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01/31/12  Pfizer Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall Of Lo/Ovral®-28 And Norgestrel/Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets Due To Possibility Of Inexact Tablet Counts Or Out Of Sequence Tablets
   
  Biogen Idec Surpasses $5 Billion in 2011 Annual Revenue
   
01/30/12
   
  Pfizer: rivate and Public Partners Unite to Combat 10 Neglected Tropical Diseases by 2020
   
  GSK joins new global partnership to help defeat ten neglected tropical diseases by 2020
   
  Novartis extends commitment to help achieve final elimination of leprosy
   
  FDA approves Jentadueto™ (linagliptin/metformin hydrochloride) tablets for the treatment of adult patients with type 2 diabetes
   
01/27/12 U.S. Food And Drug Administration Approves Pfizer’s INLYTA® (axitinib) For Patients With Previously Treated Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)
   
  Pfizer Announces FDA Acceptance Of New Drug Application For Bosutinib For Patients With Previously Treated Ph+ Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
   
01/26/12 Biogen IdecASCEND Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of TYSABRI® (natalizumab) as a Treatment for Secondary-Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
   
  Amgen to Acquire Micromet
   
  Amgen's Full Year 2011 Revenue Increased 4 Percent to $15.6 Billion and Adjusted Earnings Per Share (EPS) Increased 2 Percent to $5.33
   
01/25/12 MERCK:New FDA Approved Labeling For VYTORIN® (Ezetimibe/Simvastatin) Includes Results From the Study of Heart and Renal Protection (SHARP) in Patients With Moderate to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease
   
01/24/12 Life Technologies Acquires UK-Based Matrix MicroScience; Cuts Food Pathogen Testing Workflow and Cost Per Sample by 50 Percent
   
  Gilead Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial Evaluating GS-7340, A Low-Dose Novel Prodrug of Tenofovir for the Treatment of HIV
   
  Elanco Animal Health Announces Lilly's Agreement to Acquire ChemGen Corp.
   
 
   
01/23/12 Roche medicine Avastin receives EU approval for the treatment of women with newly diagnosed, advanced ovarian cancer
   
  Millenium: FDA Approves Subcutaneous Administration of VELCADE® In All Approved Indications
   
01/20/12
   
 
   
01/19/12
   
  Merck Resolves Vioxx® Litigation in Canada
   
01/18/12 Agilent Technologies Announces First Cash Dividend of 10 Cents per Share
   
  Myriad Genetics Acquires Exclusive Rights to RAD51C Gene
 
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves New Formulations of Viread® for Use by Children Living With HIV
   
01/17/12 Thermo Fisher Scientific Couples Chromatography and Mass Spec Systems to Develop Method for Detecting Arsenic in Apple Juice
   
  Agilent Technologies Lists LC and Mass Spec Systems as Class I Medical Devices with FDA
   
  Medivation and Pfizer Announce Results from Phase 3 Concert Trial of Dimebon in Alzheimer’s Disease
   
01/16/12 Bruker Announces $1.3 Million Contract with ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA for Elemental Analysis Equipment in new State-of-the-Art Steel Melt Shop
   
  Agilent Technologies Replaces Signal-to-Noise Spec with Instrument Detection Limit for Triple Quadrupole GC/MS
   
01/13/12 Bristol-Myers Squibb Begins Tender Offer to Acquire Inhibitex, Inc.
   
  Genentech Announces First Milestone Payment to Device-Maker ForSight VISION4, Inc. in Development of Sustained Delivery Lucentis
   
01/12/12 Gilead Sciences Completes Tender Offer for All Outstanding Shares of Pharmasset, Inc.
   
01/11/12 GSK responds to the recent court ruling on the COMPAS study in Mendoza, Argentina
   
01/10/12 Life Technologies Introduces the Benchtop Ion Proton™ Sequencer; Designed to Decode a Human Genome in One Day for $1,000
   
01/09/12 Agilent Technologies Announces Launch of the World's First Triple Quadrupole ICP-MS
   
01/07/12 Caliper CEO Kevin Hrusovsky Presented Vision for Revolutionizing Medicine
   
01/06/12 Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Unity Lab Services
   
  FDA Approves Merck’s ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) for Use in Children Ages Two Years and Older as Part of HIV-1 Combination Therapy
   
01/04/12 Vermillion Sharpens Focus and Streamlines Operations in 2012
   
  Biogen Idec and Isis Pharmaceuticals Announce Global Collaboration for Antisense Program Targeting Spinal Muscular Atrophy
   
12/14/11 Amgen Announces Final Results of Its Tender Offer
   
12/13/11 Millenium: Presentations Highlight Results of Studies with MLN9708, First Oral Proteasome Inhibitor in Early Stage Clinical Trials in Multiple Myeloma
   
  Nordion Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend
   
  Yale University Adopts Multiple Agilent Platforms for Integrative Biology Research at New West Campus
   
12/12/11 Merck Announces Results of ZOLINZA® (vorinostat) Phase III and IIb Trials for Investigational Use for Multiple Myeloma at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
   
12/08/11 Lilly: Taking Sex Off Their To-Do List: Most Couples Prefer Spontaneity in the Bedroom
   
