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> The troubled Austrian biotech Intercell AG is reportedly in talks with private equity groups interested in taking a stake in the company. Report
> San Mateo, CA-based NeurogesX says Chief Medical Officer Jeffrey Tobias resigned. The biotech has launched a search for his replacement. Release
> The UK's Circassia says it rounded up positive phase II clinical results demonstrating that its ToleroMune hay fever vaccine "substantially improved patients' allergy symptoms compared with those on placebo." Release
> Silence Therapeutics reports that it inked an RNAi collaboration deal with an unnamed pharma company. No financial details were reported. Release
Pharma News
@FiercePharma: Turns out that fixing Genzyme's manufacturing woes is proving tougher than Sanofi thought. Item | Follow @FiercePharma
> Merck chooses ex-Lenovo exec to lead strategy. Report
> FDA turns to advisory panel for Yaz safety analysis. Report
> No consolation for Sanofi as Genzyme scrambles. Article
Pharma Manufacturing News
> Bayer, union at odds over outsourcing promised jobs. Report
> Barcode is India's choice of track/trace weapon. Story
> Taiwan take-down nets fakes-makers, retailers. Report
> Drug in regulatory limbo a headache for Shire, FDA. Piece
> Merck, MedImmune deal space. More
Biotech Research News
> Fred Hutch sequencing project unveils key triggers for prostate cancer. Item
> NIH buddies with Afraxis to escort Fragile X program through "valley of death". Article
> Johns Hopkins researcher designs self-destruct switch for cancer cells. Report
> Sequencing leaders want industry standards to govern decoded DNA. More
And Finally... Some researchers at the prestigious Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center allied with scientists at the University of Washington have helped illustrate just how significant sequencing can be for drug discoverers. They've sequenced the genes at play in the genome of prostate cancer at its most lethal stage and found some of the accelerators that drive disease progression. They also report that they've found "hypermutations" which they say can help identify patients resistant to androgen-blocking drugs as well as castration therapy. Report