This week’s biotechnology news headlines include, India’s drug approvals near record, MilliporeSigma to build $115M Burlington campus, Dr. Alfred G. Knudson the “Mendel of Cancer Genetics” died, China approves use of GSK’s Cervarix, second possible Zika infection is found in Florida, RedHill Biopharma announces research collaboration wins NIH for potential Ebola treatment, scientists mine public genomics database for cancer immunology.

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Headlines:

“India’s Drug Approvals Near Record Despite FDA Inspection Blitz,” Bloomberg

“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has become something of a bogeyman for India’s stock market. An inspection blitz on Indian drug factories that supply to the U.S. helped push the broader index of Indian health-care stocks down by as much as 20 percent earlier this year from its all-time high in 2015 after some top firms received warning letters for failing to meet the regulator’s standards.

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“MilliporeSigma to build $115m Burlington campus,” The Boston Globe

“MilliporeSigma, a German-owned maker of life sciences equipment, will build a $115 million campus in Burlington to serve as its North American headquarters. The 280,000-square-foot facility at 400 Wheeler Road will include offices and a customer collaboration lab and training center, the company said Tuesday. It will be home for 850 employees relocating from several MilliporeSigma buildings in Billerica. The company employs about 250 other workers in Massachusetts, who will remain at their current sites in Bedford and Danvers.”

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“Dr. Alfred G. Knudson, the ‘Mendel of Cancer Genetics,’ Dies at 93,” The New York Times

“Dr. Alfred G. Knudson, who deduced how certain cancers strike a family generation after generation, died on Sunday at his home in Philadelphia. He was 93.”

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“China approves use of GSK vaccine Cervarix for cervical cancer,” Reuters

“Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Monday the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has approved its human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Cervarix, for use in the country to help women fight cervical cancer.”

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“Second Possible Zika Infection Is Found in Florida,” The New York Times

“Florida health officials are investigating a possible second case of the Zika virus that may have been locally transmitted. The announcement of the case, in Broward County, comes two days after the state said it was investigating a possible homegrown case in Miami-Dade County.”

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“RedHill Biopharma announces research collaboration with NIH for potential Ebola treatment,” Pharmaceutical Business Review

“RedHill Biopharma signed a research collaboration agreement with the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), intended to evaluate RedHill’s proprietary experimental therapy for the treatment of Ebola virus disease.”

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“SBP scientists mine public genomics database for cancer immunology,” Fierce Biotech

“Scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have explored a large genomic database, revealing over 100 genetic regions newly annotated to affect the immune response to cancer. The findings may help to refine drugs that target the immune response to advanced cancers, which are currently difficult to treat.”

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