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Nodality, Pfizer form multi-year collaboration on autoimmune disease

Thursday, August 9, 2012 02:16 PM

Nodality, a San Francisco-based personalized medicine biotech, has formed a strategic collaboration to provide proprietary single cell network profiling (SCNP) technology as a tool for the development of Pfizer compounds.

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Lightlake Therapeutics touts positive phase II results of binge eating disorder

Thursday, August 9, 2012 11:23 AM

Lightlake Therapeutics, an early stage biopharmaceutical company developing modern addiction treatments, released final data from a phase II study of its proprietary opioid antagonist naloxone nasal spray treatment for patients with binge eating disorder (BED).

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NHLBI funds second phase of COPDGene project

Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:47 AM

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)has decided to fund the second phase (2012-2017) of the COPDGene project through R01 grants to National Jewish Health and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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Bioventus selects The Netherlands for international headquarters

Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:15 AM

Bioventus, a Durham, N.C.-based company focusing on active orthopaedic healing, has decided to establish its international headquarters in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, about 12 miles outside of Amsterdam.

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Almac enhances service offering in refrigerated storage

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 11:38 AM

Almac, a global service provider based in Ireland, has further enhanced its service offering with the completed expansion of refrigerated (2-8°C) storage and newly developed refrigerated labelling facilities at its U.K. site. 

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EMD Millipore inks exclusive agreement with Julphar Diabetes for insulin

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 11:02 AM

EMD Millipore, the life science division of Merck KGaA, has announced an exclusive agreement to sell recombinant human insulin manufactured by Julphar Diabetes, a pharmaceutical production company based in the United Arab Emirates.

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ImaginAb, Singapore Radiopharmaceuticals sign Master Service Agreement

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 10:31 AM

ImaginAb, an Inglewood, Calif.-based developer of in vivo molecular imaging agents, has signed a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with Singapore Radiopharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Fortis HealthCare.

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Theorem and Gallus ink exclusive partnership

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 10:15 AM

Theorem Clinical Research, a global provider of comprehensive clinical research and development services, has entered an exclusive partnership with Gallus BioPharmaceuticals, a contract manufacturing company based in St. Louis, Mo., to help both companies accelerate their research, development and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals.

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MEI Pharma to acquire S*BIO’s Pracinostat

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 09:46 AM

MEI Pharma, a San Diego-based oncology company, has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with S*BIO, a privately held biotech in Singapore, to acquire S*BIO's exclusive worldwide rights to Pracinostat, an investigational, potential best-in-class, oral histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor.

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German CRO Verum.de opens U.S. office

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 09:24 AM

Verum.de, a German-based CRO, has opened a new office in Carlsbad, Calif.

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