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Shares of Baxter International rose to an all-time high Thursday after the company reported earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, due to higher sales of biotech drugs and vaccines.

Baxter International Inc. shares moved to a 52-week high Thursday after the Deerfield medical-products giant reported a stronger-than expected 26 percent increase in second-quarter earnings.

Baxter International Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call July 17, 2008 8:30 am ET Executives Mary Kay Ladone - VP of IR Bob Parkinson - CEO Rob Davis - CFO Analysts Larry Keusch - Goldman Sachs Mike Weinstein - JPMorgan ...

Baxter International Inc. said widening profit margins helped it report a stronger-than expected 26 percent increase in second-quarter earnings.

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Texas authorities are investigating the death of two infants after a Corpus Christi hospital gave 17 babies in its neonatal unit an overdose of the blood-thinning drug heparin.

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Fresenius SE, Europe's biggest maker of intravenous drugs, will buy APP Pharmaceuticals Inc.

At least 30 lawsuits have been filed against Baxter International and Waunakee-based Scientific Protein Laboratories, or SPL, over deaths or medical injuries allegedly caused by contaminated heparin, a ...

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By using cell cultures instead of hen eggs, Baxter was able to cut vaccine production time in half.

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Jun 23, 2008 - Baxter International will host a quarterly conference call to discuss its second quarter 2008 financial results on Thursday, July 17, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time .

DEERFIELD, ILL., - June 19, 2008 - Baxter International Inc. today released its 2007 Sustainability Report - " Our Priorities.

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Researchers are reporting preliminary success with a vaccine against a possible 'bird flu' pandemic, using a process they say could deliver the product in half the time required by older technology.

The milestone, experts said, also offers hope for speedier production of a vaccine against seasonal flu, potentially eliminating contamination problems and shortages that have cropped up in recent years.

Reporting today in a leading medical journal, scientists with Baxter International Inc. said their avian flu vaccine - which dispenses with the cumbersome process of growing vaccine in chicken eggs - was safe and triggered an immune response.

WASHINGTON - A new-style bird flu vaccine made using monkey cells instead of chicken eggs appears to be safe and effective, corporate researchers reported on Wednesday.The vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza, ...

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