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Xcellerex and Itero collaborate in production of an undisclosed therapeutic protein

Xcellerex, Inc. and Itero Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that they have signed a Letter of Intent to enter into a strategic collaboration for the production of Itero’s lead product, an undisclosed commercially differentiated therapeutic protein. Itero will initiate technology transfer for the product to Xcellerex immediately.

3 Oct 2009

DelSite's assests acquired by Nanotherapeutics

Nanotherapeutics, Inc., a privately held specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it had acquired certain assets from DelSite (formerly Carrington Laboratories, Inc.) out of Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division.

3 Oct 2009

First U.S. patients could receive H1N1 vaccine next week

U.S. health officials announced Thursday the first batches of the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine the government ordered will begin arriving in designated locations across the country on Tuesday and may be administered in the first patients by the end of next week, Reuters reports (Fox, 10/1).

3 Oct 2009

Nutra Pharma manufactures first commercial batch of Cobroxin

Nutra Pharma Corp., a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), HIV and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), has announced today that it has completed manufacturing the first commercial batch of Cobroxin and has successfully released it for final distribution.

3 Oct 2009

Change in Heparin manufacturing - expected to decrease the potency

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today alerted health care professionals to a change in heparin manufacturing that is expected to decrease the potency of the common blood-clotting drug.

1 Oct 2009

Astra Tech, Dental Wings announce strategic alliance

Astra Tech, a market leader in the field of implant dentistry, announces their strategic alliance with Dental Wings, the Canadian-based provider of CAD/CAM solutions with specialized development of 3D scanners, beginning in early 2010. As a result, Dental Wings users worldwide will have the ability to remotely transfer scans to Astra Tech’s design and manufacturing centers for the production of Atlantis™ patient-specific abutments for all major implant systems.

1 Oct 2009

TMS closes final tranche of Series E Preferred Financing to a total of $6 million

TechniScan Medical Systems (TMS) Inc., a Salt Lake City-based developer of ultrasound technology for breast imaging, announced the close of the final tranche of their Series E Preferred Financing of $1.1 million, bringing the total raised in the Series E financing to just over $6 million.

1 Oct 2009

Stellartech and Orthomems to design and develop external reader device

Stellartech, a world leader in the design, development and contract manufacture of sophisticated medical systems, and OrthoMEMS, a medical device company focused on biomedical applications of patented MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) and wireless technology from Cleveland Clinic, today announced a strategic alliance that is set to deliver a groundbreaking, commercial reader for wireless communication with a miniature implanted sensor in the spine.

1 Oct 2009

Solvay's decision to sell its Pharmaceuticals Sector does not affect Girindus

Girindus, a leading service provider to the pharmaceutical industry and a dedicated manufacturer of therapeutic oligonucleotides, announces that Girindus Group is not affected by Solvay's decision to sell its Pharmaceuticals Sector to Abbott. Girindus is a member of Solvay Organics, which is part of the Chemicals Division of the Solvay Group and is therefore completely separate from the Pharmaceuticals Division.

1 Oct 2009

Hospira acquires global rights to biogeneric filgrastim from PLIVA

Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, today announced the acquisition of worldwide rights to a biogeneric version of filgrastim and an affiliated European manufacturing facility from PLIVA Hrvatska d.o.o. (Zagreb, Croatia) (ZSE: PLVA-R-A), a move that will help extend Hospira's reach and vertical integration in biogenerics. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

1 Oct 2009

Gamida Cell publishes article evaluating Stemex for leukemia and lymphoma

Gamida Cell announced today the publication of an article evaluating carlecortemcel-l, the generic name of what is widely known as "StemEx", as a therapy for blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma. The article, carlecortemcel-l, an ex vivo expanded umbilical cord blood cell graft for allogeneic transplantation, written by Dr. Ka Wah Chan and Dr. Demetrios Petropoulos, will be published in the November 2009 issue of Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy.

1 Oct 2009

Amicus brief filed against tobacco companies' lawsuit challenging FDA tobacco regulation law

Today, eleven public health and consumer advocacy organizations filed a friend of the court (amicus) brief asking a federal court to reject a lawsuit by R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard and other tobacco companies that seeks to block key provisions of the new federal law regulating tobacco products. The immediate issue before the court is the industry's challenge of a provision that requires FDA approval before tobacco companies can make claims about "modified risk tobacco products."

