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Accelovance names Boccia oncology medical director

Friday, March 1, 2013 02:45 PM

Accelovance has named Dr. Ralph Boccia, M.D., FACP, oncology medical director.  The Rockville, Md.-based CRO caters to biotech and small/mid-sized pharma sponsors.

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Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy funds UCLA project

Friday, March 1, 2013 12:46 PM

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) will provide $100,000 to Dr. Stanley Nelson of the University of California, Los Angeles, to examine the genomes of 40 boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who are either very mildly affected or very severely affected.  The goal is to identify changes in genes other than dystrophin that may affect the course of the disease.

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Optimer board chairman McKinnell named CEO

Thursday, February 28, 2013 03:09 PM

The board of directors of Jersey City, N.J.-based Optimer Pharmaceuticals has appointed its chairman, Dr. Henry McKinnell, chief executive officer. McKinnell was Pfizer's CEO and chairman from 2001 to 2006 and was with Pfizer from 1971 until his retirement in 2007.

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MJFF surpasses $50M with Brin Wojcicki Challenge

Thursday, February 28, 2013 08:00 AM

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) it has completed and surpassed the $50 million Brin Wojcicki Challenge. Longtime foundation supporters Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki have matched more than $53 million in capacity-building gifts received by MJFF from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2012.

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KaloBios touts phase I/II results of KB002 in persistent asthma

Thursday, February 28, 2013 08:00 AM

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals reported data from its phase I/II study in persistent asthma for KB002 (precursor chimeric anti-GM-CSF monoclonal antibody to KB003).

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Qualicaps to expand N.C. facility, create 123 jobs

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:23 PM

Qualicaps, a manufacturer of gelatin capsules and wholly owned subsidiary of Qualicaps Group, plans to expand its facility in Whitsett, N.C.

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De Silva named president and CEO of Endo Health Solutions

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 11:25 AM

Endo Health Solutions, a Malvern, Penn.-based diversified healthcare company, has named Rajiv De Silva as president and CEO, effective March 18. De Silva, who will also join the Endo board of directors, succeeds David Holveck, who is retiring.

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Intersect ENT raises $30M in Series D financing

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 10:58 AM

Intersect ENT, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based innovator in treatment solutions for ear, nose and throat clinicians and their patients, has completed the initial closing of a $30 million Series D round of funding. The financing will be used to continue the rapid commercial expansion in the U.S. for the company's PROPEL and PROPEL mini sinus implants and to fund clinical studies of the company's latest product, an office-based treatment for chronic sinusitis sufferers.

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C-Path names Martha Brumfield as CEO

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:58 AM

The board of directors of the Critical Path Institute (C-Path), an independent, nonprofit organization, have named Martha Brumfield, Ph.D., as interim president and CEO. Brumfield, C-Path’s former director of international and regulatory programs, will take over immediately for Carolyn Compton, M.D., Ph.D. who will be assuming a new position at Arizona State University (ASU).

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Covance, M2Gen to promote faster patient recruitment in biomarker-driven oncology trials

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 09:35 AM

Covance, a Princeton, N.J.-based provider of drug development services, has entered into an exclusive alliance and services agreement with M2Gen, a subsidiary of the Moffitt Cancer Center and developer of personalized cancer treatments.

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