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> The UK's Oxford BioMedica says it inked a deal to license vaccine development technology to Emergent Biosolutions for up to $21.4 million. Emergent plans to use the technology to develop up to eight vaccines, including one for tuberculosis. Oxford collected a $1 million fee on the deal. Report
> Hemispherx Biopharma says it won a $188M judgment in a federal lawsuit filed against South Africa's JCI along with one of its directors and the estate of a former officer of the company. The Philadelphia-based developer had alleged the defendants had fraudulently obtained insider information on the company in order to devalue its stock price. But the judgment may be hard to collect. Report
> Immunogen says it won orphan drug status for lorvotuzumab mertasine, a drug for small cell lung cancer. Article
> Xconomy reports that the Institute for Systems Biology plans to move to Seattle's South Lake Union area. Story
And Finally... It's unavoidable: breakdowns in brain connections slow down our physical response times as we age, a new study suggests. Release