@FiercePharma: Best-read FP story Tuesday: News flash for biopharma bosses: More than half your employees want to leave. Article | Follow @FiercePharma
@TracyStaton: ICYMI: CVS Caremark lays out case for new specialty-drug pricing approach in JAMA editorial. More | Follow @TracyStaton
@EricPFierce: French animal health drugmaker Virbac sees US sales hurt by last year's recall of Iverhart Plus. Story from FierceAnimalHealth | Follow @EricPFierce
@CarlyHFierce: Brand websites drive new patients to scripts--and old patients to refills. FiercePharmaMarketing story | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> U.K. cost-effectiveness watchdogs gave the green light to several Big Pharma drugs, including wider use of Eli Lilly ($LLY) and Daiichi Sankyo's blood thinner Effient; Medivation ($MDVN) and Astellas' prostate cancer treatment Xtandi; and Bristol-Myers Squibb's ($BMY) melanoma drug Yervoy. Release | Report
> A Turkish man pleaded guilty to federal charges of smuggling counterfeit drugs into the U.S., including an unapproved version of Roche's ($RHHBY) cancer treatment Avastin. Report
> Some doctors checking the new Sunshine Act database of pharma payments to physicians have found an error message where their $0 payments figure should be. Report
> GlaxoSmithKline's ($GSK) consumer healthcare sales fell last quarter because of supply interruptions. Report
Medical Device News
@FierceMedDev: 3-D printing grows to scale within industry. Feature | Follow @FierceMedDev
@StacyALawrence: Smart bandage advances patient monitoring technology. Article | Follow @StacyALawrence
@VarunSaxena2: Frieden: stresses importance of stopping hospital-acquired infections. Sepsis, even Ebola, can be picked up at hospital. | Follow @VarunSaxena2
@MichaelGFierce: Most absorbent material on Earth gives poorly soluble drugs a boost. Story | Follow @MichaelGFierce
@EmilyWFierce: Power morcellator devices increase levels of undetected cancers in women, according to a new study. More | Follow @EmilyWFierce
> Catheters for deep vein thrombosis may do more harm than good. Story
> NeuroPace stimulator to be deployed in $40M DOD brain research initiative. More
> JAMA: Power morcellator devices increase levels of undetected cancers in women. Article
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: Sofinnova closes $500M venture fund, keeps late-stage focus. Report | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: ICYMI - Puma shares triple on positive PhIII neratinib data, plans to file for approval. News | Follow @JohnCFierce
@DamianFierce: NIH funding for infectious disease research is on the rise. Brain disorders, not so much. More, via @EmilyMFierce: FierceBiotech Research report | Follow @DamianFierce
@EmilyMFierce: Not good. Sierra Leone's chief Ebola doctor contracts the virus. More from Reuters | Follow @EmilyMFierce
> Eagle Pharma nabs FDA OK for hyperthermia drug. Item
> Shire inks a $225M rare disease deal on the eve of life with AbbVie. More
> UCB inches toward the FDA with its latest epilepsy contender. Article
> Inovio vs. Feuerstein, Round II: Biotech claims PhII success for VGX-3100. More
Drug Delivery News
> Most absorbent material on Earth gives poorly soluble drugs a boost. News
> Titan Phase III trial for subdermal implant begins enrollment. More
> MIT engineers discover key mechanism behind gold nanoparticle delivery. Article
> Galena Biopharma to market anti-vomit oral soluble film to cancer patients. Item
> Phase II trial kicks off for sublingually delivered Parkinson's therapy. Story
Diagnostics News
> AIDS 2014: Norway's Bionor produces possible biomarker to predict HIV vaccine effectiveness. Report
> PA startup's Series B will bring arthroscopic Dx needle through FDA clearance and launch. More
> GeneCentric grabs $5M Series A to advance testing for personalized cancer treatments. Story
> Quest forks over milestone payments to French Dx company in development deal. Article
> A missile, a plane crash and a profound loss to AIDS research. Editor's corner
Pharma Marketing News
> Pop some corks, Tecfidera sales folks: Your $700M for Q2 trounced estimates. More
> Brand websites drive new patients to scripts--and old patients to refills. Story
> Pfizer peddles advice for the lovelorn in Asia contraceptive campaign. Report
> Do teens hear what we hear? FDA aims to find out in study of acne, ADHD ads. Story
> FDA fast-tracks Roche's Avastin for tough-to-treat ovarian cancer. Article
And Finally... Patients are more likely to stop taking their meds if their shape or color changes. Report