The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave “fast track” designation to Seattle Genetics’ experimental SGN-35 drug for treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma. (SGEN)

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The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions will receive $11.8 million in work force training programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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Three statewide health plans are vying to replace Blue Shield of California in the Public Employees’ Retirement System’s $5.7 billion health benefits program.

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Dyax Corp. is eliminating 60 positions — or roughly 36 percent of its staff — from various departments within the company to focus its resources on the commercialization of its lead product candidate.

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Truman Medical Centers will assume operation of the mental health emergency room and 25 additional acute psychiatric inpatient beds at Western Missouri Mental Health Center in Kansas City, the Missouri Department of Mental Health said Monday. The agreement is effective July 1.

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Three statewide health plans are vying to replace Blue Shield of California in the Public Employees’ Retirement System’s $5.7 billion health benefits program.

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Total compensation fell in 2008 for top executives at drug company Icagen Inc., according to regulatory documents.

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Drug maker Biogen Idec Inc. today named Robert A. Hamm as its new chief operating officer.

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As the building that houses a long-term care and skilled nursing facility in Jupiter moves closer to changing hands, the status of its employees has been thrown up in the air.

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St. Aemilian-Lakeside Inc. in Milwaukee has been awarded the state of Wisconsin child welfare contract for Milwaukee County that the incumbent agency, La Causa Inc., is canceling this year, the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families said Monday.

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