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Israeli medical marijuana creates buzz but no high— will it go global?
Washington Post, DC
Sunday, February 1, 2015 - 10:42am
tags:
Medical Marijuana, Israel
Antibiotics firm Motif Bio to tap UK market for cash
Yahoo/Reuters
Sunday, February 1, 2015 - 10:24am
tags:
Motif Biosciences, antibiotics
Zogenix Receives FDA Approval of New Formulation of Zohydro(R) ER
Yahoo/Globe NewsWire
Sunday, February 1, 2015 - 10:22am
tags:
Zogenix, Zohydro, pain management, opiods
AbbVie Announces Top-line Results from Phase 3 Study of All-Oral Treatment for Hepatitis C in Japan
Yahoo
Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 10:06am
tags:
AbbVie, Japan, hepatitis C
Chimerix to stop participation in clinical studies of Ebola drug
Yahoo/Reuters
Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 10:05am
tags:
Chimerix, ebola virus, Brincidofovir
FDA approves an ADHD drug as the first treatment for binge-eating disorder
Yahoo/AP
Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 10:01am
tags:
FDA, binge eating disorder, Vyvanse, Shire
Sun Pharma gets approval for $4B purchase of Ranbaxy after agreeing to sell off antibiotic
Yahoo/AP
Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 10:00am
tags:
Sun Pharma, M&A, Ranbaxy, India, FTC
In cystic fibrosis drug launch prep, Vertex learns from Sovaldi mistakes
Bizjournals.com
Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 9:58am
tags:
cystic fibrosis, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Sovaldi, drug launches, Gilead Sciences, lumacaftor
As Biogen shares hit all-time high, profits and headcount grow, too
Bizjournals.com
Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 9:55am
tags:
Biogen Idec, earnings, Tecfidera
Hologic swings to Q1 black, raises outlook
Mass Device
Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 9:54am
tags:
earnings, devices, Hologic
Stocks That Battle Cancer Were The Best-Performing Biotechs In January
Yahoo/Benzinga
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 2:34pm
tags:
Novartis, Celgene, Pharmacyclics, EXACT Sciences, Tesaro, Foundation Medicine, Bind Therapeutics, Kite Pharma, Celldex Therapeutics
Pro-Life Groups say Merck is Partly to Blame for Measles Outbreaks
WSJ Pharmalot
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 2:32pm
tags:
vaccines, measles, Merck, MMR
Pfizer backs out of development deal with Repligen
Seeking Alpha
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 1:18pm
tags:
Pfizer, Repligen, SMA, spinal muscular atrophy
ImmunoGen beats Street 2Q forecasts
Yahoo/AP
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 1:15pm
tags:
Immunogen, earnings
Idexx Laboratories beats 4Q earnings expectations, misses revenue forecasts
Yahoo/AP
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 1:14pm
tags:
Idexx Labs, earnings, animal health
Medical device tax: how the job loss numbers are calculated
Mass Device
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 1:13pm
tags:
device tax, devices
Abbvie Expects $3B In Hepatitis C Drug Sales And 40% Of Insured Customers
Forbes
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 11:18am
tags:
AbbVie, hepatitis C, Viekira Pak
Victoza powers Novo's strong year; CEO projects growth for 2015
Fierce Pharma
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 11:15am
tags:
Novo Nordisk, earnings, Pharma CEOs, Victoza, Lars Sorenson
Abbott CEO White unfazed by strong dollar
Mass Device
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 11:14am
tags:
Abbott Labs, Miles White, devices
Obama to unveil $215M personalized medicine, million-person DNA sequencing project
BioPharma Dive
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 11:12am
tags:
Obama, personalized medicine
Drug Firm Sanofi Can't Find A CEO
Business Insider
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 9:13am
tags:
Sanofi, Pharma CEOs
Prosensa Announces Intent to Voluntarily Delist From NASDAQ
Yahoo
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 8:56am
tags:
Prosensa, NASDAQ
AbbVie shares up 2.6% as company beats profit, sales estimates
Marketwatch
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 8:30am
tags:
AbbVie, earnings
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Signs Stalking-Horse Deal With Dendreon Corporation (DNDN)
Bidness Etc.
