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<title><![CDATA[After Stock Plunges, Maybe Affymax News Isn't So Bad?]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/Maybe-Affymax-News-Isn2527t-So-Bad/2/14/2013/id/48137</link>
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			Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:44:00EST
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<![CDATA[Investors didn't like the news from drug maker Affymax (NASDAQ:AFFY) Thursday morning. The company's pilot program for the injected treatment Omontys in kidney failure patients won't be expanded at one of the largest chains of dialysis centers in the US, according to a securities filing.

The company's shares plunged more than 30%.

But the news from Affymax wasn't that bad. A pilot program involving patients of Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE:FMS) is indeed being paused, but a letter from the big dialysis company doesn't indicate a negative reason for the action. In July, Fresenius agreed to use Omontys to treat anemia ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Investors didn't like the news from drug maker Affymax (NASDAQ:AFFY) Thursday morning. The company's pilot program for the injected treatment Omontys in kidney failure patients won't be expanded at one of the largest chains of dialysis centers in the US, according to a securities filing.

The company's shares plunged more than 30%.

But the news from Affymax wasn't that bad. A pilot program involving patients of Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE:FMS) is indeed being paused, but a letter from the big dialysis company doesn't indicate a negative reason for the action. In July, Fresenius agreed to use Omontys to treat anemia ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Pharmacyclics, Johnson & Johnson Nab Breakthrough Designation for New Cancer Drug]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/Pharmacyclics-Johnson-2526-Johnson-Nab-Breakthrough/2/13/2013/id/48091</link>
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			Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:03:00EST
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<![CDATA[Pharmacyclics (NASDAQ:PCYC) says its experimental drug for a pair of rare blood cancers received a new designation from US officials that potentially sets it up for a quick approval. The news sent Pharmacyclics shares higher Wednesday morning.

Pharmacyclics and development partner Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) won the classification "breakthrough therapy" by the Food and Drug Administration for the oral drug ibrutinib as a single treatment for two cancers. That means the FDA will accept early clinical evidence showing that the drug is a big improvement over existing treatments.

Hopes for approval of the drug are already high. Shares of Pharmacyclics ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Pharmacyclics (NASDAQ:PCYC) says its experimental drug for a pair of rare blood cancers received a new designation from US officials that potentially sets it up for a quick approval. The news sent Pharmacyclics shares higher Wednesday morning.

Pharmacyclics and development partner Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) won the classification "breakthrough therapy" by the Food and Drug Administration for the oral drug ibrutinib as a single treatment for two cancers. That means the FDA will accept early clinical evidence showing that the drug is a big improvement over existing treatments.

Hopes for approval of the drug are already high. Shares of Pharmacyclics ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Regeneron Shares Jump as Sanofi Increases Stake]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/Regeneron-Shares-Jump-as-Sanofi-Increases/2/11/2013/id/48033</link>
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			Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:38:00EST
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<![CDATA[Shares of Regeneron (NASDAQ:REGN) jumped Monday after the company said development partner Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) is buying a larger stake in the biotech drug maker.

Sanofi already owns about 17% of Regeneron's stock and is limited to owning no more than 30% of the shares under a 2007 agreement between the companies. Sanofi and Regeneron are partnered to develop multiple drugs, including a promising experimental cholesterol treatment. (See Regeneron, Sanofi Take Step Forward With Cholesterol Drug.)

The companies say Sanofi was required to disclose its plan to buy more shares on the open market under US antitrust law.

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	<![CDATA[Shares of Regeneron (NASDAQ:REGN) jumped Monday after the company said development partner Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) is buying a larger stake in the biotech drug maker.

Sanofi already owns about 17% of Regeneron's stock and is limited to owning no more than 30% of the shares under a 2007 agreement between the companies. Sanofi and Regeneron are partnered to develop multiple drugs, including a promising experimental cholesterol treatment. (See Regeneron, Sanofi Take Step Forward With Cholesterol Drug.)

The companies say Sanofi was required to disclose its plan to buy more shares on the open market under US antitrust law.