12/07/11 Genentech Announces Positive Results of Pivotal Phase III Study with Pertuzumab in HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
   
  Samsung and Biogen Idec Announce Joint Venture to Develop, Manufacture and Market Biosimilars
   
  Agilent Technologies Instruments Chosen in Major Upgrade of Virginia Tech's Chemistry Department
   
12/05/11 Bayer: Two year results of Phase III Studies with VEGF Trap-Eye in Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration Show Sustained Improvement in Visual Acuity
   
12/02/11 BMS Enters Clinical Collaboration Agreement with Tibotec Pharmaceuticals for Phase II Combination Study in Patients Chronically Infected with Hepatitis C
   
 
   
12/01/11 Bruker Announces Partnership with GRAST at Chungnam National University in Korea to Develop Glycomics Reference Site
   
11/30/11 Abbott Receives FDA Clearance for New Test to Detect Vitamin D Levels
   
11/29/11 Pfizer: FDA Accepts ELIQUIS® (apixaban) New Drug Application for Review for the Prevention of Stroke and Systemic Embolism in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
   
  BMS: FDA Accepts ELIQUIS® (apixaban) New Drug Application for Review for the Prevention of Stroke and Systemic Embolism in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
   
  Genentech to Present Important New Data for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer at 2011 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
   
  Bruker Introduces Novel TERS-Ready AFM System
   
11/28/11
   
  BMS: ONGLYZA® (saxagliptin) Approved for Use in Europe as Combination Therapy With Insulin (With or Without Metformin) in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
   
11/23/11 Agilent Technologies GC/MS and LC/MS Systems Receive International Design Awards
   
11/22/11 Pfizer to Acquire Excaliard Pharmaceuticals
   
  Merck Resolves Previously Disclosed Seven-Year Investigation Led by U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts Related to Vioxx®
   
11/21/11 Pfizer And MIT Break Ground On New Research Units In Kendall Square
   
  Pfizer Announces European Medicines Agency Acceptance Of Regulatory Submission For Tofacitinib For The Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
   
  Gilead Sciences to Acquire Pharmasset, Inc. for $11 Billion
   
  Abbott Introduces the First FDA-Approved Supplemental Blood Test for Chagas Disease
   
11/18/11 FDA Commissioner Announces Final Decision on Avastin for Metastatic Breast Cancer
   
  U.S. FDA Approves EYLEA™ (aflibercept) Injection for the Treatment of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
   
11/17/11 Pfizer’s Vyndaqel® (tafamidis) First Therapy Approved in the European Union for the Rare and Fatal Neurodegenerative Disease Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP)
   
 
   
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Awards $2.34 Million in Grants to Help Prisoners with Mental Illness Return to Community
   
 
   
  Bayer scientific magazine: Personalized medicine against cancer / Creating new active crop protection ingredients with biotechnology
   
11/16/11 FDA Approves Incyte's Jakafi(TM) (ruxolitinib) for Patients with Myelofibrosis
   
 
   
11/15/11 NKTR-102 Demonstrates Synergistic Anti-Tumor Activity in Combination with Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
   
11/11/11 Thermo Fisher Scientific to Buy Back its Common Stock
   
11/09/11 Bruker Announces Four Ultra-High Field NMR Orders from the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) to Enable Advanced Biological Research
   
11/08/11 FDA Accepts Genentech's New Drug Application For Vismodegib in Advanced Form of Skin Cancer
   
  Lilly and Amylin Mutually Agree to End Diabetes Alliance and Transition Exenatide Responsibility to Amylin
   
11/03/11 BMS:FDA Approves ERBITUX® (cetuximab) for First-Line Recurrent Locoregional or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer in Combination with Platinum-based Chemotherapy with 5-Fluorouracil
   
  Vermillion Receives Notice of Allowance for 5th Biomarker Patent Related to Peripheral Artery Disease
   
10/28/11 Pfizer Completes Acquisition Of Icagen
   
10/24/11 DxTerity and Caliper Life Sciences Partner to Deliver NEAT® Multiplex Assays on Caliper's LabChip® Dx Platform
   
10/21/11 Biogen: Oral BG-12 (Dimethyl Fumarate) Significantly Reduced Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Relapses and Disability Progression in Define Phase 3 Clinical Trial
   
10/20/11 Agilent Technologies and University of Technology, Sydney, Open Joint Nuclear Magnet Resonance Facility
   
  Geron Presents Clinical Data Update from GRNOPC1 Spinal Cord Injury Trial
   
10/19/11 Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces Changes in Senior Management Team
   
  Genentech: Phase II Study Showed Ocrelizumab Maintained Significant Reduction in Disease Activity for Multiple Sclerosis Patients for Almost Two Years
   
10/18/11
   
10/17/11
   
10/14/11 Shimadzu Corporation and Shimane University Sign Joint Research Agreement for Neonatal Mass Screening Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry
   
10/12/11 Ion Torrent Cancer Panel Finds Mutations in One Day
   
10/11/11 Agilent Technologies Introduces Its First Sub-2-Micron UHPLC Column for Reversed-Phase Protein Characterization
   
