FDA releases further guidance on UDI; Device for gunshot wounds to hit market soon;

@FierceMedDev: Interesting: @Roche division @ventanamed helped shape a Dx masters degree program at @ArizonaState. FierceDiagnostics story | Follow @FierceMedDev

@VarunSaxena2: Bid for Allergan puts Valeant's research and development cuts under scrutiny. More from the WSJ (sub. req.) | Follow @VarunSaxena2

@StacyALawrence: ICYMI yesterday: FDA panel to consider first drug-eluting balloon catheter. Story | Follow @StacyALawrence

@MichaelGFierce: Mayo Clinic team successfully delivers small molecules to the brain past blood-brain barrier. FierceDrugDelivery story | Follow @MichaelGFierce

@EmilyWFierce: Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should eat at least 8 oz of fish a week, according to new #FDA guidelines. More from the NYT | Follow @EmilyWFierce

> FDA released new guidance on the global unique device identificaiton database today, June 11. Guidance

> FDA just released its device arm's plan of action based on Booz Allen Hamilton recommendations.Report

> RevMedx will soon begin distributing its device for healing gunshot wounds to military medics and other nonmilitary markets. Story

Biotech News

@FierceBiotech: Can Orexigen and its partner Takeda escape the weight-drug jinx? Yesterday's analysis | Follow @FierceBiotech

@JohnCFierce: Lilly's key franchise drug ramucirumab flops in PhIII liver cancer study. More | Follow @JohnCFierce

@DamianFierce: Crushing realization that @Forbes' "What To Wear at BIO" feature applies solely to women. More | Follow @DamianFierce

@EmilyMFierce: ICYMI yesterday: Today's edition of Research is out. Newsletter | Follow @EmilyMFierce

> Billionaire Thiel backs biotech startups with eyes on Alzheimer's, GI disease. Report

> Old Roche R&D campus in NJ faces the wrecking ball. Item

> Hostile Allergan bid is part of Valeant's war on 'value-destroying' R&D. Story

> Rebel AstraZeneca investors push plan to tie exec pay to rosy R&D projections. Article

Pharma News

@FiercePharma: Top-read on FP Tuesday: Shaky Dendreon loses its CEO as debt payments loom. Article | Follow @FiercePharma

@TracyStaton: Trending at FiercePharmaMarketing: Do reps push drugs off-label? Study says yes. Does it work? Also yes. More | Follow @TracyStaton

@EricPFierce: ICYMI from FiercePharmaManufacturing: New #FDA warning letter says Alabama compounder is making sterile drugs in unsanitary facility. Story | Follow @EricPFierce

@CarlyHFierce: Do reps push drugs off-label? Yes, a study suggests. Does it work? Also yes. FiercePharmaMarketing story | Follow @CarlyHFierce

@JustinHFierce: FDA voting today, tomorrow on opioid-induced constipation drug class, meds like Movantik could spell boom. More | Follow @JustinHFierce

> Italy's move to fund unapproved use of Roche's Avastin alarms the industry. Article

> Japanese authorities arrest ex-Novartis employee in data-manipulation scandal. Report

> Dartmouth profs take issue with calls for testosterone testing. Item

Pharma Marketing News

> Orexigen's weight-loss med sets up Takeda vs. Eisai marketing showdown--eventually. Article

> Feds cry foul at Allergan's free-speech defense in drug marketing case. Report

> New data backs GlaxoSmithKline's Incruse as an add-on to COPD med Breo Ellipta. Story

> Forest gives old Namenda a reprieve as switching to XR formula continues. More

> Men's Health Week or Low-T Week? Critics say awareness campaign is another pharma ploy. Article

Drug Delivery News

> UCSB study: New silver nanoparticles dissolve if they don't hit their mark. Article

> Avanir's nasal delivery for migraines beats oral sumatriptan in PhIIIb. Item

> Stem cells trapped in hydrogel better at bone repair. Story

> Cook launches Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Stent in Canada. More

> Tonix receives IND approval for sublingual formulation to treat PTSD. Story

> Mayo Clinic team successfully delivers small molecules to the brain past blood-brain barrier. Article

Diagnostics News

> ImaginAb, Duke double down in Singapore on in vivo molecular imaging-agent work. More

> Roche's Ventana helped shape ASU's new Dx master's degree program. Story

> B. Braun will sell German partner's molecular Dx panels in the U.S. More

> China's FDA grants approval to Dehaier's portable sleep Dx system. Article

> AstraZeneca will tap Cancer Genetics' cancer biomarker testing tech in Central America. News

> Roche and MedImmune will concoct lung cancer immunotherapy clinical trial test. Item