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3 hrs ago | The Indianapolis Star

FDA investigates Zyprexa Relprevv patient deaths

Federal regulators are investigating the deaths of two patients who received injections of a longer-lasting version of Eli Lilly’s antipsychotic Zyprexa.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Zyprexa, Zydis, Olanzapine (generic), Food and Drug Administration, Eli Lilly, Healthcare Industry

7 hrs ago | Reuters

GSK negotiating $1 billion sale of thrombosis drugs to Aspen

Small business optimism rose to a one year-high in May, a hopeful sign for an economy that has hit a soft patch.

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Related Topix: GlaxoSmithKline

9 hrs ago | Science, Industry and Business

New Compound Excels at Killing Persistent and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute , the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has identified a highly promising new anti-tuberculosis compound that attacks the tuberculosis bacterium in two different ways.

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Related Topix: Scripps Research Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Technical Services, Charitable Organizations, Yeshiva University, Immunology, Microbiology, Biology, Science

13 hrs ago | Asbury Park Press

New FEMA maps shrink highest-risk flood zones in Monmouth, Ocean

Elevation Saved Mantoloking Home: Elevating his home when it was built 30 years ago, saved Ed Wright's Mantoloking home when the ocean met the bay the the foot of the Mantoloking Bridge during Superstorm Sandy.

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Related Topix: Mantoloking, NJ, Toms River, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, V I Technologies, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Reno Gazette-Journal

Paper: CDC didn't check Legionnaires records

Federal health officials believe a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System started in 2011, but they did not check hospital records that show Legionella bacteria appeared nearly four years earlier, a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review investigation found.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

WTOP-FM Washington

Best employer for boomers is right here

The Bethesda-based National Institutes of Health landed the No. 1 spot on the list.

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Related Topix: National Institutes of Health, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Health, AARP

CBS Local

Matt's Favorites: Biotech Growth In Lansing, And Much More

So what's the latest and greatest in the magnificently multifaceted world of high technology? Well, kids, strap on that jeweler's loupe and let's take a look at some facets * Congratulations are in order to Lansing, where officials of Rockville, Md.-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and Mayor Virg Bernero cut the ribbon on a 32,000-square-foot ... (more)

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Related Topix: Lansing, MI, Emergent BioSolutions, Virg Bernero, US Governors, Verizon Communications, Telecom, Verizon, IT Services, Wireless, Emerging Technology

ComputerWorld

Prism doesn't have CIOs in a panic -- yet

Revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency's Prism surveillance program have much of the general public in uproar, but in terms of the controversy's impact to enterprise IT, some CIOs have measured, albeit watchful reactions.

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Related Topix: CIO News, CareFusion

Philly.com

JNJ to buy Aragon for at least $650M

Johnson & Johnson said Monday that it has agreed to buy Aragon Pharmaceuticals Inc. for at least $650 million in cash, boosting its position in prostate drug development.

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Related Topix: Johnson & Johnson, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Advanced Transit Dynamics, VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Startups, Johnson Controls

Reuters

Orphan drugmaker ViroPharma attracts takeover interest -sources

ViroPharma Inc is attracting preliminary interest from several pharmaceutical companies about buying the orphan drugmaker, according to three people familiar with the matter.

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Related Topix: ViroPharma, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Genetics, Genzyme General

The Clarion-Ledger

Supreme Court ruling frees your genes, opens market

Cases that get to the Supreme Court often involve complex issues over which the justices can reasonably disagree: Obamacare, "partial birth abortion" and the disputed Bush-Gore election, just to name a few.

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Related Topix: Abortion, Genetics, Medicine, Myriad Genetics, Healthcare Industry, Biology, Science

Examiner.com

Pair who robbed La Jolla taco shop remain on the loose

According to a 10News report, the duo reportedly held up Rigoberto's Taco Shop on La Jolla Boulevard near Westbourne Street just prior to 11 p.m. Saturday, San Diego police stated.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, La-Jolla, CA, La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Sun Jun 16, 2013

WTOL-TV Toledo

Court ruling may open up breast cancer gene tests

A ruling by the Supreme Court that human genes can't be patented is expected to increase access and drop the cost for tests for gene mutations that greatly raise the risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Myriad Genetics, Healthcare Industry

WTAQ-AM Green Bay

"Mosquito explosion" expected

A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito on a human finger in this undated handout photograph from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention There's a silver lining to cool spring weather in Wisconsin: not as many mosquitoes as there could be, given all the rain we've had.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Weather

Bloomberg

Johnson & Johnson's Depuy Synthes Wins $16 Million for Patents

Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Synthes unit, a maker of artificial spinal repair products, won $16 million in damages from Globus Medical Inc. when a jury decided that three of its patents were infringed.

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Related Topix: Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Wilmington, DE

Great Falls Tribune

Bistro Enzo's fish specials reel 'em in

On a recent Thursday afternoon, James Honaker was alone in his restaurant, chopping king trumpet mushrooms and prepping for another busy night at Bistro Enzo, one of Billings' most popular restaurants.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Enzo Biochem, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Montana, Duck, Meat

Patch.com

Local Actress Has 'Remorse' in Horror Movie

Peter Choate remembers the one and only time he lit a cigar in the nearly 300-year-old Penrose-Strawbridge house.

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Related Topix: Horsham, PA, Graeme Park, House, Supernatural, Quigley Corporation The, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Doylestown, PA, Warrington, PA

Seeking Alpha

2 Biotechs With Recent Intensive Insider Selling

In this article, I will feature two healthcare companies that have seen intensive insider selling during the last 30 days.

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Related Topix: Scientific Instruments, Illumina, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Startups, Affymetrix, Telecom, Security, Lifeline Systems, Sirna Therapeutics

Sat Jun 15, 2013

CBS Local

Study: Prozac Causes Aggression, Violence In Fish

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta have found that 11 percent of all Americans ages 12 and over take some form of antidepressant medication, including Prozac.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthcare Industry

Times of Oman

U.S. top court bars patents on human genes unless synthetic

A DNA double helix is seen in an undated artist's illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute to Reuters on May 15, 2012.

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Related Topix: Reuters, US News, US Supreme Court, Genetics, Medicine, Myriad Genetics, Healthcare Industry, Biology, Science

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