10/05/11 Gilead and Boehringer Ingelheim Sign License Agreement for Novel HIV Non-Catalytic Integrase Inhibitors
   
9/27/11
   
9/26/11
   
  Lilly: ALIMTA Receives Positive Opinion From CHMP as Continuation Maintenance Therapy for Deadly Form of Lung Cancer
   
9/24/11 Genentech's Investigational Medicine T-DM1 Showed Improvement in Progression-Free Survival Compared to Standard of Care in HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
   
9/23/11
   
  Roche’s Avastin receives positive opinion from European authority for the treatment of women with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer
   
9/19/11 Merck's ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) in Combination Therapy Demonstrated Efficacy and Tolerability in an Observational Trial in a Diverse Population of Adults with HIV-1 Regardless of Gender or Race
   
  Amgen:FDA Approves New Indications for Prolia® (Denosumab) for the Treatment of Bone Loss in Patients With Prostate or Breast Cancer Undergoing Hormone Ablation Therapy
   
  Amgen: FDA Approves New Indications for Prolia® (Denosumab) for the Treatment of Bone Loss in Patients With Prostate or Breast Cancer Undergoing Hormone Ablation Therapy
   
9/16/11 Millennium Ranked In Top 10 Biotech / Biopharmaceutical Companies For 4th Consecutive Year
   
  BMS: ONGLYZA™ (saxagliptin) When Added to Insulin in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Maintained Reductions in Blood Sugar Levels (HbA1c) Over 52 Weeks in Investigational Study Extension
   
9/13/11 Pfizer Extends Subsequent Offering Period of Tender Offer to Acquire Icagen, Inc.
   
  Merck Statement on GARDASIL®
   
 
   
9/12/11 Bruker Announces Agreement to Acquire CETR
   
  Genentech Submits New Drug Application to FDA for Vismodegib for Rare Form of Advanced Skin Cancer
   
9/08/11 Bristol-Myers Squibb Completes Acquisition of Amira Pharmaceuticals
   
  Nektar: Positive Results from Phase 2 Clinical Study of NKTR-102 in Metastatic Breast Cancer Presented in Oral Session at the ASCO 2011 Breast Cancer Symposium
   
  Novartis receives EU approval for Votubia®, the first medication to treat children and adults with SEGA associated with TSC
   
  Myriad Genetics Makes Strategic Debt Investment With Exclusive Option to Acquire Crescendo Bioscience
   
9/07/11 Merck Statement on FOSAMAX® (alendronate sodium) Product Liability Trial
   
9/06/11 Bruker Introduces amaZon speed(TM) Next-Generation Ion Trap Mass Spectrometers at HUPO and JAIMA
   
  Bruker Introduces PRIME(TM), the first Integrated Multidimensional Solution for Unraveling the Proteome, at the 10th HUPO World Congress
   
  Biogen Idec Fully Acquires Biogen Dompé Joint Ventures
   
  Agilent Technologies Introduces World's Smallest FTIR Spectrometer
   
9/05/11
 
 
9/02/11 Pfizer Extends Tender Offer To Acquire Icagen, Inc.
   
9/01/11 Roche's Tarceva receives European approval for first-line use in a genetically distinct type of lung cancer
   
  Pfizer Signs Agreement With MIT For Future Cambridge Research Center
   
  Bayer Healthcare to acquire Pathway Medical Technologies
   
8/30/11 Abbott Introduces New ALK Genetic Test for Specific Form of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
   
  Abbott Awards CFCareForward Scholarships to 40 Exceptional Graduate and Undergraduate Students Living with Cystic Fibrosis
   
8/29/11 FDA requests additional clinical data on Novartis drug ACZ885 for the treatment of gouty arthritis
   
  FDA Approval of XALKORI (crizotinib) and Invitation to Media Briefing from Pfizer
   
8/28/11 ELIQUIS® (apixaban) was Superior to Warfarin for the Reduction of Stroke or Systemic Embolism with Significantly Less Major Bleeding in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Phase 3 ARISTOTLE Trial
   
8/26/11 Abbott Receives FDA Approval for ALK Gene Test for Lung Cancer Therapy Selection
   
  Texas Supreme Court Finds for Merck in VIOXX® Case
   
8/25/11 Linagliptin Receives Approval in Europe for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
   
8/24/11 Shimadzu Corporation and the University of Tokyo Sign Joint Research Agreement to Develop Lipidomic Technology for Biomarker Discovery
   
   
8/23/11 FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Bayer’s Investigational Compound Alpharadin™ for the Treatment of Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer in Patients with Bone Metastases
   
  Agilent Technologies and Chungnam National University Collaborate to Further Glycomics Research
   
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Phadia
   
8/22/11
   
 
   
 
   
  Bruker Launches D8 QUEST and D8 VENTURE Crystallography Systems with Novel High Intensity X-ray Sources for Structural Biology
   
  FDA Clears Abbott’s Genetic FISH Panel for Leukemia Patient Prognosis
   
8/19/11
   
  Bayer CropScience receives approval for Liberty Link Soybeans in Argentina
   
8/17/11 Genentech: FDA Approves Zelboraf (Vemurafenib) and Companion Diagnostic for BRAF Mutation-Positive Metastatic Melanoma, a Deadly Form of Skin Cancer
   
