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This Week's Edition of BeakerBeat 
October 24, 2011  
Mike Justice
Mike Justice
News Director
BeakerBeat

 

Is it the Wolfman? Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? Just in time for Halloween, Abbott Labs reveals a split personality.

 

With Halloween right around the corner, we talk to industry CEOs about something really scary - healthcare reform.

 

Hundreds of scientists converge on Munich during Oktoberfest - we'll tell you why, other than the obvious.

 

All this and more on this week's edition of BeakerBeat.  

 

 

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Around the Watercooler

Key Stories from Around the Industry

    

Amgen restructures to focus resources on late-stage drugs
Posted: 10/20/2011


Will Emerging Markets Really Save Pharma?
Posted: 10/20/2011


Semprus wins $1 million Army grant to develop orthopedic devices
Posted: 10/20/2011


Playing Computer Games Helps Parkinson's Patients
Posted: 10/20/2011


Pressure Grows on Drugmakers to Reveal R&D Returns
Posted: 10/19/2011


Could Abbott Laboratories's Drug Biz Be a Potential $54 Billion Takeover Target?
Posted: 10/19/2011


FDA, Gilead And HIV Prevention-In-A-Pill?
Posted: 10/19/2011


Abbott Labs to split into two public companies
Posted: 10/19/2011


Par Pharma suit could set up off-label court showdown
Posted: 10/18/2011


InvaGen, Inc. Looks to Expand in New York; Will Create and Retain Nearly 700 Jobs
Posted: 10/18/2011


Edwards loses nearly 5 percent on FDA rumor
Posted: 10/18/2011


World's first malaria vaccine works in major trial
Posted: 10/18/2011


Ben Franklin Technology awards $400K to early-stage device firms
Posted: 10/18/2011


Sequenom Inc. Inaugurates New Diagnostic Test for Down Syndrome
Posted: 10/17/2011

 

Allergan Reimbursement

Beaker's Blog

   

Great idea + lots of bureaucracy = National Bioeconomy Blueprint
Posted: 10/20/2011


Undiversified: Will the real Abbott Labs please stand up
Posted: 10/20/2011


Cool technology: The Berlin Heart
Posted: 10/20/2011


Forget Wall Street: Pfizer hit by Occupy Big Pharma?
Posted: 10/18/2011


FDA Commish on budget, regulatory process
Posted: 10/18/2011


BIO speaks out on path forward for FDA
Posted: 10/17/2011

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