"We are very ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Six Things to Watch at Biotech CEO Conference]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/Six-Things-to-Watch-at-Biotech/2/11/2013/id/48025</link>
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			Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:35:00EST
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<![CDATA[Dozens of fund managers will be sizing up biotech executives over the next couple of days in New York. More than 100 public companies are scheduled to speak at the Bio CEO & Investor Conference, which got underway Monday morning.

Despite Friday's storm, conference organizers say almost all the companies will still present at the meeting. Here are some companies and themes to watch for at the event, which is sponsored by the Biotechnology Industry Organization. See the full schedule of presentations here.

Onyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ONXX) CEO Anthony Coles is scheduled to be interviewed by an analyst Tuesday morning at ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Dozens of fund managers will be sizing up biotech executives over the next couple of days in New York. More than 100 public companies are scheduled to speak at the Bio CEO & Investor Conference, which got underway Monday morning.

Despite Friday's storm, conference organizers say almost all the companies will still present at the meeting. Here are some companies and themes to watch for at the event, which is sponsored by the Biotechnology Industry Organization. See the full schedule of presentations here.

Onyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ONXX) CEO Anthony Coles is scheduled to be interviewed by an analyst Tuesday morning at ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Celgene Gets OK to Sell Blood Cancer Drug]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/Celgene-Gets-OK-to-Sell-Blood/2/11/2013/id/48017</link>
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			Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:05:00EST
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<![CDATA[Celgene (NASDAQ:CELG) won US approval to sell Pomalyst, a multiple myeloma drug that analysts and company executives say will be a blockbuster product for the big biotech company.

The drug, which was heavily expected to be approved, is an important one for Celgene, which already sells Revlimid as a secondary treatment for multiple myeloma. Pomalyst is approved for patients who failed at least two other drugs, including Revlimid and Takeda Pharmaceutical's Velcade.

"Treatment for multiple myeloma is tailored to meet individual patient's needs, and today's approval provides an additional treatment option for patients who have not responded to other drugs," ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Celgene (NASDAQ:CELG) won US approval to sell Pomalyst, a multiple myeloma drug that analysts and company executives say will be a blockbuster product for the big biotech company.

The drug, which was heavily expected to be approved, is an important one for Celgene, which already sells Revlimid as a secondary treatment for multiple myeloma. Pomalyst is approved for patients who failed at least two other drugs, including Revlimid and Takeda Pharmaceutical's Velcade.

"Treatment for multiple myeloma is tailored to meet individual patient's needs, and today's approval provides an additional treatment option for patients who have not responded to other drugs," ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Biogen Idec Shares Rise on Deal for Elan's Share of MS Drug]]></title>
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			Wed, 6 Feb 2013 11:25:00EST
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<![CDATA[Shares of Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB) jumped Wednesday after the company said that it's buying partner Elan's (NYSE:ELN) interest in the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri for $3.25 billion.

Biogen will pay cash and agreed to additional royalty payments (up to 25%) on the drug's sales to gain the 50% of profit that Elan now collects from Tysabri. Biogen says the purchase will add as much $.30 to earnings per share in 2013.

Biogen's stock rose more than 3% in late morning trading to $162.70 after jumping 6% earlier Wednesday. The stock is up by a third over the past 12 months. ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Shares of Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB) jumped Wednesday after the company said that it's buying partner Elan's (NYSE:ELN) interest in the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri for $3.25 billion.

Biogen will pay cash and agreed to additional royalty payments (up to 25%) on the drug's sales to gain the 50% of profit that Elan now collects from Tysabri. Biogen says the purchase will add as much $.30 to earnings per share in 2013.

Biogen's stock rose more than 3% in late morning trading to $162.70 after jumping 6% earlier Wednesday. The stock is up by a third over the past 12 months. ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Hemispherx's Chronic Fatigue Drug Rejected by FDA]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/Hemispherx2527s-Chronic-Fatigue-Drug-Rejected-by/2/5/2013/id/47889</link>
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			Tue, 5 Feb 2013 09:30:00EST
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<![CDATA[Hemispherx's (NYSEAMEX:HEB) drug Ampligen for chronic fatigue syndrome was rejected again by US officials, who said the treatment needs more study to show that it works and is safe.

