@FiercePharma: More than 2,000 Pradaxa patients are suing Boehringer over severe or fatal bleeding. More | Follow @FiercePharma
@TracyStaton: Our best-read feature every year: The most influential people in biopharma today. Report | Follow @TracyStaton
@EricPFierce: It's 1 thing for an API seller to have poor quality controls, but FDA says it's a real problem to have none. Story | Follow @EricPFierce
@CarlyHFierce: Merck consumer-health deal heats up with $10B-plus bids expected soon. News | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> South African drugmaker Adcock Ingram said its agreement with Chile-based CFR Pharmaceuticals to cancel their failed merger agreement is now official. Report
> Bayer won European approval for its new transparent contraceptive patch, which comprises the hormonal drugs gestodene and ethinylestradiol. Report
> Japan's Takeda Pharmaceuticals is the most popular stock in the early days of a new tax-free investment program there. Report
> India's Sun Pharmaceuticals hiked its growth outook after its profits for the fiscal third quarter topped forecast. Report
> Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ($TEVA) said that the FDA granted full approval for its leukemia drug Synribo, which won a conditional OK in 2012. Report
@FierceMedDev: Illumina's Jay Flatley brought sequencing to another level in 2013--the $1000 genome is now a reality. Report | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MarkHFierce: Amedica's IPO is going steadily. Stock at $6.19 as of 10:56 A.M. Moderately higher. Story | Follow @MarkHFierce
@MichaelGFierce: CalTech engineers have created an antibody carrier that could prevent intravaginal HIV infection. Not a vaccine... More from FierceDrugDelivery | Follow @MichaelGFierce
@EmilyWFierce: "Musical hallucinations" give scientists clues about brain function, hearing loss. Article | Follow @EmilyWFierce
> Teleflex triggered a global recall for a tracheal tube that can crease during use. Story
> Illumina and Yuri Milner will back a genomics startup incubator in San Francisco. More
> Blood Purification Technologies gets FDA green light for artificial kidney trials. News
> Miramar Labs raises $10M to market device that eliminates underarm sweat glands. Item
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: Like him or not, Myriad Genetics' Peter Meldrum helped make predictive cancer testing viable. Profile | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: Who's influential in biopharma? (ICYMI) Report | Follow @JohnCFierce
@DamianFierce: FDA rejects Durect's pitch to market post-operative pain therapy. More | Follow @DamianFierce
@EmilyMFierce: GlaxoSmithKline joins $115M antibiotics development initiative. Story via FierceBiotech Research | Follow @EmilyMFierce
> Novartis CEO Jimenez looking for new places to hatchet blockbuster R&D budget. News
> Biotech IPOs roll on with Concert's $84M aria. Article
> FDA panel pillories The Medicines Co.'s clot-fighting cangrelor. More
Pharma Manufacturing News
> Congress wants more info about the quality of foreign-made generics. Story
> 2 Hospira plants improve their FDA standing as improvements kick in. Article
> Irish Regeneron plant to produce tax benefits as well as drugs. Story
> Catalent to expand in U.S. and add 230 jobs to its Kansas City operation. News
> The FDA slams a Hong Kong API for the sorry state of its quality controls. Story
> New plants in Middle East are a testament to the region's emerging market status. Item
Vaccines News
> Quadrivalent flu vaccines drive surge in sales at AstraZeneca, GSK and Sanofi. Earnings
> The President's Cancer Panel is pushing for increased use of Merck's and GSK's HPV vaccines. News
> Crowdfunded HIV project draws criticism from scientists. Story
> CDC: Adult vaccination rates are still well below targets. Article
> The U.S. flu season is slowly winding down after hitting some states hard. Story
> Global measles deaths have dropped 78% since 2000. Brief
And Finally... A new bill proposes to bar FDA scrutiny of "low risk" health IT products, such as electronic health records and fitness apps. Report