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This Week's Edition of BeakerBeat 
October 31, 2011  
Mike Justice
Mike Justice
News Director
BeakerBeat

 

A new recommendation for an old vaccine - but is it too scary for parents to give to their kids?

 

It's Halloween, and BeakerBeat scares up some info from industry CEOs. 

 

Occupy Wall Street has gone global, and is now including private homes of top-ranking life sciences executives.

 

Find out which state is spending millions to develop a new genetics research institute for a company in exchange for the promise of new biotech jobs.

 

Find out which Medical Center is turning a former Ford car assembly plant into a $294 million research center and how many jobs it will create.

 

Just in time for Halloween, find out why the FDA is out to ruin our sugar-filled fantasies of gorging on candy. 

 

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

 

 

 

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Around the Watercooler

Key Stories from Around the Industry

    

Merck natural products library re-launched at Pennsylvania Biotech Center
Posted: 10/28/2011


Chinese pharma eyes opportunity in U.S., U.K.
Posted: 10/28/2011


Regional pharma suffers most from European turmoil
Posted: 10/28/2011


X Prize: $10M for 100 genomes of 100-year-olds
Posted: 10/28/2011


5 Mistakes Companies Make Launching Drugs, Medical Devices
Posted: 10/27/2011


Smithsonian Uses Siemens CT Scanner to Unlock Secrets of the Past
Posted: 10/27/2011


Occupy Novartis? Job Cuts To Be Protested
Posted: 10/27/2011


St. Jude Medical secures FDA clearance for coronary artery device
Posted: 10/27/2011


Olympus' new president quits amid fee scandal
Posted: 10/26/2011


Biotech 2011: Teva, Merck directors share views of biopharma industry
Posted: 10/26/2011


Illumina to cut 200 jobs to reduce cost
Posted: 10/26/2011


For Bayer, Imitation Is Not A Form Of Flattery
Posted: 10/26/2011


BioPharm Executive: FDA Gets the Message
Posted: 10/25/2011


Health Blog Video: Is It True Smiling Improves Your Mood?
Posted: 10/25/2011


Novartis unit Alcon faces U.S. health fraud probe
Posted: 10/25/2011


Novartis chops 2,000 drug development jobs in shift to Asia
Posted: 10/25/2011


Amgen to Pay $780 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations

Posted: 10/24/2011


Abbott execs predict big growth for pharma spinoff
Posted: 10/24/2011 

Beaker's Blog

   

CNBC anchor tells Lilly CEO to throw in the towel?
Posted: 10/28/2011


Trick or treat? FDA sets sights on Halloween candy
Posted: 10/27/2011


Want to be a better executive? Understand your people and watch this video
Posted: 10/26/2011


Astellas emerges with new global branding campaign
Posted: 10/26/2011


AdvaMed, Senators, CEOs take aim at looming medical device tax
Posted: 10/24/2011


CEO compensation at Amgen, Abbott, J&J: Overpaidor underappreciated?
Posted: 10/24/2011

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