The US Food and Drug Administration "said Hemispherx should conduct at least one additional clinical trial, complete various non-clinical studies, and perform a number of data analyses," Hemispherx says in a statement.

In other words, Ampligen is nowhere close to being approved. The FDA previously rejected the drug in November 2009, saying that the company didn't demonstrate in human studies that the drug worked to help chronic fatigue patients. The FDA ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Hemispherx's (NYSEAMEX:HEB) drug Ampligen for chronic fatigue syndrome was rejected again by US officials, who said the treatment needs more study to show that it works and is safe.

The US Food and Drug Administration "said Hemispherx should conduct at least one additional clinical trial, complete various non-clinical studies, and perform a number of data analyses," Hemispherx says in a statement.

In other words, Ampligen is nowhere close to being approved. The FDA previously rejected the drug in November 2009, saying that the company didn't demonstrate in human studies that the drug worked to help chronic fatigue patients. The FDA ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Four Closely Watched Drug Decisions Loom in February]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/5-High-Profile-Drugs-Expect-FDA/1/31/2013/id/47803</link>
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			Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:45:00EST
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<![CDATA[Mark these dates on your calendars before you slog through the frigid month of February. There are a number of important catalysts for drug and biotech investors in the month.

There aren't a lot of expected drug approval decisions in February, but there are some high-profile treatments facing key dates. There's also a big gathering of biotech CEOs in New York and a cancer research meeting in Florida. Expect news from both events.

Below are some of the highlights for drug and biotech investment events in the month of February. As always, some dates are subject to change.

February 2 ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Mark these dates on your calendars before you slog through the frigid month of February. There are a number of important catalysts for drug and biotech investors in the month.

There aren't a lot of expected drug approval decisions in February, but there are some high-profile treatments facing key dates. There's also a big gathering of biotech CEOs in New York and a cancer research meeting in Florida. Expect news from both events.

Below are some of the highlights for drug and biotech investment events in the month of February. As always, some dates are subject to change.

February 2 ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Celsion Shares Nosedive After Cancer Therapy Fails]]></title>
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			Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:23:00EST
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<![CDATA[Shares of cancer drug developer Celsion (NASDAQ:CLSN) are plunging after the company said its experimental treatment for liver cancer failed in a late-stage human study.

The stock, which almost quadrupled in the past year, dropped 81% to $1.53 in morning trading Thursday.

Lawrenceville, New Jersey-based Celsion is testing its Thermodox injected drug technology, which delivers chemotherapy in what the company hopes is a more targeted approach to killing cancer. Thermodox is being tested for other types of cancer but, as a therapy for liver cancer, it was in the third and final phase of studies usually needed for US drug ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Shares of cancer drug developer Celsion (NASDAQ:CLSN) are plunging after the company said its experimental treatment for liver cancer failed in a late-stage human study.

The stock, which almost quadrupled in the past year, dropped 81% to $1.53 in morning trading Thursday.

Lawrenceville, New Jersey-based Celsion is testing its Thermodox injected drug technology, which delivers chemotherapy in what the company hopes is a more targeted approach to killing cancer. Thermodox is being tested for other types of cancer but, as a therapy for liver cancer, it was in the third and final phase of studies usually needed for US drug ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Isis and Sanofi's Drug OK'd to Treat Inherited Cholesterol Disease]]></title>
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			Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:15:00EST
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<![CDATA[Isis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ISIS) and Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) won US approval to sell the drug Kynamro for a rare inherited condition that raises bad cholesterol and can cause heart disease in young people.

Sanofi's Genzyme will sell the drug under a licensing agreement. Isis will receive a $25 million milestone payment for getting market clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Shares of Isis rose 8% to $14.49 in pre-market trading Wednesday morning. The shares have climbed more than 50% in the past three months. Paris-based Sanofi's US shares rose 1% to $49.35. That stock is up 11% in the past ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Isis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ISIS) and Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) won US approval to sell the drug Kynamro for a rare inherited condition that raises bad cholesterol and can cause heart disease in young people.

