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| Industry Headlines |
 Los
Angeles Billionaire Patrick
Soon-Shiong Agreed to Sell
His Illinois-Based Generic Drug
Business for $3.7 Billion
(Los Angeles Business Journal)
The buyer is Fresenius SE of
Frankfurt, Germany, that makes
products for dialysis, hospital
and outpatient medical care. It
hopes to use APP
Pharmaceuticals, which makes
injectable drugs for cancer,
infections, anesthesia, pain and
critical-care, to extend its
global reach .. The deal, one of
the largest in the healthcare
sector this year, eventually
could be worth up to $4.6
billion if certain milestones
are met. ... Read Article
Orthopedic
Innovations Are Only Gradually
Changing the Art of Bone Repair
(Orange County Register)
 Corporate
presentation to the Southern
California Biomedical Council on
products for fixing
deteriorating spines summarized
the state of the orthopedic art
and highlighted the work of
several local innovators ... Read Article
Biopharma Analyst
Musical Chairs (CNBC)
Equity
research departments in numerous
investment banks are being
downsized or eliminated. How
will this affect coverage
of publicly-traded biopharma and
biotech companies, particularly
micro cap ones? ... Read Article
Cougar
Biotechnology: Stalking Prostate
Cancer (Seeking
Alpha)
The West Los Angeles-based
Cougar Biotechnology (CGRB) is a
publicly traded company focused
on developing novel treatments
for cancer. The company is
developing CB7630 (Abiraterone
Acetate), a small molecule for
the treatment of hormone
refractory prostate cancer [HRPC],
and has completed several
clinical trials demonstrating
its efficacy ... Read Article
Maker
of Implantable Lenses Visiogen
Eyeing Fix for Reading Glasses
Crowd (Orange
County Business Journal)
Irvine-based Visiogen is going
after a potentially huge market:
Nearly everyone 45 and older
ends up losing the eye's natural
ability to focus up close ... Read Article
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| From
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USC
Study ID's Tumor Suppressor
A study published in the
July issue of the journal Nature Cell
Biology identifies a
novel mechanism of the UVRAG tumor
suppressor in regulation of
autophagy, a mechanism that
enables cells to digest or turn
over their own contents for
maintaining homeostasis (a
balanced, stable condition) and
responding to various stresses ...
Read More
 UCLA Researchers
Clarify Function of Glucose
Transport Molecule
UCLA researchers have
solved the structure of a class
of proteins known as sodium
glucose co-transporters (SGLTs),
which pump glucose into cells.
These transport proteins are
used in the treatment of chronic
diarrhea through oral
rehydration therapy. The
solution of the SGLT structure
will accelerate the development
of new drugs designed to treat
patients with diabetes and
cancer .... Read More
UCSB
Reseach Says MicroRNAs Provide
New Insight in Study of Autism
Published in the journal
Neurogenetics, a study by
Kenneth Kosik, co-director of
UCSB's Neuroscience Research
Institute and the Harriman
Professor of Neuroscience
identifies the role of MicroRNAs in
the development of autism
spectrum disorder ... Read More
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