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 8:19am
tags:
Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Dendreon, Provenge, M&A
With acquisition completed, Medtronic moves on
Bizjournals.com
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 8:13am
tags:
Medtronic, devices, Covidien
Eli Lilly tops profit targets, but sales fall a bit shy
Marketwatch
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 8:06am
tags:
Eli Lilly, earnings
Gilead Sciences, Inc. Continues To Reign Over The Hepatitis C Market
Bidness Etc.
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 8:05am
tags:
Gilead Sciences, AbbVie, Harvoni, Sovaldi, hepatitis C, Viekira Pak
Astellas bets on Immunomic's allergy vaccine in a $75M deal
Fierce Biotech
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 8:03am
tags:
Astellas, Immunomic, vaccines, LAMPs, allergies
Sharing Older Clinical Trial Data Remains a Problem for Pharma
WSJ Pharmalot
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 7:59am
tags:
clinical trial data
Two New Biotech IPOs Debut Friday, One Deal Delayed
Yahoo/Benzinga
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 7:51pm
tags:
biotech, IPOs, Avinger, devices, TRACON Pharmaceuticals
Plaintiffs to J&J on fraud claims: Prove it
Mass Device
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 7:47pm
tags:
JNJ, fraud, devices, pelvic mesh
When does the biotech party end?
CNBC
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 7:45pm
tags:
biotech
Biogen Idec to add 100 jobs in RTP
Bizjournals.com
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 7:41pm
tags:
Biogen Idec, hirings
Mylan says shareholders approve $5.3B purchase of Abbott division and move to the Netherlands
Yahoo/AP
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 7:40pm
tags:
Mylan Labs, Abbott Labs, generics, M&A, Netherlands
Biogen shares jump after company reports earnings that nearly doubled
Marketwatch
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 7:36pm
tags:
Biogen Idec, earnings
FDA approves Bristol-Myers' HIV drug
Yahoo/Reuters
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 7:20pm
tags:
FDA, Bristol-Myers Squibb, HIV, Reyataz
FDA expands use of Imbruvica to treat rare form of blood cancer
Yahoo/Reuters
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 7:19pm
tags:
FDA, Imbruvica, JNJ, Pharmacyclics, blood cancer, Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Beats Estimates; Reports Higher Earnings For 2014
Bidness Etc.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 7:18pm
tags:
Abbott Labs, earnings
Why too many clinical trials fail - and a simple solution that could increase returns on pharma RnD
Forbes
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 11:55am
tags:
clinical trials, R&D
One big reason why CNS drug development has foundered
Fierce Biotech
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 11:34am
tags:
CNS, R&D, Parkinson's Disease
Gilead Sciences, Inc. Harvoni Gets Preferred Status From UnitedHealth Group (UNH)
Bidness Etc.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 11:11am
tags:
Gilead Sciences, hepatitis C, United Health, Harvoni, AbbVie
Celgene tops 4Q profit forecasts
Yahoo/AP
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 9:43am
tags:
Celgene, earnings
Biogen Idec quietly carves out a leading role in developing gene therapy for hemophilia
Fierce Biotech
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 9:41am
tags:
Biogen Idec, hemophilia B, hemophilia A, hemophilia, gene therapy
Merck KGaA abandons Symphogen's cancer drug ahead of Phase III
Fierce Biotech
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 9:39am
tags:
Merck KGaA, Symphogen, Sym004
How Large is Large? A New Parameter is Set for Pay-to-Delay Cases
WSJ Pharmalot
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 9:38am
tags:
generics, pay-for-delay
Philips, Teva launch Israeli medtech incubator
Mass Device
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 9:36am
tags:
Philips, Teva Pharmaceutical, Israel, devices, device company incubators
Nothing (Im)personal: with record numbers of practices locking out sales reps, pharma companies are forced to find other ways of engaging HCPs
Medical Marketing and Media
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 8:42am
tags:
physician access, physicians
Former Medtronic worker sues company, police over arrest in bomb threat hoax
Mass Device
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 8:27am
tags:
Medtronic, devices
AstraZeneca bets on 'genetic scissors' for range of new drugs
Yahoo/Reuters
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 8:26am
tags:
AstraZeneca, R&D, CRISPR, genetic scissors
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. To Restate Financial Results For Past 7 Quarters
Bidness Etc.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 8:25am
tags:
Salix

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