@FiercePharma: Valeant to sell $2B worth of stock to finance Bausch + Lomb buyout, plus issue $7.5B in debt. More | Follow @FiercePharma
@EricPFierce: India's Roselabs sees lots of upside in prefilled syringes for the Indian market. Story | Follow @EricPFierce
@CarlyHFierce: Bristol-Myers makes another emerging markets move with Simcere partnership in China. Yesterday's story | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> Teva Pharmaceutical ($TEVA) will pay $40 million in upfront cash and up to $125 in contingent payments to get drug-delivery specialist MicroDose Therapeutx to expand its respiratory business. Story
> A prospectus says Valeant Pharmaceuticals ($VRX) intends to sell about $2 billion worth of shares to help finance its $8.7 billion acquisition of Bausch + Lomb. Story
> Pfizer ($PFE), Merck ($MRK) and InSite Vision Inc. are all suing Mylan Pharmaceuticals ($MYL) for infringing patents with its plan to manufacture a generic version of their eye drug AzaSite. Report
> AbbVie ($ABBV) also is suing Mylan Pharmaceuticals for stepping on three patents with it plan to make a copycat version of the HIV drug Norvi. Report
> Two independent reviews of Medtronic's ($MDT) controversial bone product Infuse indicate it works as well as traditional bone grafts but may have more risks. Story
> South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare has offered to buy GlaxoSmithKline's ($GSK) older thrombosis drug brands, Arixtra and Fraxiparine, for an undisclosed amount and pick up a plant in France in the process. Story
@FierceMedDev: Exact raising $63.7M on rocky road to FDA approval. News | Follow @FierceMedDev
@DamianFierce: Medtronic's Infuse no better than graft procedure but more dangerous, according to independent reviews. More | Follow @DamianFierce
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> Boston Scientific targets FDA with brain-stim trial. Story
> Endologix endures FDA deadly warning over recall. Item
> Globus owes $16M in J&J patent suit. Report
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: Analysis: Big Pharma R&D demonstrates a woeful lack of innovation. News | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: AOP spins off its 80% stake in Activartis (cancer vaccines) after Elan shareholders reject takeover bid. Release | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: In $247M Transition deal, Eli Lilly is reeling in a diabetes drug candidate that it had spun off (sort of): Yesterday's item | Follow @RyanMFierce
> R&D cutbacks loom at Millennium's Cambridge ops. Item
> Teva Pharma breaks M&A silence with bite-sized MicroDose buyout. Report
> AstraZeneca picks Cambridge site as ground zero for R&D reinvention. News
> Royalty's $8B offer wilts after Elan prevails in blocking bid. Article
Biotech Research News
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> Breast cancer cell growth thwarted by osteoporosis drug in preclinical studies. Report
> New genetic mutations found in families with early-onset Alzheimer's. Item
> Inovio says H7N9 bird flu vaccine effective in mice. Story
> Report: Genomics industry contributed $1 trillion to U.S. economy in last 25 years. More
Pharma Manufacturing News
> French plant part of proposed GSK, Aspen deal. Item
> Roselabs taps growth of prefilled syringe in India. Report
> City forecloses on Indiana insulin plant it helped fund. Article
> Eisai adding packaging facility to U.K. plant. More
And Finally... A new study says that Canada's public drug plans fall far short of many other countries in providing access to new treatments. Story