Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group, it has entered into an exclusive, world-wide licensing agreement with Syntiron to develop and commercialize its prophylactic vaccine against Staphylococcus, including Methicillin-Resistant Stapyhylococcus aureus or MRSA.

GlaxoSmithKline published a list of fees paid between April 1 and June 30 to U.S. healthcare professionals for speaking and consulting services. GSK will update this list quarterly going forward.

Array BioPharma Inc. (Nasdaq: ARRY) and Amgen Inc.(Nasdaq: AMGN) today announced that they entered into an agreement granting Amgen exclusive worldwide rights to Array's small-molecule glucokinase activator program, including ARRY-403, currently being tested in a Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") and Pfizer Inc. ("Pfizer") announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Pfizer in China will co-promote Takeda's Actos® (pioglitazone HCl) with Tianjin Takeda Pharmaceuticals in China.

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today a definitive agreement to acquire STARLIMS Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: LIMS), a leading provider of laboratory information management systems, for approximately $123 million in cash. The acquisition strengthens Abbott's competitive position in the global diagnostics market, providing advanced web-based applications to help laboratories efficiently store, retrieve and analyze a significantly increasing volume of clinical, managerial and administrative data.

GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA (GSK) and Intercell announced an agreement to form a strategic alliance to accelerate the development and commercialisation of needle-free, patch-based vaccines. The agreement will include Intercell's candidate vaccine for travellers' diarrhoea (TD) and an investigational single application pandemic influenza vaccine, as well as the use of the patch technology for other vaccines in GSK's portfolio.

Pfizer will extend its MAINTAIN™ (Medicines Assistance for Those who Are in Need) patient assistance program for an additional year, through December 31, 2010. In addition to the more than 70 Pfizer primary care medicines currently available through MAINTAIN, Pfizer will extend the benefits of MAINTAIN to many legacy Wyeth medicines.