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Dendreon says FDA will disclose Provenge’s fate by May 1email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Dendreon Corp. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will make a regulatory decision on the biotech’s Provenge prostate cancer drug by May 1, 2010. (DNDN) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Grijalva pushing to kill Stupak amendment to health care reformemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., said Friday he wants abortions covered in federal health care reforms including a public option system pushed by the Obama administration. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

McCain promises to fight public option as health reforms face key Senate votesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is pledging to fight health care reform efforts as the Senate prepares to hold its first full-chamber vote on health reforms Saturday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Tampa Bay Partnership celebrates with Brookings fellowemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Tampa Bay Partnership celebrated its 15th anniversary at its annual meeting and community update luncheon Friday afternoon. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Kansas City-area hospitals join to fight bloodstream infectionsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Fourteen Kansas City-area and Northwest Missouri hospitals are participating in a program to fight bloodstream infections, the Missouri Hospital Association said Friday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Fitch: Dousman senior facility still strongemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Fitch Ratings affirmed its ‘A-’ rating and underlying rating on approximately $20 million in Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority revenue bonds issued in 2003 and 2004 for Three Pillars Senior Living Communities in Dousman. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Next hospital to stop delivering babies: Mercy Suburban in East Norritonemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Mercy Suburban Hospital announced it plans to stop delivering babies after June 30, 2010. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Marlton Rehabilitation Hospital names new CEOemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Marlton Rehabilitation Hospital, a 49-bed specialty medical center, named Michael Long as its new chief executive officer Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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Study: Maryland ranks No. 21 in overall healthemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Maryland residents are healthier this year compared with last, though high obesity rates and infectious diseases remain significant health challenges. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Miami Valley Hospital relocating health clinicsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Miami Valley Hospital is preparing to relocate six clinics from its campus on Wyoming Street to a 19,000-square-foot building on South Ludlow Street. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

CambridgeSoft financing worth $31Memail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
CambridgeSoft Corp. has disclosed the dollar value of a private financing it announced earlier this week, reporting in a regualtory filing that the equity funding received from Health Evolution Partners and Goldman Sachs & Co. was worth $31.3 million. The value of the deal was previously undisclosed. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Gates Foundation gives $15M to combat sleeping sicknessemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $15 million to the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative to treat human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

SinoFresh says study supports H1N1 treatmentemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
SinoFresh Healthcare Products Inc. said the company’s nasal spray product showed positive results in a study of the treatment of the H1N1 flu virus. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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Novavax to raise $21Memail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Novavax, moving closer to commercializing its flu vaccines, will raise $21 million in a secondary stock offering to fund continued research. (NVAX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

12 arrested in sweep of in-home caregiversemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An arrest sweep Thursday netted 12 people suspected of defrauding the In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program in Sacramento County out of more than $300,000. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Quantifying and resolving multiple vector transformants in S. cerevisiae plasmid librariesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These results highlight the potential for multiple vector transformants to dominate yeast libraries constructed by homologous recombination. The previously unrecognized prevalence and persistence of multiply transformed yeast cells have important implications for yeast library screens. The quantitative information described herein should increase awareness of this issue, and the rapid sequencing approach developed for these studies should be widely useful for identifying multiple vector transformants and avoiding complications associated with cells that have acquired more than one unique plasmid. (Source: BMC ...
Source: BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Thomas ScanlonElizabeth GrayKarl Griswold Source Type: journals

High-level HIV-1 Nef transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana using the P19 gene silencing suppressor protein of Artichoke Mottled Crinckle Virusemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: We demonstrated that expression level of HIV-1 Nef in plant can be improved using a transient expression system enhanced by the AMCV-P19 gene silencing suppressor protein. Moreover, plant-derived Nef was purified, with enhanced yield, exploiting a two-step purification protocol. These results represent a first step towards the development of a plant-derived HIV vaccine. (Source: BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles - November 20, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Raffaele LombardiPatrizia CircelliMaria Elena VillaniGiampaolo BurianiLuca NardiValentina CoppolaLinda BiancoEugenio BenvenutoMarcello DoniniCarla Marusic Source Type: journals

Trinity Medical Center asks judge to dismiss Irondale suitemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Trinity Medical Center attorneys said the east Birmingham hospital never agreed to build a hospital in Irondale and asked a Jefferson County judge Thursday to dismiss the city's lawsuit seeking financial damages. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

NHI buys five assisted-living facilitiesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
National Health Investors, a Murfreesboro-based health care real estate investment trust, announced Thursday the purchase of five assisted-living facilities from Kansas-based Bickford Senior Living. (NHI) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

D. Brent Polk leaving Vanderbilt for job at USCemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
D. Brent Polk, who has a division named after him at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine, is leaving the university to become chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. He also will become vice president of academic affairs at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles beginning April 1. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Cracked Corn: Scientists Solve Maize's Genetic Mazeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The complex corn genome--coming in at a hearty two billion base pairs (compared with the human genome's 2.9 billion base pairs)--has been mapped by more than 150 researchers, who worked for years to decipher the grain's genetic code . It's the most complicated plant genome to be deciphered to date and promises to increase the efficiency of the crop itself. [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Biology,Environment,Society & Policy,Everyday Science,Basic Science,Evolution,Evolutionary Biology,Ecology,Biotechnology,Biotechnology,Energy Technology,Energy Technology Source Type: info

