> A Florida judge has cleared the way for Mylan to sell its generic version of Abbott Laboratories' Levothyroxine Sodium thyroid med in the state. Report
> Labopharm's new once-daily Trazodone hit antidepressant study endpoints. Release
> APP Pharmaceuticals got the FDA nod for two copycat drugs: its version of Bedford Laboratories' apnea drug Cafcit and its form of Bristol-Myers Squibb's cancer treatment Blenoxane. Report
> Medtronic got the FDA's approval to sell a neurostimulation system for treating chronic pain. Report
> Alkermes plans to repurchase $60 million in common stock, using cash at least in part from its recent sale of a stake in Reliant Pharmaceuticals. Report
> PPD says it's inked a deal to buy InnoPharm, an independent contract research organization based in Russia. Report
> Icagen has triggered an option to sell $10 million worth of stock to Pfizer. Report
> The Star-Ledger offers a new perspective on the investment scene in biotechnology. Analysts say the credit crunch has put a squeeze on private equity groups who can no longer use cheap debt to buy into developers and then flip them. Report
> Carl Icahn is claiming that some biotechs must merge with Big Pharma--and that Biogen Idec is one of them. Report
And Finally... Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center no longer takes industry money to finance continuing medical education. Here's how. Report