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2011-07-30 VIROPRO provides updates on business 0 None
2011-07-30 Labopharm, Angelini enter into agreement to reorganize partnership 0 None
2011-07-30 Baxter institutes Baxter Ventures to invest $200M in promising early-stage therapies 0 None
2011-07-30 Spectros reports 51% increase in year-to-date Oximeter sales revenue for 2011 0 None
2011-07-30 Lupin, Lilly partner to promote and distribute Huminsulin products in India and Nepal 0 5
2011-07-30 First Surgical announces quarterly cash dividend of $0.0275 per share 0 None
2011-07-30 NORCAL enters definitive merger agreement to acquire Medicus 0 None
2011-07-30 Sorin Group second quarter revenues increase 0.6% to €191.9 million 0 None
2011-07-30 UK bioindustry raises $250m in financing during second quarter 2011 0 None
2011-07-30 Standard Register reports net loss of $0.9 million for second quarter 2011 0 None
2011-07-29 EGT transfers clinical grade lentiviral vector to MSKCC 0 None
2011-07-29 Anthera reports increase in second quarter total operating expenses to $22.7 million 0 None
2011-07-29 Amgen reports 8% increase in second quarter total product sales to $3,893 million 0 None
2011-07-29 Merck reports worldwide sales of $12.2 billion for second quarter 2011 0 None
2011-07-29 Span-America announces quarterly dividend of $0.11 per share 0 None
2011-07-29 LifePoint Hospitals second quarter revenues increase 11.0% to $877.6 million 0 None
2011-07-29 HMS second quarter revenue increases 26% to $89.3 million 0 None
2011-07-29 Amerigroup second quarter total revenues increase 6.3% to $1.53 billion 0 None
2011-07-29 Aon second quarter total revenue increases 48% to $2.8 billion 0 None
2011-07-29 Magellan reports second quarter net revenue of $698.3 million 0 None
2011-07-29 Coventry Health Care second quarter operating revenues increase 6% to $3.0 billion 0 None
2011-07-29 Roka Bioscience raises $20M in Series C equity financing 0 None
2011-07-29 AccuVein announces $22.5M Series B financing 0 None
2011-07-28 Curis second quarter net loss increases to $4.9 million 0 None
2011-07-28 Celgene reports second quarter total revenue of $1.18 billion 0 None
2011-07-28 NeuroMetrix second quarter total revenues decrease to $2.6 million 0 None
2011-07-28 Solazyme launches anti-aging skincare line, Algenist at Space NK stores 0 None
2011-07-28 Five Star Quality Care second quarter total revenues increase 3.4% to $312.6 million 0 None
2011-07-28 Natus Medical second quarter revenue increases 10% to $58.1 million 0 None
2011-07-28 POZEN reports revenue of $4.6 million for second quarter 2011 0 None
2011-07-28 TRTB announces supplier contract with Nada Marketing 0 None
2011-07-28 Quality Systems first quarter net revenues increase 21% to $100.4 million 0 None
2011-07-28 Dr. Reddy's, FUJIFILM sign MoU to enter partnership in the generic drugs business 0 None
2011-07-28 Biosign closes brokered private placement for $1,900,000 0 None
2011-07-28 Watson to acquire portfolio of divested generic pharmaceutical products 0 None
2011-07-28 BioSante to offer and sell shares of common stock in an underwritten public offering 0 None
2011-07-28 BD to acquire Carmel Pharma 0 None
2011-07-27 Thermo Fisher Scientific second quarter revenues increase 12% to record $2.90 billion 0 None
2011-07-27 CytRx prices underwritten public offering of common stock 0 None
2011-07-27 Aetna second-quarter operating earnings increase to $522.8 million 0 None
2011-07-27 Safeguard Scientifics reports consolidated net income of $121.8M for second quarter 2011 0 None
2011-07-27 Dow second quarter sales increase to $16.0 billion 0 None
2011-07-27 Teleflex second quarter net revenues increase 9.2% to $391.3 million 0 None
2011-07-27 Repligen first quarter total revenue increases 9% to $7,654,000 0 None
2011-07-27 Corning second quarter sales increase 17% to $2 billion 0 None
