@FiercePharma: AbbVie finally gets Shire, and oh so much more. News | Follow @FiercePharma
@TracyStaton: $GSK just can't escape China questions. Ex-workers sue, news of 2001 corruption breaks. More | Follow @TracyStaton
@EricPFierce: Teva says it is cooperating with probe by Israel into source of blood infections taking Teva product. Story from FiercePharmaManufacturing | Follow @EricPFierce
@CarlyHFierce: Dengue, polio and a less-than-ideal Q2 for the $NVS vax unit. All in this week's issue of FierceVaccines. Issue | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) CEO Alex Gorsky says the company is not scouting for any deal that would allow it to do a tax inversion as many competitors have. Story
> The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has called an advisory committee meeting on Sept. 17 to discuss the adverse cardiovascular outcomes with the usage of testosterone replacement therapy. Item
> More than 100 people killed on the Malaysian Airlines flight that is believed shot down over the Russian-Ukraine border were headed for the AIDS 2014 conference in Australia. Story
> The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is recommending treatments for anyone with a 10% risk of developing cardiovascular disease to be put on treatment that could include a statin, which compares with the current standard of 20% risk. Article
> Eli Lilly ($LLY) has expressed concerns about India's broadening of price controls on drugs. Story
Medical Device News
@FierceMedDev: Stryker delivers positive Q2 numbers but stays mum on inversion. Story | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MichaelGFierce: Delivering breast cancer drug through the skin grants disease prevention. More | Follow @MichaelGFierce
@EmilyWFierce: AbbVie found its pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, scooping up Shire and saving an estimated $1.3B by 2020. Article | Follow @EmilyWFierce
> Investments in Minnesota life science companies take big Q2 jump. Story
> Baxter International gets Q2 infusion from acquisition of Swiss dialysis outfit. Article
> Venture capitalist spending bonanza lifts med tech investment in Q2. Report
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: This week's hirings and retirings: Merck KGaA brings on U.S. Merck's Rossetti to head R&D. More | Follow @FierceBiotech
@DamianFierce: AbbVie's Gonzalez says inversion debate should shift toward tax reform, "making U.S. companies more competitive in the global economy." | Follow @DamianFierce
@EmilyMFierce: Extra dose of inactivated polio vaccine provides greater protection in children. Story | Follow @EmilyMFierce
> Biotech VCs bet $1.8B in a colossal Q2. Report
> Baxter International gets Q2 infusion from acquisition of Swiss dialysis outfit. Story
> Amgen's kidney dialysis drug clears its first Phase III hurdle. Article
And Finally... AstraZeneca ($AZN) says that its new R&D center in Cambridge, U.K., will include glass-walled labs to promote "visible science." Story