@FierceMedDev: Exact raising $63.7M on rocky road to FDA approval. News | Follow @FierceMedDev
@DamianFierce: Medtronic's Infuse no better than graft procedure but more dangerous, according to independent reviews. More | Follow @DamianFierce
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> Medical app producer Medivo picked up $15 million in venture cash to support its patient-engagement technology, bringing its total fundraising to $22 million. News
> Sorin won CE mark approval for its Reply 200 line of pacemakers, which are outfitted with technology to monitor sleep apnea. More
> LabCorp ($LH) has signed on to distribute Roche's ($RHHBY) freshly FDA approved viral load test for hepatitis C. Item
> GenMark Diagnostics ($GMNK) has scaled back its annual revenue projections to $30 million from a previously announced $35 million. Release
> Renal denervation devices may have significantly reduced blood pressure in clinical trials, but, in real-world results, the effects were less impressive. Article
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: Analysis: Big Pharma R&D demonstrates a woeful lack of innovation. News | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: AOP spins off its 80% stake in Activartis (cancer vaccines) after Elan shareholders reject takeover bid. Release | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: In $247M Transition deal, Eli Lilly is reeling in a diabetes drug candidate that it had spun off (sort of): Yesterday's item | Follow @RyanMFierce
> R&D cutbacks loom at Millennium's Cambridge ops. Item
> Teva Pharma breaks M&A silence with bite-sized MicroDose buyout. Report
> AstraZeneca picks Cambridge site as ground zero for R&D reinvention. News
> Royalty's $8B offer wilts after Elan prevails in blocking bid. Article
Pharma News
@FiercePharma: Valeant to sell $2B worth of stock to finance Bausch + Lomb buyout, plus issue $7.5B in debt. More | Follow @FiercePharma
@EricPFierce: India's Roselabs sees lots of upside in prefilled syringes for the Indian market. Story | Follow @EricPFierce
@CarlyHFierce: Bristol-Myers makes another emerging markets move with Simcere partnership in China. Yesterday's story | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> Who wins after SCOTUS pay-for-delay decision? Lawyers. More
> Want a raise, pharma reps? Get into biotech sales instead. Story
Biotech Research News
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> Breast cancer cell growth thwarted by osteoporosis drug in preclinical studies. Report
> New genetic mutations found in families with early-onset Alzheimer's. Item
> Inovio says H7N9 bird flu vaccine effective in mice. Story
> Report: Genomics industry contributed $1 trillion to U.S. economy in last 25 years. More
Pharma Manufacturing News
> French plant part of proposed GSK, Aspen deal. Item
> Roselabs taps growth of prefilled syringe in India. Report
> City forecloses on Indiana insulin plant it helped fund. Article
> Eisai adding packaging facility to U.K. plant. More