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DaVita completes acquisition of DSI

DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced today that it has closed its acquisition of DSI Renal, Inc.

6 Sep 2011

Scale-up Systems establishes new office in India

Scale-up Systems Limited, the leading provider of process development software to the pharmaceutical industry, today announced it has established Scale-up Systems India Pvt. Ltd., a Mumbai-based subsidiary that will support its growing number of customers in India.

6 Sep 2011

DiaGenic allots options to employees

According to the resolution by the Annual General Meeting on 23 May 2011, the Board of Directors in DiaGenic ASA today allotted options to DiaGenic employees. The share options have strike price of NOK 6.00 per share, which is set based on last week weighted share price + 10%. The options have life of 4 years and can be exercised after 3 years.

5 Sep 2011

Tyco International acquires Chemguard

Tyco International Ltd. today announced that the company has completed the acquisition of Chemguard, Inc., a leading provider of fire suppression products and specialty chemicals for approximately $130 million.

3 Sep 2011

Roche Diagnostics terminates sales and distribution agreement with Response

Response Biomedical Corporation today announced that Roche Diagnostics has terminated, effective September 30, 2011, the sales and distribution agreement between Roche and Response dated June 25, 2008. Under the terms of that agreement and related agreements, Roche Diagnostics had agreed to distribute Response's cardiovascular point-of-care (POC) tests on the RAMP® 200 Reader in the US.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 2 Sep 2011

Mayo Clinic and IC-MedTech enter collaborative research agreement with Summa Health System

Researchers from the Mayo Clinic and representatives from IC-MedTech signed a collaborative research agreement with Summa Health System to study the usage of Apatone, a proprietary combination of Vitamin-C and Vitamin-K3.

2 Sep 2011

PTC restructures collaboration with Genzyme

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. and Genzyme, a Sanofi company, announced today the restructuring of their collaboration. Under the original agreement, PTC held commercial rights for the U.S. and Canada and Genzyme held commercial rights in all other countries.

2 Sep 2011

UnitedHealthcare to administer major Calif. physicians groups

UnitedHealth Group continues to expand its Optum health services division, entering into an agreement to handle non-clinical operations at one of California's largest physicians groups.

2 Sep 2011

AmerisourceBergen completes acquisition of Premier Source

AmerisourceBergen Corporation today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Premier Source, a privately held company that provides consulting and reimbursement services to medical device, pharmaceutical, molecular diagnostic, and biotechnology manufacturers, as well as other health services companies.

2 Sep 2011

SuperGen is now Astex Pharmaceuticals

SuperGen, Inc., a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel cancer therapies, announced it anticipates that it will begin operating under the name Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on September 12, 2011.

2 Sep 2011

FTC presses for more competition on generic drugs

Some drug makers are using an indirect method to delay competition from low-cost generic products by promising not to introduce their own generic versions if a potential competitor delays its entry into the market, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report on Wednesday.

2 Sep 2011

Eclipse extends tender offer to acquire Icagen for $6.00 per share

Pfizer Inc. and Icagen, Inc. announced today that Pfizer's wholly-owned subsidiary, Eclipse Acquisition Corp., has extended the expiration date of its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Icagen for $6.00 per share, paid to the seller in cash, without interest thereon, less any applicable withholding and transfer taxes.

2 Sep 2011

Medtronic acquires PEAK and Salient

Medtronic, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of two privately-held companies, PEAK Surgical, Inc. and Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc. Both of the companies are focused on advanced energy surgical technologies and will broaden Medtronic Surgical Technologies' portfolio of innovative surgical products to meet customer and patient needs worldwide.

From Medtronic 2 Sep 2011

Study reveals how pharmaceutical managers can maximize the return on marketing investments

Research in Marketing Science by Professor Kamel Jedidi, John A. Howard Professor of Business, Marketing, Columbia Business School; Professor Oded Netzer, Philip H. Geier Jr. Associate Professor, Marketing, Columbia Business School; and Professor Ricardo Montoya, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, reveals how pharmaceutical managers can maximize the return on marketing investments - by determining the physicians to target as well as when and how to target them.

31 Aug 2011