@FiercePharma: Pfizer CEO Ian Read ordered to testify in Chantix case. More | Follow @FiercePharma
> About 40 Catalent employees are being let go at a facility in U.K. as the company adjusts its workforce. Story
> FedEx and UPS both acknowledged that they are under federal investigation for their parts in delivering drugs ordered from online pharmacies. Story
> Drugmakers are rethinking how many business events they intend to attend. Item
> Sanofi ($SNY) will take trials to sites in Asia to test its new drug for dengue fever, a disease that affects up to 100 million each year. Report
> Elaborate packaging may actually hurt the shot that some drugs have in the market. Blog post
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: From FierceBiotechIT.com: Cmed expanding in North Carolina as CRO-tech combos take off. Story | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: SR One, etc., provide $37.5M round for Applied Genetic Technologies. Working on gene therapies. News | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: Cmed expanding in North Carolina as CRO-tech combos take off. Report | Follow @RyanMFierce
> Troubled sequencing pioneer Helicos shelters in bankruptcy court. Story
> Road kill or takeover target? Amarin in limbo as it waits for key FDA decision. Report
> Booming Novo Nordisk shoots for top drugmaker status. Item
@FierceMedDev: Wright Medical plans to merge with BioMimetic in a $380M deal: orthopedics + regenerative medicine = the future. More | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MarkHFierce: St. Jude gained a CE mark for its new transcatheter aortic heart valve/transfemoral delivery system. Watch out, Sapien? News | Follow @MarkHFierce
@DamianFierce: Big week for CRO Chiromics, signing deals with GSK and Bristol-Myers. Story | Follow @DamianFierce
> GE Healthcare slashes jobs in Vermont. Item
> Wright to grab BioMimetic in $190 million-plus agreement. Story
> HeartSine hit with Class I over defibrillator recall. News
> St. Jude Medical wins CE mark for TAVI tech. Article
Biotech IT News
> Merck backs Remedy Informatics with $6M investment. Report
> Roche engages patient groups in social media effort. Article
> Cmed expanding in North Carolina as CRO-tech combos take off. News
> Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Eli Lilly to rip red tape from clinical trials. Story
CRO News
> PPD gets high-tech for adaptive trials. Item
> Big Pharma supergroup plots clinical trial site database. Story
> Chiromics inks discovery deals with Bristol-Myers, GSK. Article
> Aptuit extends GSK partnership at Italian site. More
> WuXi ticks up income after strong Q3. Report
And Finally... A security guard in Scotland has been charged with the murder of a 42-year-old Bristol-Myers Squibb ($BMY) manager who was attending a meeting on HIV. Story