2011-07-27 DMA announces new name and logo 0 None
2011-07-27 Wolters Kluwer announces divestment of Pharma business 0 None
2011-07-27 Teva second quarter net sales increase 11% to $4.2 billion 0 None
2011-07-27 Merck secures worldwide rights to vernakalant i.v. 0 None
2011-07-27 NFIB: Some small businesses drop coverage 0 None
2011-07-26 Watson second quarter net revenue increases 24% to $1.1 billion 0 None
2011-07-26 Cipher net revenue decreases to $0.7 million for Q2 2011 0 None
2011-07-26 Biogen Idec reports revenue of $1.2 billion for second quarter 2011 0 None
2011-07-26 Centene reports diluted earnings per share of $0.54 for second quarter 2011 0 None
2011-07-26 Taro second quarter net sales increase 14.2% to $111.6 million 0 None
2011-07-26 Kinetic Concepts second quarter total revenue increases 4% to $519.8 million 0 None
2011-07-26 Covidien third quarter net sales increase 14% to $2.93 billion 0 None
2011-07-26 The evolution of hospice from its charitable roots to big business 0 None
2011-07-26 Daiichi Sankyo to deploy Veeva CRM for strengthening customer engagements in the UK 0 None
2011-07-26 BioSante second quarter net loss increases to $15.0 million 0 None
2011-07-26 Decision Resources announces acquisition of PharmaStrat 0 None
2011-07-25 QRxPharma raises A$25 million, announces A$10.4 million Rights Issue 0 None
2011-07-25 Prasco to market and distribute authorized generic of Shionogi's PONSTEL 0 None
2011-07-25 Sunshine Heart to sell 115 million shares of common stock in private placement 0 None
2011-07-25 HCA second quarter revenues increase 4% to $8.063 billion 0 None
2011-07-25 Roper Industries second quarter sales increase 23% to $700 million 0 None
2011-07-25 MiMedx second quarter revenue increases 85% to $1,929,000 0 None
2011-07-25 Sartorius sales revenue increases 12.2% to 353.7M euros in the first half of 2011 0 None
2011-07-25 USM to acquire Central Kentucky Mobility 0 None
2011-07-22 NBTY extends registered exchange offer for outstanding 9% Senior Notes due 2018 0 None
2011-07-22 Modern Plastics moves to Shelton, Connecticut 0 None
2011-07-22 SG Austria acquisition benefits Nuvilex with $1.5M in grant funding 0 5
2011-07-22 Health care company settles class action lawsuit after Katrina deaths 1 None
2011-07-22 Centric Health enters agreement to acquire majority stake in Performance Medical Group 0 None
2011-07-22 IDEXX Laboratories second quarter revenues increase 13% to $317.9 million 0 None
2011-07-22 GE second-quarter revenues decrease 4% to $35.6 billion 0 None
2011-07-22 Global peripheral vascular devices market to reach $5.3B by 2017 0 None
2011-07-22 Aerocrine net sales decrease 1% to SEK 41.8m for January - June, 2011 0 None
2011-07-22 Bristol-Myers Squibb signs definitive agreement to acquire Amira Pharmaceuticals 0 None
2011-07-21 Sirtex reports 4Q sales growth of 23% 0 5
2011-07-21 Australian anti-cancer company completes $2.6 million placement 0 None
2011-07-21 Neovasc to fund Tiara project with $4 million private placement 0 None
2011-07-21 Schiff Nutrition's fiscal 2011 net sales increase to $213.6 million 0 None
2011-07-21 Nightingale fiscal 2011 revenue increases 5% to $17.4 million 0 None
2011-07-21 Identification of third microRNA target triggers milestone payment from GSK to Regulus 0 None
2011-07-21 China Nuvo Solar to acquire SurgLine 0 None
2011-07-21 Baxter net income increases 15% to $615 million for second quarter 2011 0 None
2011-07-21 Medco enters definitive merger agreement with Express Scripts 0 None
2011-07-21 Lilly second quarter total revenue increases 9% to $6.253 billion 0 None
2011-07-21 Alexion second quarter net product sales of Soliris increase to $185.7 million 0 None
2011-07-21 Medco second-quarter total net revenues increase 4.1% to record $17.1 billion 0 None
2011-07-21 Oxford Nanopore inaugurates new informatics outstation in Cambridge, UK 0 None
