceuticals Appoints CEO, CFO

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
Medical Publications: Manuscript Writing Most Commonly Outsourced Activity

Bristol-Myers Squibb Discontinues Development of BMS-986094, an Investigational NS5B Nucleotide for the Treatment of Hepatitis C

POZEN Provides Update on Its PA Program and Results of Its Type A Meeting with the FDA

John Muir Health One of Few Hospitals Selected Locally and Nationally to Perform New Aortic Valve Replacement Procedure

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

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
New CEO tapped to run armed-antibody biotech Actinium

Influential Russian takes a big stake in U.S. biotechs

UPDATED: Deadly tox threat kills Bristol-Myers' once-brilliant $2.5B hep C prospect

Startup biotech hauls in $23M A round for antiviral work

Lilly's Alzheimer's drug solanezumab flunks out, but CEO sees promise

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 better way to create a steady stem cell supply

RNAi positively propels Alnylam cancer vaccine in preclinical study

Melanoma stem cells may carry provocative drug target

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

Old antifungal drug also fights tumors, researchers discover

FiercePharma
Pfizer, Impax reach secret agreement on Detrol generic

Big Pharma does lousy job with mobile online sites

Big Pharma again wins California price-fixing case

Indian sales reps strike to demand strict drug-promo rules

Pfizer figures traditional drug promos are getting old

FiercePharma Manufacturing
Catalent sues United Drug saying CEO spilled its manufacturing secrets

Pfizer taps Mylan manufacturing muscle to hit Japanese generics

UPDATED: West tapping growth in India, Asia

EU inspectors give Alexza plant the approval that FDA denied it

India's Faridabad builds manufacturing mass

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
Trend of medical office redevelopment in Mills 50

Despite dry summer, mosquitos bring West Nile

2012 Best Places to Work Rankings and profiles

Crittenden Regional Hospital strengthens Methodist affiliation

Feds fund NY health exchange

Health News - CNBC
U.S. appeals court strikes down graphic warnings for cigarettes

US Election Was Factor in Coventry Deal: Aetna CEO

Bristol-Myers taking $1.8B hepatitis C drug charge

Court strikes down graphic warnings for cigarettes

Prognosis for Affordable Health Care Reform

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
'Clinical Trials in Georgia' Conference Set for November 2nd, 2012

Highly-Targeted Epigenomic Treatments May Change Cancer Therapy

BIOTRONIK dimostra il suo impegno verso le soluzioni per l'insufficienza cardiaca al congresso ESC 2012, con i primi dispositivi CRT al mondo approvati per MR

Horizon Pharma to Present at the BioCentury NewsMakers in the Biotech Industry Conference

Agennix AG Announces Corporate Restructuring

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
ConvaTec kündigt Telefonkonferenz zu Ergebnissen des zweiten Quartals 2012 an

ConvaTec kondigt telefoonconferentie aan over resultaten tweede kwartaal 2012

Congressman Fattah Announces $3.5 Million in Grants for Neuroscience, Medical Research in University City

NASA Study Provides New Findings on Protecting Astronauts' Bones Through Diet and Exercise

ConvaTec annonce sa conférence téléphonique sur ses résultats du deuxième trimestre 2012

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
Bristol-Myers Ends Work on Hepatitis C Drug

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.

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
Pernix Therapeutics to Present at the Stifel Nicolaus 2012 Healthcare Conference

Seattle Genetics Announces Initiation of a Phase Ib Trial of SGN-75 in Combination with Everolimus for Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma

Mid-Atlantic Bio Announces SBIR Workshops and Panels

Research and Markets: 2012 Global and China Vitamin D3 Development Forecast Report

Research and Markets: Germany Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q3 2012 - In 2012, Pharmaceutical Firms in Germany Criticised the Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products (AMNOG)

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
El apoyo mundial aumenta para combatir la fibrilación auricular (FA),un trastorno del ritmo cardíaco que aumenta el riesgo de ataques cardíacos en un 500%

Thrive World Wide, Inc. (TWWI) Updates Acquisition of INTECH CREATIVE LLC and Drug Right PVT. LTD.

Depomed To Present At Stifel Nicolaus 2012 Healthcare Conference

Pharma IQ a mis au point l'exposé du secteur sur les rappels de médicaments

Pharma IQs Branchenüberblick Medikamentenrückrufe

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
Rust Cleaning Minus the Harmful Chemicals: Rusterizer Brings Out Its...

Inc. Magazine Unveils Its Annual Exclusive List of America's...

Genome Exhibit Opens Saturday at Bush Library and Museum

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

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

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
N8 Medical Inc. Announces Published Testing Results Demonstrating its...

Troy Robbin Hailparn, M.D., Recieves InTone Specialist Certification

Canada Pharmacy GlobalMedsCanada.com Launches Mobile Website To Offer...

New Research Reveals Impact of Medication Flavoring Service on...

Wohl Associates Now Offers Used 23 CU.FT. Day Stainless Steel Double...

Scientific American
Red Giants and White Dwarfs Make Explosive Stellar Pairings

More Science Needed for Forensic Investigations

Disease Maps Pinpoint Origin of Indo-European Languages

Short-Circuiting Civilization: Predicting the Disruptive Potential of a Solar Storm Is More Art Than Science

Look Out!: Ann Arbor Cars to Communicate with One Another to Avoid Crashes [Slide Show]

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Ex-OSU player gets support before sentencing

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

Sports News - ESPN
New Big East boss came to job late in process

Howard football bans 14 players for 1-3 games

S. Carolina's Shaw leaves practice to rest back

Penn State puts blue ribbon on back of helmets

Ohio State reinstates linebacker Klein to team

Xconomy Life Sciences
CIMIT, Best Doctors, Inspiration Biopharma, & More Boston Life Sciences Newsmakers

Qualcomm Acquires Israeli Company with Small Cellular Technology

San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Regulus IPO, Fate Funding, & More

EnVivo Forges Ahead With Alzheimer's Drug

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

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)