8/16/11 Korean NAQS to Utilize High-Performance Bruker Triple-Quadrupole GC-MS Systems for Advanced Pesticide Analysis
   
8/15/11 GSK and Impax announce positive topline results of ASCEND-PD Phase III study of IPX066 in Advanced Parkinson’s disease
   
  Gilead's Investigational Antiretroviral Quad Regimen Meets 48-Week Primary Objective in Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Study 102
   
  Pfizer Wins Viagra Patent Trial
   
  Myriad Announces New $200 Million Share Repurchase Program
   
8/10/11 Abbott Receives U.S. FDA Approval for RX Herculink Elite® Renal Stent System for Treatment of Renal Artery Disease
   
  Abbott Introduces Vector-borne Pathogen Test to Detect Microorganisms Carried by Ticks and Other Insects
   
 
   
  Gilead Sciences Resolves U.S. Food and Drug Administration Warning Letter Related to San Dimas Manufacturing Facility
   
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Gilead Sciences' Complera(TM), a New Complete Once-Daily, Single-Tablet Regimen for HIV-1 Infection in Treatment-Naïve Adults
   
  Lilly: BYDUREON™ FDA ACTION DATE SET FOR JANUARY 28, 2012
   
8/9/11 Biogen Idec And Abbott Announce Positive Top-Line Results From The First Registrational Trial For Daclizumab HYP In Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
   
 
   
  Lilly Announces Review of Data on Long-Term Raloxifene Treatment for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Published in Current Medical Research & Opinion
   
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Prices Offering of Senior Notes
   
8/8/11 Bayer CropScience receives UK approval for pioneering seed treatment product:New potato-enhancing product Emesto™ registered in first market
   
  Caliper and Carestream Settle Lawsuits
   
8/3/11 Merck and Serum Institute Announce Collaboration to Develop and Expand Global Access to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)
   
  Gilead Sciences to Purchase Biologics Process Research and Clinical Manufacturing Facility from Genentech
   
8/1/11 Vermillion Announces Notice of Allowance for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Patent
   
7/29/11 U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Validity of Lilly's Strattera Patent
   
  Amgen's Second Quarter 2011 Revenue Increased 4 Percent to $4.0 Billion
   
  BMS: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Subcutaneous Formulation of ORENCIA® (abatacept), a Proven Non-Anti-TNF Biologic for Adults with Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis
   
  Myriad Applauds the Court of Appeals' Decision to Uphold Gene Patenting
   
7/28/11 Life Technologies Announces Second Quarter 2011 Results
   
  Agilent Technologies' NMR Spectrometer and MRI System Chosen by National University of Singapore for Environmental Research
   
7/27/11 Thermo Fisher Scientific Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results
   
  Biogen Idec Strengthens MS ActiveSource(R) for People with Multiple Sclerosis
   
7/26/11 Shimadzu: National Cancer Center (NCC) and Shimadzu Corporation Reach Comprehensive Collaborative Research Agreement
   
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Workflows at AACC 2011 to Accelerate Results in the Clinical Laboratory
   
7/25/11 Biogen Idec Receives Conditional Approval in the European Union for FAMPYRA(R) to Improve Walking in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis
   
07/22/11
   
07/21/11 Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Agreement to Make its Biomarker Assays Available on Alere Triage Systems
   
  Sangamo BioSciences Announces Efficient Generation of Transgenic Pigs Using Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) Technology
   
  Bristol-Myers Squibb to Acquire Amira Pharmaceuticals
   
07/20/11 Pfizer To Acquire Icagen
   
  Data on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Investigational Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease Demonstrate Potential Therapeutic Window at Doses Below 100 mg in Phase II Safety and Tolerability Study
   
07/19/11 Thermo Fisher Scientific Receives Two R&D 100 Awards
   
 
   
  Millennium Submits Supplemental New Drug Application with FDA for Long-Term Overall Survival Results of VELCADE in Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma
   
07/18/11 Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires TREK Diagnostic Systems
   
  Nektar: NKTR-102 Receives Positive Opinion From EMA COMP for Orphan Medicinal Product Designation in Ovarian Cancer
   
  Merck: VICTRELIS (boceprevir), First-in-Class Oral Hepatitis C Virus Protease Inhibitor, Approved in the European Union for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C
   
  Merck's ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) in Combination Therapy Demonstrated Efficacy in a Phase II Study Extending to Nearly Five Years in Previously Untreated Adults with HIV-1
   
  Florbetapir "Imaging to Autopsy" Study Awarded Alzheimer's Association's 2011 de Leon Prize in Neuroimaging
   
  Lilly: New Data Showed Minimal Potential for Drug Interaction Between Cholesterol Drug LIVALO® and a Common Antiretroviral Therapy
   
  Bruker Brings Exceptional High Performance Single and Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry to Gas Chromatographers with the Release of the SCION Series
   
