@FiercePharma: Check out the soon-to-be-launched Facebook game from Boehringer, if you haven't already. More | Follow @FiercePharma
> Turkey's pharma sector has doubled over the past 10 years, to a market volume of 15 billion Turkish liras, or about $8.4 billion. Report
> Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) pulled certain lots of its Synthes unit's Hemostatic Bone Putty because of the risk that it might catch fire during surgery. Report
> Italian drugmaker Angelini sued a unit of Actavis for patent infringement over the Swiss generics maker's plans to sell a copy of the antidepressant Oleptro. Report
> Spectrum Pharmaceuticals increased discounting on its cancer drug Fusilev last quarter, boosting sales, but at lower prices. Report
> India's Wockhardt won tentative FDA approval for its generic version of the antipsychotic drug Geodon. Report
@FierceMedDev: Siemens buys an ultrasound imaging startup - Penrith Corp. More | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MarkHFierce: ForSight Vision 5., a opthalmology device startup, raised $8 million. Via MedCity News. More | Follow @MarkHFierce
@DamianFierce: Another recall from Covidien, this time over its Duet tissue-reinforcement device, tied to three deaths. More | Follow @DamianFierce
> Medtronic's Ishrak confident in face of Medicare, device tax and slow CRM market. Article
> J&J's Synthes recalls bone putty over fire risk. News
> Device tax could curtail hip and knee replacements. Item
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: Boehringer sets Sept. launch date for pharma's first social game on Facebook. Article | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: SEC charges biotech exec with insider trading - first Bristol-Myers Squibb, now Array. Another one of these and I'm calling it a trend. More | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: Merck's Varivax slashes U.S. chickenpox cases. More | Follow @RyanMFierce
> Analysts: Roche's armed antibody will help drive breast cancer drug sales. Story
> Gilead writes off $11M gamble after PAH drug flunks PhII. News
> Analysts show why orphan drug development is going gangbusters. Report
Biomarkers News
> Gene signature picks out radiation-sensitive cancers. Story
> Blood biomarkers could pinpoint common kidney disease. More
> It's all relative: Protein marks lower dementia risk in siblings. Item
> Biomarker signatures tag liver transplant failure. Article
Drug Delivery News
> Tobacco money funds NanoJacket cancer drug delivery. News
> Ocular Therapeutix eyes punctal delivery in Phase II. Story
> Protein capsules fight a toothy battle. Article
> DNA origami delivers doxorubicin, downs resistance. More
And Finally... An NIH-supported trial will test whether fecal transplant can treat relapsing C. difficile infection. Release