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1 hr ago | Seattle Times

News Summary: J&J predicts surge of new medicines

BIG PLANS: Johnson & Johnson says it's poised by 2017 to seek regulatory approval for a dozen new medicines and two dozen variations of existing ones.

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Related Topix: Food, J and J Snack Foods, Johnson & Johnson, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals

4 hrs ago | ABC 33/40

Payne back on the road with 'Nebraska' at Cannes

Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters.

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Related Topix: The Descendants, France, World News, Patterson Dental, Dentistry, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Immigration Reform

4 hrs ago | WCAX-TV Burlington

Latest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma town's mettle

Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Patterson Dental, Dentistry, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Immigration Reform

5 hrs ago | KTVN Reno

Teen arrested in death of his 2 brothers in Utah

Jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial resume deliberations Thursday after they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time... Jurors in Jodi Arias' trial resumed deliberations Thursday, a day after they reported they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Utah, Patterson Dental, Dentistry, Medicine, Medical Equipment, West Point, UT

5 hrs ago | WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Body of child found in deadly Minn. landslide

Jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial resume deliberations Thursday after they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time... Jurors in Jodi Arias' trial resumed deliberations Thursday, a day after they reported they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether ... (more)

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Related Topix: Landslide, Patterson Dental, Dentistry, Medicine, Medical Equipment, St. Paul, MN, St. Louis Park, MN

5 hrs ago | KSWO

Obama: America at 'crossroads' in terror fight

Authorities in St. Paul say they've recovered the body of a child missing since a rockslide killed a classmate and left two others injured at a park along the Mississippi River.

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Related Topix: Patterson Dental, Dentistry, Medicine, Medical Equipment, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Terrorism, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

7 hrs ago | TheIndyChannel

Teens arrested in Franklin armed robbery

Police have arrested two teens suspected in an armed robbery at a Johnson County drugstore that prompted police to lockdown Franklin Community Schools on May 16.

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Related Topix: Johnson County, IN, Medicine, Community Health Care, Hospital Administration

10 hrs ago | Philly.com

J&J forecasts 10 new drug applications by 2017

Johnson & Johnson says it plans to submit more than 10 new treatments to regulators for approval and 25 applications for additional uses of approved drugs by 2017.

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Related Topix: Food, J and J Snack Foods, Johnson & Johnson, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, DePuy Orthopaedics, Medical Equipment, Hospital Administration, St Peters Health Care Services

12 hrs ago | Science, Industry and Business

Rate of bicycle-related fatalities significantly lower in states with helmet laws

Existing research shows that bicyclists who wear helmets have an 88 percent lower risk of brain injury, but researchers at Boston Children's Hospital found that simply having bicycle helmet laws in place showed a 20 percent decrease in deaths and injuries for children younger than 16 who were in bicycle-motor vehicle collisions.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Hospital Administration

12 hrs ago | WKYT

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is showing a big drop in teen birth rates that some experts say is startling.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Medicine

16 hrs ago | The Hartford Courant

Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug

Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine Prevnar 13 for Pfizer.

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Related Topix: Vaccinations, Health, Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Merck , MRSA, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals

Wed May 22, 2013

Seattle Times

Pfizer plans offering to pare Zoetis stake

Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. plans to try to sell its controlling stake in its former animal health business, Zoetis Inc., through a voluntary stock exchange with Pfizer shareholders.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Financial Markets, Life, Food, Nutrition, Madison, NJ

Science Daily

Phthalates -- chemicals widely found in plastics and processed food...

Once perceived as harmless, phthalates have come under increasing scrutiny. A growing collection of evidence suggests dietary exposure to phthalates may cause significant metabolic and hormonal abnormalities, especially during early development.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, University of Washington

KXLY-TV Spokane

Charges recommended for football players involved in assault

Pullman Police Defectives have concluded their investigation into an assault resulting from an altercation between two football players from Washington State University and the University of Idaho.

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Related Topix: Washington State University, University of Idaho, Medicine, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Hospital Administration

Philly.com

Glaxo, US partnering to develop new antibiotics

GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it's starting an unusual collaboration with the U.S. government to develop several antibiotics for both bioterrorism threats and bacterial infections resistant to current medicines.

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Related Topix: GlaxoSmithKline, Biotech, Medicine

Reuters

Immune system cancer drugs tipped to be a $35 billion market

A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year.

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Related Topix: Bloomsbury Publishing, Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Publishing, Media, Medarex, Medicine, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Law, Law

Patch.com

Beaumont and Henry Ford Health Systems End Merger Talks

Beaumont Health System and Henry Ford Health System have ended discussions of a proposed merger to combine their operations into a new health system.

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Related Topix: Henry Ford Health System, Hospital Administration, Medicine, Nursing

In-PharmaTechnologist.com

Impax Hires Specialists to Help Sort Manufacturing Issues

Faced with manufacturing quality questions that caused the FDA to reject its potential Parkinson's disease treatment, Impax Laboratories has hired a committee of specialists to oversee quality improvements at its California facility.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Impax Laboratories, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Parkinson's Disease, Health, Hayward, CA

Tue May 21, 2013

Reuters

Merck signs $5 billion share buyback agreement with Goldman Sachs

Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services

Science, Industry and Business

Early-life traffic-related air pollution exposure linked to hyperactivity

Early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution was significantly associated with higher hyperactivity scores at age 7, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

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Related Topix: University of Cincinnati, Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Hospital Administration, ADHD, Health

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