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16 min ago | International Business Times

Pre-Market Movers (Facebook, Popular Inc, North American Energy...

Pre-Market Movers The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade Tuesday are Popular Inc, North American Energy Partners Inc, United States Steel Corp., Freeport-McMoRan Popular Inc.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Popular, North American Energy Partners, Energy, Steel, Mining, United States Steel, Real Estate, Freeport, Banco Santander Central Hispano SA, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Mon May 28, 2012

Customer Interaction Solutions

BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. PFE, GE, WFC, CSCO,...

BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. PFE, GE, WFC, CSCO, AIG, MSFT, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Friday, May 25th 2012 BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Friday.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Wells Fargo , Startups, Banking, Financial Services, Cisco Systems, Insurance, American International Group, Microsoft, Arthritis, Health

Sun May 27, 2012

C-Health

Drugmakers vulnerable if U.S. health law revoked

Pharmaceutical companies, which were spared some of the more sweeping regulations in President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, could come under more pressure if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down part or all of the 2010 law.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Supreme Court, Medicare, Medicaid, Health, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Merck & Co.

Fri May 25, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

2 Dow 30 Stocks Enjoying the Bounce

Pfizer Inc. reported that its marketing authorization for axitinib in the European Union has received a positive opinion from the Committee for Human Medicinal Products of the European Medicines Agency.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Financial Markets, Pfizer, Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Foldrx Pharmaceuticals, Marketing

Voice of America

Study: Pill Among Least Effective Birth Control Methods

Pfizer Inc. recalled about 1 million packets of birth control pills in the US because they may not contain enough contraceptive to prevent pregnancy, they urged consumers to "begin using a non-hormonal form of contraception immediately," FILE January 31, A new study has found that shorter-acting methods of birth control, such as the Pill and the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Biotech, Healthcare Industry

The Washington Post

Amylin Said to Attract First-Round Bids From Sanofi, Merck

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., the diabetes drugmaker that's up for sale, has received first-round bids from Sanofi and Merck & Co.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Merck , Diabetes, Health, Bristol Myers Squibb, Business News

BioSpace

Pfizer Inc.??'s Axitinib Receives Positive Opinion from the Committee ...

HOTBEDS Regional News US & Canada Biotech Bay Biotech Beach Genetown Pharm Country BioCapital BioMidwest Bio NC BioForest Southern Pharm BioCanada East US Device Europe Asia Pfizer Inc.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Pfizer, Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Foldrx Pharmaceuticals, Kidney Cancer, Health

Information Technology

BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. TEF, PFE, MSFT, ORCL,...

BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. TEF, PFE, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, ZNGA, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Thursday, May 24th 2012 BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Thursday.

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Related Topix: Telecom, Telefonica SA, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Microsoft, Startups, Oracle Corporation, 9

Thu May 24, 2012

Freshnews

FDA Advisory Committee Finds Data Support Effectiveness of Tafamidis...

FDA Advisory Committee Finds Data Support Effectiveness of Tafamidis Meglumine, Pfizer's Novel Investigational Treatment for Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy NEW YORK -- -- Pfizer Inc.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Pfizer, Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Foldrx Pharmaceuticals, Genetics

Reuters

UPDATE 1-FDA panel votes against Pfizer rare disease drug

Pfizer Inc said a U.S. health advisory panel voted against its drug to treat a rare neurodegenerative disease as the data did not show enough evidence of efficacy.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Seeking Alpha

Pfizer: Don't Overlook This $22 Gem

Globally known as the world's largest drug maker, Pfizer leads a set of drug manufacturing companies in one of the most profitable industries.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Merck , Novartis

Drugs.com

PPD Names New CEO

May 23--Pfizer Inc. executive David Simmons has been named chairman and CEO of PPD, the Wilmington-based company said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Pre-Paid Legal Servcies, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Carlyle Group, Financial Services, Investment Services, Marketing

Seeking Alpha

Pfizer: Why Now Is The Best Time To Buy

Pfizer is in a period of transition right now in an effort to reposition itself as the leader in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Wed May 23, 2012

CBS News

Moody's raises Mylan credit rating one notch

NEW YORK &#8212 Moody's Investors Service raised its credit rating on Mylan Inc.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Moodys, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Dow Movers: Procter & Gamble Getting Green, McDonald's Japan Problem

Pfizer Inc. : FDA rules require that makers of generic drugs test a sample of brand name versions in order to get approval for their drugs.

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Customer Interaction Solutions

Pfizer Names Olivier Brandicourt as President and General Manager,...

Pfizer Inc. named Olivier Brandicourt as President and General Manager of the Emerging Markets and Established Products Business Units, effective June 1, 2012.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Pfizer, Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Foldrx Pharmaceuticals, Marketing, Europe, World News, United Kingdom

Business Journal

PPD names Pfizer vet chairman and CEO

Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC said Wednesday that its board of directors has named David Simmons chairman and CEO.

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Related Topix: Pre-Paid Legal Servcies, Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceutical Product Development, Healthcare Industry

Customer Interaction Solutions

PPD Names David Simmons Chairman and CEO

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC today announced that its board of directors has named David Simmons chairman and CEO.

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Related Topix: Pre-Paid Legal Servcies, Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceutical Product Development, Healthcare Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, NC

Freshnews

Bench International Acquires TRIOS Search Partners

LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bench International, a global, milestone-based, performance-driven executive recruiting and consulting firm serving the life sciences industry, today announced that it has acquired TRIOS Search Partners, an executive search and human resources consulting firm specializing in the biotechnology, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Tue May 22, 2012

Seeking Alpha

Comparing 2 Dividend Plays In Healthcare

In previous articles about the stock, I called it the "bond in equity form". JNJ shares have hovered around $60 for about 11 years now, and the dividend grows very predictably.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Health, Pain

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