2011-07-21 Alliqua acquires global license for wound care dressings from Noble Biomaterials 0 5
2011-07-21 Anomatic to open new production facility in New Albany, Ohio 0 None
2011-07-21 China BCT to launch 21 new retail pharmacy stores in Guangxi 0 None
2011-07-21 AMAG enters definitive merger agreement with Allos Therapeutics 0 None
2011-07-21 SuperGen closes acquisition of Astex 0 None
2011-07-21 Pfizer enters definitive merger agreement with Icagen 0 None
2011-07-20 Quest Diagnostics second quarter revenues increase 1.5% to $1.9 billion 0 None
2011-07-20 St. Jude Medical second quarter net sales increase 10% to $1.447 billion 0 None
2011-07-20 Ensign acquires nine skilled nursing, assisted living facilities from Careage Management 0 None
2011-07-20 ICON second quarter net revenue increases 4.2% to $233 million 0 None
2011-07-20 Dynacast announces completion of business acquisition from Melrose 0 None
2011-07-20 New report: Global cardiac catheters market to reach US$2.1B by 2015 0 None
2011-07-20 Major Hispanic marketing group, National Health Partners enter CARExpress agreement 0 None
2011-07-20 Shinagawa LASIK Center expands commercial relationship with Avedro 0 None
2011-07-20 Community Medical Center to merge and integrate with Geisinger Health System 0 None
2011-07-20 Tyco reaches agreement to acquire Chemguard 0 5
2011-07-19 Main Street completes $6.5 million new portfolio investment 0 None
2011-07-19 Bound Tree acquires Alliance Medical 0 None
2011-07-19 Johnson & Johnson second quarter sales increase 8.3% to $16.6 billion 0 None
2011-07-19 Nu Skin Enterprises declares quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share 0 None
2011-07-19 Almac's Clinical Services business unit receives ASQ certification 0 None
2011-07-19 Sorin Group acquires cannulae product line from Estech 0 None
2011-07-19 IMD, BioFocus enter marketing collaboration to offer enhanced natural product discovery 0 None
2011-07-19 Global Health Partner second quarter revenues increase 14% to SEK 180.4 million 0 None
2011-07-19 Magellan sells TREK business to Thermo Fisher 0 None
2011-07-19 Roche signs agreement to acquire mtm laboratories 0 None
2011-07-19 Align Networks announces significant investment from General Atlantic 0 None
2011-07-18 Bacterin anticipates 134% increase in revenue for second-quarter 2011 0 None
2011-07-18 Dehaier, Taiyo-Shanghai and Beijing Orient open filling facility for home oxygen therapy service 0 None
2011-07-18 ARC Healthcare to acquire 12 healthcare facilities for $257.5 million 0 None
2011-07-18 Nu Skin to build new $85 million Innovation Center in Provo City 0 None
2011-07-18 Seychelle reports 47.0% increase in sales revenue for quarter ended May 31, 2011 0 None
2011-07-18 Two existing clinical stage clients expand development activities with Progenitor Cell Therapy 0 None
2011-07-18 Labopharm reduces workforce, expects to save $2.7 million annually 0 None
2011-07-18 Shionogi to acquire Victory Pharma's products to treat pain and infectious diseases 0 None
2011-07-18 Thermo Fisher Scientific announces acquisition of TREK Diagnostic Systems 0 None
2011-07-18 WebMD anticipates 15% increase in revenue for second quarter 2011 0 None
2011-07-18 NSVascular signs exclusive license with UCLA for Thin-Film Nitinol technology 0 None
2011-07-18 Bacterin forays into medical devices with acquisition of Robinson MedSurg 0 None
2011-07-18 Endologix, LeMaitre Vascular announce early termination agreement for aortic endovascular products in Europe 0 None
2011-07-18 LabCorp extends expiration of tender offer for Orchid Cellmark common stock 0 None
2011-07-18 Intelsius, American Thermal Instruments enter strategic partnership 0 None
2011-07-18 Aetna enters agreement to acquire account-based health plan administrator, PayFlex 0 None
2011-07-18 Cell Biosciences is now ProteinSimple 0 None
