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Senior Director of Technology Search and Development -Oncology 
My client is a well funded Public Biotech Corp in the Bay area
They are developing innovative small molecule oncology treatments.
Senior Director of Technology Search and Development
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate in-licensing of new technologies (drug compounds) with technology-market evaluation
- Patent estate and IP portfolio management
- Possible international travel (Asia and Europe), but <20% of time
- Ability... Read More    Add Comment

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>>   Pharmaceutical Industry
UPDATE 2-U.S. FDA advisers back Novartis malaria drug 1 hr ago 
CNBC - 96 Minutes ago
By Susan Heavey SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec 3 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's widely-used malaria drug, Coartem, appears safe and effective for use in the United States, a U.S. advisory panel overwhelmingly
U.S. FDA advisers back Novartis malaria drug Forbes.com
UPDATE 2-U.S. FDA advisers back Novartis malaria drug CNBC
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Brand-name drugs no better than generics: U.S. study 
Reuters Health - 117 Minutes ago
-0400 (Reuters Health) By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is no evidence that brand-name drugs given to treat heart and other cardiovascular conditions work any better than their cheaper generic
Brand-Name Drugs No Better Than Generics: Study Post Chronicle
Generic heart drugs as good as brand-name counterparts WALB 10
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No more pig virus tests for Solvay drug: U.S. FDA panel 
Reuters Health - 117 Minutes ago
SILVER SPRING, Md. (Reuters) - Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc does not need to develop additional tests to screen out three viruses from its pancreatic enzyme drug Creon, which is made from pig glands, a
No more pig virus tests for Solvay drug-US FDA panel Forbes.com
No further tests needed for Solvay drug-US panel Forbes.com
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FDA says Allergan drug enhances eyelashes 
Denver Post - 3 Hours ago
Allergan, which makes Botox anti-wrinkle injections, has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve its bimatoprost formula to enhance eyelashes. A panel of experts on Friday will comment on the
Allergan drug lengthens eyelashes -US FDA staff Forbes.com
UPDATE 2-Allergan drug lengthens eyelashes -US FDA staff CNBC
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Newron Pharma nails $25M equity line 
FierceBiotech - 94 Minutes ago
Newron Pharmaceuticals has lined up new financing to get itself through the current economic crisis. The developer--which has been working on new therapies for pain and CNS diseases--has inked an equity     Add Comment

Evotec, Novartis forge 3-year, $28M discovery pact 
FierceBiotech - 95 Minutes ago
Germany's Evotec AG has forged a three-year drug discovery alliance with Novartis that is worth up to $28 million in fees and milestones. In the pact Evotec--which specializes in new drug development     Add Comment
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>>   Biotech
Unapproved GMO cotton shipped to gin: Monsanto 
Reuters - 3 Hours ago
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A small amount of an unapproved research line of genetically modified cotton in Texas was accidentally harvested and sent to a processor earlier this fall, Monsanto Co (MON.N:     Add Comment

INTERVIEW: Monsanto Drought-Resistant Corn Seen Ready By 2012 
CNN Money - 3 Hours ago
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. (MON) may be ready to commercialize a genetically modified corn seed that protects the plant from drought conditions in the U.S. as early as 2012,     Add Comment

Compugen and Merck Serono to Collaborate on Novel Peptide for the Treatment of Inflammatory  
SmartBrief - 45 Minutes ago
TEL AVIV, Israel-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ:CGEN) announced today that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Merck KGaA, acting for its pharmaceutical division Merck Serono, covering     Add Comment

Arcadia Biosciences receives $3.6-million USAID grant to develop improved crops  
AgProfessional - 53 Minutes ago
DAVIS, Calif. -- Arcadia Biosciences Inc. today announced that it received a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development for the development of Nitrogen Use Efficient, Salt-Tolerant and Water
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. Receives $3.6 Million USAID Grant to Develop Improved  BioSpace
Arcadia Biosciences Receives $3.6 Million USAID Grant to Develop Improved Crops  DiGiTAL50
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Genomes and What to Make of Them 
Times Higher Education Supplement - 108 Minutes ago
A few weeks ago I was interviewed live on Radio Leicester on the subject of genes and behaviour. I was asked: 'Are there genes for hobbies?'. 'No,' said I. 'Thank you very much,' said the interviewer,     Add Comment

