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1 hr ago | KHOU-TV Houston

Apotex pays Bristol, Sanofi damages over Plavix

A major generic drugmaker has paid Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Sanofi SA more than $442 million to end a decade-long patent infringement case over blockbuster blood thinner Plavix, the world's second-best-selling drug.

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Related Topix: Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

5 hrs ago | 590ktie.com

2 LA clinics temporarily halt...

Two Los Angeles-area outpatient clinics affiliated with the 1-800 GET-THIN marketing company have temporarily stopped Lap-Band weight-loss surgeries while they conduct a review of the procedure.The move follows Irvine-based Allergan's announcement last week that it would stop selling the device to companies affiliated with the ad campaign.The New ... (more)

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9 hrs ago | BusinessWeek

Illumina Rejects Roche's $5.7 Billion Bid in Hostile Takeover

Illumina Inc.'s board unanimously rejected Roche Holding AG's $5.7 billion bid to take over the maker of gene-mapping tools as "grossly inadequate." "The timing of the offer is blatantly opportunistic and does not reflect Illumina's strong platform of new products and pipeline," Chairman William Rastetter and Chief Executive Officer Jay Flatley ... (more)

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Related Topix: Scientific Instruments, Illumina, Healthcare Industry, Roche Holding

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Reuters

UPDATE 1-Developing nations to lead in biotech crops-report

Farmers in developing nations will sow more biotech crops than those in the industrialized world for the first time this year, with Brazil leading the charge, according to a report issued on Tuesday that showed steady growth in the use of genetically modified seeds.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Agriculture, Science

Asbury Park Press Online

Merck anti-clot compound again shows bleeding risk

'It feels great to be the guy with gray hair in his beard who is still invited to these things,'... An experimental anti-clotting drug that Readington-based Merck & Co.

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Related Topix: Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Coumadin, Warfarin (generic), Medication

Log Cabin Democrat

CDC: Bread beats out chips as biggest salt source

A customer samples some fresh baked bread at a grocery store in Cincinnati on Tuesday, Feb.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Baked Goods, Life, Food, Bread, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Iol.co.za

GlaxoSmithKline back in profit

Restructuring and reduced overheads helped GlaxoSmithKline PLC return to profit in the fourth quarter, with the UK drug maker adding that the UK drug maker was optimistic about new product development this year.

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Related Topix: GlaxoSmithKline, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Reuters

Dealtalk: Nestle in lead to scoop up Pfizer's baby formula unit

Stock index futures pointed to a dip at the open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.06 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.05 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.05 percent at 5:30 a.m. ET.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Healthcare Industry

The Huffington Post

Sex Education Is Failing To Reduce Teen Birthrates In Conservative States, Study Finds

Archives Of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine , Center For Adolescent Health Promotion And Disease Prevention , Freya Sonenstein , Patricia Cavazos-Rehg , Washington University , Centers For Disease Control And Prevention , Conservatism , Sex Education , Sex education is failing to reduce adolescent birthrates in conservative states, according to a ... (more)

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

Tajikistan News.Net

Science first, then size

Michael Marletta The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla began the new year with a new president who is facing an old and daunting problem -- raising money.Michael Marletta must help Scripps Research fare well in the fierce competition for grant money.

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Related Topix: Scripps Research Institute, Technical Services, La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Business Journal

Kleiner Perkins partner projects growth in diagnostic biotech

Biotechnology companies that develop diagnostic tests are catching up in value to biotech companies that develop life-saving therapeutics.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Menlo Park, CA

The Daily News

Smith & Nephew to Pay $22.2M in US Settlements

British orthopedics maker Smith & Nephew has agreed to pay $22.2 million to settle U.S. criminal and civil allegations that it bribed doctors employed by the Greek government for more than a decade to win business, U.S. authorities said Monday.

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Related Topix: Smith and Nephew, Medical Equipment, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Johnson & Johnson, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry

WKRC-TV Cincinnati

Merck will file for insomnia drug approval

Merck & Co. said Monday it will file for U.S. marketing approval of its experimental insomnia drug suvorexant in 2012.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Insomnia, Health, Merck , Healthcare Industry

TheStreet.com

New ETF Gives Investors Denmark Exposure

NEW YORK -- ETF provider iShares rolled out another Scandinavian ETF with the iShares MSCI Denmark Capped Investable Index Fund It comes hot on the heels of similar iShares funds for Norway and Finland.

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Related Topix: TheStreet, MSCI, Novo Nordisk AS

Reuters

DEA raids 2 CVS pharmacies in drug abuse probe

Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration raided two CVS pharmacies in Florida as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances.

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Related Topix: Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Cardinal Health

Bangor Daily News

Genome cure for sick twins paves way for DNA scans in doctors' offices

Fraternal twins Noah and Alexis Beery get some air on the family trampoline at home in Olivenhain, Calif.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Scientific Instruments, Illumina, Healthcare Industry, Genetics, Carlsbad, CA

Seeking Alpha

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Set For A Surprise On Last Quarter

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts reports fourth quarter earnings after the market close with consensus earnings of $0.71 per share, a loss of 30.4% from the same quarter last year but still positive over last quarter's loss of $0.91 per share.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Investment Services, Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Sun Feb 05, 2012

New York Daily News

Stomach virus strikes third cruise ship; Norovirus blamed for sickening 200 passengers A

The Port of New Orleans says a stomach virus outbreak delayed the departure of the cruise ship "Voyager of the Sea" this weekend.

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Related Topix: Travel/Tourism, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Medicine, Epidemiology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthcare Industry

Venice Gondolier

Breakthroughs abound in sequencing

Sequencing efficiency is racing ahead. Clifford Reid, CEO of Complete Genomics Inc.

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Related Topix: Mountain View, CA, Emeryville, CA, Marketing, Genetics, Medicine, Scientific Instruments, Illumina, Healthcare Industry

Vallejo Times-Herald

Vallejo district planning a switch to 'wall-to-wall' educational...

Editor's note: First of a three-part look at the Vallejo school district high school academy initiative.

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Related Topix: Vallejo, CA, Education Etc., Science / Technology

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