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Merck hunts for collaborators in India

By OUR CORRESPONDENT Hyderabad Nov. 13: The $56-billion Merck & Co is hunting for collaborators in India. "With our MSD Pharma colleagues, Merck Research Laboratories is working to identify potential collaborators across India....

UPDATE - FDA: data shows no clear heart risk from bone drugs (at Reuters)

By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Clinical trial data from four drugmakers shows no overall risk of heart problems in patients taking certain drugs to treat osteoporosis, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said...

ARIAD To Present at the Lazard Capital Markets 5th Annual Healthcare Conference

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) today announced that it will present at the Lazard Capital Markets 5th Annual Healthcare Conference being held at The St. Regis Hotel in New York, New York.. - Read more

Aeterna Zentaris sells Cetrotide in-vitro fertilization drug royalties: US$52.5M

QUEBEC - Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (TSX:AEZ) has sold royalty rights to Cetrotide, a compound used in in-vitro fertilization and being tested for enlarged prostate glands, for US$52.5 million to Cowen Hea...

New York City's Mayor Bloomberg and Other Honorees Herald the Opening of the Only Laboratory...

Posted on: Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 09:00 CST Today New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg honored the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new AIDS Vaccine Design and...

FDA review uncovers no link between bone-strengthening drugs and irregular heart rhythms

WASHINGTON (AP) - Government health officials said Wednesday they have found no clear link between popular bone-strengthening drugs and irregular heart rhythms during an ongoing safety review. The Food and Drug Administration...

ARIAD To Present at the Lazard Capital Markets 5th Annual Healthcare Conference (Business Wire)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it will present at the Lazard Capital Markets 5th Annual Healthcare Conference being held at The St. Regis Hotel in New York, New York.

(CSRwire) Public Health Officials Announce Progress in Elimination of Transmission of the...

at risk of contracting the disease. Health officials confirmed that in Oaxaca, Mexico and Huehuetenango, Guatemala, onchocerciasis transmission has been interrupted due to the effectiveness of treatment with MECTIZAN(R)...

NicOx´ naproxcinod shows highly significant reduction in daytime blood pressure versus naproxen

New analysis of the 104 ABPM study presented at the American Heart Association November 12, 2008. "This new analysis of the blood pressure data from the 104 study follows the excellent top-line results we announced last week...

Disclosure of Shareholdings in Accordance with Stock Market Rules

Geneva, Switzerland, 12 November 2008 - Addex Pharmaceuticals (SWX:ADXN) announced today that on November 11, 2008, S.R. One Ltd, the investment arm of GlaxoSmithKline plc, informed of re.. - Read more