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Abbott’s STARLIMS LIMS technology to be installed in FDA testing laboratories

18 January 2012
The U.S. FDA will begin implementing Abbott’s STARLIMS® software-based laboratory information management system...

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves new formulations of Viread® for use by children living with HIV

18 January 2012
Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced that the U.S. FDA has approved Viread®...

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Brazil Introduces Inactivated Polio Vaccine in National Immunization Program with Sanofi Pasteur Vaccine

18 January 2012
Brazil has chosen to introduce injectable polio vaccine in its national immunization program...

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Roy D. Baynes, MD, PhD, to join Gilead Sciences as Senior Vice President, Oncology Therapeutics

18 January 2012
Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced that Roy D. Baynes, MD, PhD, will join the company...

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First Hepatitis C treatment data demonstrating proof of principle with direct-acting antiviral-only therapy published

18 January 2012
Full results from a Phase II clinical trial...

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Daiichi Sankyo receives approval in Japan to market RANMARK®

18 January 2012
RANMARK (denosumab), a treatment for bone complications stemming from multiple myeloma and bone metastases from solid tumors...

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Novartis receives approval for Lucentis® and launches Galvus® in China

18 January 2012
Novartis has received regulatory approval in China from the SFDA for Lucentis® (ranibizumab)...

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Genzyme announces European approval of Framingham manufacturing plant

18 January 2012
Sanofi & Genzyme announced that the EMA has approved its manufacturing plant in Framingham....

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Gilead Sciences completes acquisition of Pharmasset, Inc.

17 January 2012
Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced the completion to acquire Pharmasset, Inc...

FOSS

FOSS releases new features for Vision

17 January 2012
Service Pack 7 has been released for Vision 3.50, a software package designed for use with the FOSS NIRSystems Near-Infrared laboratory and process analyzers...

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Medivation and Pfizer announce results from Phase 3 Concert trial of dimebon in Alzheimer’s disease

17 January 2012
Dimebon did not meet primary efficacy endpoints...

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Pan-European stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation registry – PREFER in AF – enrols first patient

16 January 2012
Enrolment of the first patient into the PREvention oF thromboembolic events...