@FierceMedDev: Experts: Odds of device tax repeal close to zero. Item | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MarkHFierce: Covidien begins postapproval study for stroke treatment device. More | Follow @MarkHFierce
@DamianFierce: Last thing from JPM13: Talking Chinese outsourcing with Vertex, Merck, MedImmune and WuXi. Story | Follow @DamianFierce
> Gore snagged FDA approval for three components that give its Excluder AAA Endoprosthesis more sizing options for wide-ranging patients. News
> Hologic ($HOLX) picked up 510(k) clearance for its Aptima Trichomonas vaginalis Assay, a women's-health test now OK'ed for use with the company's Panther diagnostic platform. More
> Phoenix Cardiac Devices has launched clinical trials in India and Europe designed to get a CE mark for Bace, the company's device that works to keep blood flowing the right direction in the mitral valve. Release
> Parallax Diagnostics is now Endeavor Sciences, and parent company Endeavor Power ($EDVP) is moving the company to Cambridge, MA. Item
> Both Illumina ($ILMN) and Life Technologies ($LIFE) are backing startups that support clinical genomics. Article
> Critical Diagnostics has joined the Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium, an organization that unites heart failure experts in hospitals, and will integrate its Presage ST2 heart diagnostic into the group's care model. Story
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: Trending on FierceBiotech.com: $GSK pilots 6th drug to regulators in R&D offensive. More | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: Activists cry havoc, let slip the dogs of war on AstraZeneca. News | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: PatientsLikeMe tackles extremely rare genetic disease. Item | Follow @RyanMFierce
> Vanderbilt scores another neuroscience drug pact as AstraZeneca signs on. More
> Eisai's pivotal hopes for ovarian cancer drug dashed by PhIII flop. Story
> Aileron snags $12M to fuel first human study of 'stapled' peptide. Article
Pharma News
@FiercePharma: Zytiga wins European approval for earlier use. FDA did the same in December. Could be big for Janssen/J&J. More | Follow @FiercePharma
@AlisonBFierce: Widespread flu outbreak gives vaccine manufacturers a shot in the arm. News | Follow @AlisonBFierce
> Generic Reglan user can sue Pfizer for damages. Article
> Brand-new AbbVie reveals second Synthroid recall. News
> India to hit Roche, BMS with compulsory licenses on 3 cancer drugs. Story
Biotech IT News
> How 'open' will Big Pharma get to treat R&D ills? Item
> Computer game rewards players for shirking flu shots. Report
> Elsevier snaps up drug R&D software company. Article
> Illumina, Life Tech trumpet startup efforts in clinical genomics. News
CRO News
> Report: Indian drug-related trial deaths rose in 2012. Report
> goBalto inks deal with INC for trial software. Article
> Catalent breathes $20M into inhalant business. News
> GVK partners with Onconova on cancer drugs. Story
> Parexel chief named ACRO chairman. Item