07/15/11
   
  Amgen Resolves G-CSF Patent Litigation With Teva
   
  Amgen: XGEVA® (Denosumab) Granted Marketing Authorization in the European Union
   
07/14/11 BMS: YERVOY™ (ipilimumab) Approved for the Treatment of Previously-Treated Advanced Melanoma in the EU
   
  Life Technologies Develops Potent Drug Delivery Technology for Therapeutics Market
   
 
   
  Genentech: Pertuzumab Combined with Herceptin and Chemotherapy Significantly Extended the Time People with HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Lived without Their Disease Getting Worse
   
  Lilly Diabetes, Disney Online and Disney Publishing Worldwide Work Together to Bring Dedicated Lifestyle Website and Custom Publications to Families Affected by Type 1 Diabetes
   
07/12/11 Life Technologies Introduces First and Only USDA-Approved Real-Time PCR Test to Detect Swine Influenza Virus
   
07/11/11 Lilly CEO Says Biopharmaceuticals Should Be Included in Transatlantic Trade and Economic Discussions
   
  Sangamo BioSciences Appoints Dr. Geoffrey Nichol as Executive Vice President, Research and Development
   
07/10/11 Life Technologies Launches New Distribution Center in India
   
07/08/11 Novartis: Phase III trial of Novartis drug Afinitor® met primary endpoint of reducing SEGA tumor size in patients with tuberous sclerosis
   
07/07/11 Lilly CEO Calls for Improved Dialogue in Germany Between Industry and the Government and Health Care System
   
07/06/11 Bristol-Myers Squibb and Innate Pharma Announce Breakthrough Global License Agreement for an Investigational Immuno-Oncology Biologic
   
07/05/11 Novartis drug Afinitor® met primary endpoint of Phase III study in women with advanced breast cancer; potential to address significant unmet need
   
  Positive Top-Line Results For Pfizer’s Lyrica In Phase 3 Study Of Patients With Fibromyalgia In Japan
   
07/03/11 Biogen Idec Researchers Identify Novel Approach for Promoting Remyelination and Inhibiting Autoimmune Activation as Potential Therapeutic Option for Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
   
07/02/11 Bayer CropScience Settles Biotech Rice Litigation
   
07/01/11 Merck Receives Approval to Market GARDASIL®, ZOLINZA® and CUBICIN® in Japan
   
  Novartis receives FDA approval for Arcapta(TM) Neohaler(TM), a novel once-daily bronchodilator for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
   
06/30/11 Lilly Outlines For Investors How Its Innovation-Based Strategy and Robust Pipeline Will Drive Future Growth Following Upcoming Patent Expirations
   
  Novartis Phase III study shows once-daily NVA237 is superior to placebo and similar to tiotropium in improving lung function in COPD
   
  Roche’s Avastin receives broader EU label for women with metastatic breast cancer.  Expanded label allows combination with Xeloda or paclitaxel in first-line setting
   
06/29/11 Genentech Provides Update from FDA Hearing on Avastin for Metastatic Breast Cancer
   
06/28/11 Bristol-Myers Squibb Signs New Agreement to Expand Access to Reyataz® (atazanavir sulfate) in sub-Saharan Africa and India
   
  GSK welcomes external scientists to diseases of the developing world research campus
   
  Two Pivotal Phase III Lucentis Studies Showed Patients With Diabetic Macular Edema Experienced Significant Improvements in Vision and Fewer Developed More Advanced Retinopathy
   
  Newly Published Study Showed Axiron® (testosterone) Topical Solution Restored Testosterone Levels to Normal Range in Hypogonadal Men
   
  Lilly Announces New Investment to Further Boost Its Biotechnology Capabilities
   
  Agilent Technologies Introduces Sub-Two Micron Reversed-Phase UHPLC Column, Enabling Fast Higher-Order Protein Characterization
   
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaboration with U.K. Health Protection Agency Yields Significant Development in Understanding Toxicity of the New E. coli Strain
   
06/27/11 Bruker and the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich Announce a Collaboration for Mass Spectrometry-based Microbial Identification with Focus on Coryneform Bacteria, Actinomycetes, Fastidious Gram-negative Rods and Moulds
   
  Bruker and Francisco Soria Melguizo S.A. Expand their Exclusive Agreement for Distribution of the MALDI Biotyper to Cover Spain and Portugal
   
  Amgen Submits Application to Expand Indication for XGEVA® (Denosumab) to Prevent or Delay Spread of Prostate Cancer to the Bone
   
  Sangamo BioSciences Announces Publication of First Demonstration of In Vivo Correction of Hemophilia Gene via Systemic Delivery of a ZFP Therapeutic®
   
06/24/11 Lilly: New Phase III Data and Pooled Analysis for Linagliptin Show Improved Blood Sugar Control in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes When Used Alone and With Metformin
   
  Lilly: Analysis Compares Cost-Effectiveness of Premixed Insulin Analogs to Long-Acting Insulin Analogs in the Long-Term Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in the U.S.
   
