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2 hrs ago | The Hartford Courant

Police Officer Shot In Hartford

A police officer was shot multiple times overnight in Hartford's North End. The officer was taken to St.

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Related Topix: Hartford Metro, Hartford, CT, Hospital Administration, Medicine

6 hrs ago | Pharmaceutical Processing

GSK Signs Agreement with the WHO to Donate 50 Million Doses of...

GlaxoSmithKline today announced that it has signed an agreement with the World Health Organization to donate 50 million doses of its adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine to WHO for distribution to developing countries most in need.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, GlaxoSmithKline, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Influenza, Health

10 hrs ago | Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Stryker Corp. spending $100 million in two acquisitions

Stryker Corp. said today that it will spend more than $100 million to acquire a California software company and bone-cutting products from two other companies.

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Related Topix: Medical Equipment, Medicine, Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI, Kalamazoo Metro

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Connecticut's WB 20

Sanofi-Aventis, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals extend development deal through 2017

Sanofi-Aventis and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday they expanded an existing development partnership to run through 2017.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, SanofiSynthlabo

Boston.com

MGH doctor returns home after stabbing

There were balloons, a few curious neighbors, and a horde of reporters. Two weeks after a patient repeatedly stabbed her at a Massachusetts General Hospital clinic, Dr.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bristol-Myers signs development deal with Alder

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday they signed a collaboration deal potentially worth $1 billion, with a key focus on a rheumatoid arthritis treatment.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicine, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Arthritis, Health

WCSH-TV Portland

Menino Has Knee Surgery After 'Misstep'

Boston Mayor Tom Menino has undergone knee surgery to repair a torn quadriceps tendon sustained in an accident at home.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine

The Globe and Mail

Angiotech narrows third-quarter loss

Vancouver - Published on Monday, Nov. 09, 2009 8:59AM EST Last updated on Monday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Medicine

Los Angeles Times

Cedars-Sinai finds more patients exposed to excess radiation

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center officials said Monday that 260 patients had been exposed to high doses of radiation during CT brain scans during an 18-month period, up from the hospital's original estimate of 206 in September.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Central Jersey

Bridgewater-based Enzon Pharmaceuticals enters into $300 million deal

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced Monday that it intends to sell its specialty pharmaceutical business to the sigma-tau Group for more than $300 million.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Metro

ClipSyndicate

Glassman Sees `Fine Line' for Off-Label Drug Marketing: Video

Nov. 9 -- Robert Glassman, private equity partner at OrbiMed Advisors, talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker and Deirdre Bolton about the practice of so-called off-label drug marketing and its impact on the industry.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Eli Lilly, Bristol Myers Squibb, Business News, Video

KIDK TV

Pfizer trimming research plants after buying Wyeth

Pfizer trimming research plants after buying Wyeth NEW YORK - The world's biggest drugmaker is closing six of its 20 research facilities, reorganizing others, and cutting the jobs of roughly 15 percent of its scientists and support staff.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine

Canada.com

Bioniche gets US$6M milestone payment from Endo Pharma

Canadian biopharmaceutical company Bioniche Life Sciences Inc said it received the first milestone payment of US$6-million under a licensing deal with Endo Pharmaceuticals for its experimental bladder cancer drug.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, bladder cancer, Health, Cancer

CW11 New York WPIX-TV

Swiss firm Sonova to buy US cochlear implant maker Advanced Bionics for $489 million

Swiss hearing aid firm Sonova Holding AG said Monday it is buying cochlear implant maker Advanced Bionics Corp., based in California, for $489 million in cash.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medical Equipment, Audiology, Los Angeles County, CA

Sun Nov 08, 2009

KVAL-TV Eugene

Salem mother, son crash head-on into deputy

This is a press release from the Marion County Sheriff's Department in Salem, Ore.

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Related Topix: Salem, OR, Salem Metro, Marion County, OR, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Keizer, OR

KFSM-TV Fort Smith

New CEO and CFO Named At Sparks Hospital

Melody Trimble will be the new CEO of Sparks Regional Medical Center and its more than 2,000 employees beginning Dec.

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Related Topix: Health Management Associates, Hospital Administration, Medicine

KCRG

Effort Helps Iowans Dispose of Unwanted Medication

A program is beginning this month to help Iowans safely dispose of unwanted medication.

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Related Topix: Iowa, Medical Equipment, Medicine

Reuters Video

India fire crews turn snake-catchers

Nov. 8 - Fire fighters in the Indian state of Orissa are taking special courses in snake catching.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Medicine, Triad Hospitals, Hospital Administration, Offbeat, Video

Pharmaceutical Processing

FDA Approves Labeling Update for REYATAZ Capsules

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced that the FDA has approved a labeling update for REYATAZ A to include long-term data from the CASTLE Study.

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Related Topix: Reyataz, Atazanavir Sulfate (generic), Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicine, Norvir, Ritonavir (generic)

Journal Gazette

Pharmacy school has home

The Fort Wayne Cardiology building will be the new home of Manchester College's School of Pharmacy in 2012.

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Related Topix: Fort Wayne, IN, Fort Wayne Metro, Medicine, Hospital Administration

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