> Hang the black crepe: the FDA has ordered new "black box" warning labels for Avandia and its Japanese cousin Actos. FiercePharma
> Schering-Plough has suspended development of a clinical compound for metabolic disease. Report
> Shire's licensing deal for Justiva has become effective. Report
> Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse has invested $350,000 in three local life sciences companies. Release
> EKR Therapeutics has acquired exclusive marketing and distribution rights to DepoDur (morphine sulfate extended release liposome injection) for the Americas from San Diego-based Pacira Pharmaceuticals. Release
> Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories announced a big expansion of its Detroit facilities, creating 600 jobs over the next five years. FiercePharma
> China's pharma market steams ahead. FiercePharma
> In a breakthrough, team of scientists at Oregon Health & Science University's school of medicine has engineered mice that produce human liver cells. FierceBioresearcher
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