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16 hrs ago | Lawyers Weekly USA

Pfizer jury said to award $75M Prempro verdict

Pfizer Inc. must pay about $75 million in punitive damages to an Illinois woman who developed cancer after taking one of the drugmakera s menopause treatments, people familiar with a sealed verdict in the case said.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Prempro, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication, Cancer, Health

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Tech Confidential Blog

Linklaters' Schmidt on Pfizer-Wyeth review

The approval by U.S. antitrust regulators of Pfizer Inc.'s acquisition of Wyeth is an outlier of how merger reviews will be conducted under the Obama administration.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, George Bush, W.

MSNBC

Dutch pull Pfizer vaccine batch after infants die

Dutch authorities say they have banned use of a batch of Pfizer's Prevenar, or Prevnar, after three infants died within two weeks of receiving the anti-infection vaccination.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Medical News Today

Significantly More Smokers With Mild-To-Moderate COPD Quit...

Significantly More Smokers With Mild-To-Moderate COPD Quit Smoking Using CHANTIX/CHAMPIX Compared With Placebo Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Also Included In: Respiratory / Asthma ; COPD Article Date: 05 Nov 2009 - 13:00 PST New study results showed that 42.3 percent of smokers with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, UC Los Angeles, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

Miami Herald

Moody's upgrades ratings for Wyeth

Moody's Investors Service upgraded the senior unsecured ratings of Wyeth, citing the execution of an outstanding bonds agreement with Wyeth.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Miami Metro

The Daily News

Merck, Now No. 2 Drugmaker, Set for Future Buys

The new Merck & Co . has become the world's second-biggest drugmaker overnight with a huge acquisition, but it still has a fat wallet and plans more wheeling and dealing.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Schering Plough, Whitehouse Station, NJ, Kenilworth, NJ, Opinion

Wed Nov 04, 2009

WABC

Merck, now No. 2, set for future buys

The new Merck & Co. has become the world's second-biggest drugmaker overnight, with a fat wallet to fund future deals.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Schering Plough, Cholesterol, Health, Whitehouse Station, NJ, Kenilworth, NJ

BioSpace

Flamel Technologies Announces Licensing Agreement with Pfizer Inc.

Flamel Technologies today announced that Pfizer has exercised its option to license Flamela s MedusaA technology for the development of a controlled release formulation of an already-marketed therapeutic protein.

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Related Topix: Flamel Technologies SA, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Wyeth

The Day

Pfizer and Glaxo launch HIV company ViiV Healthcare

Drugmakers Pfizer Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline today launched a new, independent company specializing in HIV treatments, naming it ViiV Healthcare with worldwide headquarters in London.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, GlaxoSmithKline, New London Metro, New London, CT

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Reuters

Merck, Schering-Plough set to complete merger

Merck & Co and Schering-Plough Corp said their $41.1 billion merger will be completed later on Tuesday, marking the close of the second huge deal in the pharmaceutical industry in recent weeks.

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Related Topix: Schering Plough, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Merck , Wyeth

M2.com

www.PicksThatMove.com: "Picks that move" Alerts, November 03, 2009: NAL, WIN, DOW, PFE, SWI and HNT

Picksthatmove.com Alerts include NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc. ; Windstream Corporation ; The Dow Chemical Company ; Pfizer Inc ; SolarWinds and Health Net, Inc.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dow Chemical, Chemicals, Winn Dixie Stores, Retail, Grocery, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Insurance, Health Net, New Haven, CT, New Haven Metro

Myrtle Beach Online

FDA won't accept Merck's application for new drug

U.S. regulators won't accept drugmaker Merck's application for a new combination cholesterol pill that includes rival Pfizer's Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Cholesterol, Health, Food and Drug Administration, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medication, Schering Plough

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Market Watch

Hedge Funds: Einhorn gained almost 4% in October

David Einhorn generated gains of almost 4% in October, according to the investment results of Greenlight Capital Re, a reinsurer that invests its premiums with the hedge fund manager.

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Related Topix: CIT Group, Financial Services, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Financial Markets, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Colorado Springs Business Journal

Pharm companies pay up to settle marketing-scheme allegations

Four pharmaceutical manufacturers have paid the state $3 million to settle claims they improperly marketed drugs and paid kickbacks to health care professionals in return for prescribing their products.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

XML Journal

Complimentary Research Report on CA, MMR, PFE, WEC, NXG and WNR by WallStSense.com

Our analysts have issued complimentary analysis on the following six companies: CA Inc.

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Related Topix: Retail, CA, Apparel, North American Scientific, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Oil & Gas, Moran Exploration, Energy, Wisconsin Energy Corporation

Manila Bulletin

Pfizer open to settlement with Unilab

Multinational drug giant Pfizer Inc. has expressed willingness to settle amicably with United Laboratories Inc.

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

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Day

Pfizer lets shareholders weigh in on exec pay

Pfizer Inc.'s board of directors has agreed to listen to shareholders' views about executive compensation.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Sat Oct 31, 2009

The Motley Fool

World's Scariest Stocks: Pfizer

In this series, you'll find companies with scary valuations, scary prospects for growth, and financial stocks with scary volatility.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Financial Markets

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Bioscience Technology

BYU awarded $852K in ongoing lawsuit with Pfizer

A federal magistrate has awarded Brigham Young University more than $852,000 in attorney fees and other costs in an ongoing lawsuit between the school and drugmaker Pfizer Inc.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Brigham Young University

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Pfizer shareholders to get vote on executive pay

Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. said Thursday its shareholders will have input on compensation for company executives starting in 2010.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

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