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> Paladin Labs says it is still scouting for acquisitions after its hostile bid for Afexa failed in the face of a higher offer from Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Story
> Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers told a Tokyo audience that his company plans to grow 6% per year through 2015, to reach 2.4 billion euros in Japanese sales. Report
> The U.K.'s cost-effectiveness watchdog has been asked to review the implications of broader off-label prescribing among National Health Service doctors. Report
> Pozen is scouting for a pharma partner to help market its in-development heart drug. Item
> Omnicare, the pharmacy services firm, extended its hostile bid for PharMerica by two months. More
> Drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen agreed to buy patient access and reimbursement services firm TheraCom for $250 million. Article
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: People with Huntington's overexpress a gene call H2AFY. Biomarker could eventually help gauge effectiveness of new drugs. Piece | Follow @FierceBiotech
@ JohnCFierce: "We're going after a new area of biology," says Agios CEO Schenkein. "And we're going after it hard." Article | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: I hope this approach to combating brain cancer works as well in man as it did in mice. Story | Follow @RyanMFierce
@MaureenFierce: Good news and bad news: So many jobs are gone, pharma layoffs dwindle. Item | Follow @MaureenFierce
> Agios wins $20M haul as Celgene extends cancer development pact. News
> Detailed BG-12 data supports Biogen's blockbuster MS ambitions. Article
> BioCryst shares surge on positive IIb study for gout drug. More
Medical Device News
> Cambridge Heart reports positive results from MTWA-CAD study. Item
> Ventana wins clearance for H. pylori antibody. Report
> Interrad scores $10M in Series C. More
> FDA unveils streamlined de novo guidelines. Report
> With inexpensive materials, iPhone becomes imaging device. Story
> NEA leads $16M round for drug-eluting balloon firm. Piece
Drug Delivery News
> Probe of HIV peptide leads to drug-delivery clues. News
> Mission Pharmacal hitches onto TriLogic's delivery tech. Article
> Ultrasound-guided drug delivery gets FDA nod. Report
> Biotechs grab funds for drugs that cross brain barrier. More
> Search-and-destroy drugs attack lethal brain cancer. Story
And Finally... A new animal study hints that Alzheimer's disease might be transmissible, but much more research is needed to determine whether it can spread among humans under normal, outside-the-laboratory circumstances. News