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Teleflex acquires Semprus Biosciences, tech to reduce biological formation on devices

Monday, June 25, 2012 10:43 AM

Teleflex, a global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery based in Limerick, Penn., has acquired Semprus BioSciences, a Cambridge, Mass.-based biomedical company and spin out from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), for $30 million.

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Catalent, Bend Research to provide integrated solutions for oral controlled-release technologies

Monday, June 25, 2012 10:17 AM

Catalent Pharma Solutions of Somerset, N.J., and Bend Research of Bend, Ore., have entered into an agreement to provide integrated solutions for pharmaceutical companies seeking to develop and manufacture specialized multiparticulate oral controlled-release products.

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CRA honored with 5 STEVIE Awards

Friday, June 22, 2012 02:05 PM

Tempe, Ariz.-based Clinical Research Advantage, a community-based network of clinical trial sites, was honored with three silver and two bronze STEVIE Awards at the 10th Annual American Business Awards on June 18. 

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Nile Therapeutics appoints Darlene Horton as CMO

Friday, June 22, 2012 10:19 AM

Nile Therapeutics, a San Mateo, Calif.-based biopharmaceutical company that develops novel therapeutics for heart failure patients, has appointed Darlene Horton, M.D. as its chief medical officer.

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BIO-clusters Lyonbiopole, Alsace BioValley, CQDM to foster R&D

Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:10 PM

Lyonbiopole, a French competitiveness cluster of 110 members focused on infectious diseases and cancers, has joined the existing consortium between Alsace BioValley, a French competitiveness cluster dedicated to life sciences and health, and Quebec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM).

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Frazier Healthcare acquires U.S. packaging operations from Catalent

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 03:26 PM

Somerset, N.J.-based Catalent Pharma Solutions has closed the purchase and sale of its U.S. commercial pharmaceutical packaging operations based in Philadelphia, Penn., and Woodstock, Ill., to Frazier Healthcare.

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Cetero sold to investor group, renamed PRACS Institute

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 02:38 PM

Cary, N.C.-based Cetero Research has finalized the sale of the company to its investor group, led by Freeport Financial, following the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing court approval of the sale.

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ICR opens new phase I unit in Dallas-Fort Worth area

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:49 AM

Independent Clinical Research (ICR) has opened the doors to its two state-of-the-art phase I facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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Bioscience industry adds jobs over last decade despite nation’s economic setbacks

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 09:28 AM

The Battelle/BIO State Bioscience Industry Development report signals significant job growth in the bioscience sector over the past decade, indicating the importance of the biosciences as an economic driver for the nation.

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Batavia Bioservices opens Boston area laboratory facility

Monday, June 18, 2012 12:51 PM

Batavia Bioservices, a Netherlands-based service provider aiding the development of complex biological medicines, has launched a U.S. facility in Woburn, Mass.

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