Lux names Dean Mitchell as new CEO; Martek cuts 45 jobs; Sanofi wins an orphan drug designation;

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> Jersey City, NJ-based Lux Biosciences has named Dean Mitchell, the former CEO of Alpharma, as its president and CEO. Lux release

> Martek Biosciences plans to cut 45 manufacturing jobs in Kentucky. Story

> The European Commission for the Treatment of Tuberculosis has provided orphan drug status to Sanofi's rifapentine. Sanofi release

> A struggling Cell Therapeutics has told analysts that it has deposited enough money to cover its convertible debt through this year. Its share price rose three cents to 41 cents a share. Story

And Finally... Seattle-based Theraclone Sciences says that a team of scientists in its own ranks working in league with colleagues from around the world have zeroed in on rare antibodies that have the ability to latch on to a piece of the flu virus that's common to a wide variety of strains. Report