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Medscape News - from, has received grants for educational activities from, and has served as an advisor or consultant to ALTANA, GlaxoSmithKline, Genentech, and Novartis. Dr. Mahr has also disclosed that he has received grants for educational activities from Alcon

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Alcatel-Lucent Completes its Acquisition of Nortel’s UMTS Radio Access
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GlobalSantaFe Selects Certus Software to Support Compliance
KRNV - Certus customers include Alcon, Inc., Dell, DIRECTV, Countrywide Financial, FirstEnergy, Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, The Mills Corporation, PepsiCo, Polaroid, Seagate Technology, and Xerox. To learn more about Certus, visit www

Alcon Announces Fourth Quarter 2006 Financial Release and Conference
Forbes - Alcon, Inc. (NYSE:ACL), the world’s leading eye care company, will report on its fourth quarter financial results for the period ended December 31, 2006 after the market close on Wednesday, February 7, 2007. Management of the company will host a

Associated Press - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Shares of drug makers Wyeth and Merck & Co. took a hit Tuesday after disappointing earnings reports, but for different reasons: Wyeth missed analysts’ expectations by a wide margin, while Merck’s profit plunged due to ongoing

Choral Society concert set for Feb. 11
Daily News Journal - The combined choirs and Cochran also will perform Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing, an American folk hymn taken from Wyeth s Repository of Sacred Music. Ticket prices at the door are: adults $10, seniors 65 and older $9, children 12

Survey Indicates People with Chronic Moderate to Severe Plaque
dBusinessNews.com - The research was funded by the National Psoriasis Foundation, Amgen and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. About Psoriasis Psoriasis is a non-contagious, chronic disease, in which the immune system causes the skin to grow at an accelerated rate. According to the

Inovio Biomedical to Present at BIO CEO & Investor Conference 2007
Forbes - Inovio’s DNA delivery partners include Merck, Wyeth, Vical, University of Southampton, Moffitt Cancer Center, and the U.S. Army, with six gene-based therapies and DNA vaccines in phase I clinical studies. Inovio is a leader in developing human

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Slate - If a new brand of birth control gets approved early next year, that time of the month could become the time of, like, the decade. Lybrel, a birth-control pill made by Wyeth, would be the first oral contraceptive to deliver an uninterrupted supply of

Art in the Afternoon presents
Cape Gazette - and turned his attention to the issues of civil rights, poverty and space exploration, which dominated the day. How history will judge Norman Rockwell, the artist, may be another story. The next program, set for March 1, will focus on Andrew Wyeth. .

CareerJournal.com Executive Diversity Career Fair
HispanicBusiness.com - Inc., Oracle Corporation, Plante & Moran, PLLC, Publicis, Healthcare Communications Group, Russell Investment Group, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., Smith Barney, Synch Solutions, SunTrust Bank, The National Security Agency, Vanguard and Wyeth

Boston Globe - Last week we picked up rib-eyes from six markets around Boston: Costco Wholesale , John Dewar & Company, Roche Bros., Shaw’s, Stop & Shop, and Whole Foods Market . We stopped by without placing any orders, looking for basic steaks, nothing prime

Nikkei hits 3-week low, exporters, chip shares fall
Reuters India - Ltd., the Japanese drug maker half-owned by Switzerland’s Roche Holding AG, said it would buy back up to 28 billion yen ($233 million) worth of its own shares from Feb. 8 to March 23. The maximum 9.5 million shares would account for 1.70 percent of

Roche Starts 2007 With 47 Phase III Projects - Executive -2-
Beurs.nl - Burns, speaking to analysts during a conference call to detail the company’s 2006 financial results, said Roche expected to file a marketing approval application for its rheumatoid arthritis drug Actemra with regulators around the world in late 2007

European indices open positive
MyIris - Roche fell after the world`s biggest maker of medicines reported earnings that missed analyst expectations. The French benchmark index was seen trading higher by 16.80 points, or 0.30%, at 5693.58, and UK`s FTSE CAC 40 advanced 10.00 points, or 0

Drugmaker Roche boosting spending on research and development
Newsday - BASEL, Switzerland — Drugmaker Roche Holding AG said Monday it would increase its spending on research and development this year, partly through the creation of two new units based in the United States. The Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, whose

Swiss shares flat in afternoon as Roche weakness offsets early Wall St
Forbes - ZURICH (AFX) - Share prices were unchanged in quiet afternoon trade, as a higher opening on Wall Street following positive economics data was offset by continued weakness in heavyweight pharma stock Roche, dealers said. At 3.35 pm, the Swiss Market

FTC limits Rambus royalties
San Diego Union-Tribune - Roche to spend more on research Drugmaker Roche Holding AG said it would increase its spending on research and development this year, partly through the creation of two new units based in the United States. A cancer drugs unit will be based in

Marion Chronicle-Tribune - The biggest single category here in the Indianapolis metro area, pharmaceuticals and drugs, accounted for 14,523 jobs here We are standing alongside some of the nation’s most well-respected life-science hubs,” David Johnson, president and chief

