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> After a flood of consumer complaints, the FDA backtracked on its decision to pull Shire's midodrine off the market because of a lack of follow-up trial data. Report
> The Indian government has decided to charge a task force with considering its pharmaceutical industry's future, in light of recent foreign buyouts and other incursions into the domestic market. Report
> A version of Bayer's erectile dysfunction drug Levitra that dissolves on the tongue has been given the green light by regulators in Europe. Report
> A federal jury returns to deliberate the case of a New Hampshire woman seeking more than $24 million from the maker of a prescription drug she took to ease shoulder pain, but suffered a reaction so severe the is now blind and scarred by burns. Report
> ProStrakan's chief executive resigned after manufacturing problems and more delays to the approval of its cancer-pain drug in the U.S. heaped pressure on the drug company. Report
> Icelandic drugmaker Actavis said on Tuesday it aimed to join the race to develop generic copies of pricey biotech medicines by buying a majority stake in Polish group Bioton's BioPartners unit. Report
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> ReMYND scores $637 million CNS development deal with Roche. News
> Idenix shares crash after tox scare forces hold on hep C drugs. Report
> Sanofi hints at higher Genzyme bid as GSK remains on the sidelines. Article
> Biovail-Valeant combo will cost 25 percent of all jobs. Item
Biotech Research News
> New Novartis drug cures malaria in mice. Story
> Sending chimps back to the lab triggers controversy. Report
> Heart researchers hunt for drugs that rein in mystery protein. News
> Scientists enlist cockroaches in the war against superbugs. Report
> Gut microbes could offer new therapeutic platform. Article
Biotech IT News
> Study-data conflicts complicate Plavix research. News
> CRF Health gets certified for COPD tool. Report
> Pharma near top in litigation risk thanks to social media, Web 2.0. Report
Manufacturing News
> Big pharma pounces on South Africa. News
> Daiichi continues slow turn of Ranbaxy ship. Report
> Drug shortages fuel big pharma suspicions. Story
> Stolen epilepsy drug resurfaces two years later. News
> China's contractor shine losing luster. Article
And Finally ... Cockroach brains may be a source of new antibiotics capable of killing deadly drug-resistant bacteria. Report