Abbott Gets New FDA Approvals for Test (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Medical device maker Abbott Laboratories said Thursday the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of smaller sample sizes for the company's HIV-1 viral load test.

Lupin plans Rs 2bn expansion (rediff.com)
Mumbai-based pharma major Lupin will invest over Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) this year to create additional manufacturing capacities.

MonoGen Withdraws HPV Supplement (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
MonoGen, Inc., today announced that after further review and discussions with the FDA, MonoGen has decided to withdraw its HPV Supplement submitted to the FDA in June 2007. MonoGen currently intends to perform a new clinical study post market launch of its MonoPrep system with a different design to meet FDA requirements.