Midtown???s emergence as a bioscience center gets a boost from Crawford Long expansion 
Biz Journals - 109 Minutes ago
Emory is planning a significant expansion at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Midtown, which will include a new medical tower, 125 new beds, a 137,000-square-foot clinic and 75,000 square feet of new research
Midtowns emergence as a bioscience center gets a boost from Crawford Long expansion East Bay Business Journal
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>>   Genetics
Ruling due on DNA database case 
BBC - 82 Minutes ago
Thousands of DNA samples from innocent people are now retained. A judgement is due in a case which could have major implications on how DNA records are stored in the UK's national database. The case was     Add Comment

Petroleum Communication Holdings Buys Equity in Stem Cell Company 
TMC Net - 2 Hours ago
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) LARGO, FL, December 3 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Petroleum Communication Holdings, Inc. (PTLC), Formerly 'AIT Wireless, Inc.' (PINKSHEETS: PTLC), announced it had entered
Petroleum Communication Holdings, Inc.: Petroleum Communication Holdings Buys Equity  Market Wire
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Be wary of stem cell Web sites, study advises 
The Detroit Free Press - 3 Hours ago
NEW YORK - Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims. The Web sites in the study
Study raps Web sites touting stem cell therapies PhillyBurbs.com
Study raps websites touting stem cell therapies USA Today
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Type 2 Diabetes: The role of genes & lifestyle 
Theheart.org - 57 Minutes ago
We comply with the information: verify here. Copyright 1999-2008 theheart.org by WebMD. All rights reserved. All material on this website is protected by copyr    Add Comment

Dec. 3, 2008--Researchers Decode DNA of Cancer Patient 
Advance for IRT - 56 Minutes ago
For breast cancer patients who underwent a mastectomy who undergo radiation therapy after immediate breast reconstruction, autologous tissue reconstruction provides fewer long-term complications and better     Add Comment

The DNA Connection: International Updates 
Forensic Magazine - 114 Minutes ago
DNA Initiatives around the Globe IRELAND SOON TO PASS DNA DATABASE LEGISLATION Ireland finally appears close to passing DNA databasing legislation. As one of the only countries in the European Union without     Add Comment
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>>   Healthcare related
Health insurance costs increase 
Merced Sun-Star - 35 Minutes ago
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Active and retired state workers will see a 5 percent increase in the cost of their health insurance, the Nevada Public Employees Benefit Board decided Wednesday. The increase is     Add Comment

Correction - Fitch Affirms Health Care REIT's IDR at 'BBB' 
SmartBrief - 41 Minutes ago
NEW YORK-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- (This replaces the previous release which contained the incorrect text.) Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings of (NYSE: HCN) as follows: --Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at     Add Comment

Cardinal Health and SRI sign surgical kit deal 
RISI - 42 Minutes ago
Cardinal Health and SRI/Surgical Express, Inc. today announced a five-year supply and co-marketing agreement to offer surgical kits that include disposable health care products from Cardinal Health and     Add Comment

Cadwalader partner quits for Greenberg in New York 
Legal Week - 46 Minutes ago
US firm Greenberg Traurig has boosted its healthcare practice with the hire of a Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft partner - the fourth to leave the firm since the summer. : Healthcare lawyer Francis Serbaroli     Add Comment

Patient pictures improve radiologistâ??s care 
E-Health Europe - 55 Minutes ago
A patientâ??s picture may help improve the performance of radiologists, new Israeli research has found. The picture in question is not a digital x-ray but simple snap of the patient, showing their face.     Add Comment

