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Gentris collaborates on blood stability

Thursday, July 26, 2012 03:29 PM

Gentris, a provider of pharmacogenomics and biorepository solutions, will begin a collaborative study with a major pharmaceutical company to test the long-term stability of DNA in whole blood samples that have been stored for five and 10 years.

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GE Healthcare and iBio form new global alliance

Thursday, July 26, 2012 02:34 PM

GE Healthcare and iBio, a Newark, Del.-based provider of pharmaceutical product applications, have formed a new global alliance to commercialize plant-based technologies for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals and vaccines.

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Hill-Rom acquires Aspen Surgical Products

Thursday, July 26, 2012 02:31 PM

Hill-Rom Holdings, a global healthcare technologies company, has completed the $400 million purchase of privately held Aspen Surgical Products, a Caledonia, Mich.-based provider of surgical consumable and specialty medical products.

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Biodel awarded NIH grant to develop ultra-rapid-acting insulin for artificial pancreas

Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:42 AM

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Biodel, a Danbury, Conn.-based specialty biopharmaceutical company, a grant for the development of concentrated ultra-rapid-acting insulin formulations for use in an artificial pancreas, also known as a closed loop pump system.

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PRA participates in landmark Alzheimer’s prevention trial

Thursday, July 26, 2012 09:52 AM

PRA, a global CRO, is participating in an Alzheimer’s disease study that could lead to treatments delaying or even preventing the emergence of symptoms in people destined to develop the disease because of their genetic background.

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NEA closes 14th fund with $2.6B committed capital

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 02:18 PM

New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a global venture capital firm that heavily invests in biopharma, healthcare services and medical device sectors, has officially closed its 14th fund with $2.6 billion in total committed capital. The fund, one of the largest venture funds ever raised, brings NEA's total committed capital to more than $13 billion across all funds.

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AHAF awards 21 grants for promising vision research

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:48 AM

The American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF), a nonprofit organization that funds breakthrough research on age-related vision diseases, has awarded 21 new grants totaling $2.1 million to scientists worldwide who are studying glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

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Genentech and Novartis rank as image leaders among oncologists, hematologists

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 09:59 AM

Genentech and Novartis have the best image among oncologists and hematologists, according to Market Strategies International, a market research consultancy that recently completed its 2012 Oncology Image Study.

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Biokine receives Orphan Drug designation for mobilization of stem cells in cancer

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 09:44 AM

Biokine Therapeutics, an Israel-based biopharmaceutical company, has received Orphan Drug designation from the FDA for the mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells from bone marrow into peripheral blood for collection and subsequent transplantation in patients with hematological cancers.

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PAREXEL launches BioPharm Unit to serve smaller sponsors

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 09:28 AM

Boston-based CRO PAREXEL International has launched the PAREXEL BioPharm Unit, a dedicated unit focused solely on the needs of small and mid-sized biopharmaceutical companies to help achieve their development goals.

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