  Novartis drug Votubia® recommended by CHMP for approval in the EU for children and adults with SEGA associated with tuberous sclerosis
   
  Roche and Evotec to jointly develop biomarkers in oncology
   
06/23/11 BioMarin Agrees to Acquire Biologics Manufacturing Plant in Ireland from Pfizer
   
06/22/11 Novartis: FDA panel endorses efficacy but not safety of Novartis drug ACZ885 for gouty arthritis; did not support approval in proposed indication
   
  Biogen-Idec: European Commission Approves Inclusion of Anti-JC Virus Antibody Status as a PML Risk Factor in TYSABRI Labeling
   
06/21/11 Pfizer’s Lyrica Top-Line Results Positive In Global Phase 3 Study Of Central Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury
   
  Lilly: The European Commission has granted marketing authorization to BYDUREON™  a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, is the first once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes.
   
  Depomed Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
   
  Abbott and Biotest Announce Global Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Novel Antibody for Autoimmune Diseases
   
06/20/11 Pfizer and Acura Announce FDA Approval of Oxectatm (Oxycodone HCL, USP) CII
   
  Lilly Declares Third-Quarter 2011 Dividend
   
  Bruker Expands Infrared Remote Sensing Product Line with Introduction of Novel Hyperspectral Imaging System HI 90 for up to 1000 Times Faster Measurements
   
  Abbott Receives FDA Approval for a New Six-Month Formulation of Lupron Depot® (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension) for the Palliative Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer
   
06/19/11 Genentech: Pivotal Study Showed Vismodegib Helped Shrink Tumors or Heal Lesions in People with Rare Form of Advanced Skin Cancer
   
06/16/11 Abbott: Reata and Abbott Initiate Global Phase 3 Study of Bardoxolone Methyl in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes
   
  Novartis begins construction of new state-of-the-art pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg, Russia
   
  BMS: FDA Approves NULOJIX® (belatacept) For Prophylaxis of Organ Rejection in Adult Patients Receiving a Kidney Transplant in Combination with Basiliximab Induction, Mycophenolate Mofetil, and Corticosteroids
   
06/15/11 Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces U.S. FDA Approval of NULOJIX® (belatacept)
   
  Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly's New Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Tradjenta™ (Linagliptin) Tablets for Adults Now Available in U.S. Pharmacies
   
06/13/11 GlaxoSmithKline and Valeant announce US FDA approval of Potiga™ (ezogabine)
   
06/10/11 Gilead Sciences Receives Subpoena from U.S. Department of Justice
   
06/07/11 BioMarin Initiates Phase 3 Trial for Amifampridine Phosphate for the Treatment of LEMS
   
  Data from Phase 1 Study of NKTR-181 Demonstrate Proof-of-Concept for Nektar's Novel Opioid Analgesic Candidate
   
06/06/11 Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches New Cutting-Edge Mass Spectrometry Instruments at ASMS 2011
   
 
   
  Myriad's PROLARIS(R) Test Shown to Significantly Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome From Needle Biopsy Tissue
   
  Merck and ARIAD Announce Presentation of Results of Phase III SUCCEED Trial at American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
   
  Life Technologies Develops Fast and Accurate Test to Detect Europe's Deadly E. coli
   
  AB SCIEX Expands Qualification Services and Support for the Mass Spectrometry Industry’s Widest Range of Front-End Technologies
   
  AB SCIEX: New Technique to Revolutionize Proteomics Mass Spectrometry
   
  AB SCIEX Introduces Breakthrough Performance in Differential Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
   
  Bruker Announces Release of Breakthrough CaptiveSpray(TM) Nano/Capillary Electrospray Ion Source for Proteomics at ASMS 2011
   
06/05/11 Genentech Announces Vemurafenib Improved Survival in People With Metastatic Melanoma Who Have BRAF V600 Mutations
   
 
   
  Nektar: NKTR-102 Shows High Response Rate and Sustained Duration of Response in Women with Platinum-Resistant/Refractory Ovarian Cancer Previously Treated with Doxil®
   
  NKTR-102 Demonstrates Sustained Clinical Benefit in 46% of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer in Data Presented at 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
   
  BMS: Second Phase 3 Study of YERVOY™ (ipilimumab) in Metastatic Melanoma Meets Primary Endpoint of Overall Survival
   
  Lilly: New Study Released Today Showed Patients With Deadly Form of Lung Cancer Lived Longer Without Disease Worsening
   
06/04/11 Genentech Announces Data to Show Avastin-Based Regimen Halved the Risk of Disease Getting Worse in Women with Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
   
 
   
  Incyte Announces Ruxolitinib (INC424) Shows Significant Clinical Benefit for Myelofibrosis Patients in Two Phase III Studies at ASCO Annual Meeting
   
 
   
06/02/11 Thermo Fisher Scientific Debuts High-Performance Benchtop Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer at ASMS 2011
   
  Bruker Drives Ultrahigh-Resolution Qq-TOF Mass Spectrometry to New Performance Levels with Major Innovations in maxis(TM) Platform to be Showcased at ASMS 2011
   
  Genentech: Tarceva Nearly Doubled the Time People with a Genetically Distinct Type of Lung Cancer Lived without Their Disease Getting Worse
   
  Pfizer and Hisun Sign MOU to Increase Access to Quality and Low-Cost Medicines for Patients in China
   
