BioSpectrum

Eisai expands agreement with Arena for lorcaserin: Eisai has agreement to market and supply Lorcaserin, an inves... bit.ly/K5MnrC

FDA body supports approval of Gileads Truvada for HIV prevention: The Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee of the ... bit.ly/IPh8T8

HeartWare International posts 47% growth: HeartWare International posted a revenue of $26.3 million for the firs... bit.ly/IPh8T2

Daiichi Sankyo falls short of predictions in fiscal ending March 2012: A statement released by the company said ... bit.ly/Lv8iHU

Biobanking application market was $818 mn in 2011: The global automation market for biobanking applications acco... bit.ly/IPh8SY

WuXi PharmaTech reports 26.2% revenue growth in Q1 2012: While manufacturing services net revenues of the compan... bit.ly/Lv8h6L

Thermo Fisher launches online consumables catalog with links to Facebook, Twitter: Thermo Fisher Scientific laun... bit.ly/Lmmbbv

Glycomimetics to cure AIDS: The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), GlycoMimetics (GMI), and Glycosens... bit.ly/Lmma7r

Thermo Fisher Scientific wins 2011 Global Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year Award: Frost & Sullivan acknowled... bit.ly/Lmmbbn

Sandoz to emphasize on consistent regulations across all biologics: Dr Mark McCamish, head, global biopharmaceut... bit.ly/LVLcNu

Ella Foundation Receives $100,000 Grant for Polio: The Ella Foundation announced that it has won $100,000 Grand ... bit.ly/JxpGwK

TB now a notifiable disease: In an important move to help combat tuberculosis (TB), the government of India has ... bit.ly/LkV5Bo

Eppendorf launches tissue culture consumables in India: Eppendorf India, the Indian arm of Eppendorf AG, Germany... bit.ly/JxpEEV

Teva representative joins Mesoblast board: Global regenerative medicine company Mesoblast today announced the ap... bit.ly/JxpGwE

Immuron and IntegraMed Asia sign Travelan agreement: Australian biopharmaceutical company Immuron Limited entere... bit.ly/JxpGww

ICMR to commercialize TB technologies: In order to stregthen the anti tuberculosis (TB) measures, the Indian Cou... bit.ly/J6Q8MS

No fresh tax sops to biotech industry, says Indian minister: While reiterating the government plan to bring in r... bit.ly/J6Q8MQ

Pfizer drug Lyrica fails ph III trial for HIV neuropathy: Pfizer has stopped a phase III clinical trial of Lyric... bit.ly/LbbhoQ

Takeda, Lunbeck report data on investigational compound for depression: H Lundbeck and Takeda Pharmaceutical Glo... bit.ly/LKXjgd

Oramed awarded grant by OCS: Oramed was awarded a government grant worth around $540,000 (NIS 2 million), by the... bit.ly/LKXjg4