Novartis' Gilenya Investigated After 11 Deaths - Jan. 20, 2012

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Friday, January 20, 2012  |   |   |   |  UC Berkeley Extension Five-Day Intensive Seminars Master the complexities of the biopharmaceutical industry and the drug development process. Five-day courses offer a thorough overview of crucial industry processes and practices. • Bioscience Essentials for Industry Professionals, April 9 - 13 in San Francisco • The Drug Development Process, April 23 - 27 in San Francisco Spring courses are open for enrollment. Learn more and enroll. •  Novartis AG (NVS)'s Gilenya Investigated After 11 Deaths More... •  Mylan Inc. (MYL) Launches Innovative Version of Antiepileptic Drug Levetiracetam More... 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More General Clinical Research News The Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum (PCF) International Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress, www.InternationalPharmaCongress.com, May 14-16, 2012, takes place at the Hilton Budapest in Budapest, Hungary and features tracks on EU, CEE, MEA, global compliance audits and monitoring, FCPA and global anticorruption, global transparency, discourse and aggregate spend and global compliance case studies. For more information, please visit: http://internationalpharmacongress.com/ New Emerging R&D and Clinical Trial Locations • Compare 5 new emerging R&D locations in terms of population, economic activity, healthcare infrastructure, and current R&D activity. • Analyze how clinical trial numbers are changing in China, India, and Eastern Europe. • Develop strategies for geographic outsourcing. Click Here for More Information. • Rocky Bio (Phoenix, Arizona) Verinata Health, Inc. 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