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NewsLuxembourg launches new bioscience initiative
The Luxembourg government has turned to three prominent biomedical science leaders in the U.S. for an international collaboration to establish a bioscience center in the heart of the European Union. Read more...
Harvard prez says NIH funding system is broken
Harvard President Drew Faust has crunched the numbers on NIH funding of extramural research programs and concludes that the government-backed system to support biotech research efforts is broken. Read more...
What's in store for stem cell treatments?
At yesterday's hearing on stem cells, the FDA set a high bar for the treatments, saying Read more...
Stem cell developers shift focus to FDA hearings
Everyone involved in embryonic stem cell programs will be paying close attention to hearings the FDA is holding on how they plan to regulate the field. Developers want a much clearer idea of the Read more...
Millennium chief scientist takes offbeat approach
The Scientist profiles Millennium Pharmaceuticals CSO Joe Bolen, whose team has been advancing a new therapy that targets molecules "upstream" from Velcade. The data will be released at Read more...
SBA looks to boost grants to small biotechs
In a possible boon to the biotech industry, the SBA is looking to hike research grants to small U.S. businesses. And regulators are considering new rules that would allow grants to go to businesses Read more...
Clinical trial data disappears in NIH laptop heist
After waiting for nearly a month, officials at the National Institutes of Health alerted some 2,500 people that their names, addresses and detailed personal health information gathered from heart Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Memory refocuses on lead programs; GRL, Sirnaomics extend RNAi deal;and much more...
> Memory Pharmaceuticals is retooling its operations to focus less on drug discovery research a near-term and mid-term efforts. Read more...
Stem cell outfits a winner in upcoming election
The nation's top biotech analysts have looked over the field of presidential candidates and announced a big winner: Stem cell companies. Read more...
More feedback on negative data publishing
Recent exchanges over the publication of negative data continues to draw strong responses from FierceBiotech readers. Read more...
| Press ReleasesPRESS RELEASE: NIH director invests in innovation, new investigators NIH director invests in innovation, new investigators This is the first group of New Innovator Awards and the fourth group of Pioneer Awards. Both programs are part of an NIH Roadmap for Read more... PRESS RELEASE: $21.8 Million NIH Grant for Fragile X Research $21.8 Million NIH Grant for Fragile X Research SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6 PRNewswire — A team of researchers at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine and the M.I.N.D. Institute, in Read more... NIH: National Asthma Guidelines Updated National Asthma Guidelines Updated New Approaches for Monitoring Asthma Control, Expanded Recommendations for Children The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) today issued the Read more... |
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