Merck gets win on Vioxx, as judge slams damages

Merck gets win on Vioxx, as judge slams damages
By Heather Won Tesoriero And Darren McDermott
The Wall Street Journal Europe
31 Aug 2006

A U.S. federal judge in New Orleans ruled that a $51 million award earlier this month against Merck & Co. for its Vioxx painkiller was “grossly excessive” and ordered that the damages component of the case be heard again. The decision, the latest... read more...

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Clarifying Canada’s CommonDrug Review

Clarifying Canada’s CommonDrug Review

National Post
19 Aug 2006

Re: People LivingWith AIDS Say Health System Failing To Meet Needs, Aug. 17. I read this article and feel it is important to clarify two areas of misconception included about the Common Drug Review (CDR). CDR, through the Canadian Expert Drug Advisory... read more...

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Soros bolsters stakes in pharmaceuticals

Soros bolsters stakes in pharmaceuticals

Evening Standard (West End Final)
15 Aug 2006

A QUARTERLY report by billionaire investor George Soros showed new or bigger stakes in several pharmaceutical companies and reduced holdings in technology bellwethers Cisco Systems and Microsoft. The filing with the US Securities and Exchange... read more...

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Akzo Nobel shares rise on spin-off talk

Akzo Nobel shares rise on spin-off talk

Hindustan Times
16 Aug 2006

Amsterdam: Dutch chemicals maker Akzo Nobel shares got a boost on Tuesday after the company said it will ask shareholders for formal permission to spin off its pharmaceuticals division as a separate company next month. By midday, Akzo share were up 3.1... read more...

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HIV prevention drug clears key safety hurdle

HIV prevention drug clears key safety hurdle
By Marilyn Chase
The Wall Street Journal Europe
14 Aug 2006

TORONTO—Acontroversial prevention pill to shield people frominfection by the AIDS virus cleared a key safety hurdle during a small test, which also offered hints that the drug could prove effective. The pill’s preventive effects could have been due to... read more...

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Jobs to go as drug firm relocates to Romania

Jobs to go as drug firm relocates to Romania
Claire Shoesmith
Friday - Business
11 Aug 2006

Ranbaxy Laboratories, an Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer employing about 70 people in Co Tipperary, is to sell its facility in the Republic and consolidate its European operations in Romania. The company, which set up here in 1996 with the... read more...

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Developing new AIDS treatments

Developing new AIDS treatments

Toronto Star
07 Aug 2006

Re Canada breaks AIDS pledge Aug. 3. In response to this article, I would like to point out the concerted ongoing efforts of Canada’s Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) to fight HIV/AIDS and disease in the developing world. First of all,... read more...



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