@FierceBiotech: ICYMI earlier this month, check out this year's Women in Biotech, featuring women at the top of their field. Feature | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: If $SNY's board did turn to Soriot ($AZN) to try and recruit him for CEO, it shows they don't really know what they're doing. | Follow @JohnCFierce
@DamianFierce: Six of Cleveland Clinic's Top 10 Medical Innovations are drugs, and here's a bunch of words on them. Article | Follow @DamianFierce
@EmilyMFierce: Good read on Sarepta and the issue of compassionate use. More from Bloomberg BusinessWeek | Follow @EmilyMFierce
> FibroGen, a 2013 Fierce 15 honoree, has raised the stakes of its planned IPO, looking to raise up to $155 million by offering 8.2 million shares at between $16 and $19 each. The biotech is developing a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), hoping to contend with giants Roche ($RHHBY) and Boehringer Ingelheim. More
> AstraZeneca ($AZN) has partnered up with the University of Manchester in a 5-year collaboration designed to investigate new drug delivery technologies. News
> Chimerix ($CMRX) is raising $105 million through a public offering, money it plans to spend on R&D, while Regulus Therapeutics ($RGLS) has its eye on about $70 million through a stock sale of its own, supported by major shareholder Isis Pharmaceuticals ($ISIS). Chimerix | Regulus
Medical Device News
@FierceMedDev: Ken Drazan of JNJ Innovation talks future of med tech. Editor's Corner | Follow @FierceMedDev
@VarunSaxena2: ICYMI yesterday: Rating agencies likely to cut Medtronic's credit rating due to looming merger with Covidien. Story | Follow @VarunSaxena2
@EmilyWFierce: ICYMI: Check out @FierceMedDev's list of the most influential women in the med tech industry here. Feature | Follow @EmilyWFierce
@MichaelGFierce: @HarvardResearch team uses stem cells to deliver toxic doses to #cancer cells. More | Follow @MichaelGFierce
> Chinese government urges hospitals to buy local devices. News
> Nintendo developing cloud-based sleep-monitoring device amid market growth. Story
> GE Healthcare opens first health tech incubator. Article
Pharma News
@FiercePharma: CEO-hunting Sanofi tried to tempt AstraZeneca's Soriot: Bloomberg. Article | Follow @FiercePharma
@EricPFierce: ICYMI from FiercePharmaManufacturing: Sanofi says it doesn't not know why its flu strains grew slowly, holding up vax deliveries in U.S. Article | Follow @EricPFierce
@CarlyHFierce: ICYMI yesterday: Pfizer beats out Novartis with FDA MenB nod. FierceVaccines article | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> Novo Nordisk quells diabetes pricing fears with 2015 growth forecast. More
> Ex-Sanofi CEO Viehbacher in line for up to $7.8M cash payoff. Report
Vaccines News
> South African trial renews hopes in failed HIV vaccine combo. More
> Dendreon's Provenge at the center of CMS insider trading probe. Item
> Pfizer beats out Novartis with FDA MenB nod. Story
> Ebola update: Novavax testing nanoparticle jab, Glaxo gets EMA's advice. More
> Novartis officially bows out of vaccines with flu sale to CSL. Article
Pharma Manufacturing News
> Turkish man sent to prison for smuggling fake Avastin into U.S. Item
> Novo hiring 90 workers for its new plant in New Hampshire. News
> More heat applied to Genentech CEO for supply-chain decision on cancer drugs. Report
> Lilly offers behind-the-scenes look at its decade-long tech transfer for TB drugs. Story
> Serum Institute of India to invest $160M in new plant. Article