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> Contract Pharmaceuticals Limited says it will close its Buffalo plant by the end of next year because of a lack of business, leaving 260 employees out of work. Report
> Astellas Pharma said it will extend its co-promotion deal in Japan with Boehringer Ingelheim (BRI.YY) for the blood pressure-lowering drug, Micardis, for four years. Report
> Pharmacists are taking drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline to court over a New Zealand recall of a blood-thinning drug, saying they are bearing the company's expenses in carrying out the work. Report
> A doctor whose claims of links between vaccination and autism triggered a scientific storm before being widely discredited was struck off Britain's medical register on Monday for professional misconduct. Report
> Javelin Pharmaceuticals (JAV.A) said the U.K. unit of Therabel Pharma, which owns commercial rights to Javelin's post-operative pain drug Dyloject in the E.U., was withdrawing all batches of the injectable drug from the U.K. market. Report
> AstraZeneca has contributed $1 million toward expansion and renovation at Wilmington Hospital in Wilmington, Del. Report
> Sepracor won court approval to settle a lawsuit in which shareholders unsuccessfully sought more money in the company's $2.3 billion sale last year to Japan's Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma. Report
> Celgene (CELG) and Biogen Idec (BIIB) were among the drugmaker stocks moving Friday as investors digested the more than 4,000 study abstracts released ahead of a key cancer conference. Report
> U.K. supermarket chain Asda has started selling privately prescribed cancer drugs on a not-for-profit basis. Report
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> NormOxys gets $17.5M to fund PoC work on new drug class. News
> Quintiles lays off staffers in shift to emerging markets. Story
> Feds spell out the rules on $1B biotech windfall. Item
> GE brings $3B life sciences project to light. Article
> Treasury releases Therapeutic Discovery Credit guidance. Report
Biotech IT News
> NCI website aids cancer trial recruitment. Story
> Roche uses PK/PD modeling to screen compounds. Report
> Cato, Merge extend relationship. News
> CRO launches tech group for data capture solution. Article
> Ludwig Cancer Institute picks Medidata Rave. Item
> Researchers tackle randomized trial challenge. Story
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