@FiercePharma: Now with Nycomed, Takeda prescription-drug sales rank 12th globally, exec says Story | Follow @FiercePharma
> A New Zealand court ordered GlaxoSmithKline to pay a pharmacy's costs for recalling the drugmaker's Marevan brand of warfarin. Report
> Roche has given its Nutley, NJ, campus a shot in the arm with a new manufacturing operation that will turn out compounds for clinical trials. Article
> Takeda Pharmaceutical saw its debt downgraded to AA- by Standard & Poor's after closing on its €9.6 billion deal for Nycomed. News
> Sagent Pharmaceutical won the FDA for its version of the antibiotic Clindamycin, planning to produce the drug under joint venture with India's Strides Arcolab. Story
> Children who received general anesthesia repeatedly before age two had double the normal risk for learning disabilities, study found. Story
> A manufacturing worker was killed and two others injured in an explosion at the Vidya Herbals manufacturing plant in Jigani Industrial Area in India. Report
> Purdue Pharma gave Quinnipiac's School of Medicine a $59,000 grant for an interprofessional education program, desiged to help health-professions students learn and work in teams. Article
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: 5 emerging biotech IT firms to watch. Feature | Follow @FierceBiotech
@ JohnCFierce: Blue Shield of California joins short list of insurers refusing to cover Avastin for breast cancer. Report | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: Genome Institute of Washington U. pink slips 54 workers ahead of NIH funding cut Story | Follow @RyanMFierce
@MaureenFierce: Immune system pioneers win Nobel Prize for inspiring next-gen therapies. More | Follow @MaureenFierce
> Sangamo scuttles lead drug program after it fails PhIIb. Report
> Immune system pioneers win Nobel for inspiring next-gen therapies. Story
> Carlyle Group leads CRO buyout blitz with $3.9B deal for PPD. Piece
Medical Device News
> Alere's fight for Axis-Shield heats up. Item
> Boston Sci enrolls patients in NECTAR-HF study. More
> Atlanta Catheter scores $2.98M in Series A. News
> Medtronic to create 200 jobs in PR. Article
Biotech IT News
> Oracle takes on translational research hurdles. Story
> Former Intel chief pushes for faster clinical research. More
> Genome Inst. at Washington U. axes 54 jobs. Report
> Ingenuity Systems aims to streamline genetic analysis. Item
> Gates-funded computer model tackles vaccine woes. Story
> Digital CRO Clinipace grabs $15M round. Item
And Finally... U.K. scientists aim to see whether beta blockers can stop breast cancer from spreading. Report