Valeant Scores Dental Drugmaker for $312M - June 15, 2012

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Friday, June 15, 2012  |   |   |   |  Laboratory & Pharmaceutical Equipment: Surplus to Ongoing Operations of Sanofi-Aventis! Please click here for more information. •   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX) Scores Dental Drugmaker for $312 Million More... •   Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGSI) Sets Deadline for Buyout Offers More... •   Viscient Acquires Environmental Sciences Group from Covance Inc. (CVD) More... More Mergers and Acquisitions News •   Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Inks Pact With Harvard University to Spark Innovation for New Drugs More... •   Plasticell and Veritas Corporation Announce an Exclusive Distribution Agreement in Japan More... •   Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) Release: New Partnership With U.S. and Norwegian Governments and the Private Sector Formed to Save the Lives of Mothers and Their Newborn Children More... •   The Scripps Research Institute Release: Announces Five-Year Research Collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) More... More Alliances News •   ViaCyte, Inc. (Formerly Known as Novocell, Inc.) Appoints Dr. Paul Laikind Chief Executive Officer More... •   bioRASI Names David Judson Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer More... •   China Nuokang Bio-Pharmaceutical Inc. (NKBP) Announces Change in CFO More... •   Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc. Appoints Gisela Schwab, M.D., to Its Board of Directors and Names Lowell Sears as Chairman of the Board More... •   Dr. Lex Van der Ploeg Has Been Elected to the Neurotez, Inc. Board of Directors More... More Personnel News SECOND ASIA PACIFIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPLIANCE CONGRESS A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum and Asia Pacific Healthcare Industry Compliance Team Media Partners: Life Science Compliance and RX Compliance Report September 11 - 13, 2012 Intercontinental Shanghai Pudong Hotel Shanghai, China Please click here for more information.  •   Helix Biopharma (CC:HBP) Announces Q3 2012 Results and Actions Taken by Its New Board More... More Earnings Report News •   Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc., Alembic Settles Patent Dispute With Novartis AG (NVS) Over Copycat Drug More... •   Feds Arrest Canadian Online Pharmacy Pioneer for Selling Fake Drugs More... •   Ameritox, Ltd. Release: Court Preliminarily Deems Millennium Laboratories' Press Release "Misleading" More... 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