Roche Fails to Report 80,000 Cases of Side Effects - June 22, 2012

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Friday, June 22, 2012  |   |   |   |  Make a difference of your own with MS Sales and Marketing Careers with Genzyme Please click here for more information.   •  Roche (RHHBY) Fails to Report 80,000 Cases of Side Effects More... •  Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) Recalls Vaccine After Accidental Release: FDA More... •  FDA Rejects Wider Use for Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Bayer AG (BAY.F)'s Xarelto More... •  Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sells Drug for $26 Million to Depomed, Inc. (DEPO) More... •  FDA Rejects Repligen Corporation (RGEN)'s Imaging Agent, Shares Drop More... •  Genentech (RHHBY) Says Perjeta Combination Increased Survival in Breast Cancer Patients More... •  Novartis AG (NVS), AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) Win EU Drug Okays; Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Loses Out More... •  Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is Challenging Biotech Drug Copies, Protects Humira's Secrets More... More Top News Biotech Laboratory Equipment Auction: June 27 - 28 The Branford Group will auction surplus assets to the continuing growth of Capstone Therapeutics, a major therapeutic peptide developer located in Tempe, Arizona. This biotechnology R&D laboratory's assets will be auctioned electronically on June 27 and 28. Included in this sale is late model biotech and analytical lab instruments and a large consumable supply inventory. Visit The Branford Group's website for more info. Register to Bid!. •  5 Ways to Spot the Next Hot Biotech Stock More... •  Male Tea Drinkers "Face Increased Prostate Cancer Risk," Glasgow University Study More... •  How Early Birds are Happier Than Night Owls, University of Toronto Study More... •  Common Blood Pressure Drug Linked to Severe GI Problems, Mayo Clinic Study More... •  Stanford University School of Medicine-Led Study Explains How Stress Can Boost Immune System More... •  McGill University Researchers Discover the Cause of an Inherited Form of Epilepsy More... •  Dad's Brains Mean More to His Son's Success Than His Money, Brigham Young University Study More... •  Facebook Finds Men, Married People Most Influential, New York University Study More...   More Featured News BIONJ Career Connection Tuesday, June 26 - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Rutgers Student Center - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 126 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Please click here for more information. • Biotech Bay (San Francisco, California) Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. 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Primary responsibilities will include investigations into the mechanism of action for novel antimalarials, routinely test efficacy of lead compounds in an in vivo mouse malaria model, and assist in the characterization of compounds in an established high-content screen. • Genetown (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company Senior Product Manager - Hematologic Malignancies Will report to the Global Marketing Director and will assume responsibility for supporting short- and long-term global marketing strategies, programs and tactics to optimize commercial potential for an oncology product in hematologic malignancies. • Pharm Country (Parsippany, New Jersey) Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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