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GSK-owned Stiefel Labs loses $1.5M verdict in stock value suit
2012-05-19 23:42:37| Biotech - Topix.net
Stiefel Laboratories has lost a $1.5 million jury verdict to a former employee who claimed the company bought back his stock at artificially low prices before its acquisition in 2009 by GlaxoSmithKline Timothy Finnerty won the judgment on May 16 in federal court in Miami against Stiefel and its former chief executive officer, Charles Stiefel.
Category: Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
Hepatitis C tests urged for all baby boomers
2012-05-19 19:28:04| Biotech - Topix.net
The federal government Friday called for all baby boomers to be tested for hepatitis C, which kills more Americans each year than AIDS and is the leading reason for liver transplants.
Tags: baby tests urged hepatitisCategory: Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
A-TEK, Inc. Awarded National Institutes of Health $20 Billion CIO-SP3 Contract
2012-05-19 15:18:34| Biotech - Topix.net
TEK, Inc. announced today it has been awarded the National Institutes of Health Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 Government Wide Acquisition Contract .
Tags: health national contract billionCategory: Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
Pfizer Recalls Advil Liqui-Gels
2012-05-19 11:09:08| Biotech - Topix.net
Pfizer Inc. has recalled more than 650,000 bottles of Advil pain-relief medicine due to the potential for a strong odor in the product.
Tags: recalls pfizer advil liquigelsCategory: Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
Drowning is Leading Cause of Accidental Death for Children
2012-05-19 06:54:24| Biotech - Topix.net
Drowning kills more American children between one and four years old than any other kind of accident, according to a new federal report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
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Investment Extra: Boost for British biotech firm ImmuPharma
2012-05-19 02:44:49| Biotech - Topix.net
The biotechnology sector here in the UK is notable more for its failures than its success stories.
Category: Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
Test All Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C, CDC Urges
2012-05-18 22:35:18| Biotech - Topix.net
Rising deaths among baby boomers from hepatitis C prompted U.S. health officials to declare the entire age group a risk factor for the liver infection and recommend that all of its members be tested for the disease.
Tags: test baby hepatitis urgesCategory: Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
Maryland doctors probe old cases for lead exposure
2012-05-18 18:25:50| Biotech - Topix.net
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut in half the threshold for determining lead exposure in the nation's children, pediatricians faced the task of identifying new cases from thousands of their old files.
Tags: lead cases maryland exposureCategory: Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
Active Biotech and Ipsen to Present Tasquinimod Phase II Overall...
2012-05-18 14:11:10| Biotech - Topix.net
The presentation will provide overall survival data from the tasquinimod Phase II study in chemotherapy-naive metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer .
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Chinese solar makers reject US dumping ruling
2012-05-18 10:01:34| Biotech - Topix.net
Oil prices hovered below $93 a barrel Friday in Asia, pausing after the latest twists in Europe's debt crisis triggered a sharp two-week selloff.
Tags: chinese makers solar rulingCategory: Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals