> PA Early Stage Ventures has injected seed capital into a Pittsburgh-based biotech start-up, Azidex Pharmaceuticals. Azidex is a spin-out from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and is developing new therapies to fight drug-resistant HIV. Release
> Wyeth has opened a $2 billion manufacturing and R&D center in Ireland. Wyeth officials say that the new center is intended to be a major production and distribution hub designed to complement its facilities in Andover, Massachusetts. Story
> Sepracor of Marlborough, Massachusetts, said it has learned that a generic drug maker has filed an ANDA for a copycat version of Xopenex and plans to fight to protect its patent on the drug. Release
And Finally... New federal regulations would bar children and pregnant women from being included in studies on the health effects of pesticides. Article