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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1190 business Business - Pharmaceutical en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1190 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/us_michael_jackson_doctor ap/20091120/us_michael_jackson_doctor AP us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:10 GMT AP - Court documents show police linked a drug blamed in Michael Jackson's death to the pop singer's personal physician who bought it at a Las Vegas pharmacy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_biocryst_pharmaceuticals_offering ap/20091120/us_biocryst_pharmaceuticals_offering AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:51 GMT AP - Flu drug developer BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. priced its 5 million common stock share offering at $9.75 per share. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fda_illegal_pharmaceutical_sales ap/20091119/us_fda_illegal_pharmaceutical_sales AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:36:25 GMT AP - The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it issued 22 warning letters to Web site operators over alleged illegal sales of unapproved or misbranded drugs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_momenta_pharma_mover ap/20091119/us_momenta_pharma_mover AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:31:04 GMT AP - Shares of Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. rose Thursday after an analyst upgraded the stock, saying Momenta will soon receive marketing approval for its version of the anti-clotting drug Lovenox. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ligand_pharmaceuticals_contract ap/20091119/us_ligand_pharmaceuticals_contract AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:23:22 GMT AP - Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Thursday it received a $2 million milestone payment from Merck & Co. as part of a research collaboration. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ppd_acquisition ap/20091118/us_ppd_acquisition AP business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:27:10 GMT AP - Drug development contractor Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc. said Wednesday it will buy BioDuro LLC in a move to expand capabilities in China. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_bi_ge/us_delcath_share_offering ap/20091118/us_delcath_share_offering AP business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:17:02 GMT AP - Delcath Systems Inc., a developer of a cancer-drug delivery device, said Wednesday it raised $32.4 million in net proceeds from a public stock offering. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_bi_ge/us_kansas_governor ap/20091118/us_kansas_governor AP business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:33:06 GMT AP - A former pharmaceutical company executive who returned to Kansas this year announced Tuesday that he's running for governor, giving Democrats a declared candidate. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_sc/us_vaccine_revolution ap/20091118/us_vaccine_revolution AP health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:52:07 GMT AP - Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_bi_ge/us_poniard_pharma_picoplatin ap/20091117/us_poniard_pharma_picoplatin AP business Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:57:33 GMT AP - A day after Poniard Pharmaceuticals Inc. said its drug candidate picoplatin failed to improve survival for patients with lung cancer, the company reported positive data on the drug as a treatment for colorectal cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_bi_ge/us_biocryst_pharma_stock_offer ap/20091117/us_biocryst_pharma_stock_offer AP business Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:39:09 GMT AP - Flu drug developer BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday it plans to sell as many as 5.75 million new shares of stock. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_switzerland_novartis_vaccine ap/20091117/eu_switzerland_novartis_vaccine AP business Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:57:37 GMT AP - Pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG said Tuesday a U.S. clinical study suggests that half a dose of its swine flu vaccine may be sufficient to protect people from the virus and could allow many more to be immunized with current supplies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/ts_alt_afp/healthdrugsmerck afp/20091116/healthdrugsmerck AFP us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:35:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/ts_alt_afp/healthdrugsmerck"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258407245592-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=CGe8Hfz44mZchfLsOeMFrg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="A car enters the employee entrace at the headquarters for drug maker Merck in Kenilworth, New Jersey. A new study has cast fresh doubt on the effectiveness of Zetia, a cholesterol drug produced by US pharmaceuticals giant Merck.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A new study has cast fresh doubt on the effectiveness of Zetia, a cholesterol drug produced by US pharmaceuticals giant Merck.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/ts_alt_afp/healthdrugsmerck"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258407245592-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=CGe8Hfz44mZchfLsOeMFrg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="A car enters the employee entrace at the headquarters for drug maker Merck in Kenilworth, New Jersey. A new study has cast fresh doubt on the effectiveness of Zetia, a cholesterol drug produced by US pharmaceuticals giant Merck.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_bi_ge/us_poniard_pharma_mover ap/20091116/us_poniard_pharma_mover AP business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:42:37 GMT AP - Shares of Poniard Pharmaceuticals Inc. crashed Monday after the company said its cancer drug picoplatin missed its goal in a clinical trial. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_bi_ge/us_par_pharma_ultram_er ap/20091116/us_par_pharma_ultram_er AP business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:42:12 GMT AP - Par Pharmaceutical Co. said Monday it received marketing approval for a generic version of Johnson & Johnson's extended-release chronic pain drug Ultram ER, and has started shipping the drug. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_bi_ge/us_poniard_pharma_picoplatin_trial ap/20091116/us_poniard_pharma_picoplatin_trial AP business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:07:12 GMT AP - Poniard Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Monday its cancer drug candidate picoplatin did not help lung cancer patients live longer, sending its shares plunging in early trading. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_bi_ge/us_lexicon_pharma_ibs_drug ap/20091113/us_lexicon_pharma_ibs_drug AP business Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:50:11 GMT AP - Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday an irritable bowel syndrome drug candidate met its goals in a mid-stage clinical trial. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_bi_ge/us_eli_lilly_personnel ap/20091113/us_eli_lilly_personnel AP business Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:12:52 GMT AP - Eli Lilly & Co. said Friday its science and technology head will retire. The drugmaker hired the chief researcher at AstraZeneca PLC to replace him. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_serbia_swine_flu ap/20091113/eu_serbia_swine_flu AP business Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:35:54 GMT AP - Serbia's health authorities have ordered three million swine flu vaccines from Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG worth an estimated euro24 million ($36 million). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_myriad_pharma ap/20091113/us_earns_myriad_pharma AP business Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:54:43 GMT AP - Myriad Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Friday reported a smaller fiscal first-quarter loss on lower research costs after the company was spun off from Myriad Genetics Inc.