Sunrise closes sale for $204 millionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Sunrise Senior Living Inc. has completed its sale of 21 assisted-living communities to BLC Acquisitions Inc. for $204 million. (BKD) (SRZ) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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Precision Wire Components soldemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An Ohio private equity firm has purchased Precision Wire Components for undisclosed terms. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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UC taps Alivisatos as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory directoremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Paul Alivisatos, who’s been interim director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory this year, now has that job formally. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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Benioff, Salesforce give $2M for Mission Bay hospitalemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Salesforce.com and its leader, Marc Benioff, have contributed $2 million to UCSF to help build a planned children’s hospital in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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Regence: Swedish may end agreementemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Regence BlueShield in Washington officials said they’ve received a letter from Swedish Medical Center, indicating that the Seattle hospital group will terminate its deal with Regence if a deal can’t be met. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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Christus bans outdoor smoking at hospitalsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Christus Santa Rosa Health System has become the first hospital system in San Antonio to implement a smoke-free policy at all of its campuses. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Former McKesson chairman convicted of fraudemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Charles McCall, former chairman of San Francisco-based McKesson Corp., was convicted Thursday of fraud in a case that cost McKesson investors $8.6 billion. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Omeros loses $3.9M in Q3email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Omeros Corp., a biopharmaceutical company that went public last month, reported a third-quarter loss of $3.9 million, or a loss of $1.34 per share. (OMER) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

White named president, CEO of Chandler Regional Medical Centeremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Patty White has been named the new president and CEO of Chandler Regional Medical Center, a Catholic Healthcare West facility. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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Oakland's Kaiser Permanente awards $256K in SoCal nursing scholarshipsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Kaiser Permanente said Thursday it’s funding 145 scholarships for nursing students in Southern California, as part of a broader effort to subsidize $5 million in RN education this year. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

U.S. recovers $2.4B in fraud settlementsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. recovered $2.4 billion in settlements and judgments in cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the Department of Justice said Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City approves $6.5M in grantsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City approved $6.5 million in Safety Net grants Thursday to 46 Kansas City-area agencies. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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Dayton group argues for regular mammogramsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Dayton breast cancer task force disagrees with new recommendations from the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force that women should not receive regular mammograms until they reach their 50s. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

UW-Madison gets $9.5M Gates Foundation grant to study flu virusesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave the University of Wisconsin-Madison a $9.5 million grant to study influenza threats to human health. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Brookdale Senior Living closes sale for 18 communitiesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Tennessee-based Brookdale Senior Living Inc. has closed its deal to buy 18 senior living communities from Sunrise Senior Living Inc. for $190 million. (BKD) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Business Journal announces 40 Under 40 classemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The St. Louis Business Journal has chosen its 2010 40 Under 40 award winners. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

OncoVista posts third-quarter loss despite revenue growthemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
OncoVista Innovative Therapies Inc. is continuing to build its revenues as the development stage company works toward becoming profitable. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

NY revives retirement buyout program to state agenciesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
New York Gov. David Paterson's budget director has ordered state agencies to continue extending retirement buyouts to employees. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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DeBakey VA center opens two mental health units for veteransemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center has opened two new mental health units for returning combat troops and for women veterans. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

P&G recalls Vicks Sinex lots in U.S., U.K., Germanyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Procter & Gamble Co. said Thursday it is voluntarily recalling three lots of Vicks Sinex nasal spray that were distributed in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. (PG) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

DeGette prefers abortion language in Senate health-reform billemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, said Thursday she was "pleased" with language concerning abortion in a new U.S. Senate health-care reform measure, in contrast to her opposition to anti-abortion provisions in a different health bill passed earlier by the House. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Adults eligible for latest H1N1 clinics in Columbus, Franklin Countyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Columbus Public Health and the Franklin County Board of Health are widening the field in distributing the free H1N1 “swine flu” vaccine. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Epilepsy unit sales boost Cyberonics’ second quarteremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Cyberonics Inc. has posted record sales for its fiscal second quarter. (CYBX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Mercer: Health benefits cost Phila.-area employers 6% more this yearemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Health-benefit costs for employers in the Philadelphia region increased 6.2 percent in 2009 to an average of $10,321 per employee, according to Mercer’s 2009 national survey of employer-sponsored health plans released Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Md. stem cell panel sees record interest for research grantsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission received nearly 200 proposals for state-funded research grants, the highest number of applications to date in a year when there is less money available. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Cambridge Based Ligon Discovery Raises $1M in Seed Fundingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Biotech Incubator Research Parks and Associations - National Wet Lab Resource Directory - Biotech News)
Source: Biotech Incubator Research Parks and Associations - National Wet Lab Resource Directory - Biotech News - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Luminogenics Tags: Massachusetts Cambridge Massachusetts Life Sciences Center News Technology incTANK Ventures Ligon Discovery Inc. Company Technology Employment Change Person Career Quotation Angela Koehler Benjamin Ebert cancer Christian Bailey Source Type: organizations

Florida Boomer Lifestyle Conference to focus on reinventionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Reinventing life after 50 is the theme of the second annual Florida Boomer Lifestyle Conference. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Affymax plans to raise $69.6M in stock saleemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Biopharmaceutical company Affymax Inc. said Thursday it plans to offer about 4 million shares of its common stock to raise $69.6 million. (AFFY) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Onorato discusses options to keep Braddock Hospital open at community meetingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A court injunction is among the options being considered to stop the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from closing Braddock Hospital, even though the strategy hasn’t worked elsewhere, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato said Wednesday night. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals