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Africa's economic expansion not strong enough to reach poverty MDG, U.N. report says

"Africa's economy expanded by 4.7 percent in 2010 and is expected to maintain similar growth over the next two years," according to the U.N.'s World Economic Situation and Prospects 2011 report, which was released Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports.

20 Jan 2011

Biomarin commences BMN 701 Phase 1/2 trial for treatment of Pompe disease

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. announced today that it has initiated a Phase 1/2 trial for BMN 701, a novel fusion protein of insulin-like growth factor 2 and acid alpha glucosidase in development for the treatment of Pompe disease.

20 Jan 2011

New project on developing countermeasures for natural and intentional exposure to disease pathogens

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have received a $5.6 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Army Research Office (ARO) to develop transient immunity against known, unknown, naturally occurring, or engineered disease-causing pathogens. The ultimate goal is to develop a viable countermeasure to an unknown pathogen within seven days of receiving it in a laboratory.

19 Jan 2011

Cancer cells brought back under normal control

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have brought cancer cells back under normal control — by reactivating their cancer suppressor genes. The discovery could form a powerful new technology platform for the treatment of cancer of the breast and other cancers.

19 Jan 2011

FDA announces consent decree of permanent injunction against Deltex

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Deltex Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Rosenberg, Texas, its president, Kabir Ahmed, and vice president, Mohidur R. Khan.

19 Jan 2011

Boehringer Ingelheim to acquire Amgen's Fremont California development and manufacturing facility

Amgen Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim today announced they have signed an agreement under which Boehringer Ingelheim will acquire Amgen's rights in and substantially all assets at Amgen's Fremont California development and manufacturing facility.

19 Jan 2011

iBio grants commercial, royalty-bearing license to Fiocruz/Bio-Manguinhos for new yellow fever vaccine

iBio, Inc. today announced the grant of a commercial, royalty-bearing license to Fiocruz/Bio-Manguinhos of Brazil to develop, manufacture and sell certain vaccines based upon iBio's proprietary technology. Fiocruz/Bio-Manguinhos will invest more than $6 million to bring the first product - a new yellow fever vaccine - through Phase I clinical trials.

18 Jan 2011

DKMA issues GMP certificate to Cambrex Zenara Indian manufacturing facility

Cambrex Corporation announced today that the Danish Medicines Agency (DKMA) has issued a Certificate of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliance for its manufacturing site in Hyderabad, India, following an audit conducted in October 2010. The DKMA Certificate is accepted by all EU Health Authorities and by authorities of several other countries that recognize EU Certification.

18 Jan 2011

Aegis releases Discoverant 4.0 manufacturing intelligence software

Aegis Analytical Corp., the leading provider of Enterprise Manufacturing and Process Intelligence software, announced today the availability of Aegis Discoverant® 4.0, the latest version of its global software platform.

18 Jan 2011

PositiveID and RFID Solutions complete development of temperature-sensing microchip

PositiveID Corporation announced today that it has completed the development of its temperature-sensing microchip in conjunction with development partner RFID Solutions of Malaga, Spain. The microchip, which uses radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, is able to measure internal temperature within the body and communicate that temperature wirelessly to an external reader.

18 Jan 2011

Wisepower acquires Unidym

Arrowhead Research Corporation today announced that its Unidym, Inc. subsidiary has been acquired by Wisepower Co., Ltd., a publicly-traded, Seoul, Korea-based electronics company. Upfront consideration to Unidym shareholders consists of Wisepower stock and convertible bonds valued at US $5,000,000 with certain restrictions as to timing of stock sales.

18 Jan 2011

Alexza completes FDA review for AZ-004 NDA

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it completed an End-of-Review meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) for the AZ-004 New Drug Application (NDA), and has received the official FDA minutes from the meeting. In December 2010, Alexza held the End-of-Review meeting in response to a Complete Response Letter (CRL) received in October 2010.