Sanofi's Genzyme will sell the drug under a licensing agreement. Isis will receive a $25 million milestone payment for getting market clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Shares of Isis rose 8% to $14.49 in pre-market trading Wednesday morning. The shares have climbed more than 50% in the past three months. Paris-based Sanofi's US shares rose 1% to $49.35. That stock is up 11% in the past ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Surges on Prospects for Kidney Drug]]></title>
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			Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:20:00EST
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<![CDATA[Shares of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KERX) are surging after the company said its experimental drug for kidney dialysis patients met its goal for effectiveness in a late-stage study. Keryx plans to seek US and European approval for the drug in the second quarter.

Shares of Keryx jumped more than 40% to $4.82 in late-morning trading Monday. The stock is up 56% over the past 12 months.

The New York-based company said its drug Zerenex met its study target for lowering phosphate levels in the blood of patients with kidney failure. Patients on Keryx's drug showed a statistically significant reduction compared with ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Shares of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KERX) are surging after the company said its experimental drug for kidney dialysis patients met its goal for effectiveness in a late-stage study. Keryx plans to seek US and European approval for the drug in the second quarter.

Shares of Keryx jumped more than 40% to $4.82 in late-morning trading Monday. The stock is up 56% over the past 12 months.

The New York-based company said its drug Zerenex met its study target for lowering phosphate levels in the blood of patients with kidney failure. Patients on Keryx's drug showed a statistically significant reduction compared with ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Threshold Pharmaceuticals Rises on Hope for Cancer Drug]]></title>
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			Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:50:00EST
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<![CDATA[Shares of Threshold Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:THLD) are rising after the company's development partner, Merck KGaA (PINK:MKGAY) of Germany, said it is advancing a drug for pancreatic cancer into a large late-stage human study.

Merck sends Threshold a $30 million milestone payment as part of an agreement announced in February of last year. The drug, TH-302, is being tested with an older chemotherapy gemcitabine to treat advanced pancreatic cancer, a disease that leaves patients little hope for surviving. The partnership with Merck is potentially worth $525 million to Threshold if the product is ever approved and meets sales goals. Threshold has the ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Shares of Threshold Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:THLD) are rising after the company's development partner, Merck KGaA (PINK:MKGAY) of Germany, said it is advancing a drug for pancreatic cancer into a large late-stage human study.

Merck sends Threshold a $30 million milestone payment as part of an agreement announced in February of last year. The drug, TH-302, is being tested with an older chemotherapy gemcitabine to treat advanced pancreatic cancer, a disease that leaves patients little hope for surviving. The partnership with Merck is potentially worth $525 million to Threshold if the product is ever approved and meets sales goals. Threshold has the ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Biogen Idec Aims to Preserve MS Drug Avonex's Sales]]></title>
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			Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:35:00EST
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<![CDATA[Biogen Idec&#39;s (NASDAQ:BIIB) multiple sclerosis drug Avonex accounted for $2.2 billion, or about 70% of the big biotech company's product revenue, through the first nine months of 2012. So it stands to reason that the company wants to preserve those sales as best it can in the face of new competition.

On Thursday, Biogen said a study showed that an experimental drug -- essentially a long-acting version of its Avonex injectable treatment -- met goals for showing effectiveness in patients at both two-week and four-week dosings. Avonex is a once-weekly treatment. Biogen is testing the new drug, known as peginterferon ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Biogen Idec&#39;s (NASDAQ:BIIB) multiple sclerosis drug Avonex accounted for $2.2 billion, or about 70% of the big biotech company's product revenue, through the first nine months of 2012. So it stands to reason that the company wants to preserve those sales as best it can in the face of new competition.

On Thursday, Biogen said a study showed that an experimental drug -- essentially a long-acting version of its Avonex injectable treatment -- met goals for showing effectiveness in patients at both two-week and four-week dosings. Avonex is a once-weekly treatment. Biogen is testing the new drug, known as peginterferon ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Impax Laboratories' Parkinson's Drug Rejected by FDA]]></title>
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			Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:50:00EST
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<![CDATA[Generic drug maker Impax Laboratories (NASDAQ:IPXL) was counting on a branded drug for Parkinson's disease to help boost revenue. The company will have to wait a bit longer after the Food and Drug Administration rejected the product.

