@FierceBiotech: Perceptive Informatics survey focuses on role of imaging in clinical trials. News | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: Analysts inevitably buzzing about the next big hep C buyout. Story | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: NYT essay on overuse of word #cancer in medicine. "The word "cancer" is so powerful it overwhelms any conversation." Report | Follow @RyanMFierce
@MaureenFierce: Combo vaccines more convenient for children and parents, but might be costing doctors money. Item | Follow@MaureenFierce
> Melinda Moree says she will be moving on from her post as CEO of the nonprofit BIO Ventures for Global Health. Don Joseph, the COO, will take the helm. Story
> The Dutch biotech ProFibrix B.V. says its Phase II clinical trial with Fibrocaps in liver resection surgery resulted in a "highly statistically significant 50 percent reduction in mean time to hemostasis compared to active control." Release
> Boston-based Selecta Biosciences, a 2011 Fierce 15 winner, has kicked off a Phase I trial of nicotine vaccine SEL-068 for smoking cessation and relapse prevention. Report
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@FiercePharma: Forget DTC ads. Pfizer's going for direct-to-consumer sales: Lipitor from $PFE to people at generic price - WSJ. Story| Follow @FiercePharma
> FDA warns Mylan on PR plant violations. Report
> Supercommittee's failure is pharma's gain, for now. News
> Ireland's exports set to fall off the patent cliff. Story
> Pfizer plans direct-to-consumer Lipitor sales. Item
Biotech Research News
> Treatment for aggressive form of prostate cancer may be on horizon. Item
> Two old drugs eyed as new brain tumor treatment. News
> AvidBiotics' protein treatment could fight food-borne bacteria, study shows. Story
> Novartis to test malaria drug in 2012 that could defeat the virus more quickly. Report
> Discovery: Sugar plus two drugs may equal cancer cell suicide. Article
Manufacturing News
> Counterculture drugmaker spoofs Big Pharma. News
> Compounder questions KV's Makena purity claim. Item
> Ben Venue shutdown strains J&J drug supply. Report
> Thanks for a miracle in Congress. Story
> Bill cites fakes dangers, ups penalties. Article
> J&J yields to activists on baby-product chemicals. News
And Finally... A group of investigators at New York University School of Medicine identified a set of biomarkers that presaged declining lung capacity among those exposed to dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center. Story