@FierceBiotech: Piramal continues market-access blitz with Abacus takeover. Story | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: Isis gets $30M up front in a new pact with Biogen to develop antisense drugs. $200M per in biobucks. News | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: Wow. Amgen buying deCODE for $415M. Wants to validate disease targets for drug development. | Follow @RyanMFierce
> Exelixis ($EXEL) execs will split $234,000 in bonuses following the first approval for their cancer drug Cometriq (cabozantinib). Story
> R&D vet Dalvir Gill was named CEO of TransCelerate, an industry consortium aimed at collaborating on more efficient R&D processes. Release
> Intrexon has made a bid for the remaining shares of Aqua Bounty Technologies. Story (reg. req.)
Pharma News
@FiercePharma: Pay-for-delay to get Supreme Court consideration. News | Follow @FiercePharma
> Bloomberg: SEC looking at InterMune trades by hedge fund. Story
> Eliquis from Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb shows potential for longer use. Report
> FDA panel says no to high-powered painkiller. Article
@FierceMedDev: A Finnish company won CE mark status for noninvasive magnetic stimulation to treat major depression. News | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MarkHFierce: GE has clearly wanted Insightec for a long time. The Israeli company uses MRI-guided ultrasound to ablate tissue. Release | Follow @MarkHFierce
@DamianFierce: Covance says it's the first global CRO to get GLP certification from Chinese regulators. More | Follow @DamianFierce
> Report: Sanofi considering Bayer's glucose-meter unit. Article
> Brain-stimulation antidepression device gets CE marking. Item
> Vela Diagnostics licenses Swift Biosciences' cancer-detection tech. News
@FierceMedDev: A Finnish company won CE mark status for noninvasive magnetic stimulation to treat major depression. News | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MarkHFierce: GE has clearly wanted Insightec for a long time. The Israeli company uses MRI-guided ultrasound to ablate tissue. Release | Follow @MarkHFierce
@DamianFierce: Covance says it's the first global CRO to get GLP certification from Chinese regulators. More | Follow @DamianFierce
> Report: Sanofi considering Bayer's glucose-meter unit. Article
> Brain-stimulation antidepression device gets CE marking. Item
> Vela Diagnostics licenses Swift Biosciences' cancer-detection tech. News
Biotech IT News
> Consortium sifting through MS data to find new endpoint. Report
> Piramal continues market-access blitz with Abacus takeover. News
> Internet advocate slams pharma's social media moves. Story
> Survey: Pharma's social media, mobile use spreads in 2012. Article
CRO News
> Recipharm bets on analytical development with expansion. More
> Covance notches GLP nod from Chinese regulators. Report
> Alimera taps Quintiles to commercialize Iluvien. News
> AMRI re-ups with GE Healthcare, its largest supply partner. Story
And Finally… Investigators backed by DARPA say that in animal studies a new foam technology was able to arrest bleeding, offering a new approach to treating wounded soldiers. Story