Impax says the FDA rejected Rytary, an extended-release drug for treatment of Parkinson's due to some previously known problems with a company plant. Impax has to resolve manufacturing violations at a plant in Hayward, California, a site that has had issues since at least 2010. The US agency issued a warning in 2011 after its investigators found multiple and significant violations of manufacturing ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Generic drug maker Impax Laboratories (NASDAQ:IPXL) was counting on a branded drug for Parkinson's disease to help boost revenue. The company will have to wait a bit longer after the Food and Drug Administration rejected the product.

Impax says the FDA rejected Rytary, an extended-release drug for treatment of Parkinson's due to some previously known problems with a company plant. Impax has to resolve manufacturing violations at a plant in Hayward, California, a site that has had issues since at least 2010. The US agency issued a warning in 2011 after its investigators found multiple and significant violations of manufacturing ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[NuPathe Shares Jump After US Approves Migraine Patch ]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/NuPathe-Shares-Jump-After-US-Approves/1/18/2013/id/47494</link>
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			Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:57:00EST
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<![CDATA[Shares of NuPathe (NASDAQ:PATH) are rising after the small biotech company won US approval for its patch to treat migraine headaches.

The company won approval for Zecuity on the second try after the US Food and Drug Administration rejected the product in 2011. Zecuity is approved for the acute treatment of migraines. The battery-powered patch delivers the older drug sumatriptan through the skin using an electrical current. The product treats headache pain and migraine-related nausea and is an alternative to already-approved oral, nasal, and injected medicines.

Shares of the company rose 19% to $3.94 in pre-market trading Friday. The product ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Shares of NuPathe (NASDAQ:PATH) are rising after the small biotech company won US approval for its patch to treat migraine headaches.

The company won approval for Zecuity on the second try after the US Food and Drug Administration rejected the product in 2011. Zecuity is approved for the acute treatment of migraines. The battery-powered patch delivers the older drug sumatriptan through the skin using an electrical current. The product treats headache pain and migraine-related nausea and is an alternative to already-approved oral, nasal, and injected medicines.

Shares of the company rose 19% to $3.94 in pre-market trading Friday. The product ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[McDonald's Chicken Wings Don't Fly for This Reviewer]]></title>
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			Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:10:00EST
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<![CDATA[Minyanville asked me to take off my health-care hat temporarily for an important assignment: Review McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) new chicken wings, which are being tested in Chicago.

I figure that I'm uniquely qualified to review this product for a couple of reasons. I live in Chicago and, like many of my football-loving brothers, I can't resist good chicken wings.

McDonald's Mighty Wings were just promoted in Atlanta and are now being sold on a trial basis in almost 500 Chicago-area restaurants. I did a little homework prior to my restaurant trip, which unfortunately reminded me that a woman in Virginia found ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Minyanville asked me to take off my health-care hat temporarily for an important assignment: Review McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) new chicken wings, which are being tested in Chicago.

I figure that I'm uniquely qualified to review this product for a couple of reasons. I live in Chicago and, like many of my football-loving brothers, I can't resist good chicken wings.

McDonald's Mighty Wings were just promoted in Atlanta and are now being sold on a trial basis in almost 500 Chicago-area restaurants. I did a little homework prior to my restaurant trip, which unfortunately reminded me that a woman in Virginia found ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[GlaxoSmithKline Aims to Compete in Packed Field of Diabetes Drugs]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/GlaxoSmithKline-Aims-to-Compete-in-Packed/1/14/2013/id/47369</link>
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			Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:01:00EST
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<![CDATA[GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) filed with the US to sell its experimental diabetes drug as the company hopes to compete in a market full of other large pharmaceutical makers.

UK-based Glaxo applied with the Food and Drug Administration to sell albiglutide, a once-a-week diabetes drug that would compete with Novo Nordisk's (NYSE:NVO) Victoza and Bristol-Myers Squibb's (NYSE:BMY) Byetta and Bydureon. Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) has its own experimental drug, Lyxumia, that it hopes to eventually sell in the US and Europe. AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) also is a player in diabetes treatments, partnered with Bristol-Myers for the development and sales of new drugs.

