@FierceBiotech: Popular this weekend - Report: Pfizer backs off Onyx bid as price gets too rich. Article | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: Report: Big Pharma mounts secret attack against data transparency rule - (some companies will never learn). Report | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: Roche is still undecided about new chair. Art Levinson dismissed as "too radical." Reuters' article | Follow @RyanMFierce
@EmilyMFierce: New 3-D model of diabetes target could shape drug design. More | Follow @EmilyMFierce
> Heptares Therapeutics says it has achieved its first milestone from a collaboration with Cubist ($CBST). Release
> Astex Pharmaceuticals says it has gathered data demonstrating "that early treatment with AT13387…in combination with targeted therapy delays the emergence of resistance. Release
@FierceMedDev: Med tech VC investing remains sluggish, biotech surges. Report | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MarkHFierce: Google is backing Dx company SynapDx in its new $15.4M funding round. Release (PDF) | Follow @MarkHFierce
@DamianFierce: Mela's melanoma-finding device was hailed as a major advance on FDA approval, but docs remain wary. Story | Follow @DamianFierce
> Saladax draws another $8M from GE to market cancer tests. News
> Medtronic's auto-adjust insulin pump on cusp of FDA approval. More
> ResMed wages patent battle with Chinese medical device maker. Item
Pharma News
@FiercePharma: Chinese police pick up AstraZeneca sales rep for questioning. AZN says no reason to think it's part of bribery probe. Report | Follow @FiercePharma
@CarlyHFierce: Reuters says Roche may have to turn to an outsider for its chairman hunt. News | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> Chile's CFR wins shareholder OK for Adcock buyout financing. Story
> GlaxoSmithKline exec admits 'breaches,' promises price cuts in China. Article
CRO News
> ResearchDx expands to meet contract diagnostics demand. Report
> CROs large and small get serious about eClinical. More
> Aesica teams with QRxPharma for abuse-deterrence tech. Item
> CRO Solutions spins niche services into new biz. Story
> AstraZeneca picks Tufts for outsourcing-heavy neuro program. Article
> WuXi, PRA snag ex-Theorem CEO to head China JV. News
Biotech IT News
> J&J searching for European digital health entrepreneurs. Item
> Chinese CRO buys software to bridge gap to global clients. More
> Bioinformatics buy bolsters Life Technologies' diagnostics pact with Merck Serono. Story
> With pharma clientele, Big Data-mapping startup Ayasdi lands $30.6M financing. Article
And Finally… Researchers say that the SARS epidemic provided a valuable model for how MERS is likely to spread in the wake of two upcoming pilgrimages in the Middle East. Release