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November 20, 2007
FDA issues warning on behavioral issues in Chantix patients

The Food and Drug Administration has informed healthcare professionals that some patients taking Chantix, the...

November 20, 2007
Gene Logic receives milestone payment from Pfizer for drug repositioning

Gene Logic has reached a collaboration milestone, triggered by the filing of a patent application...

November 20, 2007
Kerr unveils hybrid-store concept, merging health care, convenience

Buoyed by big opening-day crowds and an enthusiastic response from local customers, Kerr Drug’s leaders...

November 20, 2007
MedCenter system features monthly, not weekly pill boxes

With more and more patients forgetting to take their medications daily, technology has been developed...

November 20, 2007
Report suggests major growth in vaccine market for children and teens

A new report by Datamonitor suggests that the market for pediatric and adolescent vaccines could...

November 20, 2007
Roche submits application to FDA for Actemra

Roche Holding AG has submitted a biologics license application with the Food and Drug Administration...

November 20, 2007
Sciele, Novo Nordisk enter agreement to market Prandin, PrandiMet

Sciele Pharma and Novo Nordisk have signed an exclusive agreement to market Prandin and, when...

November 19, 2007
Biogen enters into agreement with Neurimmune for Alzheimer's treatment

Biogen and Neurimmune Therapeutics AG have entered into an agreement for the development and commercialization...

November 19, 2007
FDA to review Ranexa for supplementary use as angina treatment

The Food and Drug Administration will review CV Therapeutics chest pain drug Ranexa as an...

November 19, 2007
Kerr Drug holds grand opening of second community care center

Kerr Drug, the pharmacy chain “pioneering community pharmacy care” in 102 retail locations throughout The...

November 19, 2007
Major generic U.S. wholesalers look to India for supply

With generic drugs rising in sales, American wholesalers have decided to leap into the Indian...

November 19, 2007
Merck, Nicholas Piramal sign R&D agreement

The drug developing company Nicholas Piramal has signed an agreement with Merck to research and...

November 19, 2007
NRHA supports 'common-sense' Medicare bills pending in Congress

The National Rural Health Association is backing three legislative solutions currently in the Senate and...

November 19, 2007
Pfizer exonerated in part of Celebrex litigation

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco has ruled that plaintiffs in litigation against...

November 19, 2007
Researchers find arthritis drugs work better in combination

New research has shown that no one rheumatoid arthritis medication works better than another, although...

November 19, 2007
Schering-Plough completes buyout of Organon for more than $14 billion

Schering-Plough has completed its buyout of the biopharmaceutical company Organon BioSciences NV for about $14.43...

November 19, 2007
Senate reports states GSK intimidated researcher

A new report released by Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, suggests that...

November 19, 2007
Supervalu offers pre-diabetes blood glucose screenings

Recognizing that the chances of developing diabetes can be significantly lessened if the warning signs...

November 19, 2007
Walgreens' Take Care celebrates 100th clinic opening

Take Care Health Systems, which is owned by Walgreens, has celebrated the opening of its...

November 19, 2007
Walgreens’ Ed Cohen wins Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award

The Illinois Pharmacists Association presented Ed Cohen, director of RDUR clinical operations at Walgreens Health...

November 18, 2007
Celgene to acquire Pharmion for $72/share

Celgene and Pharmion have announced a merger agreement, under which Celgene has agreed to acquire...

November 18, 2007
Congress likely to address patent reform after winter holiday

A staff member in the office of Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, announced last week that...

November 18, 2007
FDA approves extended release formulation of Seroquel for schizophrenia

The Food and Drug Administration has approved once-daily Seroquel XR (quetiapine fumarate) Extended-Release Tablets for...

November 18, 2007
FDA approves Nexavar for treatment of liver cancer

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration...

November 18, 2007
Gilead applies to FDA for approval of respiratory treatment for cystic fibrosis patients

Gilead Sciences announced that it has filed a new drug application to the Food and...