Industry Wrapups
Boston Business Journal - Lucki is president of Houghton Mifflin School Division [Friday] Viisage receives Nasdaq delisting notice [Friday] Pro-Pharmaceuticals sees wider annual loss [Friday] Quallaby Corp. acquired by Micromuse for $33M [Friday] Kadant acquiring Johnson Corp. for

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Abuse-resistant OxyContin faces hurdles
CNN Money - Purdue Pharmaceuticals’ painkiller OxyContin is a pill that can be crushed into powder and snorted, a favorite form of delivery The pain patch, if it’s successful, would enter the market in 2009 and would compete against Johnson & Johnson’s (up $0.10

January 2007
Belief.Net - Terry McAuliffe, former DNC Chair and unapologetic defender of partial birth abortion, is about to be honored for his selfless devotion to and efforts on behalf of the Catholic Faith by being admitted to the Knights of Malta. Once again, those

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PRWeb - Possibly Last Time In a unique program sponsored by the International Guild of Professional Consultants Richard Johnson 30 million RMB sales contract (approx. 3.6 million USD) to supply a range of homeostatic, antiviral and other pharmaceuticals in

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PRWeb - Coastal Vacations - Stephanie Johnson from Atlanta, Georgia Creates a “Work-at-Home Family!” Coastal Vacations Level 3 Director & Board of Directors Member, Stephanie Johnson, from Georgia, has redefined “work-at-home mom” . and turned it into “work

Medscape News - generic 60-, 80-, 120-, and 160-mg formulations for propanolol HCl extended-release (ER) capsules (made by Par Pharmaceuticals 12.5- g/hour transdermal system (made by Mylan Technologies, Inc; brand name Duragesic 12 , made by Alza Corp [Johnson

Bird-Flu Deaths Spur Need for More Effective Drugs (Update4)
Bloomberg - The World Health Organization and an international network of doctors want to use BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s experimental Biocryst earlier tried to develop peramivir as a treatment for seasonal flu in partnership with Johnson & Johnson. Poor

Sonat moving headquarters to Homewood
Birmingham News - Birmingham’s BioCryst Pharmaceuticals said today it has begun a clinical trial of Peramivir to determine the safety and We heard the governor clearly,” said Gerald Johnson, an Alabama Power executive who is the chamber’s vice chairman for

AM UPDATE: Indianapolis number 9 in bioscience jobs
Marion Chronicle-Tribune - The biggest single category here in the Indianapolis metro area, pharmaceuticals and drugs, accounted for 14,523 jobs here We are standing alongside some of the nation’s most well-respected life-science hubs,” David Johnson, president and chief

Abuse-resistant OxyContin faces hurdles
CNN Money - Purdue Pharmaceuticals’ painkiller OxyContin is a pill that can be crushed into powder and snorted, a favorite form of delivery The pain patch, if it’s successful, would enter the market in 2009 and would compete against Johnson & Johnson’s (up $0.10

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The Golf Digest 50
Golf For Women - Zach Johnson, a PGA Tour rookie in 2004, is another example. He made $2.4 million on the golf course last year, but his endorsement partners like General Motors, Rolex and MasterCard are being joined by newcomers like ADT, Lilly pharmaceuticals and

Motley Fool - We also saw a solid showing from two other profitable drug sellers, Forest Laboratories ( NYSE: FRX ) and Endo Pharmaceuticals ( Nasdaq: ENDP ) . And speculative investors had the chance to root for a very interesting biotech pick, Momenta Pharmaceuticals (

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Richter Q4 profit falls 40% on domestic income drop
Budapest Business Journal - The income statement did not mention any milestone payment of from Forest Laboratories Inc. , which bought the US and Canadian rights to an experimental pain drug in 2005. Richter’s profit was helped by a Ft 3.6 billion payment from New York-based

Forest agrees to buy Cerexa
Contra Costa Times - Forest Laboratories Inc. said Thursday it will acquire Bay Area biotechnology company Cerexa Inc. for $480 million in cash to gain the rights to its top experimental antibiotic. The move by New York-based Forest Laboratories is in line with a growing

The Year in Review: Abbott Laboratories
Forbes - The company has been one of the best-performing large cap health care stocks in 2006, with shares up 24.3 percent in the year to date, topped only by Merck & Co. and Forest Laboratories Inc. Shares rose to a high of $49.87 in September from a low of

Medical News Today - Scientists at Akzo Nobel’s Nobilon International human vaccines business working to fight the threat of a global bird flu pandemic have received a major boost following the signing of a cooperative research and development agreement with the Centers

London shares close lower, weak resource sector offsets retail gains
Forbes - Elsewhere ICI, firmed 6-1/4 at 461 boosted by rehashed talk that the chemical group could be bought by peer Akzo Nobel after the sale of its pharma operations. Carnival ticked up 32 to 2,713 as Morgan Stanley hiked its price target on the group to 3

KKR tipped as Merck seeks to sell its generic drugs unit
Times Online - Merck s decision to sell came as it emerged that two private equity alliances were set to submit preliminary bids for Akzo Nobel s Organon prescripton drugs unit by a deadline of January 15, according to sources. Akzo, which has said that a

