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Small Companies Are Leading Innovation For New Drugs To Treat Depression

Yet, the medical need in a disease like depression remains high. Existing drugs are effective in only half of patients with depression. Furthermore, these drugs can take 3 – 4 weeks before their beneficial effects are manifest.
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Science-Based Medicine » Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Flu

Infectious diseases (ID), as those who read my not-so-secret other blog know, is without a doubt the most interesting speciality of medicine. Every interesting...
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What Does This $14 Billion Deal Mean For The Future Of DNA Sequencing?

In a deal that could have a big impact on the future of DNA sequencing technology, lab equipment Thermo Fisher Scientific is buying rival Life Technologies for $13.6 billion in cash and the assumption of $2.2 billion in debt.
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Local biotech inventor gets $95M verdict in patent suit - The Seattle Times

Local biotech inventor gets $95M verdict in patent suit - The Seattle Times | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
Local biotech inventor gets $95M verdict in patent suit
The Seattle Times
A small Auburn biotechnology company has won what may be the biggest patent-infringement verdict in state history, though the $95.8 million judgment likely will be appealed.
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Monday Deal Review: March 18, 2013

Monday Deal Review: March 18, 2013 | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for March 18, 2013! Another busy week on the investment front saw a number of financings close as well as details provided for ongoing private placements.
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7 Biotechnology Stocks With Insider Buying Activity

7 Biotechnology Stocks With Insider Buying Activity | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
Kapitall Blog (blog) 7 Biotechnology Stocks With Insider Buying Activity Kapitall Blog (blog) If insiders are buying the stock of the biotech company they're working for, then they have to either think that the stock is undervalued or that...
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New modes of action likely in biotech traits - Iowa Farmer Today

New modes of action likely in biotech traits - Iowa Farmer Today | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
New modes of action likely in biotech traits
Iowa Farmer Today
Bob Reiter, Monsanto vice president for Biotechnology, says the next round of biotech traits will include different modes of action for herbicide-tolerance traits.
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Monday Deal Review: March 25, 2013

Monday Deal Review: March 25, 2013 | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for March 25, 2013!
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Biotech industry ties up with govt body to provide critical inputs

Biotech industry ties up with govt body to provide critical inputs | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
Biotech industry ties up with govt body to provide critical inputs Business Standard The Association of Biotech Lead Industries along with Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) have entered into an agreement to provide critical...
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The Smartphone Will See You Now

The Smartphone Will See You Now | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
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This Protein Could Change Biotech Forever - Forbes

This Protein Could Change Biotech Forever - Forbes | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
It started with a quest to make better yogurt.
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Breath test for stress

Breath test for stress | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
Scientists believe they might be able to diagnose stress by analysing a person's breath.
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The Stem Cell Revolution Can Jump-Start Your Portfolio: Jason Kolbert

The Stem Cell Revolution Can Jump-Start Your Portfolio: Jason Kolbert | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
No single solution will emerge from the growing realm of stem cell technology and regenerative medicine.
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Lilly And Sanofi CEOs Take Two Very Different R&D Paths In Alzheimer's Disease - Forbes

Because of these challenges, last year I speculated that pharma companies might exit AD R&D. Last week, Sanofi’s CEO, Chris Viehbacher, did just that.
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The Best- And Worst-Performing Biotech Stocks, April 5 To April 12 - Forbes

The Best- And Worst-Performing Biotech Stocks, April 5 To April 12 - Forbes | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
These are the best and worst-performing medical and biotech stocks from April 5 to April 12, 2013.
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Natural soil bacteria pump new life into exhausted oil wells | Science Codex

Natural soil bacteria pump new life into exhausted oil wells | Science Codex | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
NEW ORLEANS, April 8, 2013 — Technology that enlists natural soil bacteria as 21st century roughnecks now is commercially available and poised to recover precious oil remaining in thousands of exhausted oil wells, according to a scientist who...
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FDA working to speed up drug reviews despite federal budget cuts

FDA working to speed up drug reviews despite federal budget cuts | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
Boston Globe
FDA working to speed up drug reviews despite federal budget cuts ...
Boston Globe
... to Massachusetts Biotechnology Council executives, said. David L. Ryan/Globe staff.
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Biotech Companies Maneuver To Limit Generics

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Biotech Companies Maneuver To Limit Generics
Health Aim
Some of the nation's biggest biotechnology companies are lobbying intensively in statehouses around the country to limit generic competition to their blockbuster drugs.
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Production expands for cancer fighting product - Business Weekly

Production expands for cancer fighting product - Business Weekly | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
Production expands for cancer fighting product
Business Weekly
Immuno Biotech, one of the Cambridge UK medical technology cluster's best kept secrets, is expanding its production capability by seeking a new facility in Asia or the Middle East.
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The Problem: A Startup's Most Important Asset

The Problem: A Startup's Most Important Asset | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
The Problem: A Startup's Most Important Asset
Forbes
But harder problems like truly innovative biotechnology and next-generation manufacturing cannot be incubated in a few weeks by Red Bull-drinking, Ramen-eating young programmers.
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Biotech Has a Rare, $516 Million Moment of Brightness

The announcement by Third Rock Ventures today that it has raised $516 million to create about 15 new biotechnology companies over the next few years marks a bright moment amid the tough climate for life sciences ...
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Deal to exchange technical knowledge, info on biotech inked - Economic Times

Deal to exchange technical knowledge, info on biotech inked - Economic Times | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
Economic Times Deal to exchange technical knowledge, info on biotech inked Economic Times MUMBAI:Association of Biotechnology-Led Enterprises (ABLE) and Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) have signed an agreement to...
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World’s smallest blood monitoring implant tells your smartphone when you’re about to have a heart attack | ExtremeTech

World’s smallest blood monitoring implant tells your smartphone when you’re about to have a heart attack | ExtremeTech | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
A team of scientists Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, has developed the world's smallest medical implant to monitor critical chemicals in the blood, and communicates with a smartphone.
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Modified Cold Sore Virus Shrinks Melanoma Tumors, Amgen Says - Forbes

Modified Cold Sore Virus Shrinks Melanoma Tumors, Amgen Says - Forbes | Junior Biotechs | Scoop.it
Transmission electron micrograph of herpes simplex virus (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A genetically modified version of herpes simplex virus type 1, the same virus that causes cold sores, shrank tumors of the deadly skin cancer melanoma in a clinical...
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The Stem Cell Revolution Can Jump Start Your Portfolio: Jason Kolbert

No single solution will emerge from the growing realm of stem cell technology and regenerative medicine.
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