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TRENTON

Merck, Portola in $470M deal for anticlotting drug

51 mins ago

Merck & Co. and Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Thursday they have signed an exclusive deal to develop and market an experimental drug to prevent strokes in people with a dangerous irregular heart rhythm.Merck, the world's eighth-biggest drugmaker, will pay Portola $50 million initially to license the drug, called betrixaban, and a possible total of $470 million, if all further research and development goes well.

NEWTON

NJ man sentenced for dumping body in ravine

1 hr 24 mins ago

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to nine years in state prison for dumping a body in a ravine in northwestern New Jersey.A road crew found the body of 30-year-old John Mitchell of Saylorsburg, Pa., in June 2006.

WHITEHOUSE STATION

Merck, Portola in $420M deal for anticlotting drug

6 hrs ago

Merck & Co. and Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. say they have an exclusive deal to develop and market an experimental drug to prevent strokes in people with a dangerous irregular heart rhythm.Merck, the world's eighth-biggest drugmaker, will pay Portola $50 million initially to license the drug, called betrixaban.

OCEANPORT

NJ gambling interests at odds over how to compete

18 hrs ago

New Jersey's horse racing and casino gambling industries still have a long way to go in developing a collaborative strategy to meet the competitive challenges emerging in neighboring states.Representatives of the longtime rival industries couldn't even agree on what to discuss Wednesday at a meeting of a new commission charged with saving the state's four horse racing tracks.

CAMDEN

Man dies after falling into vat of chocolate in NJ

20 hrs ago

Authorities say a man has died after falling into a vat of melted chocolate in a New Jersey processing plant.The Camden County prosecutor's office identified the victim as 29-year-old Vincent Smith II of Camden. He was a temporary worker at the Cocoa Services Inc. plant.

TRENTON

Ex-skate champ Bobek posts bail, faces meth charge

22 hrs ago

Former U.S. figure skating champion Nicole Bobek probably got mixed up with the wrong crowd, the skater's mother said Wednesday, two days after her 31-year-old daughter was released from jail on a drug distribution charge stemming from an investigation that has netted 20 arrests so far.Jana Bobek said her daughter liked to party and may be in trouble because of the company she keeps.

PISCATAWAY

Rutgers signs JUCO guard Beatty to scholarship

1 day ago

Rutgers men's basketball has signed junior-college guard James Beatty to a scholarship agreement.Beatty comes from Miami-Dade College, where he was a two-time all-conference selection. The 6-foot-2, 195-pounder averaged 13.4 points, 7.9 assists and 2.7 steals for a team that was ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation.

TRENTON

Former skating champ Bobek out on bail

1 day ago

Former U.S. figure skating champ Nicole Bobek is out of a New Jersey jail but not out of trouble.The 31-year-old, who faces charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Hudson County, posted bail on Monday night. She was arrested in Florida last week.

NEWARK

Train service to Meadowlands to begin July 26

1 day ago

Spectators can soon ride the train to the games at the Meadowlands sports and entertainment complex.NJ Transit officials on Wednesday set July 26 for the opening of rail service from Hoboken and Secaucus Junction to the Meadowlands. The CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer title match will be played at Giants Stadium that day.

CAMDEN

Campbell CEO recovering from surgery after crash

1 day ago

Campbell Soup Co. president and CEO Douglas Conant is leading the company from a hospital as he recuperates from surgery after he was injured in a motor vehicle accident.The company says the 58-year-old was riding in his vehicle's back seat when it crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike Thursday. Conant was heading from Campbell's Camden headquarters to his home in Morris County.

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