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December 20, 2007
Walgreens announces record sales and earnings for Q1 2008

Walgreens Friday announced record sales and earnings for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008....

December 19, 2007
Biogen Idec announces first company to join its biologics program

Biogen Idec announced Thursday that Escoublac would be the first company to join its Innovation...

December 19, 2007
BioSante makes milestone payment of $875,000 to Antrares for Elestrin

Antares Pharma has received an additional payment of $875,000 from BioSante Pharmaceuticals in relation to...

December 19, 2007
Celltrion gets FDA approval to produce Bristol-Myers Squibb's Orencia

The biotech company Celltrion has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to serve...

December 19, 2007
GSK, Santaris ink deal worth a potential $700 million

GlaxoSmithKline has signed a deal with the biotech company Santaris Pharma to develop new antiviral...

December 19, 2007
Merck, Idera team up on $400 million cancer vaccine deal

Idera Pharmaceuticals has partnered with Merck in a research and development deal targeting cancer that...

December 19, 2007
NACDS sends letter to President encouraging enactment of Defense Authorization Bill

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores sent a letter to President George W. Bush...

December 19, 2007
Northwestern sees $700 million for sale of Lyrica royalties

Northwestern University has sold a portion of its royalty rights for the painkiller Lyrica to...

Northwestern University has sold a portion of its royalty rights for the painkiller Lyrica to Royalty Pharma in a deal worth $700 million according to the Chicago Tribune. Northwestern chemists were the first to synthesize the chemical compound pregabalin, which is the main ingredient of Lyrica.

 

The university will continue to collect some royalties on the drug, which is marketed by Pfizer to treat nerve pain associated with diabetes, shingles and fibromyalgia.

 

 

December 19, 2007
Ron Baker appointed to DemandTec board of directors

DemandTec has appointed Ron Baker to the company’s board of directors and to its audit...

December 19, 2007
SBRI receives $30.6 million contract; Amgen's Randy Hassler to head finance, operations

The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute has been awarded a $30.6 million federal contract by the...

December 19, 2007
Sun creates potential early challenge to Wyeth's Effexor

Wyeth’s antidepressant drug, Effexor, is on pace to have sales exceed $3.7 billion, but Sun...

December 19, 2007
Take Care introduces in-store clinics to the Cleveland area

Take Care Health Systems, an in-store clinic operator owned by Walgreens, has launched in the...

December 19, 2007
Zonda to begin trials of rapid point-of-care test for Chlamydia

CLX Investment announced that Safis Solutions is preparing to begin clinical trials for Zonda’s test...

December 18, 2007
Arxcel survey points to manufacturers as main reason for high drug costs

Arxcel, a consulting group for pharmacy benefit managers, has released the results of its sixth...

December 18, 2007
Clifton Louie named First DataBank executive vp and COO

Clifton Louie, former executive director of clinical services at the University of California at San...

December 18, 2007
FDA gives Matrix tentative approval for generic Viread

Matrix Laboratories has received tentative approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its application...

December 18, 2007
FDA to evaluate CV Theraputics' Ranexa claims

The Food and Drug Administration has notified CV Therapeutics that it will evaluate the approval...

December 18, 2007
FTC waives waiting period for $1.65 billion GSK acquisition of Reliant

GlaxoSmithKline has completed its acquisition of Reliant Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth $1.65 billion....

December 18, 2007
GSK files new formulation application with FDA as per $42 million Eurand agreement

GlaxoSmithKline has filed an application with the Food and Drug Administration for an orally disintegrating...

December 18, 2007
Health IT, e-Rx tsunami awaits physician adoption

The revolution in electronic prescribing and data-driven, integrated patient care is lapping at the U.S....

December 18, 2007
LG debuts home health-monitoring in a cell phone

The Home Health Monitoring Solution is a new handheld device developed by LG Electronics allows...

December 18, 2007
Luitpold to meet with FDA regarding Injectafer

Luitpold Pharmaceuticals will meet with the Food and Drug Administration’s Drug Safety and Risk Management...

December 18, 2007
Pfizer initiates purchase of CovX

Pfizer has bought the privately owned biotech company CovX, which specializes in combining the strengths...

December 18, 2007
Pfizer receives antitrust watchdog permission to acquire Coley

Pfizer has received clearance from U.S. and German antitrust reviews to acquire Coley Pharmaceuticals, according...

December 18, 2007
Senate votes to extend current SCHIP legislation through March 2009

The Senate on Tuesday approved a bill unanimously that will extend the State Children’s Health...