Nobilon and NVI Co-Developing RSV Vaccine
CSR Wire - 7.06.2006 - 08:08am ET News from: Akzo Nobel Nobilon and NVI Co-Developing RSV Vaccine (CSRwire) Arnhem, the Netherlands — Akzo Nobel’s Nobilon International business, active in the field of human vaccines, has signed a contract with the

Yesterday’s trading: Whitbread tops menu
This is Money - Strongly supported of late on Akzo Nobel bid speculation, ICI rose 9¼p to 460¼p on comments from Merrill Lynch . The broker says that with its streamlined portfolio, lower pension deficit and net cash, the former Bellwether is a definite

Akzo Nobel Secures License for Breakthrough Aerospace Primer
Social Funds - ( CSRwire ) Arnhem, the Netherlands- Akzo Nobel’s Aerospace Coatings business (ANAC) has announced that it is the first to develop products to contain breakthrough chromate-free technology following the signing of a commercial licensing agreement

MSN MoneyCentral - Benicar is a registered trademark of Sankyo Pharma, Inc., and Campral is a registered trademark of Merck Sante s.a.s., subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Except for the historical information contained herein, this release

ImClone seeks Erbitux approval in Japan
Crain’s New York Business - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. markets and sells Erbitux in North America, while German drug maker Merck KGaA sells the drug internationally. Global sales of Erbitux topped $1.1 billion last year. The drug has come under pressure domestically following the

German Merck says seeks Japan’s nod for Erbitux
Reuters - Last: FRANKFURT, Feb 5 (Reuters) - German drug maker Merck KGaA (MRCG.DE: Quote , Profile , Research ) submitted an application to the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) for the use of Erbitux in treating patients with

ImClone Applies for Japan Erbitux OK
MSN MoneyCentral - The filing in Japan resulted through a collaboration between ImClone, Bristol-Myers and German drug maker Merck KGaA. Bristol-Myers helps sell Erbitux in North America, and Merck helps sell the drug internationally. The submission was based on data

ImClone says Erbitux effective
CNN Money - Results of the study, which was conducted by Merck KGaA of Germany - ImClone’s partner outside the United States - could help increase the market for Erbitux. The drug’s sales have been under pressure from a new competitor, Vectibix, made by Amgen Inc

UPDATE 3-German Merck eyes $5.3 bln generic drugs sale-source
Reuters - FRANKFURT, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Merck KGaA (MRCG.DE: Quote , Profile , Research ) plans a quick sale of its generic drugs business estimated to be worth about 4 billion euros ($5.3 billion), a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as the

Forbes - On the MDAX, Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) KGaA was the top gainer, adding 1.31 eur or 1.46 pct at 90.84 eur. Merck’s Serono division said an application has been submitted by Merck Ltd Japan and ImClone Systems Inc (nasdaq

ImClone seeks Erbitux approval in Japan
Crain’s New York Business - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. markets and sells Erbitux in North America, while German drug maker Merck KGaA sells the drug internationally. Global sales of Erbitux topped $1.1 billion last year. The drug has come under pressure domestically following the

Europe ends lower on miners, oils
CNN - On the upside, Merck KGaA rose 6.5 percent as a source familiar with the matter said the German drugs and chemicals group was planning a quick sale of its generic drugs business, estimated to be worth about 4 billion euros. Telecom shares also stood

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British Veterinarian Doesn’t Have Bird Flu Virus, Tests Show
Bloomberg - Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — A British veterinarian who fell ill after helping contain an outbreak of the deadly avian influenza virus at a turkey farm in eastern England has tested negative for the disease. The unidentified man was held in quarantine in a

Starpulse.com - Latest: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are to spend New Year’s Eve in the same Costa Rica hotel where Pink wed Carey Hart earlier this year. The couple have been staying in the Central American nation since last week and spent Christmas Day with

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Cleveland Plain Dealer - Zappola worked for a variety of companies that had contracts with the Water Department, including Saints Supply, US Filter and National Waterworks Inc. Prosecutors said that between 2001 and 2003, Zappola paid bribes to Norman Gore, a Water

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Medical Records Online Appoints Jerry Baker as President and Board
dBusinessNews.com - including 3M, First Data Corporation and Baxter International. Before joining the private sector, Baker served in the US Marine Corps achieving the rank of captain. Baker also serves on the board of directors of Health Services Integration, Inc. (HSI

The week ahead
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Agere Systems Inc.; Alberto-Culver Co.; Ameriprise Financial Inc.; Amgen Inc.; AT&T Inc.; Ball Corp.; Baxter International Inc.; Becton, Dickinson and Co.; Brunswick Corp.; Cardinal Health Inc.; Cooper Industries Ltd.; Danaher Corp.; DeVry Inc.; Dow

Mentor Appoints Edward S. Northup as Vice President, Chief Operating
MSN MoneyCentral - His significant medical device and operational experience coupled with his strong international business background will be Northup was employed by Baxter Healthcare and American Hospital Supply Corporation in a variety of senior level