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Teva’s Auspex Buyout Pays, But Mylan Bid Hits Snag

Israeli drug giant Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) reported positive results for a recently acquired drug Tuesday. Teva stock was down a fraction, however, as the company also faced a new roadblock in its effort to take over Mylan (MYL). Teva said that SD-809, a drug that it had gained in its $3.5 billion buyout of Auspex Pharmaceuticals last month, hit the primary endpoint in a pivotal trial of tardive dyskinesia, a movement disorder that

Medtronic Taking Diabetes Devices Into Digital Cloud

Ever since it acquired MiniMed in 2001, Medtronic, known for heart products, has become a big player in diabetes, with roughly 60% global market share in insulin pumps. But with a series of announcements in early June, it’s trying to become more than a gadget maker. On June 5, the FDA approved MiniMed Connect, a system letting pump users track information about their health through the Internet, with a specially developed smartphone app for

Amazon.com To Hire Regular Folks To Deliver Packages?

E-commerce king Amazon.com (AMZN) has become the latest tech company to test a radical plan to enlist ordinary people, rather than professional carriers such as United Parcel Service (UPS), to deliver packages, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday. Amazon.com is developing a mobile application that would pay people to drop off packages as they’re on their way to other destinations, according to the newspaper. Amazon.com ships an