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  1. So what is GEs "healthymagination"? Watch this video: youtube.com/watch?v=LId0oq… and visit beaker.com to find out.
  2. More layoffs? Medtronic CEO improving, but not yet turned the corner... beaker.com
  3. Study: FDA approves drugs faster than Europe and Canada. beaker.com
  4. Self-diagnosis taken to new heights, but will it be effective? We’re 95% sure of it. The other 5%? Well, good luck. beaker.com/bb-052112
  5. One of the biggest of the world’s blockbusters finally falls off the patent cliff. More on this week's BeakerBeat. beaker.com/bb-052112
  6. A repeat of Illumina/Roche? Another company adopts poison pill to thwart hostile takeover beaker.com/bb-052112
  7. FDA approves multiple companies to sell generic Plavix as Sanofi feels the pain of a signficant patent cliff beaker.com
  8. Long anticipated day of reckoning at Sanofi/BMS as Plavix expires. beaker.com
  9. Amylin auction has no shortage of Big Pharma bidders. See who's bidding & what it will take to buy the company. beaker.com
  10. A leading Regulatory Agency colluded with pharmaceutical companies to approve medicines with no clinical trials. beaker.com/bb-051412
  11. One billion dollars! (best Dr. Evil impression) That is the fine for one big drug company's marketing shenanigans. beaker.com/bb-051412
  12. Zimmer CEO Dave Dvorak steps up in wake of Stryker's MacMillan to become AdvaMed Chairman for this year. Big shoes... beaker.com
  13. Another go round for weight loss drugs with FDA. 3 companies all holding their breath Live blogging an FDA panel? beaker.com
  14. Smith & Nephew spin-off spawns a new life sciences company: Bioventus. beaker.com
  15. Obama White House and FDA work together to fix a lingering problem. beaker.com/bb-050712
  16. Officials track down millions of dollars worth of stolen pharmaceutical drugs and, uh, cigarettes too. beaker.com/bb-050712
  17. The art of turning down billions, by Illumina, Amylin & Human Genome Sciences beaker.com
  18. New J&J CEO Alex Gorsky and his first TV interview on the path forward for Johnson & Johnson beaker.com
  19. Everybody’s doing it! Which company is under investigation for bribery - it’s kind of a long list. beaker.com/bb-043012
  20. Find out who is planning to invest more than $550 million building a new manufacturing facility in its homeland. beaker.com/bb-043012