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4 hrs ago | WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Pfizer gets FDA approval for intravenous Revatio

Drug developer Pfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved an intravenous version of its high blood pressure drug Revatio.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration, Health, Hypertension

8 hrs ago | Medical News

Ligand Pharmaceuticals receives $2 million in milestone payments from N. V. Organon

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced today that it has received $2 million in milestone payments from N. V. Organon, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., stemming from its research collaboration that is due to expire at the end of December.

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Related Topix: Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Merck , Health

12 hrs ago | BioSpace

PPD, Inc. to Acquire BioDuro, LLC

PPD, Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire BioDuro LLC, a drug discovery outsourcing company that provides a broad range of integrated services to biopharmaceutical companies.

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Related Topix: Pharmaceutical Product Development, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Outsourcing

16 hrs ago | Bioscience Technology

OraSure settles HIV test patent lawsuit

OraSure Technologies Inc., which makes diagnostic kits to detect HIV and drug use, said Thursday it will pay Inverness Medical $3 million to settle a patent dispute over HIV tests.

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Related Topix: OraSure Technologies, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KOMO-TV Seattle

The Botax? Nip/tuck levy to help health care plan

In this Nov. 29, 2006 file photo, Dr. Jeffrey M. Kenkel gives patient Amy Andrade a Botox treatment at his office in the Northpark Mall in Dallas.

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Related Topix: US News, Washington, DC, Allergan, Medicine, Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

Star Tribune

Ex-drug distributor chairman convicted of fraud

A federal jury on Thursday found the former head of the country's largest drug distributor guilty of fraud, nearly 10 years after he played a central role in one of the costliest corporate accounting scandals of the time.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, McKesson, Household Products, Healthcare Industry

The Mobile Register Online

US survey shows Southern counties most obese

The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Alabama Government, Alabama

ClipSyndicate

Santa Wants On H1N1 Vaccine Priority List

Santa pleads with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to add him to the H1N1 vaccine priority list.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Video

Bioscience Technology

Quest Diagnostics buying back senior notes

Medical lab operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. said Tuesday it priced its tender offer to buy back a mix of senior notes.

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Related Topix: Quest Diagnostics, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

KFMB-am

"Geezer Bandit" hits 5 banks, becoming more brazen

Three rewards totaling $16,000 were on offer today for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the "Geezer Bandit," a retirement-age robber responsible for armed holdups at five San Diego-area banks since summer.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, San Diego Metro, La-Jolla, CA, La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Wed Nov 18, 2009

SF Gate

Judges: Seattle biotech can pursue $23M claim

Seattle biotechnology firm Cell Therapeutics Inc. can pursue claims for nearly $23 million against a former consultant, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cell Therapeutics, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Food and Drug Administration

ABC News

FDA Panel Backs Pfizer's Enhanced Vaccine for Kids

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, a sign at Pfizer world headquarters in New York is shown.... FILE - In this Jan.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration, Family, Kids, Toddlers

Indianapolis Star

Rival: ED drug faster than Viagra, Lilly's Cialis

A drug being developed by a California company was shown in a trial to be effective in 30 minutes or less, much faster than its competitors, the maker of treatments for erectile dysfunctions said today.

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Related Topix: Viagra, Sildenafil (generic), Medicine, Medication, Erectile Dysfunction, Health, VIVUS, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Metro, Eli Lilly

Lake Elsinore Valley News

Home sales in Riverside County fell by 9.1 percent in October, compared to last year

Home sales in Riverside County fell by 9.1 percent in October, compared to the same month a year ago, while prices fell by 17.4 percent, a real estate information service reported today.

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Related Topix: Riverside County, CA, Housing, La-Jolla, CA, San Diego, CA, La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Los Angeles Metro

Star Tribune

BioCryst Pharma to sell up to 5.75M new shares

Flu drug developer BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday it plans to sell as many as 5.75 million new shares of stock.

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Related Topix: Medicine, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Topeka Capital-Journal

FBI seeks 'Geezer Bandit' in Calif. bank robberies

FBI officials say an elderly, thin, gray-haired man nicknamed the "Geezer Bandit" is responsible for holding up five San Diego-area banks since summer.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

WDBJ7

Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes

Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Drugs, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

WNOL-TV New Orleans

FDA warns that heartburn drug Prilosec can block benefits of blood thinner Plavix

Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular heartburn medication can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Plavix, Clopidogrel (generic), Medication, Heartburn, Health, Food and Drug Administration, Stroke, Bristol Myers Squibb, Healthcare Industry

KXAM-TV Austin

Novartis: Lower vaccine dose sufficient

Pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG said Tuesday a U.S. clinical study suggests that half a dose of its swine flu vaccine may be sufficient to protect people from the virus and could allow many more to be immunized with current supplies.

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Related Topix: Novartis, Medicine, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Influenza, Food and Drug Administration

Boston Globe

Alkermes higher on Vivitrol optimism

New patients must get a screening blood test for Vivitrol. Cambridge-based Alkermes Inc.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Alkermes, Healthcare Law, Law, Alcoholism, Health

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