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> Hana Biosciences is planning to raise up to $100 million from Warburg Pincus and Deerfield Management to fund its FDA application for the leukemia drug Marqibo. Report
> Chelsea Therapeutics says the FDA is temporarily putting its planned Phase II study for the rheumatoid arthritis drug CH-4051 on ice as it seeks information on its preclinical program. Chelsea says it can provide the needed data. Chelsea release
> Paris-based Pharnext says it raised a 4.8-million euro Series A to help fund its work on new drugs for neurological diseases. Pharnext release
> Denmark's Action Pharma raised €5 million in a new round. Sunstone Capital, Global Life Science Ventures, SLS Invest and InnovationsKapital all contributed to the round. Action release
> An FDA panel is scheduled to meet June 17 to review a new morning after pill from Paris-based HRA Pharma. The pill, effective up to five days after intercourse, is already available in Europe. Story
And Finally... Researchers at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research have developed a new mathematical model to describe how the human brain visually identifies objects. Report