  Life Tech: DNA Sequencing Data Reveals New Hybrid E. coli Strain is Cause of German Outbreak
   
 
   
06/01/11 Pfizer Files For European Regulatory Review Of Axitinib For Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
   
  Myriad Genetics Completes Acquisition of Rules-Based Medicine
   
  Bayer CropScience: a leading partner in the seed treatment growth market
   
05/31/11 Ion Torrent Ships New RNA Sequencing Application as Fast, Easy, Affordable Alternative to Microarrays
   
  Bruker Announces Sale of 35 minispec(TM) Benchtop Time-Domain NMR Analyzers for Oilseed Quality Control to Trakya Birlik, a Turkish Agricultural Cooperative
   
05/30/11 Shimadzu: Repeatability of 0.5 % in 1 uL injections, sample injection in as fast as 7 seconds, and the absolute lowest carryover The Nexera MP Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatograph Front End System for LC/MS will be Released.
   
05/27/11 Bruker Launches Novel D8 QUEST and D8 VENTURE High Performance X-ray Crystallography Systems with Next-Generation Large Area CMOS Detectors
   
  Bayer CropScience successfully pursues imidacloprid infringers
   
05/26/11 Bruker Expands in China with Opening of Second Major Applications, Training and Service Center in Shanghai
   
  Life Technologies Simplifies, Organizes and Speeds Analysis of Genomic Data Through Launch of New LifeScope Bioinformatics Software
   
05/25/11
   
  Lilly Comments on Court Ruling in Amylin Litigation
   
  Vermillion Announces Notice of Allowance for Alzheimer Patent
   
  Abbott Receives CE Mark for its RealTime Molecular Test for Cytomegalovirus
   
05/24/11 Vermillion: OVA1 Improves Ovarian Cancer Detection Over CA 125 Blood Test and Clinical Assessment
   
  Bruker Opens New Center of Excellence with Extended Applications Laboratories and Customer Support Capabilities at the Biopolis - Singapore's Biomedical Hub
   
  Bruker Announces Large Order for EPR Instrumentation in the UK
   
  Abbott Receives U.S. FDA Approval for XIENCE nano™ to Treat Coronary Artery Disease in Small Vessels
   
05/20/11
   
  Pfizer: SUTENT® Receives U.S. FDA Approval For Advanced Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
   
  ELIQUIS® (apixaban) Approved In Europe For Preventing Venous Thromboembolism After Elective Hip Or Knee Replacement
   
05/19/11 Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire Phadia, a Global Leader in Allergy and Autoimmunity Diagnostics
   
 
   
  Compugen Discloses Discovery Method for Drug Candidates That Interfere With Protein Conformations
   
  Nexavar in Combination with Chemotherapy Improves Progression-Free Survival in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer in Phase II Study
   
05/18/11 Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Leading UK Provider of Laboratory Specialty Products
   
  MetMAb in Combination with Tarceva Doubled the Time People with Lung Cancer Lived without Their Disease Getting Worse
   
  Pfizer Presents New Phase 3 Data Showing Axitinib Significantly Extended Progression-Free Survival Compared With Sorafenib In Patients With Previously-Treated Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
   
 
   
  Abbott Receives FDA Approval for Molecular Test for Hepatitis C
   
05/17/11 Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Remaining Shares of Dionex Corporation
   
  Amgen: Phase 3 Data Demonstrate XGEVA(TM) (Denosumab) is First Bone Targeted Therapy to Prevent Spread of Cancer to the Bone in Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer
   
05/16/11 Lilly Provides Statement in Response to Amylin Lawsuit
   
  Biogen Idec Receives Approval for FAMPYRA in Australia to Improve Walking Ability in Adult Patients with MS
   
05/12/11 Bruker Announces $10M in New Orders for Novel Metrology Tools from Leading Semiconductor Manufacturer
   
05/11/11 Pfizer Animal Health And American Humane Association Partner To Conduct Research On The Power Of The Human-Animal Bond In Pediatric Cancer Patients
   
 
   
05/10/11 Thermo Fisher Scientific Provides Update on Acquisition of Dionex Corporation
   
  Genentech: New Drug Applications Submitted in the United States and Europe for Vemurafenib in Advanced Skin Cancer
   
  FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Bayer’s Investigational Compound Regorafenib for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
   
  Life Technologies Launches 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument and 3500 Dx Series Genetic Analyzer in Japan
   
05/09/11  Pfizer’s Prevnar 13® Meets All Study Endpoints In Two Pivotal Phase 3 Trials In Adults Aged 50 And Older Presented Today
   
  Geron Statement Regarding European Cancer Vaccine Patents
   
  Bruker Announces 15 Tesla Ultra-High Field Preclinical MRI with CryoProbe(TM) for High Definition Neuroimaging - First Order Received from Vanderbilt University
   
  Biogen Idec and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum Receive Opinion from EMA on Pediatric Plan for Long-Lasting Hemophilia B Therapy
   
05/08/11 Bruker Announces Integrated Microbiology Workflow For MALDI Biotyper Microbial Identification and BD Phoenix TM Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
   
05/06/11
   
  Millenium: VELCADE Improved Outcomes In Multiple Myeloma Patients After Transplant In Nordic Myeloma Study
   
