@FiercePharma: CEO-hunting Sanofi tried to tempt AstraZeneca's Soriot: Bloomberg. Article | Follow @FiercePharma
@EricPFierce: ICYMI from FiercePharmaManufacturing: Sanofi says it doesn't not know why its flu strains grew slowly, holding up vax deliveries in U.S. Article | Follow @EricPFierce
@CarlyHFierce: ICYMI yesterday: Pfizer beats out Novartis with FDA MenB nod. FierceVaccines article | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> AstraZeneca ($AZN) won the FDA's blessing for its combination diabetes treatment Xigduo, which encompasses its new SGLT2 drug dapagliflozin and the standard therapy metformin. Release
> Novo Nordisk ($NVO) is staffing up in New Hampshire for a new facility that will turn out hemophilia treatments for the U.S. market. Release
> India's Cipla launched a cheaper copy of the Novartis ($NVS) respiratory drug Onbrez in its home market, and has asked the government to pull the Swiss drugmaker's patents on the product. Report
> AMAG Pharmaceuticals ($AMAG) reported $25.5 million in third-quarter revenue, most of which came from its anemia drug Feraheme. Report
> Fujifilm backed away from estimating how profitably its flu-fighting drug Avigan might be; the company is expanding production of the drug, which is earmarked to fight Ebola. Report
Medical Device News
@FierceMedDev: Ken Drazan of JNJ Innovation talks future of med tech. Editor's Corner | Follow @FierceMedDev
@VarunSaxena2: ICYMI yesterday: Rating agencies likely to cut Medtronic's credit rating due to looming merger with Covidien. Story | Follow @VarunSaxena2
@EmilyWFierce: ICYMI: Check out @FierceMedDev's list of the most influential women in the med tech industry here. Feature | Follow @EmilyWFierce
@MichaelGFierce: @HarvardResearch team uses stem cells to deliver toxic doses to #cancer cells. More | Follow @MichaelGFierce
> Chinese government urges hospitals to buy local devices. News
> Nintendo developing cloud-based sleep-monitoring device amid market growth. Story
> GE Healthcare opens first health tech incubator. Article
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: ICYMI earlier this month, check out this year's Women in Biotech, featuring women at the top of their field. Feature | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: If $SNY's board did turn to Soriot ($AZN) to try and recruit him for CEO, it shows they don't really know what they're doing. | Follow @JohnCFierce
@DamianFierce: Six of Cleveland Clinic's Top 10 Medical Innovations are drugs, and here's a bunch of words on them. Article | Follow @DamianFierce
@EmilyMFierce: Good read on Sarepta and the issue of compassionate use. More from Bloomberg BusinessWeek | Follow @EmilyMFierce
> Little Cortendo gains $11M for late-stage Cushing's study, hatches U.S. IPO plans. Story
> Bristol-Myers' nivolumab impresses once again--this time in crucial lung cancer study. Report
> Novo Nordisk walks back some U.S. optimism for its next-gen insulin. Article
Vaccines News
> South African trial renews hopes in failed HIV vaccine combo. More
> Dendreon's Provenge at the center of CMS insider trading probe. Item
> Pfizer beats out Novartis with FDA MenB nod. Story
> Ebola update: Novavax testing nanoparticle jab, Glaxo gets EMA's advice. More
> Novartis officially bows out of vaccines with flu sale to CSL. Article
Pharma Manufacturing News
> Turkish man sent to prison for smuggling fake Avastin into U.S. Item
> Novo hiring 90 workers for its new plant in New Hampshire. News
> More heat applied to Genentech CEO for supply-chain decision on cancer drugs. Report
> Lilly offers behind-the-scenes look at its decade-long tech transfer for TB drugs. Story
> Serum Institute of India to invest $160M in new plant. Article
And Finally... Google ($GOOG) is developing a pill to sniff out cancer, heart disease. Report