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News on Pfizer (Ticker: PFE) continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

2 hrs ago | Bloomberg

Drugmaker Rebates Would Rise by $156 Billion Over 10 Years in Obama Budget

Drugmakers led by Pfizer Inc. would have to provide $156 billion in discounts over the next decade for medicines sold to low-income senior citizens under President Barack Obama's proposed fiscal 2013 budget.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Family, Elderly (Senior Citizen), US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Health Insurance

4 hrs ago | BioSpace

California Healthcare Institute (CHI) Board Elects New Members

Dr. David Meeker, president and CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based biotechnology company Genzyme Corp., a Sanofi company; Dr.

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Related Topix: Cambridge, MA, Biotech, Medicine, Genzyme General, Healthcare Industry, Non-Profit, Ohio State University, University of Vermont

8 hrs ago | Information Technology

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

BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. PFE, GE, T, NUAN, CSCO, MSFT, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Friday, February 10th 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, Startups, Nuance Communications, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, 9, Arthritis, Health

Sun Feb 12, 2012

Seeking Alpha

Can These 5 Dividend Stocks Deliver?

The following five companies all yield big dividends. To continue paying dividends at high rates, companies need to have growing or stable earnings that equate to positive cash flows.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Merck & Co.

BusinessWeek

High-Speed DNA Scans Help Most Lung Cancer Patients, Study Finds

More than half of lung and colon cancer patients may benefit from high-speed tests that detect DNA flaws doctors can target with existing medicines, a study found.

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Related Topix: Health, Lung Cancer, Colorectal Health, Colon Cancer, DanaFarber Cancer Institute, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Genetics, Pfizer, Biotech

Horses Daily

Reigning Pfizer Million Champion Andre Thieme Returns to HITS Ocala to Win

Andre Thieme began his 2012 Winter Circuit at HITS Ocala on Thursday with a lot to defend.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Southern Pines, NC

The Jersey Journal

Odds may be on Pfizer's side after birth control packaging mistakes

When Pfizer recalled a million packets of birth control pills, it set off two different forms of speculation about the possible consequences - whether a woman would get pregnant as a result of a packaging errors and whether Pfizer could be held responsible if an unintended pregnancy occurred.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Birth Control, Health, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication, Rutgers University

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Drugmakers cover those who can't afford to pay

For consumers who can't afford to pay for medications, the struggle can be literally a matter of life or death.

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly (Senior Citizen), Medicare, Health, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Healthcare Sector Review: Watson Files for FDA Approval, Biosimilar Drug Guidelines

Johnson & Johnson , Pfizer Inc. A ,A Amgen, Inc. A : The FDA released guidelines for the first shortcut to the U.S. market for "biosimilar" drugs, less expensive versions of expensive and complex medicines made from biological matter.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Amgen, Merck , Watson Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceuticals

Information Technology

BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. CMCSA, PFE, BAC, NVDA,...

BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. CMCSA, PFE, BAC, NVDA, MSFT, TLEO, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, February 9th 2012 BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Thursday.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Comcast, Financial Markets, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, Microsoft, Startups, NVidia

Fri Feb 10, 2012

American Reporter

Market MoverHURRY Up for the Wall Street Express

ANGEL FIRE, N.M., June 26, 2008 -- The Wall Street Bull Market Express is leaving the station and you have two months, maybe three to run down the platform, take the leap, and latch on to the caboose.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Personal Finance, Retirement, Microsoft, Startups, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Healthcare Stocks on Investing Radars Before Earnings

Seattle Genetics, Inc. A will unveil its latest earnings on Monday, February 13, 2012.A The average estimate of analysts is for a loss of 30 cents per share, a narrower loss from the year earlier quarter net loss of 34 cents.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Financial Markets, Healthcare Industry, Seattle Genetics, Bristol Myers Squibb, Biogen Idec, Celldex Therapeutics

The Washington Post

Glaxo, Takeda Unlikely to Build In-House Diagnostic Units

GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. said they are unlikely to build in-house diagnostic divisions like Roche Holding AG, which is bidding to take over a U.S. maker of gene-mapping tools.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Scientific Instruments, Illumina, Business News

Athens Banner-Herald

Pfizer recalls 1M birth control packs after mix-up

Birth control pills are known to be nearly 100 percent effective when taken properly, but a recall of the drugs could send a shudder through women of childbearing age.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Birth Control, Health, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication, Butler University

Seeking Alpha

These 5 Giants Are Outperforming The Market

The Fed's promise of low interest rates is exciting news to both investors and companies.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Merck & Co., Biotech, Medicine, GlaxoSmithKline, Healthcare Industry, Merck

Wall Street Journal

WellPoint to Cease Branded Lipitor Coverage

Health-insurer WellPoint Inc. is planning to stop covering Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor cholesterol-lowering pills for millions of members in favor of generic versions, marking a new challenge to Pfizer's efforts to fend off generic competition to its best-selling drug.

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Related Topix: Wellpoint Health Networks, Insurance, Medicine, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medication, Pfizer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Cholesterol, Health

Daily Record

Recent Decisions Eighth Circuit

In a case concerning sanctions for willful violations of court-ordered discovery, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the District Court for the Southern District of Iowa did not err in dismissing the Plaintiff's case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37 and ordering that the Plaintiff pay the Defendant $53,255.55 in fees and costs ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Seeking Alpha

10 Biotech Stocks With 100% Upside In 2012: Part One

If you're looking for a stock that could double over the next 12 months, your best bet is biotechnology.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Science / Technology, Financial Markets, Google, Startups, Drugs, Pfizer, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

I-Newswire.com

Marcus Evans Hosts 7th Drug & Medical Device Litigation Forum

More than 16 leading experts will provide insights on how to use and implement the new strategies in drug and medical device litigation.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Manufacturing, Bayer HealthCare, Chemicals

Stock Market Review

Forget Big Pharma, It's Time For A Biotech ETF - ETF News And Commentary

Recent earnings reports from a few bellwethers in the pharmaceutical space suggest that more pain is likely ahead for the beleaguered industry.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Science / Technology, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Eli Lilly, Amgen

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