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Next-Generation Noninvasive Diagnostic Technology Shown to Accurately ...

Sequenom, Inc. announced new data from a collaborative project with The Chinese University of Hong Kong, published this week in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that ...

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7 hrs ago | Health Scout

Health Tip: Be Sure to Get a Flu Shot

The annual flu shot is recommended for most people, but certain people are at particularly high risk of contracting the nasty bug and its complications.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Health

11 hrs ago | Herald-Sun

Quintiles acquires TMD for oncology

Quintiles acquires TMD for oncology : From staff reports Dec 2, 2008 DURHAM -- Quintiles Transnational Corp.

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15 hrs ago | Contract Pharma Breaking News

Paladin Labs, GSK Sign Dexedrine Pact

Paladin Labs has entered an agreement with GSK and Glaxo Group Ltd. under which Paladin will be the exclusive distributor of Dexedrine in Canada for three years, after which Paladin has the option to purchase ...

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Related Topix: Dexedrine, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate (generic), Medication, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, ADHD, Health

19 hrs ago | Medical News

Genaera starts trial of Trodusquemine in overweight and obese type 2 diabetes

Genaera Corporation has announced that dosing of subjects has begun in study MSI-1436C-102 , the multiple ascending dose Phase 1b study of trodusquemine in overweight and obese type 2 diabetics.

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23 hrs ago | Drugs.com

FDA Approves Duramed's Synthetic Conjugated Estrogens-A Vaginal Cream

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its subsidiary Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s New Drug Application for Synthetic Conjugated Estrogens-A 0.625 ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Barr Laboratories, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration, Sales, Marketing

Mon Dec 01, 2008

WTVF Nashville

Hopes for AIDS vaccine still alive despite setbacks

Nobody said HIV would give up without a fight. As World AIDS Day arrives Dec. 1, scientists are taking a sobering look back at what went wrong in recent, high-profile failures of two human trials of candidate ...

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Philly.com

Cephalon ends Vivitrol venture with Alkermes

Alkermes Inc. announced today that it has regained full commercialization rights in the United States for the alcoholism treatment Vivitrol.

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Related Topix: Cephalon, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Alkermes, Alcoholism, Health, Drugs

PR-inside.com

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces ZEVALIN sBLA Granted Priority...

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces ZEVALIN sBLA Granted Priority Review by the FDA; Target Decision Date of April 2, 2009 2008-12-01 13:27:03 - American Society of Hematology conference - Spectrum ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration, Cell Therapeutics, Sales

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Johnson & Johnson buying Mentor for $1.07B

Health care products company Johnson & Johnson said Monday it will buy cosmetic-product and breast-implant maker Mentor Corp. for $1.07 billion in a move to boost its presence in cosmetic and reconstructive medicine.

Under the deal, J&J will start a cash tender offer for $31 per share in a move to add breast implants and other products to its Ethicon surgical products unit. The offer is nearly double Mentor's closing price of $16.15 on Friday.

Mentor shares are up $13.85, or 85.8 percent, to $30 in premarket trading.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Mentor, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Johnson and Johnson, Food, J and J Snack Foods, Allergan, Irvine, CA

Earth Times

IMPAX Receives Final FDA Approval for Generic Wellbutrin XL 150 mg

IMPAX Laboratories, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted final approval of the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application for a generic version of Wellbutrin XL 150 mg ...

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Related Topix: Impax Laboratories, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration, Startups, Depression, Health, Marketing, Hayward, CA

Sun Nov 30, 2008

Azcentral.com

Napolitano exit worries biotech boosters

Gov. Janet Napolitano's selection for a job in Washington, D.C., may be secure, but her vision of a research-based economy in Arizona is no sure thing.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Arizona Government, Science / Technology, Janet Napolitano, US Governors, Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro

Contract Pharma Breaking News

DSM Biologics, Crucell License PER.C6 To Gedeon Richter

DSM Biologics , a business unit of DSM Pharmaceutical Products, and Dutch biotechnology company Crucell N.V. , have signed a commercial license agreement with Hungary-based Gedeon Richter Plc.

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PR-inside.com

Research and Markets: This Essential Competitor Analysis on Interferon is Now Available

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Competitor Analysis: Interferon" report to their offering.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis, Health, Schering Plough, Healthcare Industry

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops

AP Photo: Andy Wong A worker uses a machine to cut rice on a test field sewn with different rice varieties in the outskirts of Kunming, capital of southwestern China's Yunnan province, Tuesday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, World News, China, Asia, Science / Technology, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Entomology

Earth Times

JDRF Names Novocella s Alan J. Lewis, Ph.D., as President and CEO

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the leader in setting the agenda for type 1 diabetes research worldwide and the world's largest charitable funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes research, announced ...

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Related Topix: Diabetes, Health, Medicine, Science / Technology, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Medication

MediLexicon

Pharmacyclics Announces Completion Of Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of Factor VIIa Inhibitor PCI-27483

Main Category: Blood / Hematology Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Pharmacyclics, Inc.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Pharmacyclics, Healthcare Industry, Startups, Pancreatic Cancer

Sat Nov 29, 2008

Mass High Tech

Anika ends distributor deal with Artes

Bedford-based tissue products company Anika Therapeutics Inc. has ended its contract as the U.S. distributor for Artes Medical Inc.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Anika Therapeutics, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration

Med Ad News

Exact Sciences Receives Communication from NASDAQ on Listing Status

Nov 26, 2008 - EXACT Sciences Corporation announced today it has received notice from the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel that the Company's common stock will be transferred from The NASDAQ Global Market to ...

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Journal Gazette

Cymbalta pain-killer use stalled

Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. withdrew an application to have its antidepressant Cymbalta approved as a treatment for chronic pain, but the company said Friday it will apply again in 2009.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Eli Lilly, Healthcare Industry, Chronic Pain, Health, Arthritis

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