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• (SNY) Sanofi-Aventis Expands Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Agreement

  
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  Sanofi-Aventis ( SNY ) recently extended and expanded its antibody collaboration with biopharmaceutical company, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( REGN ). The companies had initially entered into a collaboration agreement in 2007, which was scheduled to expire in 2012. Under the extended agreement, Sanofi will ...
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• (CEPH) Cephalon Settles Barr Pharmaceuticals Challenge

  
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  Earlier this month, Cephalon Inc. ( CEPH ) announced that it has settled its patent infringement case with Barr Pharmaceuticals, which is now owned by Teva Pharmaceutical ( TEVA ). Barr was looking to market a generic version of Cephalon’s cancer pain management drug, Fentora. As per the terms of the agreement, ...
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• Archive offers drug industry documents online

  
  Covering Health — Authority: 478
  In correspondence earlier this month, Kim Klausner, of the University of California, San Francisco Library and Center for Knowledge Management, suggested that reporters should be aware of the Drug Industry Document Archive. Klausner, the industry documents digital library manager, sent a complete guide to what’s ...
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• Novartis Parts Ways with Idera Pharma

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 703
  Life Sciences , deals , Asthma Ryan McBride wrote: Idera Pharmaceuticals said this morning that it’s losing one of its three key Big Pharma partners. Swiss drug giant Novartis has told Cambridge, MA-based Idera (NASDAQ: IDRA ) that it will terminate their four-year-old collaboration to develop drugs ...
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• Ironwood Pharma Eyes $172.5M IPO, Biogen CEO Pay Under Fire, & More Boston Life Sciences News

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 703
  Life Sciences , deals , Multiple Sclerosis Ryan McBride wrote: Xconomy’s life sciences coverage this past week featured a mix of exclusive feature stories—such as Luke’s analysis of the PML side effect from Biogen Idec’s natalizumab (Tysabri)—and breaking news stories like Ironwood ...
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• GlaxoSmithKline advises Canadian doctors to stop using swine flu vaccines

  
  Press Release Distribution - NewsWire- Caymanmama.com — Authority: 535
  Seattle, Washington (CaymanMama.com) — GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday that they have notified Canadian doctors to discontinue using a batch of 170,000 swine flu vaccines following six reports of serious allergic reactions among recipients. Health officials regularly monitor vaccines for any signs of potential ...
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• PA Woman Says Yaz Nearly Killed Her Daughter

  
  NewsInferno — Authority: 443
  Yaz, Bayer Healthcare’s popular birth control pill, has been blamed for causing several pulmonary emboli that nearly killed a 16-year-old Pennsylvania girl. The young woman’s mother has filed a personal injury lawsuit against Bayer on her daughter’s behalf, alleging that Yaz was responsible for her daughter’s ...
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• Prempro lawsuits: Pfizer hit with $103 million more in punitive damages

  
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  Filed under: Company News , Healthcare , Pfizer , Merck It seems that for Pfizer ( PFE ), the saga of Prempro is just beginning. Barely a month after the worlds largest pharmaceutical company lost a case related to Wyeths Prempro hormone replacement therapy drug and was ordered to pay punitive damages on top of ...
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• Researchers propose real time analysis of drug safety data

  
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  Ferreting out safety problems with prescription drugs sooner–such as those that plagued the popular pain medication Vioxx–could be possible if the government adopted a new system that would pool data from clinical trials for widely prescribed drugs, according to a group of researchers publishing in Archives of ...
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• Researchers propose real time analysis of drug safety data

  
  Real Time Investigations with Bill Allison and Anupama Narayanswamy — Authority: 415
  Ferreting out safety problems with prescription drugs sooner–such as those that plagued the popular pain medication Vioxx–could be possible if the government adopted a new system that would pool data from clinical trials for widely prescribed drugs, according to a group of researchers publishing in Archives of ...
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• Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, and Sedatives Linked to Falls in Elderly

  
  NewsInferno — Authority: 443
  We’ve long been following issues surrounding the administration of certain medications to the elderly, specifically antidepressants, antipsychotics, and sedatives. Sometimes these medications are given for seemingly pointless reasons. On other occasions, these medications appear to be linked to falls and other ...
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• Vioxx Dangers Should Have Been Known Years Before Recall

  
  NewsInferno — Authority: 443
  We have long been writing about the links between Merck’s blockbuster nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory medication Vioxx (rofecoxib) and negative cardiac events. Now, according to Science Daily, a study has found that evidence of cardiovascular risks linked to Vioxx might have been realized almost four years before ...
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• NSF Lawsuit Claims Hospital Negligent For Using Gadolinium Contrast Dyes

  
  NewsInferno — Authority: 443
  St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. faces a lawsuit filed by a victim of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF). The plaintiff was administered a gadolinium based contrast dye at St. Luke’s several times starting in 2005, and was diagnosed with NSF in early 2007. NSF is a debilitating disease that leads to ...
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• Prempro Lawsuits Result in Big Punitive Damages for Pfizer

  
  NewsInferno — Authority: 443
  Pfizer Inc. has been ordered to pay punitive damages totaling $103 million in two lawsuits involving Prempro. Prempro is a hormone replacement therapy medication marked by Pfizer’s Wyeth unit.A Philadelphia jury yesterday awarded $28 million in punitive damages to a 66-year-old woman who claimed her breast cancer ...
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• Provectus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (PVCT.OB) Delivers Favorable Oncology Treatment; Presents Data to 3rd World Meeting of Interdisciplinary Melanoma/Skin Cancer Centers

  
  The Quality Stocks Stock Newsletter For Smallcap Companies Blog — Authority: 155
  Provectus Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a development-stage biopharmaceutical study focused on oncology and dermatology therapies. The company recently announced that the results of its phase II trial showed comparable trends to phase I survival data for 20 subjects with metastatic melanoma. The one-year overall survival ...
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• Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Morning Edition

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 577
  Hello, again. Gray skies are hovering over the Pharmalot corporate campus this morning and are expected to remain here awhile. Just the same, our outlook is sunny. And why not? This is a short week. So here are a few items to help you keep your own spirits high. Have a nice day, everyone… BioCryst Blames ...
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• GlaxoSmithKline pulls swine flu vaccines in Canada

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 161
  LONDON (AP) -- Pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccines in case they trigger life-threatening allergies....
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• South Florida EMR Service Provider has Huge 4th Quarter Gains

  
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• Mutated IDH1 gene linked to the progression of gliomas (News-Medical-Net)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 154
  Agios Pharmaceuticals today announced that its scientists have established, for the first time, that the mutated IDH1 gene has a novel enzyme activity consistent with a cancer-causing gene, or oncogene. (read here…) Related items Bayer’s NEXAVAR approved in over 70 countries for the treatment of liver ...
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• Recombinant Human Antithrombin – Milking Nanny Goats for Big Bucks

  
  Science-Based Medicine — Authority: 131
  Antithrombin deficiency is a hereditary disease causing low levels or defects of antithrombin, a blood protein required for controlling clot formation. Patients are at risk of blood clots, organ damage, and death. They usually have to take oral anticoagulant drugs like warfarin for life. During high-risk procedures ...
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