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4 hrs ago | MediLexicon

FDA Approves New Injection Site For RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) For Schizophrenia Treatment

Alkermes, Inc. today announced that patients with schizophrenia now have a new administration option for RISPERDAL CONSTA [ Long-Acting Injection]. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Risperdal, Risperidone (generic), Schizophrenia, Health, Biotech, Food and Drug Administration, Alkermes

8 hrs ago | News24.com

G7 to stem meltdown

Washington/New York - Finance chiefs of the world's rich nations pledged on Friday to prevent big banks from collapse and to work together to stem the financial crisis after another day of gut-wrenching drops ...

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley European Fund, Financial Services, Morgan Stanley

12 hrs ago | WisInfo

Laird Center dedicated

Medical research would not be where it is today without the visionary leadership of former Congressman Melvin R. Laird, leaders of Marshfield Clinic said Friday as hundreds of people gathered to dedicate the ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, US News, Biotech

16 hrs ago | WVTM-TV Birmingham

Alabama Settles Suits Against Drug Companies

The state of Alabama has agreed to settle Medicaid drug pricing lawsuits it filed against prescription drug manufacturer Bristol Myers Squibb and four other companies.

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Related Topix: Medicaid, Health, Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicine

Fri Oct 10, 2008

My Fox NY

New Jersey Hospital Patient Shot Dead

A shooting erupted inside the Community Medical Center in Toms River, N.J., on Friday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine, Toms River, NJ

WERZ-FM Portsmouth

Wall Street on a Wild Ride, Ends 128 Points Down

Stocks tumbled in a turbulent session on Friday, as panicked investors dumped stocks in a global sell-off on mounting fears that frozen credit markets would push the world into recession.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley European Fund, Financial Services, Morgan Stanley

Crain's NY Business

Morgan Stanley shares sink on worries about future

Morgan Stanley Inc. shares plunged Friday as investors questioned the investment bank's future even with a major investment from Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Investment Services

M2.com

Alfacell's ONCONASE targets siRNA

The paper is the result of research conducted by collaborators at the Brander Cancer Research Institute and Department of Pathology at New York Medical College and Alfacell.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Alfacell

Arizona Daily Star

Rehab hospital planned in Mesa

Plans are under way for a 40-bed rehabilitation hospital in east Mesa, the East Valley Tribune reported.

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Related Topix: HealthSouth, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Spinal Cord Injuries, Medicine, Health

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BSX Founders Kiss 13M Shares Goodbye

The gasping stock market managed to suck 13 million shares of Boston Scientific stock away from the company's founders Pete Nicholas and John Abele Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Boston Scientific, Medical Equipment, Medicine

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine

Lilly to Acquire ImClone for $6.5 billion

Under a definitive merger agreement, Eli Lilly and Company will acquire ImClone Systems in a cash tender offer of approximately $6.5 billion.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, ImClone Systems, Eli Lilly, Oncology, World News, Germany, Bristol Myers Squibb, Science / Technology

Canada.com

Biovail faces new shareholders' class action suit

A group of American investors has launched a class-action lawsuit against drug maker Biovail Corp., alleging that company and some executives made misleading statements during the approval process for the ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Biovail, Food and Drug Administration

Local Breaking News

1 in 4 U.S. teen girls get cervical cancer shot

ATLANTA: About one in four teen girls last year got the groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, federal health officials reported today.

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Related Topix: Cervical Cancer, Health, Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Family, Kids, Johns Hopkins University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

KGW-TV Portland

Woman recovering in Portland after arm severed in accident

A Benton County woman is recovering in a Portland hospital after losing one of her arms in a tractor accident.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine

Fox News

Merck KGaA and Nano-Terra Announce Extension of Nanotechnology Solutions Alliance

Whether you're walking a tightrope or scribbling in your checkbook, balance is a good thing.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Science / Technology, Nanotechnology, Business News

Wed Oct 08, 2008

WSTC-AM Norwalk

Greenwich Hospital Sued

Find a problem with our new site? Tell us! Local news, weather and information, online all the time _ A group of patients is suing Greenwich Hospital, accusing officials there of allowing a drug-addicted doctor ...

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine

Med Ad News

Boston Scientific Announces Third Quarter Adjustments

Boston Scientific announced today it expects to record the following adjustments to its third quarter results, which it plans to report on October 23rd.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Boston Scientific, Medical Equipment, Biotech, Abbott Laboratories, Johnson and Johnson

WPVI-TV Philadelphia

Delaware is in line for nearly $1 million as part of a $62 million...

Delaware is in line for nearly $1 million as part of a $62 million settlement with drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Eli Lilly, Medicine

6 ABC

Man sued over 25-foot Viagra rocket

A New York man is being sued for trademark infringement after he towed a 25-foot-long fake missile around Manhattan with the words "Viva Viagra" printed in blue on its sides.

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Related Topix: Viagra, Sildenafil (generic), Medicine, Medication, Pfizer, Biotech, Babylon, NY, West Babylon, NY, Offbeat

WebWire

Tenet Subsidiary to Close Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center

Tenet Healthcare Corporation today announced that a company subsidiary plans to close Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center, including its emergency room, on Jan.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Los Angeles Metro, Long Beach, CA

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