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Protecting Consumers When Drug Manufacturers Fail To Warn Patients About Known Health Risks (Medical News Today)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office joined Vermont and 45 other states in filing an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that states should have the power to protect consumers when drug manufacturers fail to warn patients about known health risks.

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Lupin acquires minority stake in Australian drug firm (Big News Network.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:01:23 GMT

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Indian drug major Lupin Ltd has acquired a minority stake in Generic Health Pty Ltd, an Australian pharmaceutical company, it announced Thursday.

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Lawmakers demand study data on Vytorin cancer risk (Examiner)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:59:20 GMT

A congressional committee is demanding that the makers of controversial cholesterol drug Vytorin, Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp., produce extensive data related to a clinical study indicating the drug might increase the risk of cancer.

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Hospira Announces New Contracts With Premier Purchasing Partners for Infusion Devices, Solutions And Equipment (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:44:24 GMT

LAKE FOREST, Ill., Aug. 21 -- Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, today announced new national agreements with Premier Purchasing Partners. The multi-year contracts will provide ...

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Hospira Announces New Contracts With Premier Purchasing Partners for Infusion Devices, Solutions And Equipment (PR News Wire )

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:43:00 GMT

LAKE FOREST, Ill., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: ), a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, today announced new national agreements with Premier Purchasing Partners. The multi-year contracts will provide Premier's 2,000 member hospitals with access to special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier for Hospira's general-purpose medication infusion...

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Will This Fall’s Movies Be As Depressing As Last Fall’s? Vulture Investigates (Vulture)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:30:26 GMT

Photo: iStockphoto It's nearly fall! That magical time of year when the air gets crisper, the leaves change color, and Hollywood conspires with the pharmaceutical industry to win Oscars and sell craploads of Paxil. Last year gave us awards-quality glumfests like There Will Be Blood , Before the Devil Knows You're Dead , and In the Valley of Elah . It also gave us a severe case of clinical...

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Eli Lilly: Completes SGX Acquisition (Red Orbit )

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:01:28 GMT

Eli Lilly has completed its purchase of US biotechnology company SGX Pharmaceuticals for $64m. The acquisition is expected to compliment Lilly's pursuit of innovative R&D programs, and represents a further investment by a leading pharmaceutical player in the promising US biotechnology industry.

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Lawmakers question Vytorin cancer risk data (Reuters UK)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:26:13 GMT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two top Democratic lawmakers on Thursday questioned recent claims by Merck & Co Inc and Schering Plough Corp that incidents of cancer in patients taking their cholesterol drug Vytorin were a fluke.

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Research and Markets: The Top 10 World's Leading Pharmaceutical Companies: Merck (Business Wire)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:26:00 GMT

Research and Markets: The Top 10 World's Leading Pharmaceutical Companies: Merck DUBLIN, Ireland--()--Research and Markets () has announced the addition of the "The Top 10 World's Leading Pharmaceutical Companies: Merck" report to their offering. In a highly dynamic and fragmented pharmaceutical market, besieged by intense competition, rapid pace of technological innovations and the uncertainty regarding...

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SQL Server BI Developer (Job #1172) in Chesapeake, VA (GadBall.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:11:00 GMT

PLANIT Technology Group is seeking a SQL Server Business Intelligence Developer to support our client that builds systems to support the pharmaceutical industry. Position is preferably client option to hire. Responsibilities include Work with the Development team members to develop and manage Microsoft SQL Server database systems. Work with the users to define their requirements and create...

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Mfg Technician in Fort Dodge, IA (GadBall.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:06:00 GMT

Job Title Technician Second Shift (M-Th 4pm-230am) Department Pharmaceutical ManufacturingFinishing Location Fort Dodge, IA At Fort Dodge Animal Health, a division of Wyeth, we are dedicated to our vision of leading the way to a healthier world for animals. Recognized for our breakthroughs in veterinary medicine and innovative product development, our reputation in the animal-care industry precedes...

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Indians: The most preferred guinea pigs? (merinews - citizen powered media)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:56:24 GMT

Thanks to a pliant bureaucracy and our own poverty-stricken and ignorant masses, foreign drug manufacturers do not find it difficult to trap patients who can be used as guinea pigs to test the efficacy and safety aspects of their drugs.

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Rlys discriminating against small pharma firms: IDMA (Indian Express)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:39:58 GMT

Pharmaceuticals manufacturer's body, Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association has written to the chairman of the railway board alleging that the Indian Railways is discriminating against small-scale pharma companies.

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U.S. judge approves suit against Bristol-Myers (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:35:22 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge ruled in favor of shareholders suing Bristol-Myers Squibb about its disclosures while settling patent litigation with Canadian generic drug maker Apotex Inc over the blood-thinner Plavix.

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Let’s Go To The Videotape… To Watch Fred Hassan (Pharmalot)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:14:03 GMT

Despite Pfizer’s best efforts, the lawyers for the family of a woman who died four years ago after taking the Celebrex painkiller have succeeded in convincing a New Jersey state court judge that Fred should be deposed and his videotaped testimony shown in court this fall. Why does this matter? Well, Fred was ceo at Pharmacia, [...]

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Wyeth v. Levine Supreme Court Hearing On Federal Preemption Of Drug Injury Lawsuits (Drug Injury Watch)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:04:21 GMT

Various Parties Have Filed Briefs With Their Arguments About Whether Or Not An Injured Patient Should Be Able To File A Lawsuit Against The Drug Company (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) As some of you are aware by now,...

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Lilly to Buy Posilac for $300 Million (Red Orbit )

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:01:10 GMT

Indianapolis pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly went on a shopping spree Wednesday, closing one major deal and reaching a purchase agreement for Posilac.

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Researchers: Merck Vioxx study was for marketing (Bioethics.net )

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:15:09 GMT

A 1999 Merck & Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, touted to participating doctors and patients as meant to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth marketing strategy, researchers report.

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An Affordable Anti-Malarial / Um medicamento para malária a preço mais acessível (The Temas Blog)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:56:14 GMT

From Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi): Sanofi-aventis and DNDi welcome the Clinton Foundation announcement on ACTs and commit to providing fixed-dose combination “ASAQ” at equally low prices Sanofi-aventis and the non-profit Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) welcome the agreement announced by Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) to reduce the volatility and the price...

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Monsanto to sell its bovine-drug unit to Eli Lilly (Market Watch)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:19:42 GMT

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Monsanto Co. said Wednesday it will sell its bovine-drug unit to Eli Lilly and Co. for an upfront payment of $300 million plus "additional contingent consideration." The St. Louis agricultural company said the POSILAC brand unit will become part of Eli's Elanco animal health division. "Elanco is fully focused on animal health and productivity and is committed to the importance...

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