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> Genzyme is reporting that a mid-stage trial of a new pill for Gaucher disease was a success. Investigators are now recruiting patients for a Phase III study. Story
> Discovery Laboratories has shaken up its executive staff with a series of new assignments. And the developer says it plans to select a permanent CEO in 2011. Report
> AVI BioPharma reports that an animal study for its experimental H1N1 drug produced promising results. Article
> Harvard Bioscience, which makes tools for drug researchers, is buying Coulbourn Instruments. Item
> Kamada will get a $20 million upfront payment from Baxter after inking a distribution deal for the newly approved Glassia, a new emphysema therapy. Report
> Soligenix has been awarded a three year $1.2 million clinical research grant by the Office of Orphan Products Development. Soligenix release
> Celsion says that the FDA has designated the HEAT Study of its investigational drug, ThermoDox, in combination with radiofrequency ablation as a fast track development program. Celsion release
And Finally... Scientists have mapped the points at which vitamin D interacts with our DNA--and identified over two hundred genes that it directly influences. Release