BioMed Updates: ELTP.OB, SOMX, STEM, GERN, ASTM, VRTX, CYTR, IMUC.OB, JAV

$ELTP.OB / Elite Pharma soars 40% on FDA generic approval opiate pain drug methadone along with ThePharmaNetwork

$JAV / Javelin Pharma files NDA for FDA approval of Dyloject (diclofenac injection) (already approved in Europe)

$SOMX / Somaxon Pharma Awaits FDA Decision (expected 4-Dec) for insomnia drug Silenor (doxepin)

$STEM $GERN $ASTM / HavRx Global Stem Cell Index Up on New Tax-Paid Cell Lines / http://bit.ly/4J83Wi

$VRTX / Vertex Pharma Announces Proposed Public Offering AH, Down 2.5% / 10M shares stock / 1.5M options

New Report on Protox by Dundee Securites Ahead of Key Results (TSX: PRX.TO) (OTC: PTXRF.PK) / http://hub.tm/?kGFaK

$CYTR / CytRx / FDA Lifts Clinical Hold / Will resume clinial trial for arimoclomol in ALS patients

$IMUC.OB / ImmunoCellular Notches Deal with MD Anderson for New Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine Target / http://hub.tm/QOmte

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Disclosure:  Long IMUC.OB, PTXRF.PK