@FiercePharma: Novartis to plow $500M into Russia. Item | Follow @FiercePharma
> Wyeth and Upjohn, both owned by Pfizer, have agreed to settle with two women who had sued claiming that hormone replacement drugs had caused their breast cancer. Report
> Sanofi-Aventis buyout target Genzyme is once again touting its prospective multiple sclerosis treatment to investors, but analysts still don't expect the drug to reach the lofty $3 billion to $3.5 billion in sales Genzyme predicts. News
> About 200 workers at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare's Coleford, England, site are to be balloted over possible strike action because of a disagreement over a recent pay offer. Item
> Novartis, Bayer and Boehringer Ingelheim are among drugmakers vying for animal-health assets being sold by Sanofi-Aventis SA and Merck, Financial Times Deutschland reported, without saying where it got the information. Story
> Novartis plans to move the headquarters of its infectious disease unit to Emeryville, California, from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Article
> Aspen PharmaCare, 20 percent owned by GlaxoSmithKline, has won more than 40 percent of the country's two-year, $630 million antiretroviral drug tender. Report
> A Ranbaxy Laboratories joint venture has been awarded a two-year contract to supply antiretrovirals (ARV) to the South African government. News
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: BMS, Oncolys ink HIV pact. Story | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: Wonder what big pharma thinks about China's thoughts on slashing drug prices unilaterally. Emerging market or mayhem? Report | Follow @JohnCFierce
> Incyte shares jump on positive PhIII cancer data. Story
> Termeer: "It can't go on forever." News
> Biogen scoops up CNS programs in $427M acquisition deal. Article
> AZ writes off crucial motavizumab program and $445M. Report
Biotech Research News
> Why is the NDM-1 superbug is so hard to kill? News
> Stumped researchers examine new strategies against Alzheimer's. Article
> Next-gen tech reduces gene sequencing to a simple, cheap procedure. Item
> Collins continues to see promise in use of genomic information. Report
Manufacturing News
> Turnabout in plastic vs. wood pallet war. Article
> Agencies team to bust fake Viagra peddler. News
> Catalent fined in worker dermatitis cases. Story
> Gunmen enjoy walk-in warehouse theft, quick arrest. Item
And Finally... A mouse virus linked to chronic fatigue syndrome may not be the cause of the disease, according to four studies. Item