Glaxo's albiglutide controls ]]>
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	<![CDATA[GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) filed with the US to sell its experimental diabetes drug as the company hopes to compete in a market full of other large pharmaceutical makers.

UK-based Glaxo applied with the Food and Drug Administration to sell albiglutide, a once-a-week diabetes drug that would compete with Novo Nordisk's (NYSE:NVO) Victoza and Bristol-Myers Squibb's (NYSE:BMY) Byetta and Bydureon. Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) has its own experimental drug, Lyxumia, that it hopes to eventually sell in the US and Europe. AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) also is a player in diabetes treatments, partnered with Bristol-Myers for the development and sales of new drugs.

Glaxo's albiglutide controls ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Drug Endorsed by Review Panel]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/Johnson-2526-Johnson-Diabetes-Drug-Endorsed/1/11/2013/id/47321</link>
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			Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:20:00EST
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<![CDATA[A panel of government advisers recommended on a 10-5 vote Thursday that Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ) experimental diabetes drug Invokana should be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

The vote is a win for J&J as it hopes to get clearance for its first prescription drug for diabetes. The company conducted a massive study of more than 10,000 people to show the benefits of the medicine. On a separate vote, the panelists were split, 8-7, on whether the company provided evidence that Invokana's risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular events is acceptable under FDA guidelines.

Invokana controls ]]>
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	<![CDATA[A panel of government advisers recommended on a 10-5 vote Thursday that Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ) experimental diabetes drug Invokana should be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

The vote is a win for J&J as it hopes to get clearance for its first prescription drug for diabetes. The company conducted a massive study of more than 10,000 people to show the benefits of the medicine. On a separate vote, the panelists were split, 8-7, on whether the company provided evidence that Invokana's risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular events is acceptable under FDA guidelines.

Invokana controls ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Teva Aims to Derail Approval of Biogen Idec's MS Pill]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/Teva-Aims-to-Derail-Approval-of/1/10/2013/id/47310</link>
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			Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:16:00EST
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<![CDATA[Can Biogen Idec's (NASDAQ:BIIB) promising multiple sclerosis pill be derailed -- or at least delayed -- by a rival drug maker?

The big Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA) petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration to hold off on approving Biogen's experimental MS drug known as BG-12 until medical experts can convene to review the safety of the treatment. The FDA is scheduled to make an approval decision on BG-12 by the end of March.

Teva, which sells the MS drug Copaxone, says in its "citizen petition" to the FDA that "it is especially important for the agency ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Can Biogen Idec's (NASDAQ:BIIB) promising multiple sclerosis pill be derailed -- or at least delayed -- by a rival drug maker?

The big Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA) petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration to hold off on approving Biogen's experimental MS drug known as BG-12 until medical experts can convene to review the safety of the treatment. The FDA is scheduled to make an approval decision on BG-12 by the end of March.

Teva, which sells the MS drug Copaxone, says in its "citizen petition" to the FDA that "it is especially important for the agency ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Idenix Says FDA Needs More Time to Review Hold on Hepatitis C Drug]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/biotech-pharma/articles/Idenix-Says-FDA-Needs-More-Time/1/9/2013/id/47278</link>
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			Wed, 9 Jan 2013 13:38:00EST
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<![CDATA[US officials told Idenix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDIX) that they will require extra time to review a partial hold placed on testing the company's lead experimental drug for hepatitis C due to safety concerns.

The company also says in an investor presentation to be delivered late-day Wednesday that it anticipates a response from the Food and Drug Administration by the end of March. A company spokeswoman says Idenix initially hoped to hear within 30 days of filing an answer to the agency.

Last month, Idenix filed a response to the FDA after the agency placed two drugs on hold in August, citing ]]>
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	<![CDATA[US officials told Idenix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDIX) that they will require extra time to review a partial hold placed on testing the company's lead experimental drug for hepatitis C due to safety concerns.

The company also says in an investor presentation to be delivered late-day Wednesday that it anticipates a response from the Food and Drug Administration by the end of March. A company spokeswoman says Idenix initially hoped to hear within 30 days of filing an answer to the agency.

Last month, Idenix filed a response to the FDA after the agency placed two drugs on hold in August, citing ]]>
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