@FierceBiotech: Popular: Is this the NIH Francis Collins wanted to create? Editor's corner | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: GSK China official: We inflated conference costs, handed out bribes, pocketed cash and upped drug prices. More | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: Bioinformatics buy bolsters Life's diagnostics pact with Merck Serono. Report | Follow @RyanMFierce
@EmilyMFierce: Animal studies produce many false positives. More | Follow @EmilyMFierce
> Denmark's Neurosearch says it is being prosecuted for share price manipulation related to statements it made regarding a Phase III study of Huntexil for Huntington's disease. The biotech is denying the charges and says it will work to resolve the issue. Story
> The FDA is assigning fast-track status to Elan's ($ELN) ELND005, which was submitted for the treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease. Release
> Chelsea Therapeutics says the FDA has accepted its resubmission of an NDA for Northera (droxidopa). Release
> Regulus is out to raise about $43 million from a new offering. Release
Pharma News
@FiercePharma: More tit-for-tat in Vivus proxy fight: FMC sues over meeting delay. $VVUS didn't like scoreboard, says Colin. Story | Follow @FiercePharma
@EricPFierce: FDA says Cispharma didn't do enough to make sure blood tissue didn't get into drugs when worker injured. Article | Follow @EricPFierce
@CarlyHFierce: NICE nixes Pfizer's CML drug Bosulif. Article | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> China crackdown: Is it designed to cut healthcare costs? More
> Novartis ex-chair Vasella nets new $5.2M exit package. Story
> Teva reveals CEO pay secret: Levin collected $4.1M in 2012. Article
Drug Delivery News
@MichaelGFierce: Rexahn snags nanotech platform for cancer drug delivery. Article | Follow @MichaelGFierce
> CalTech team combines two breast cancer drugs using nanoparticles. Report
> Math models tailor drug delivery using patient DNA. Story
> Melbourne team concocts self-assembling, nanoengineered drug delivery tech. Article
> York students eye crowdfunding for nanoparticle cancer patch treatment work. Item
> Oramed raising $4.6M for oral insulin trial. News
@FierceMedDev: Popular yesterday: For J&J, no device growth without Synthes. Article | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MarkHFierce: The device tax has already cost the industry $1 billion. Editor's corner | Follow @MarkHFierce
@DamianFierce: Will all that M&A help Abbott turn its medical device sales around? More | Follow @DamianFierce
> St. Jude's Q2 produces mixed results, but CEO asserts progress. Story
> Abbott's device sales sag, but M&A could brighten the future. More
> Medical device ID plan faces delays. Item
And Finally… A new study says that cancer patients who have been treated with chemotherapy benefit from a significantly reduced risk of Alzheimer's. Story