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AFP
Thursday, 25 January 2007
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 AFP - A network of anti-globalisation groups awarded the Japanese tire group Bridgestone and Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis its annual prize for the most irresponsible companies.
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Reuters
Wednesday, 24 January 2007
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 Reuters - The hunt for a vaccine
against AIDS is about to enter a critical stage, with results
in 2008 from large-scale clinical trials of two candidates set
to determine the future direction of research.
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Reuters
Wednesday, 24 January 2007
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Reuters - British scientists have
succeeded in producing multiple generations of genetically
altered, or transgenic, hens that produce functional
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AFP
Tuesday, 23 January 2007
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AFP
Monday, 22 January 2007
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 AFP - US pharmaceutical behemoth Pfizer Inc. has said that its fourth-quarter profits more than tripled to 9.4 billion dollars, largely as a result of the sale of its Consumer Healthcare business.
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AP
Saturday, 20 January 2007
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AP - A wheelchair-bound man who says he needs large amounts of prescription drugs to control his pain asked the Florida Supreme Court on Friday to take up his drug trafficking conviction. |
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BusinessWeek Online
Saturday, 20 January 2007
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BusinessWeek Online - During a luncheon at the recent JPMorgan Healthcare conference in San Francisco, more than 500 institutional investors were asked to predict the fate of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. The New York-based drug giant is locked in patent litigation with a company that makes a generic version of Bristol's $3-billion-a-year anti-clotting drug Plavix, a debacle that contributed to the firing of CEO Peter R. Dolan in September. Using electronic keypads at their tables, 60% of the attendees forecast that if Bristol prevails in the case, which goes to court on Jan. ... |
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TechWeb
Friday, 19 January 2007
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TechWeb - Clinical trials could produce vaccines against nerve agents such as Sarin, Soman and VX. |
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AFP
Thursday, 18 January 2007
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 AFP - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has announced that its net profit for the full year 2006 soared 17 percent to a record 7.2 billion dollars (5.5 billion euros), in line with analysts' predictions.
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Reuters
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
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 Reuters - The National ePrescribing Patient
Safety Initiative aims to coax physicians and pharmacies to use
a Web-based prescription system designed to prevent medication
errors often caused by illegible handwritten paper
prescriptions.
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AP
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
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AP - Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc. said Tuesday it has begun its $25 billion offer for all outstanding shares of rival Caremark Rx Inc., which has rejected the bid in favor its deal with the drugstore operator CVS Corp. |
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