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Main Category: Fertility Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals ; Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 04 Jul 2009 - 2:00 PDT Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

He has also written a book critical of the pharmaceutical industry , and writes a blog that is also skeptical about certain aspects of current psychiatric dogma.

The rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in U.S. neonatal intensive care units has more than tripled in recent years, reports a study in the July issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal .

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the Jerusalem drugmaker, said on Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the company to market a generic version of Ortho McNeil Janssen's Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo oral contraceptive.

June 30, 2009 U.S. Marshals, at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, recently seized drug products manufactured by Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Antares Pharma Inc. said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Antares' needle-free injection device to administer Teva's Tev-Tropin human growth hormone.

The agreement is intended to efficiently rescue and redirect the clinical development of discontinued drug candidates which have been shelved by their originators pharmaceutical companies, using Optimata's bio-simulation technology, the Optimata Virtual Patient .

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Antares Pharma Inc. said Monday the companies received Food and Drug Administration approval for use of the human growth hormone Tev-Tropin in a needle-free injection system.

Celera Corp. said Monday it licensed five compounds to drugmaker Bayer Schering Pharma AG for use in the detection and identification of tumors.

Bangalore, June 29 : Biocon Limited today entered into an exclusive collaboration with Mylan Inc.

Investors scouting for depressed stocks that could spring positive surprises are turning to the biotechnology sector, which didn't significantly participate in the market's frenzied three-month rally.

DEERFIELD, Ill., June 26, and OSAKA, Japan, June 27, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced that Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc., a wholly owned United States subsidiary received on June 26 a complete response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding the Company's New Drug ...

Mylan Pharma Finding Synergies By: Jason Napodano, CFA 0 ) Share Mylan exited 2008 on a positive note.

That Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett both died in the last 48 hours is shocking news to many, but it's not nearly as surprising as the fact that they were both killed by Big Pharma's toxic drugs.

The seizure of all drugs and drug ingredients at a Michigan-based manufacturer by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could lead to a shortage of a particular type of pain reliever, the agency said on Thursday.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says U.S. marshals have seized drug products manufactured by Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., which bought Barr Laboratories Inc. for $7.4 billion last year, is ready for another "major" acquisition and may look beyond generic drugs for the purchase, Chief Executive Officer Shlomo Yanai said.

Local company Express Trailers and international express mail service provider DHL have reached a partnership agreement aiming to provide the necessary distribution infrastructure for the local pharmaceutical industry.

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it recieved Food and Drug Administration approval for a generic version of Duramed Pharmaceuticals' Plan B emergency contraceptive.

ST. LOUIS and BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KV Pharmaceutical Company today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Gedeon Richter, Plc.