05/05/11 The European Commission Approves Pfizer’s Revatio® (sildenafil) for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Children
   
  Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Announce Collaboration for Kinase Inhibitors in Oncology
   
  Millennium Leadership In Proteasome Inhibition Highlighted In Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma At IMW Meeting
   
  Gilead Extends Its Funding Support for the Gilead Sciences Research Centre at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry in Prague
   
05/04/11
   
  Geron Announces $25 Million in Funding from California Institute of Regenerative Medicine
   
05/02/11 Bruker Announces Dimension FastScan, the World's Fastest High-Resolution Atomic Force Microscope
   
  Merck’s Investigational Prostaglandin Analogue Ophthalmic Medication Tafluprost Meets Primary Endpoint in Phase III Study
   
  Video: FDA Approves Tradjenta™ (linagliptin) Tablets for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
   
04/29/11 Abbott Receives U.S. FDA Approval for AndroGel® 1.62% to Treat Men with Low Testosterone
   
04/28/11
   
  Pfizer Announces Top-Line Results Of Final Two Pivotal Phase 3 Trials Of Tofacitinib (CP-690,550) In Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
   
  Myriad Genetics Inc. (Nasdaq:MYGN) today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire privately-held Rules-Based Medicine (RBM) of Austin, Texas for $80 million in cash.
   
 
   
04/27/11

Myriad Genetics Announces Agreement to Acquire Rules-Based Medicine

  VICTRELIS (boceprevir) Unanimously Recommended for Approval by FDA Advisory Committee for Treatment of Chronic HCV Genotype 1 Infection
   
  Merck Announces New $5 Billion Share Repurchase Program
   
  U.S. District Court Order Maintains Patent Exclusivity for Lilly's Cymbalta
   
  Bayer and Regeneron Report Positive Results for VEGF Trap-Eye in Second Phase 3 Study in Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
   
  Bayer CropScience at the International Seed Federation Congress 2011 in Belfast: Sustainable solutions for higher yields and more added value  » more
 
   
04/26/11 Millennium Submits Two Supplemental NDAs To FDA For VELCADE
   
  Lilly and Medtronic Announce Drug-Device Collaboration for Parkinson's Disease
   
  Bruker Corporation to Release First Quarter Financial Results on April 28, 2011
   
04/25/11 Rwanda, Merck and QIAGEN Launch Africa's First Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Prevention Program Incorporating Both HPV Vaccination and HPV Testing
   
04/21/11 Pfizer Comments on ORAL Sync Tofacitinib Data in EULAR Abstract LB0005
   
  FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation for Nektar's Investigational Drug, NKTR-102, for Treatment of Women with Ovarian Cancer
   
  Merck and Sanofi Pasteur Initiate Phase III Study in the United States of Pediatric Combination Vaccine to Help Prevent Six Infectious Diseases
   
04/20/11 FDA Approves Roche’s HPV Test for Identifying Women at Highest Risk for Cervical Cancer
   
  Pfizer and Shanghai Pharmaceutical Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Potential Strategic Partnership
   
  Gilead and MicroDose Therapeutx Announce License and Collaboration Agreement to Develop MDT-637 for Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
   
  Amgen's First Quarter 2011 Revenue Increased 3 Percent to $3.7 Billion
   
  Abbott Reports 17.4 Percent Sales Growth and 12.3 Percent Ongoing Earnings-Per-Share Growth in First Quarter
   
04/19/11 Sangamo BioSciences Announces First Quarter 2011 Conference Call and Webcast
   
  Novartis generates strong sales growth of 14% in constant currencies in first quarter, operating income impacted by 2010 sales from A(H1N1) pandemic flu vaccines
   
  Genentech: FDA Approves Rituxan Plus a Steroid for Use in Severe Forms of Vasculitis
   
  Biogen_Idec FDA Approves Rituxan Plus a Steroid for Use in Severe Forms of Vasculitis
   
  Biogen Idec Receives Positive Opinion from the CHMP and Authorisation from Health Canada on AVONEX PEN
   
04/18/11 FDA approves Actemra for the treatment of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA)
   
  GSK welcomes key agreement to support global preparedness against pandemic influenza
   
  Lilly Declares Second-Quarter 2011 Dividend
   
04/15/11 Lilly Receives Complete Response Letter From FDA for Liprotamase for the Treatment of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
   
  Genentech: FDA Approves ACTEMRA® (tocilizumab) for the Treatment of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA)
   
  Regulatory Update: GlaxoSmithKline submits additional information for candidate meningococcal and Hib combination vaccine
   
  Merck Commences Tender Offer for all Outstanding Shares of Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
  Roche gains positive CHMP opinion for the combination of Avastin with Xeloda as a first-line treatment for metastatic breast cancer in Europe
   
  Pfizer Announces Top-Line Results Of Third Phase 3 Clinical Trial Of Tofacitinib (CP-690,550) In Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
   
  AstraZeneca Initiates Phase III Clinical Programme Evaluating NKTR-118 for Treatment of Opioid-Induced Constipation
   
  Merck Commences Tender Offer for all Outstanding Shares of Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   

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