Archive for May, 2007
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007Video of Senator Harry Reid Talking about Medicare Drug Prices
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Bristol Myers pleads guilty to lying about patent deal
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Bristol Myers pleads guilty to lying about patent deal
Source: Agence France-Presse English Wire via NewsEdge Corporation
Bristol-Myers Squibb agreed to plead guilty and pay a one million dollar criminal fine for lying to the government about a patent deal on its popular blood-thinning drug Plavix®, officials said Wednesday.
The Justice Department said in a statement that […]
NHS to provide anti-smoking pill
Thursday, May 31st, 2007NHS to provide anti-smoking pill
A pill to help smokers kick the habit could soon be available on the NHS.
Varenicline, sold under the name Champix, has been given draft approval by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) as an option for smokers who have told their doctor they want to quit smoking. […]
The Imminent Change Of The Antithrombotics Market
Thursday, May 31st, 2007The Imminent Change Of The Antithrombotics Market
The Business Intelligence firm La Merie S.L. reported today that the US 9.6 bln dollars market of the two blockbuster antithrombotic agents enoxaparin and clopidogrel is going to be rearranged by loss of patent protection and emergence of phase III stage competitors with improved profiles. While Bristol-Myers Squibb already […]
