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BIOTECH

SD's Imprimis Pharma offers cheap version of costly Turing drug

Stepping into the furor over eye-popping price spikes for old generic medicines, a maker of compounded drugs will begin selling $1 doses of Daraprim, whose price recently was jacked up to $750 per pill by Turing Pharmaceuticals.

Millennium Health ends DOJ probe, said to prepare for bankruptcy

Millennium Health LLC agreed to pay $256 million to resolve claims that it misrepresented the need for procedures and offered gifts to doctors in exchange for referrals.

MEDICAL

SeaSpine launches Cambria NanoMetalene device

Vista-based SeaSpine Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: SPNE), a medical technology company focused on surgical solutions for the treatment of spinal disorders, announced the launch of its Cambria NanoMetalene cervical interbody body fusion device.

BIOTECH

Fate Therapeutics names new CEO

Fate Therapeutics Inc. announced that Scott Wolchko will succeed Christian Weyer as president and CEO following Weyer's resignation effective Nov. 30.

GENERAL

Fit Foodie 5K returns to Embarcadero Nov. 6-8

Cooking Light & Health's The Fit Foodie 5K Race Weekend, presented by San Diego County Lexus Dealers, returns to the Embarcadero Marina Park South for its third year on Nov. 6-8.

MEDICAL

NuVasive receives FDA 510(k) clearance of spinal device

NuVasive Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVA), a medical device company focused on the spine, announced the first ever FDA 510(k) clearance of a cervical corpectomy cage.

BIOTECH

Neurocrine Biosciences rises as drug fights movement disorder

San Diego-based Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) rose the most in nine months after its pill helped patients with a movement disorder in a late-stage trial.

MEDICAL

Scripps, Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District enter into affiliation

Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District and Scripps Health have entered into an affiliation agreement, signed Tuesday at Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley.