@FiercePharma: Gene-testing business boosts Neogen's sales but earnings fall short of high expectations. FierceAnimalHealth story | Follow @FiercePharma
@EricPFierce: WuXi clarifies just what AstraZeneca is buying, or actually what it isn't buying. ICYMI from FiercePharmaManufacturing | Follow @EricPFierce
> Relypsa's ($RLYP) new hyperkalemia treatment Veltassa rolled onto the U.S. market Monday; it won FDA approval in October. Release
> Samsung's heir apparent appeared at a groundbreaking for a new biologics manufacturing plant Monday, underscoring the company's big bet on biopharma. Report
> Chinese drugmaker Shanghai Fosun Pharma's biotech unit plans an IPO in Hong Kong. Report
Medical Device News
@FierceMedDev: ICYMI yesterday: Philips' Volcano to keep Sacramento site despite 60 manufacturing layoffs. Article | Follow @FierceMedDev
@EmilyWFierce: Hey doc, what's on the menu when pharma comes calling? Hint: It's not health food. Story from FiercePharmaMarketing | Follow @EmilyWFierce
> DOJ settles with 32 hospitals for $105M over improper Medicare billing related to spinal surgery. Article
> Regulators probe complaints from former Theranos employees over lab, testing practices: WSJ. More
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: As trouble mounts, a chastened Martin Shkreli says bad boy persona was just an 'experiment.' Article | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: Boehringer grabs 'breakthrough,' plots pivotal trials for rival to AstraZeneca, Clovis. (What breakthrough?) More | Follow @JohnCFierce
> Eli Lilly taps Halozyme in an $825M delivery deal. News
> Amgen buys another cancer-fighting virus project in a $10.5M deal. Report
Pharma Marketing News
> New FDA policy gives its staff wide latitude on social media. Could pharma freedom follow? More
> Hey doc, what's on the menu when pharma comes calling? Hint: It's not health food. Story
> Bayer, coveting top spots in animal and consumer health, may eye deals for Zoetis, Pfizer OTC. Item
> Headaches for Reckitt over charges of misleading claims for OTC painkillers. Article
Animal Health News
> Sanofi, Boehringer to create new animal health giant in $12.5B asset swap. News
> U.S. states lift bird-flu bans and quarantines as reports of virus mount overseas. Article
> Jaguar shares jump on string of positive news in equine health. Report
> AB Science's Kinavet cancer drug for dogs loses FDA marketing authorization. Item
> Toxin from sea algae impacts memory, behavior in California sea lions: Study. More
Biotech IT News
> Shkreli's Twitter account hacked, spokesperson says. Item
> UCB taps Congenica tech for help with target discovery. News
> MorphoSys picks Dotmatics tool to visualize, analyze screening data. Report
> FDA hits tight timeline for start of precisionFDA open beta. More
> FDA CTO admits security shortcomings are holding back data sharing. Article
And Finally... Proton-pump inhibitors, routinely prescribed to hospitalized patients, may raise the risk of death. More