@FierceMedDev: Montagu Private Equity grabs Rexam's healthcare packaging arm for $805M. Story | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MarkHFierce: ArthroCare, stained by a federal fraud scandal, gets a fresh start with Smith & Nephew's planned $1.7B acquisition. More | Follow @MarkHFierce
@MichaelGFierce: Study reports success in targeted therapy for common form of lung cancer. Report | Follow @MichaelGFierce
@EmilyWFierce: Given Imaging scores FDA seal of approval for PillCam COLON device. News | Follow @EmilyWFierce
> Boston Scientific ($BSX), which has shown some signs of a turnaround, plans to announce its 2013 fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Item
> Johnson & Johnson's ($JNJ) Cordis arm said it generated encouraging two-year clinical trial results involving its Incraft AAA Stent Graft System to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms. Item
> North Carolina-based Sapheon gained Health Canada approval for a medical adhesive designed to treat varicose veins. Story
> Ben Franklin Technology Partners in Southeastern Pennsylvania has invested $2 million in a number of early-stage med tech, high-tech and life sciences companies. Story
> The wearable medical devices market is expected to be worth $5.8 billion globally by 2019, according to a report from Transparency Market Research. Item
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: Buzz: GlaxoSmithKline prepares to unveil a new PhIII lineup. Story | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: Eager biotechs (9!) crowd into Wall Street this week with $500M in IPO pitches. News | Follow @JohnCFierce
@DamianFierce: Portola takes its 'breakthrough' bleeding drug to PhIII with Bayer, J&J in tow. Read | Follow @DamianFierce
@EmilyMFierce: Merck halts drug testing on chimpanzees. Story | Follow @EmilyMFierce
> Merck turns to Ablynx to hunt cancer immunotherapies in potential $2.3B deal.& News
> Pfizer's promising results for palbociclib stir talk of early approval push. More
Pharma News
@FiercePharma: WSJ: Scientist's lawsuit accuses AstraZeneca of fudging Brilinta study. Story | Follow @FiercePharma
@TracyStaton: Biogen Idec's Tecfidera nabs EU approval for first-line MS treatment. Rollout TK. More | Follow @TracyStaton
@EricPFierce: The FDA says it will take a look at the heart risks of testosterone boosting drugs. Report | Follow @EricPFierce
@CarlyHFierce: More Humira sales gains help AbbVie meet forecasts. News | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> WSJ: Scientist's lawsuit accuses AstraZeneca of fudging Brilinta study. More
> Suitors size up Merck's consumer unit for potential $10B deal: Reuters. Story
> Valeant adds to skin-care quiver with $475M PreCision Dermatology buy. News
CRO News
> Parexel rebounds from a shaky fall as sales jump 15%. Article
> Indian CRO GVK buys its way into biologics with Aragen deal. Story
> Ergomed cuts a risk-sharing deal on Ferrer's insomnia drug. News
> InVentiv looks to corner the market on mid-size biotechs. Story
> Growing Novotech makes its way into Africa. Article
> Algorithme doubles down on complex trials with latest addition. Brief
Biotech IT News
> J&J hands Yale the keys to its clinical trial data vault. Story
> Dassault makes a $750M play for Accelrys to expand into R&D software. Article
> Infosys co-founder backs an Indian brain computing center. News
> Bioinformatics skills help Stanford to a $40M genomics grant. Story
> The FDA's Mini-Sentinel healthcare surveillance database is growing quickly. Article
> Empiriko teams up to scale liver-mimicking technology. Brief