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This Week's Edition of BeakerBeat 
December 19, 2011  
Mike Justice
Mike Justice
News Director
BeakerBeat

 

'Tis the season to be jolly, and that's how one life sciences company is making their shareholders feel. We'll explain. 


Many CEOs have been acting like Ebeneezer Scrooge with R&D budgets - but some seem to have met the ghost of Christmas future and are spending billions to save Tiny Tim. 


Do holiday social gatherings scare the dickens out of you? Well, there may be a way to overcome your fright with a drug spray - and no, it's not pepper spray.

 

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

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Key Stories from Around the Industry

 
Chinese hackers hit Boston Scientific
Posted: 12/15/2011


Kansas spinal device firm could get $600K boost from biotech group
Posted: 12/15/2011


For Pfizer, 5,000 lawsuits resolved, 5,000 to go
Posted: 12/15/2011


Pharma emulates automakers to boost profit and innovation
Posted: 12/15/2011


Officials say Novartis' vaccine plant is pandemic-ready
Posted: 12/15/2011


GAO: FDA needs more power to address drug shortages
Posted: 12/15/2011


Eli Lilly Planning New Irish Biopharma Plant
Posted: 12/14/2011


Covidien Plans Spin-off of Pharmaceuticals Business
Posted: 12/14/2011


RAM Medical pleads guilty to selling counterfeit Bard surgical mesh
Posted: 12/14/2011


Final Synthes ex-exec gets prison time for illegal human trials
Posted: 12/14/2011


Intuitive Surgical Surgical Robot Accessory Gains FDA Clearance
Posted: 12/13/2011


FDA Issues Warning Letters for Misleading Advertising of Lap-Band
Posted: 12/13/2011


Should the FDA Be an Independent Agency?
Posted: 12/13/2011


Quintiles launches CRO in booming China drug market
Posted: 12/13/2011


Survey: Doctors Have Mixed Feelings About Health Law
Posted: 12/13/2011


Pharma Advertises With Which Traditional Media?
Posted: 12/13/2011


Medtronic reports positive trial results for pain relief device
Posted: 12/12/2011


Novartis investigates death of Gilenya patient
Posted: 12/12/2011


Novartis restructures neuroscience research
Posted: 12/12/2011


As goes the post office, so too Medicare?
Posted: 12/12/2011

Beaker's Blog

   
The Steve Jobs of the medical device industry?
Posted: 12/15/2011


Resolution for the life sciences industry? The Great Slim Down of 2012
Posted: 12/13/2011


Expected FDA product approvals in early 2012
Posted: 12/12/2011

 

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