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@FierceMedDev: Illumina's Jay Flatley brought sequencing to another level in 2013--the $1000 genome is now a reality. Report | Follow @FierceMedDev

@MarkHFierce: Amedica's IPO is going steadily. Stock at $6.19 as of 10:56 A.M. Moderately higher. Story | Follow @MarkHFierce

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> AtriCure ($ATRC) has priced its previously announced underwritten public offering. The atrial fibrillation medical device company, along with selling stockholders, plans to offer 4.2 million shares of common stock at $19.25 per share. Item

> Spain's Neuroelectrics, a maker of neurostimulation and brain monitoring devices, has opened its first U.S. office at the Cambridge Innovation Center in Cambridge, MA. Item 

> Cardiac diagnostics maker Cambridge Heart ($CAMH) is winding down operations and has auctioned off assets to pay creditors. Story

> A fast-moving winter storm forced the cancelation of Staar Surgical's ($STAA) meeting before the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel, which had been scheduled for Feb. 14. Staar is seeking a PMA supplement approval for its Visian Toric Implantable Collamer Lens. Item

> Diagnostic test-kit developer Corgenix Medical said that its revenue and net income increased during its fiscal 2014 second quarter. Item

> Scotland's Calcivis, a medical device company focused on tooth decay, won a CE mark for an imaging system designed to perform ultra-precise detection of tooth decay. Item

Biotech News

@FierceBiotech: Like him or not, Myriad Genetics' Peter Meldrum helped make predictive cancer testing viable. Profile | Follow @FierceBiotech

@JohnCFierce: Who's influential in biopharma? (ICYMI) Report | Follow @JohnCFierce

@DamianFierce: FDA rejects Durect's pitch to market post-operative pain therapy. More | Follow @DamianFierce

@EmilyMFierce: GlaxoSmithKline joins $115M antibiotics development initiative. Story via FierceBiotech Research | Follow @EmilyMFierce

> Novartis CEO Jimenez looking for new places to hatchet blockbuster R&D budget. News

> Biotech IPOs roll on with Concert's $84M aria. Article

> FDA panel pillories The Medicines Co.'s clot-fighting cangrelor. More

Pharma News

@FiercePharma: More than 2,000 Pradaxa patients are suing Boehringer over severe or fatal bleeding. More | Follow @FiercePharma

@TracyStaton: Our best-read feature every year: The most influential people in biopharma today. Report | Follow @TracyStaton

@EricPFierce: It's 1 thing for an API seller to have poor quality controls, but FDA says it's a real problem to have none. Story | Follow @EricPFierce

@CarlyHFierce: Merck consumer-health deal heats up with $10B-plus bids expected soon. News | Follow @CarlyHFierce

> Antitrust watchdogs come down on Pfizer for Lipitor dealmaking. Story

> Boehringer says it's fighting 2,000 lawsuits over Pradaxa safety. Article

> Merck consumer-health deal heats up with $10B-plus bids expected soon. News

Pharma Manufacturing News

> Congress wants more info about the quality of foreign-made generics. Story

> 2 Hospira plants improve their FDA standing as improvements kick in. Article

> Irish Regeneron plant to produce tax benefits as well as drugs. Story

> Catalent to expand in U.S. and add 230 jobs to its Kansas City operation. News

> The FDA slams a Hong Kong API for the sorry state of its quality controls. Story

> New plants in Middle East are a testament to the region's emerging market status. Item

Vaccines News

> Quadrivalent flu vaccines drive surge in sales at AstraZeneca, GSK and Sanofi. Earnings

> The President's Cancer Panel is pushing for increased use of Merck's and GSK's HPV vaccines. News

> Crowdfunded HIV project draws criticism from scientists. Story

> CDC: Adult vaccination rates are still well below targets. Article

> The U.S. flu season is slowly winding down after hitting some states hard. Story

> Global measles deaths have dropped 78% since 2000. Brief