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• Pfizer/Wyeth Layoff Update

  
  Bio Job Blog — Authority: 470
  After announcing yesterday that it will be reorganizing and closing 6 of 20 R&D sites worldwide, Pfizer/Wyeth announced today that as many as 2000 R&D scientists will lose their jobs . I suspect that others will lose their jobs in the next few months or so. The Pfizer/Wyeth and Merck Schering Plough ...
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• Organ Regeneration In Zebrafish: Unraveling The Mechanisms

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 539
  Unlike humans, zebrafish are able to regenerate amputated appendages.The search for the holy grail of regenerative medicine — the ability to “grow back” a perfect body part when one is lost to injury or disease — has been under way for years, yet the steps involved in this seemingly magic process are still ...
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• BioBytes: Drought Resistant Crops

  
  BIOtech Now — Authority: 113
  Dr. Targan explains how biotechnology is working to create drought resistant crops.  Learn how this agricultural biotech innovation could have a global lifesaving and economic effect for people living in drought plagued areas like sub-Saharan Africa.
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• Social Media and the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Historical Perspective and Commentary

  
  Bio Job Blog — Authority: 470
  In today’s edition of the incisive EyeonFDA blog, Mark Senak, provides a historical perspective on events leading to the US Food and Drug Administration public hearing on the use of social media and medical promotion that will be held on Thursday and Friday, November 12 and 13, 2009. As Mark points out, ...
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• Penile erectile tissue grown in lab

  
  Scientific American - Observations — Authority: 128
  Advances in tissue bioengineering have enabled lab-grown bladders, tracheas, cardiac patches and now penis parts. [More]
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• University of Cambridge and Life Technologies Collaborate on Landmark High Throughput Sequencing Hub in United Kingdom

  
  Your Story — Authority: 158
  CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The University of Cambridge and Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), announced today the formation of a collaboration to advance transla
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• Tokai Pushes Edge With Three-Pronged Attack on Prostate Cancer

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 708
  Biotech , cancer , Drugs Luke Timmerman wrote: Prostate cancer has been one of the hot fields for new biotech drug development this year, and now Cambridge, MA-based Tokai Pharmaceuticals is getting into the game with a drug that it hopes will someday help men live longer and push the boundaries of ...
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• The dog cloner

  
  Scientific American — Authority: 149
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• Pacific Rim Summit — Biobutanol: Overcoming the Barriers

  
  Advanced Biofuels and Climate Change Information Center — Authority: 414
  The biobutanol panel at the 2009 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy had three dynamic speakers from the biobutanol industry: Pat Gruber, CEO of Gevo, Inc. ; Jay Kouba, CEO of Tetravitae Bioscience and Rick Wilson, CEO of Cobalt Technologies . Besides the individual company presentations ...
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• Vivakor Announces Completion of Pilot Product Evaluation of Nutraceutical Product with Consumer Product Specialist, Regeneca International, Inc.

  
  Your Story — Authority: 158
  CORALVILLE, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vivakor, Inc. (OTCBB: VIVK) today announced it has completed a pilot product evaluation program with consumer product specialist, Regeneca Inter
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• Cosmetics Pioneer Victoria Jackson: Mom on a Mission Adopts “Orphan Disease”

  
  Your Story — Authority: 158
  LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Without the usual search lights, red carpets and celebrities that mark so many premieres in Hollywood, a unique gathering is taking place this week w
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• International Developments in Algae Commercialization

  
  Advanced Biofuels and Climate Change Information Center — Authority: 414
  The Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy hosted a webinar to discuss U.S. and Canadian government efforts to support commercial development of algae for biofuels, chemicals, pharmaceutical and food ingredients, and the long list of applications being considered. Valerie Reed of the U.S. ...
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• (INHX) Inhibitex’s Cash Position Now Solid

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  On November 6, 2009, Inhibitex ( INHX ) reported financial results for the third quarter period ending September 30, 2009. Total revenues for the quarter were $0.29 million and consisted of $0.25 million in collaborative research and development payments and $0.04 million in licenses fees. Net loss for the third ...
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• (INCY) Incyte Marginally Beats Earnings Estimates

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  Incyte ’s ( INCY ) third-quarter loss per share came was 39 cents, marginally better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate for a loss of 41 cents. In the year-ago quarter, the company’s loss was 48 cents. INCY reported revenues of $0.9 million, compared to $1.1 million last year. We believe the current investor focus ...
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• (MITI) Micromet Misses Estimates

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  Micromet ’s ( MITI ) third-quarter loss per share came in at 22 cents, well below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 14 cents and a loss of 15 cents in the prior-year period. The company reported revenues of $4 million, compared to $7 million in the third quarter of 2008. Micromet records revenues primarily in the form ...
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• New Medicare Benefit to Provide Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with Education on Treatment Options

  
  Your Story — Authority: 158
  DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) commends the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on announcing implementation plans for a new
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• Public health breakthrough in Virginia: state’s first ultra-low-dose x-ray imager, ‘EOS’, which reduces radiation by up to 90% compared to conventional x-rays, is installed at Spinal Surgery Associates

  
  Your Story — Authority: 158
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Biospace med, an emerging medical technology company based in Cambridge, Mass., and Paris, announced today that Charlottesville, Va.-based S
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• Bilski Arguments Complete at the US Supreme Court

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 579
  At 2pm ET on November 9, 2009, Chief Justice John Roberts gaveled the session to a close announcing that the case had now been submitted. The arguments were good, and the Court was most assuredly hot, peppering both sides with question after question seeking to probe the issues. It is clear that [...]Related posts: ...
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• Cephalon Inc (CEPH) $58.48 +0.39%

  
  WhatsTrading.com — Authority: 490
  Cephalon shares 30c to $58.60 and options are 4x the daily average with calls outpacing puts by 31,000 to 2,100 thus far. The volume seems to be a roll out of the December calls and into a higher strike Feb. (register to read more …)
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• Musings about the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)

  
  Bio Job Blog — Authority: 470
  I just returned from the 2009 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) that was held in Phoenix last week. I attended ABRCMS for the first time last year and decided that it was a meeting not to be missed in 2009. Once again the students (mainly undergraduate life sciences majors) were ...
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