2011-07-18 Sofinnova Ventures leads $44 million Series B private equity financing for SARcode Bioscience 0 None
2011-07-16 Transcept decreases workforce following FDA news on Intermezzo NDA 0 None
2011-07-16 Guizhou Provincial Health Department issues 'Revised Plan' for blood collection stations 0 None
2011-07-16 Successful strategies for launching fixed dose combination products to market 0 None
2011-07-16 Janssen to divest assets of Ortho Dermatologics division 0 None
2011-07-16 Valeant to acquire Ortho Dermatologics 0 None
2011-07-16 Champions Oncology revenue increases 41% to $6.9 million for fiscal 2011 0 None
2011-07-15 Medical Properties Trust announces results of cash tender offer for MPT Operating Partnership 0 None
2011-07-15 First round of financing could make the intelligent bed a reality 0 None
2011-07-15 Hop-on acquires USAcig 0 None
2011-07-15 Nuvilex to move International Corporate HQ near FDA headquarters 0 None
2011-07-15 NeoStem to acquire Amorcyte 0 None
2011-07-15 Omega declares common stock dividend of $0.40 per share 0 None
2011-07-14 ICON announces acquisition of Firecrest Clinical 0 None
2011-07-14 inVentiv Health announces completion of PharmaNet acquisition 0 None
2011-07-14 Verastem raises $32 million to develop targeted cancer stem cell therapies 0 None
2011-07-14 JLL closes sale of PharmaNet to inVentiv Health 0 None
2011-07-14 DVS Sciences completes $14.6M series A financing 0 None
2011-07-14 Vitrolife second quarter sales increase 19% to SEK 88 million 0 None
2011-07-14 Humira's early-line growth threatens Enbrel's future uptake in psoriatic arthritis 0 None
2011-07-14 Orexo acquires Wagner Analysen Technik 0 None
2011-07-14 Teva acquires Taiyo 0 None
2011-07-13 Apax Partners, CPPIB and PSP Investments to acquire KCI for $68.50 per share 0 None
2011-07-13 Global Health Partner acquires OPA 0 None
2011-07-13 Gerresheimer second quarter revenues increase 5.9% to EUR 284.5m 0 None
2011-07-13 Karo Bio reports net loss of MSEK 124.9 for January - June, 2011 0 None
2011-07-12 Biomet net sales increase 1% to $2.732 billion for fiscal year 2011 0 None
2011-07-11 Novis opens fifth office location in San Luis Obispo 0 None
2011-07-11 Opponents ask Colo. Attorney General to intervene on hospital sale 0 None
2011-07-11 American Red Cross acquires HemaCare's red blood cell collection operation assets 0 None
2011-07-11 Avisena receives $2.5 million debt facility from Square 1 Bank 0 None
2011-07-11 Evolution Benefits and Lighthouse1 merge to create Evolution1 0 None
2011-07-11 Anavex exercises warrants to raise $1.575 million 0 None
2011-07-11 Generex announces convertible preferred stock securities purchase agreement 0 None
2011-07-11 Sanofi announces strategic divestiture of dermatology business to Valeant 0 None
2011-07-11 USANA receives FDA registration to manufacture OTC drugs 0 5
2011-07-11 Illumina, Sequenom sign three-year supply agreement 0 None
2011-07-11 ITT enters definitive agreement to acquire YSI 0 None
2011-07-11 CCBC repurchases an aggregate of 2,052,607 ordinary shares 0 None
2011-07-11 Getinge net sales decline 8.4% to SEK 9,634 M for second quarter 2011 0 None
2011-07-11 Isogenica opens new automation facility 0 None
2011-07-11 Valeant signs agreement to acquire Dermik 0 None
2011-07-11 QIAGEN to acquire Cellestis 0 None
2011-07-08 Study finds higher rate of switching from Byetta to Victoza in treatment of type 2 diabetes 0 None
2011-07-08 Allegro completes $5.4M Series A extension financing 0 None
2011-07-08 Medtronic enters definitive agreement to acquire Salient Surgical Technologies 0 None
2011-07-08 Medtronic enters definitive agreement to acquire PEAK Surgical 0 None
2011-07-06 Managed care enters the exam room as insurers buy doctor groups 0 None
2011-07-01 Erratic investment responses can make a smart portfolio richer 0 None

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