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December 18, 2007
Senators propose DHEA Abuse Reduction Act of 2007

Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Tuesday announced a set of proposals...

December 18, 2007
State senator announces plan to insure all of New Jersey’s children

New Jersey State Sen. Joseph Vitale, D-Middlesex, announced Wednesday a plan through which any family...

December 18, 2007
Study suggests experimental Karo Bio drug could lower bad cholesterol

According to a new study, the Karo Bio AB drug KB2115 can lower the levels...

December 17, 2007
Bennu acquires potential cystinosis treatment

Raptor Pharmaceuticals has announced that its clinical development division, Bennu Pharmaceuticals has acquired a clinical...

December 17, 2007
California state Assembly passes health care reform

California’s state Assembly on Monday approved Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan for universal health insurance for...

December 17, 2007
CDMA, ed2go partner to provide online training courses

The Chain Drug Marketing Association on Tuesday partnered with ed2go to offer online, instructor-facilitated employee...

December 17, 2007
Congressmen ask committee to explore FDA's Provenge decision as ethics accusations arise

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is being asked by several members of Congress to...

December 17, 2007
Eli Lilly's Taurel to retire next year; Lechleiter to assume CEO position

Eli Lilly announced today that Sidney Taurel will retire as chief executive officer on March...

December 17, 2007
First Data, AmEx sign payment processing agreement

American Express and First Data have signed an agreement under which First Data will offer...

December 17, 2007
Genzyme gets expanded approval for Thyrogen from FDA

The Food and Drug Administration has granted expanded approval for Genzyme’s thyroid cancer drug Thyrogen,...

December 17, 2007
GSK receives complete response letter from FDA for Cervarix

The Food and Drug Administration has sent GlaxoSmithKline a complete response letter related to the...

December 17, 2007
Hutchinson to depart SureScripts; Ratliff will take acting CEO post

Electronic prescribing pioneer SureScripts today announced that president and chief executive officer Kevin Hutchinson would...

December 17, 2007
Jacobson joins Merck's board of directors

Merck has announced that Harry Jacobson, has joined the company’s board of directors. Currently, he...

December 17, 2007
Mylan, Forest get FDA approval of Bystolic for hypertension

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Mylan and Forest Labs’ new drug nebivolol for...

December 17, 2007
New method of predicting drug side effects could limit need for experimentation

A new method that searches an enormous database of protein structures could allow researchers to...

December 17, 2007
Novartis, others utilizing gene-mapping for new vaccines

Novartis has become one of a few drug manufacturers showing results in using gene-mapping, mapping...

December 17, 2007
Pronova, FMC ink agreement to develop alginate-based products

Pronova BioPharma and FMC have signed a license and development agreement to develop products using...

December 17, 2007
Schering-Plough study shows efficacy of new schizophrenia drug

Schering-Plough announced that new study results showed its drug candidate asenapine is more effective than...

December 17, 2007
Senators send letter supporting e-prescribing of controlled substances; NACDS expresses appreciation

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores openly applauded 19 senators who signed a letter...

December 17, 2007
Study suggests patient denial is main reason for noncompliance among asthmatics

Decision Resources, a research and advisory firm, has found that 76 percent of pulmonologists, 77...

December 17, 2007
Survey studies rate of growth for pharmacy staff salaries across U.S.

A new survey by consulting firm Mercer indicates that pay for pharmacy professionals is still...

December 16, 2007
Alba, Shire agree on $325 million partnership to develop gastrointestinal treatments

Alba Therapeutics and Shire have reached a licensing agreement to develop and market an investigational...

December 16, 2007
Duramed sues Watson, Sandoz over Seasonale patent

Duramed Pharmaceuticals is suing Watson Pharmaceuticals and Sandoz, claiming that the companies violate a Duramed...

December 16, 2007
Greene promoted to president, COO of Alnylam

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company focused on understanding how genes are turned on and off,...

December 16, 2007
New Jersey adds flu vaccine to list of childhood innoculations

The state of New Jersey announced that, starting in September 2008, children entering day care...

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