Amylin Soars as Potential Bidding War Begins - Apr. 23, 2012

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Monday, April 23, 2012  |   |   |   |  Lab & Analytical Equipment: Surplus to Ongoing Operations of Alexza Pharmaceuticals! Please click here for more information. •   Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMLN) Soars as Potential Bidding War Begins More... •   Nestle SA to Buy Pfizer Inc. (PFE)'s Infant Nutrition Unit for $11.9 Billion More... •   AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) to Acquire Ardea Biosciences, Inc. for $1.26 Billion Including Lead Product Lesinurad in Phase III Development for Gout More... •   Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (NABI) Merges With Biota Holdings Limited (BTA.AX) to Create a $250 Million Group; Biota to Move to the US More... •   Roche (RHHBY) Starts Talking to Illumina, Inc. (ILMN) Rivals More... More Mergers and Acquisitions News •   OLIGOMERIX Completes $2 Million Series A Financing More... More Startup News •   OrbiMed Launches $222 Million Fund Focused on Israel Life Sciences More... •   Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) Invests $150 Million In R&D at Jamia Millia Islamic University More... •   Israeli High Tech Firms Raise $483 Million in Q1 from VCs More... More Finance News Building Novel Applications with Pipeline Pilot to Drive Next Generation Sequencing This case study shows how scientists are streamlining the process of analyses of DNA sequence information. Enabled by new DNA sequencing technologies, many more scientists and informaticians are interrogating larger and more complex data set. Request Now! •   AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMAG) Gets Initial EU Nod, Potentially Bagging a $30 Million Milestone Payment From Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (TKDG.DE) More... •   Biovest International, Inc. and US Army Enter into Collaborative Agreement to Develop Novel Bioreactor Systems as Platform Technology for Production of Anti-Viral Vaccines and Drugs More... •   Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Open to Expanding Hepatitis C Cooperation With Vertex Pharmaceuticals (MA) (VRTX) More... •   Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (BBII) and Target Discovery, Inc. Expand Strategic License Agreement and Collaboration Supporting TDI's Planned Offering of Personalized Medicine Clinical Diagnostic Services More... •   Ezose Sciences, Inc. and Hirosaki University to Collaborate in Glycomics Research to Find New Cancer Biomarkers More... More Alliances News •   Kolltan Pharmaceuticals Inc. Appoints Gerald McMahon, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer More... •   Quintiles Transnational Corp. Names Tom Pike CEO More... •   PAREXEL International (PRXL) Chief Operating Officer Dr. Mark A. Goldberg Receives Special Recognition Award More... •   Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) Elects Dr. Dennis Ausiello to its Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board More... More Personnel News •   Compugen Ltd. (CGEN) First Quarter 2012 Conference Call Scheduled for Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 10:00 AM EST More... More Earnings Report News •   Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) Testifies Before FDA on Clinical Trial Modernization More... More Legal News •   Novartis AG (NVS) Plans $550 Million Manufacturing Plant in Switzerland More... •   Ultragenyx Relocates Company Headquarters to Support Operational Expansion More... •   QUMAS Opens New Asian Office in Singapore More... More Construction News   Florida Turbine Building Available 100 Marquette Drive Jupiter, Florida U.S.A. • Building size: 188,000 sq ft • Number of floors: 1 • Parking ratio: 4 per 1000 sq ft More Real Estate Listings Hot Company Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 900 Ridgebury Road Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877 U.S.A. Phone: 203-798-9988 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals group is one of the world's 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, it operates globally with 145 affiliates and more than 42,000 employees. Since it was founded in 1885, the family-owned company has been committed to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing novel products of high therapeutic value for human and veterinary medicine. More Company Profiles The Business of Invention: Patenting for Biotechs Nutter's Life Sciences Group invites you to attend a forum for biotech executives and general counsel, BD, CSOs and biomedical inventors involved in the creation and commercialization of IP. Konstantin Linnik, Ph.D., IP partner at Nutter, will present on the following topics including: what to patent and what to keep as a trade secret; how to properly maintain lab notebooks; and how to address competitors' IP and freedom to operate Implications of the new US patent reform. For a full description of this event, and to register, please go to: http://businessofinvention.eventbrite.com/.  • Biotech Bay (Fremont, California) Thermo Fisher Scientific Director, Marketing and Customer Experience Responsible for developing and setting Global marketing strategy for the business unit, working closely with the leadership team, Field Marketing, and Global Commercial leaders to provide marketing programs to support the business strategies of CDD Fremont. • BioCapital (Gaithersburg, Maryland) MedImmune, LLC Senior Manager, Pricing & Marketing Access Will be the lead on driving the payer perspective into brand strategy and implementation. For brands currently in development this individual would design and develop Pricing and Market Access strategies and "Value Packs" and integrate into the overall brand strategy. • Southern Pharm (Miami, Florida) DaVinci Biosciences LLC Commercial Representative Will develop and accomplish sales targets for our new lines of business. The candidate will plan and conduct visits to defined medical offices, according to the company goals, provide technical and informational documents and one-on-one support to patient providers, medical tourism agencies, TPA's, doctors and direct patients. • BioForest (Portland, Oregon) MolecularMD Research & Development Manager To lead and support clinical diagnostic product development from inception through commercial launch. All of the work is conducted within our ISO:13484 compliant Quality Management System. The candidate will contribute to company goals and support multiple projects and teams. • Biotech Beach (San Diego, California) ACON Laboratories, Inc. International Sales / Account Manager Track, handle day to day activities with customers, develop new business from current sales leads, identify new sales leads, track quarterly goals, generate reports, and participate in industry conferences and customer visits as needed. • Get Noticed! 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