@FierceBiotech: Uphill climb gets even steeper for biotech IPOs. Report | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: A few weeks ago Amira's Bob Baltera was brimming with confidence about new financing. Today, not so much. Story | Follow @JohnCFierce
> Anacor has priced its IPO, slashing the price and boosting the number of shares on offer as it confronts a chilly reception for classic biotech offerings. Anacor says it will sell 12 million shares at $5 apiece rather than 4.7 million shares for $16 to $18 each. Report
> Genzyme says it met a key component of its consent decree with federal regulators, ending filling and finishing work at the targeted manufacturing facility. Story
Special Report: FierceBiotech's 2010 Fierce 15. Report
> Gilead filed for regulatory approval of a new combo HIV therapy which matches Truvada with Tibotec's rilpivirine. Story
> Grifols says it has obtained the loans it needs to buy Talecris. Item
Special Report: The Top 10 Phase III Failures of 2010. Report
And Finally... Binghamton University researchers recently revived ancient bacteria trapped for thousands of years in water droplets embedded in salt crystals. Binghamton University release