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@EricPFierce: FDA wants help figuring out how to stop addicts from getting to the APIs in opioid painkillers. Story from FiercePharmaManufacturing.com | Follow @EricPFierce
@CarlyHFierce: The latest in India vs. Big Pharma IP developments: Roche won't pursue Herceptin patents in India. Article | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> The U.K.'s BioIndustry Association (BIA) has lambasted the country's drug pricing plans, saying it could make the country a pharma innovation backwater. Story
> The FDA has approved FluLaval Quadrivalent, a second quadrivalent influenza vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK). Release
> Merck ($MRK) said today it is temporarily halting sales of the animal supplement Zilmax, a week after Tyson Foods said it wouldn't buy cattle that had been fed the growth hormone. Announcement
> The FDA is now requiring that labels and guides on all fluoroquinolone antibacterial drugs be updated to better describe the serious and permanent nerve damage they can cause. Notice
> InnoPharma has launched acamprosate calcium in the U.S., the generic version of Forest Laboratories' ($FRX) Campral. Item
> GlaxoSmithKline's Tyverb has been cleared in the EU for use in combination with Roche's ($RHHBY) Herceptin in patients with HER2-positive, hormone receptor-negative breast cancer. Story
> Canada has approved ThromboGenics' Jetrea for the treatment of symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA). Release
@FierceMedDev: UPDATED: Bard ordered to pay $2M in vaginal mesh trial defeat. News | Follow @FierceMedDev
@DamianFierce: A global cybersecurity outfit is lending a hand to the medical device industry. Article | Follow @DamianFierce
@MarkHFierce: Heathrow Airport have been warned that female terrorists might strike with breast implant explosives. Report | Follow @MarkHFierce
@MichaelGFierce: ICYMI: St. Jude nets FDA approval for low-radiation ablation catheters. Article | Follow @MichaelGFierce
> China targets medical device misuse. Item
> Coloplast feels weight of rival's vaginal mesh legal woes. Story
> Gene By Gene joins Ambry to fight Myriad's Dx 'monopoly.' Report
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@FierceBiotech: We're looking for the fiercest women in biotech for our 2013 report. Editor's note | Nomination form | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: MannKind rewarded for positive Afrezza data with $40M financing. Report | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: Scientists found a causal link between a tooth cavity bacterium and colon cancer in mice, potential drug target. More from TheScientist | Follow @RyanMFierce
@EmilyMFierce: SeattleBioMed wins $16M NIH grant for tuberculosis research. ICYMI yesterday from FierceBiotechResearch.com | Follow @EmilyMFierce
> Shkreli's biotech Retrophin zeroes in on $25M financing with 'major' pharma deal looming. Article
> Epizyme picks up FDA orphan nod for lead cancer drug as going public pays off. News
> Ophthotech eyes $85M IPO to fund PhIII for drug to prevent blindness. Report
And Finally... A report from BioTrends found that Eylea's patient share now stands at 26% of surveyed doctors' wet age-related macular degeneration patients, compared with 21% for Lucentis, suggesting that in two years Eylea has overtaken the first-to-market drug. Story