18 Jan 2011

McNeil Consumer Healthcare initiates voluntary recall

In consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. is voluntarily recalling, at the wholesale level, certain lots of TYLENOL® 8 Hour, TYLENOL® Arthritis Pain, and TYLENOL® upper respiratory products, and certain lots of BENADRYL®, SUDAFED PE®, and SINUTAB® products distributed in the United States, the Caribbean, and Brazil.

18 Jan 2011

Oxford Instruments supplying plasma systems for nanotech discovery at Notre Dame

The Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND) has purchased two plasma etch and deposition systems from Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology to further expand and facilitate its research capabilities. The FlexAL Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system and the PlasmaPro System100 ICP etch system, will be installed in the Notre Dame Nanofabrication Facility, a 9,000 sq. ft. cleanroom, in the Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineering located on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.

17 Jan 2011

Aberdeen reports on QAD Enterprise Applications On Demand SaaS solution

QAD Inc., a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, announced today that Aberdeen Group, a leading firm of technology analysts, has published QAD On Demand Gives Manufacturers the Tools They Need to Become Global - its latest Analyst Insight report - in which it cites QAD as a pioneer in delivering a complete Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution in a Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model.

14 Jan 2011

U.S. Marshals seize Rite-Dent's dental devices

U.S. Marshals, acting under a court order sought by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on Jan. 5 and 6, seized all dental devices from Rite-Dent Manufacturing Corporation, located in Hialeah, Fla.

14 Jan 2011

ShangPharma opens new multi-purpose pharma development and cGMP manufacturing facility in Fengxian

ShangPharma Corporation, a leading China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development outsourcing company, today announced commencement of operations on the initial phase of production at the Company's Fengxian facility. This new multi-purpose pharmaceutical development and cGMP manufacturing facility is located in Fengxian in the suburbs of Shanghai, China.

14 Jan 2011

FDA stops operations of N.Y.-based beverage company

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice today filed a complaint for permanent injunction against a Jamaica, N.Y.-based beverage company to prevent it from processing and distributing juice and other products.

14 Jan 2011

Centice launches integration and solutions platform for Computational Raman Spectroscopy application

Centice Corporation, a pioneer in chemical verification and identification using Raman Spectroscopy and computational sensor technology, announced today the availability of an integration and solutions platform for the application of Computational Raman Spectroscopy to satisfy technology needs in process manufacturing, healthcare, public safety and materials science.

14 Jan 2011

FDA approves Cumberland's Acetadote Injection

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a new formulation of Acetadote Injection, the Company's product used to treat acetaminophen poisoning.

13 Jan 2011

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Africa's economic expansion not strong enough to reach poverty MDG, U.N. report says

Biomarin commences BMN 701 Phase 1/2 trial for treatment of Pompe disease

New project on developing countermeasures for natural and intentional exposure to disease pathogens

Cancer cells brought back under normal control

FDA announces consent decree of permanent injunction against Deltex

Boehringer Ingelheim to acquire Amgen's Fremont California development and manufacturing facility

iBio grants commercial, royalty-bearing license to Fiocruz/Bio-Manguinhos for new yellow fever vaccine

DKMA issues GMP certificate to Cambrex Zenara Indian manufacturing facility

Aegis releases Discoverant 4.0 manufacturing intelligence software

PositiveID and RFID Solutions complete development of temperature-sensing microchip

Wisepower acquires Unidym

Alexza completes FDA review for AZ-004 NDA

McNeil Consumer Healthcare initiates voluntary recall

Oxford Instruments supplying plasma systems for nanotech discovery at Notre Dame

Aberdeen reports on QAD Enterprise Applications On Demand SaaS solution

U.S. Marshals seize Rite-Dent's dental devices

ShangPharma opens new multi-purpose pharma development and cGMP manufacturing facility in Fengxian

FDA stops operations of N.Y.-based beverage company

Centice launches integration and solutions platform for Computational Raman Spectroscopy application

FDA approves Cumberland's Acetadote Injection

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