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> Marina Biotech's shares managed to rally a few cents this morning as the cash-starved RNAi developer announced that an investor had agreed to sink up to $15 million in the biotech. Like a number of companies operating in the RNAi arena, Marina has been struggling to overcome mounting questions over the time and effort needed to bring a treatment to approval. But Lincoln Park Capital Fund, an investor in Bothell, WA-based Marina, agreed to buy up to $15 million worth of Marina's shares, extending the developer's runway as it advances its development programs. Marina's shares ($MRNA) were trading at 18 cents this morning after the news hit. Release
> Merck ($MRK) has decided to dump a partnership it struck three years ago with Japan Tobacco on an experimental new drug for osteoporosis. The Japanese company says it will now shelve the program. Story
> Little Falls, NJ-based Sentrx says that Charles T. Saldarini has resigned his position as CEO and chairman of the board to pursue efforts with his own company. Release
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And Finally... Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine say they have discovered why powerful opioids often cause an itching sensation and figured out a way to avoid it. Story