1 Oct 2009

CDC Software expands operations in China, adds seven resellers

CDC Software Corporation, a global provider of enterprise software applications and services, today announced it has added seven resellers to its Global Partner Program as part of its previously announced expansion plans to position China as the second largest market, in terms of revenue, for the company in the next few years.

1 Oct 2009

Emergent BioSolutions receives NIAID funding support for dmPA7909 anthrax vaccine candidate

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced today that it was awarded a cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, to further the development of one of Emergent’s advanced anthrax vaccine candidates known as dmPA7909.

30 Sep 2009

Ascent Healthcare Solutions selects TrackWise EQMS software to manage key quality processes

Sparta Systems, Inc., the maker of TrackWise® software and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance solutions, today announced that Ascent Healthcare Solutions, Inc. a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability has selected its TrackWise Enterprise Quality Management System (EQMS) to streamline organizational quality practices and improve compliance with industry regulations.

30 Sep 2009

Caraco enters into a consent decree with the FDA regarding its drug manufacturing operations

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the company's drug manufacturing operations. The decree provides a series of measures that, when satisfied, will permit Caraco to resume manufacturing and distributing those products that are manufactured in its Detroit area facilities.

30 Sep 2009

Study finds that bosses use threats and intimidation on employees during financial crisis

Employees report their bosses use threats and intimidation during the financial crisis, according to a national study of leadership funded by the University of Phoenix. “Questions get you written up and/or fired,” one worker said. The study’s results also showed employees increasing distrust what their bosses say.

30 Sep 2009

Nutraceutix receives Chinese patent for probiotic and nutraceutical delivery technology

The Chinese Patent Office has issued Nutraceutix, Inc. patent No. 02823678.5 for BIO-tract. It is the fourth international patent, from many patents pending, that the technology has been awarded recently based on BIO-tract's ability to protect sensitive ingredients such as probiotic organisms from stomach acid on their way to optimal release sites in the intestinal tract.

30 Sep 2009

Canada hosts the 12th Annual International Generic Pharmaceutical Alliance Conference

Canada is hosting the 12th Annual International Generic Pharmaceutical Alliance (IGPA) Conference in Montréal from September 30 through October 2, 2009, the first time the event has been held in Canada.

30 Sep 2009

Virginia Blood Services certifies Mediware's LifeTrak blood donor management software

Mediware Information Systems, Inc. announced today that Virginia Blood Services (VBS) has licensed the company's LifeTrak® blood donor management software to enhance the automation of data management capabilities. The addition of LifeTrak will enable the blood center to more efficiently manage thousands of donor records, including the complex donor eligibility requirements that blood centers are required to calculate.

30 Sep 2009

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Xcellerex and Itero collaborate in production of an undisclosed therapeutic protein

DelSite's assests acquired by Nanotherapeutics

First U.S. patients could receive H1N1 vaccine next week

Nutra Pharma manufactures first commercial batch of Cobroxin

Change in Heparin manufacturing - expected to decrease the potency

Astra Tech, Dental Wings announce strategic alliance

TMS closes final tranche of Series E Preferred Financing to a total of $6 million

Stellartech and Orthomems to design and develop external reader device

Solvay's decision to sell its Pharmaceuticals Sector does not affect Girindus

Hospira acquires global rights to biogeneric filgrastim from PLIVA

Gamida Cell publishes article evaluating Stemex for leukemia and lymphoma

Amicus brief filed against tobacco companies' lawsuit challenging FDA tobacco regulation law

CDC Software expands operations in China, adds seven resellers

Emergent BioSolutions receives NIAID funding support for dmPA7909 anthrax vaccine candidate

Ascent Healthcare Solutions selects TrackWise EQMS software to manage key quality processes

Caraco enters into a consent decree with the FDA regarding its drug manufacturing operations

Study finds that bosses use threats and intimidation on employees during financial crisis

Nutraceutix receives Chinese patent for probiotic and nutraceutical delivery technology

Canada hosts the 12th Annual International Generic Pharmaceutical Alliance Conference

Virginia Blood Services certifies Mediware's LifeTrak blood donor management software

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