Layoffs on the Horizon for Dendreon; Pfizer Aims for OTC Lipitor - Aug. 4, 2011

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Thursday, August 04, 2011  |   |   |   |  Pharm-Olam International Acquires StatWorks, Inc. With Pharm-Olam's acquisition of StatWorks we have expanded our team Data Management and Biostatistics experts for functional outsourcing and full service clinical trials. Our comprehensive biometric services include: • Integration of randomization into EDC systems, eliminating IVRS costs, with added benefit of full inventory control over supplies • Adaptive, Sequential, and Bayesian design methods • CDISC, SDTM and ADaM datasets • SAS programming, eCRF design, and medical coding in MedDRA/WHO Drug • Streamlining and reconciling across SAE, CTMS, and study DB • Health Outcomes Research and Patient Reported Outcomes • Protocol development, sample size, and randomization Contact us at www.pharm-olam.com, info@pharm-olam.com, USA +1-713-559-7900, UK +44-0-1344-891121.   •  Layoffs on the Horizon for Dendreon Corporation (DNDN); Stock Falls -22.86 (63.78%) @ 9:59AM EDT More... •  Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Aims for OTC Lipitor More... •  FDA: High Doses Of Pfizer Inc. (PFE)'s Antifungal Drug Fluconazole Might Cause Birth Defects More... •  Roche (RHHBY) Asthma Drug Shows Promise in Mid-Stage Trial More... •  FDA Accepts Santarus Inc. (SNTS) and Pharming Group (PHGUF.PK)'s Rhucin Phase III Trial Design More... •  PROLOR Biotech (PBTH) Announces Positive Top-Line Results From Phase II Trial of its Long-Acting Human Growth Hormone That Achieved All Key Study Goals More... •  Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Pulls Out of Pact With UK's Biotica Technology Limited More... •  French Biotechnology Epixis a Step Closer to Hepatitis C Vaccine More... More Top News CHI's Ninth International Discovery on Target November 2-4, 2011 | Boston, MA www.DiscoveryOnTarget.com This fall Cambridge Healthtech Institute will host its Ninth International Discovery on Target event showcasing novel "hot" targets for the pharmaceutical industry November 2-4 in Boston, Massachusetts. Special Early Registration Discounts are available until this Friday, August 5. Don't miss this opportunity to take advantage of reduced registration rates and save up to $350! This is a must attend event to keep up with current and upcoming developments in target discovery and to collaborate and connect with experienced scientists and high level decision makers. Join us for in-depth coverage of novel drug targets focused on HDAC, RNAi, the PI3K pathways, allosteric modulators, metabolic pathways in tumor cells, kinase inhibitors, GPCR and Diabetes. To register and for up-to-date information, visit DiscoveryOnTarget.com. •  FDA: Generic Biotech Drugs Require Paradigm Shift, Gives Glimpse of Biosimilar Approval Process More... •  Have We Met Before? Scientists Show Why the Brain Has the Answer, University of Bristol Study More... •  Drinking Just 1 Measure of Spirits Increases the Risk of Acute Pancreatitis, British Journal of Surgery Reveals More... •  Researchers Develop and Test New Molecule as a Delivery Vehicle to Image and Kill Brain Tumors, Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Tech Study More... •  New, Tick-borne Bacterium Causing Ehrlichiosis, Mayo Clinic Reveals More... •  How Nerve Cells Are Kept Up to Speed, Freie Universitat Berlin and Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) Study More... •  Harvard University and University of Southern California Researchers Seek Clues to Puzzle of Mystery Blood Disease More... •  Stomach Cancer Tumors Have Genetic Differences, Duke-National University of Singapore Study More...   More Featured News Join us for the 40th Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, Sept. 11-13, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel, Chicago (Rosemont), IL, covering a wide range of current, relevant topics as noted below. 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