Amylin's Byetta Tops Merck's Januvia in Diabetes Test
Bloomberg [Sept. 9] Amylin Pharmaceuticals’ diabetes treatment Byetta worked better than Merck & Co.’s Januvia in tests that measured blood-sugar levels after meals in 61 patients who tried each drug for two weeks. More

Pfizer Tries Again with Osteoporosis Drug Fablyn
Wall Street Journal blog [Sept. 9] Pfizer’s going before an FDA panel today to try to win approval of a bone drug that’s already been rejected twice. The drug, called Fablyn, is in the same class as Eli Lilly’s osteoporosis drug Evista. More

Novartis Cancer Drug Wins U.S. Priority Review
Press release [Sept. 9] Novartis announced that RAD001 (everolimus) has been granted priority review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The designation is based on the drug's potential to become the first therapy to demonstrate significant benefit in patients with advanced kidney cancer after failure of standard treatment. More

Studies Spot Numerous Undiscovered Gene Alterations in Pancreatic and Brain Cancers
HHMI News [Sept. 4] HHMI investigators have detected a multitude of broken, missing, and overactive genes in pancreatic and brain tumors, in the most detailed genetic survey yet of any human tumor. More

Biogen and Elan Start Testing Tysabri in Cancer
Boston Globe [Sept. 5] Biogen Idec Inc. and Elan Corp. PLC said they have started the first clinical trial of their multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease drug Tysabri as a treatment for cancer. More

Regeneron's Drug to Lower Gout Flares Meets Goal
Reuters [Sept. 3] Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said its experimental treatment to reduce gout flares, Arcalyst, met the main goal in a mid-stage trial and reduced flares by 81 percent, sending its shares up as much as 15 percent. More

Broad Institute Secures Future with $400 Million Endowment
Source [Sept. 4] Billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad and his wife Edythe have announced a new $400 million endowment that secures the future of the Broad Institute. More

Outsourcing the Drug Industry
BusinessWeek [Sept. 4] U.S. giants are rushing to partner with Indian and Chinese companies—tapping their brainpower and saving millions of dollars in the search for breakthrough treatments. More

New Boss Aids Sanofi's American Dream
Forbes [Sept. 10] The revelation that GlaxoSmithKline's Chris Viehbacher would take the top spot at France's Sanofi-Aventis gave a boost to Sanofi's shares on Wednesday, with the new boss likely to revamp the pharmaceutical firm's position in the United States and bolster its strength in emerging markets. More

Pfizer Acquires Rights to Alzheimer's Drug
New York Times [Sept. 4] Pfizer said Wednesday that it was acquiring the rights to a promising experimental drug for Alzheimer’s disease from Medivation for as much as $725 million. More

Big Pharma Gravitates to the Academe
Financial Times [Sept. 2] Beset by drug failures and limited late-stage pipelines, big pharmaceutical companies are increasingly looking outside their own walls for scientific discoveries by partnering with academic institutions. More

Judge to Unseal Documents on the Eli Lilly Drug Zyprexa
New York Times [Sept. 5] A federal judge in Brooklyn decided on Friday to unseal confidential materials about Eli Lilly’s top-selling antipsychotic drug Zyprexa, citing “the health of hundreds of thousands of people” and “fundamental questions” about the way drugs are approved for new uses. More

Amylin Reports Four Deaths, Stocks Fall
Forbes [Aug. 28] On August 26, Amylin and Eli Lilly announced four new deaths in patients taking their jointly-developed type 2 diabetes drug Byetta. The deaths follow an FDA warning issued to doctors and patients reporting cases of pancreatitis and death. After the announcement, Amylin shares fell more than 25%, while Lilly shares held. On Thursday, Amylin had rebounded about 6%. More.

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Isilon Systems ~ Senior Marketing Communications Manager
Isilon Systems is the worldwide leader in clustered storage systems and software for digital content and unstructured data. We seek an experienced marketing communications professional/writer expert in creating and delivering effective and persuasive business communications. The ideal candidate can think at the strategic and conceptual level and act, simultaneously, as a highly-effective and productive individual contributor. The position is based in Seattle, WA. For additional information click here

Lilly Singapore Center for Drug Discovery (LSCDD) - Associate Director of Informatics,
Lead and mentor a strong team for the Bioinformatics group at the Integrative Computational Sciences (ICS) department at LSCDD towards the development of novel algorithms, data analysis methods and software tools for drug discovery. Work closely with the Software Engineering group at ICS, and collaborate with the Discovery IT organization in Europe and USA. For additional information, or to apply visit: LSCDD

Lilly Singapore Center for Drug Discovery (LSCDD)- Senior Bioinformatics Scientist,
Contribute to the development of novel algorithms, data analysis methods and software tools for drug discovery as part of the Integrative Computational Sciences (ICS) department at LSCDD. Work closely with informatics and software engineering peers at ICS, and collaborate with the Discovery IT organization in Europe and USA. The successful candidate will offer hands-on insight and expertise in tailored therapeutic informatics and statistical analyses at the post-genomic era. For additional information, or to apply visit: LSCDD

Lilly Singapore Center for Drug Discovery (LSCDD) - Manager, Software Engineering (Integrative Computational Sciences)
Join the Integrative Computational Sciences (ICS) department at Lilly Singapore Centre for Drug Discovery (LSCDD),as Manager Software Engineering. Lead the development of integrated applications to process and visualize data from cutting edge technologies used by scientists at Lilly Research Labs (LRL) and the Drug Discovery Research (DDR) teams. Masters in Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline, 10+ years post graduation experience , 2 years management experience needed. For a complete job description and requirements or to apply visit: LSCDD

Lilly Singapore Center for Drug Discovery(LSCDD) -Senior Software Engineer,
Join a strong team of software engineers in our Integrative Computational Sciences (ICS) at LSCDD. Collaborate with, and help develop integrated applications to process and visualize data from cutting-edge technologies used by scientists at Lilly Research Labs (LRL) and the Drug Discovery Research (DDR) teams. The Software Engineering team provides computational tools and tailored software solutions that enable the global effort of Tailored Therapeutics; ‘The Right Drug, at The Right Dose for The Right Patient at The Right Time'. For additional information, or to apply visit: LSCDD

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Linux Systems Administrator
MSKCC Bioinformatics Core in Manhattan seeks Linux Systems Administrator. Install, configure, update, monitor and troubleshoot HPC cluster, email and web servers. Bachelor's degree and 3 years experience with HPC, network security, Postfix, Apache, Tomcat, Grid Engine, Solaris. Email bic-jobs@cbio.mskcc.org orwww.mskcc.org #015429. EOE/AA

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