Insurers Offer Own Proposal for Health Care Overhaul 
CQ Politics - 57 Minutes ago
It seems as though hardly a day goes by without someone putting out a plan to overhaul the American health care system, and Wednesday the health insurance lobby stepped up with its own version. The industryâ??s     Add Comment
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>>   Biological sciences
The DNA Connection: International Updates 
Forensic Magazine - 114 Minutes ago
DNA Initiatives around the Globe IRELAND SOON TO PASS DNA DATABASE LEGISLATION Ireland finally appears close to passing DNA databasing legislation. As one of the only countries in the European Union without     Add Comment

Technical Paper: Expert Assistant Software Enables Forensic DNA Analysts to Confidently  
Forensic Magazine - 114 Minutes ago
As the demand for DNA testing continues to grow, laboratories begin to validate new methods and increase capability, only to learn that additional state or federal law now requires them to process even     Add Comment

FL's DNA Database Most Successful in Country 
Forensic Magazine - 115 Minutes ago
Floridaâ??s DNA database has linked more felonsâ?? DNA samples to crime-scene evidence than any other state DNA database in the country, according to the FBI. Orlandoâ??s regional lab is the busiest of     Add Comment

"Stem Cell Tourists" Go Abroad for Unproven Treatments 
National Geographic - 3 Hours ago
When Robert Ramirez was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2006, his doctor gave him medication, but little hope: 'He told me there wasn't much I could do except wait to 'pass to the other side.''     Add Comment

How Fishy Technology Could Power the Future 
LiveScience.com - 82 Minutes ago
Caption: Vortices can be seen spiraling off the VIVACE prototype in Bernitsas' lab. Inset, for scale, shows Michael Bernitsas standing by his VIVACE prototype. Credit: Scott Galvin / Bernitsas An artist's     Add Comment

Genomes and What to Make of Them 
Times Higher Education Supplement - 108 Minutes ago
A few weeks ago I was interviewed live on Radio Leicester on the subject of genes and behaviour. I was asked: 'Are there genes for hobbies?'. 'No,' said I. 'Thank you very much,' said the interviewer,     Add Comment
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>>   Human sciences
Technology is rewiring our brains, claim boffins 
New Zealand Herald - 117 Minutes ago
lcolm Ritter Do 'digital natives' relate better to emoticons than real humans? Compute NEW YORK - What does a teenage brain on Google look like? Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry? Could
Scientists: Technology May Be Rewiring Our Brains FOXNews.com
Is Technology Rewiring Our Brains? Discovery Channel
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Aggressive drug marketing may endanger people: study 
Reuters Health - 117 Minutes ago
-0400 (Reuters Health) By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Quicker drug approvals and sophisticated marketing campaigns may be putting more patients at risk of dangerous side-effects
Aggressive Drug Marketing May Endanger People Post Chronicle
Aggressive drug marketing may endanger people-study CNBC
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New research reveals humans really can smell fear 
Guardian Unlimited - 52 Minutes ago
The smell of fear, one of the most terrible cliches of pulp fiction, is actually founded in fact, scientists claim today. People can unconsciously detect whether someone is stressed or scared by smelling     Add Comment

Exhaled nitric oxide related to allergic conditions 
MedWire News - 78 Minutes ago
MedWire News: Asthma and allergy are associated with elevated fractional concentrations of nitric oxide in exhaled breath (FeNO) of children, with the highest FeNO levels found in those with both conditions,
Effect of nitric oxide on brains computing skill The Hindu
Everything you need to know about Nitric Oxide-00-1300 MyContentBuilder
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Chinese Americans "all brains, no pay" 
People's Daily Online - 52 Minutes ago
Chinese Americans in the United States earn less than non-Hispanic Whites of the same educational level, despite having a higher educational level than the average population, a study has said. The compilers
Chinese Americans 'all brains, no pay' EView Week
US Chinese 'all brains, no pay' People's Daily Online
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What Anthropology Brings to the Table 
Forensic Magazine - 114 Minutes ago
Critical thinking applies not only to forensic science but also to the design of facilities where forensic science transpires. In this article, we explore how anthropology has evolved along with facility     Add Comment
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