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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1190 business Business - Pharmaceutical en-us Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:16:11 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/nm/20090701/bs_nm/us_astrazeneca_patent nm/20090701/us_astrazeneca_patent Reuters business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:16:11 GMT Reuters - A U.S. patent research group says it has uncovered evidence that could be used to declare AstraZeneca Plc's patent for its cholesterol fighter Crestor invalid. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tylenol_safety_fda ap/20090701/us_tylenol_safety_fda AP business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:51:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tylenol_safety_fda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.a2c4cf98ffb44685baa4938e15d085cf.tylenol_safety_fda_masr103.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=H71jgiFIcbYdkB1.iivKOA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="A bottle of Tylenol, which contains the ingredient acetaminophen, appears with its box wrapper, in Walpole, Mass., Tuesday, June 30, 2009. In a series of votes Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration panel endorsed lowering the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen — the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tylenol_safety_fda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.a2c4cf98ffb44685baa4938e15d085cf.tylenol_safety_fda_masr103.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=H71jgiFIcbYdkB1.iivKOA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="photo" title="A bottle of Tylenol, which contains the ingredient acetaminophen, appears with its box wrapper, in Walpole, Mass., Tuesday, June 30, 2009. In a series of votes Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration panel endorsed lowering the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen — the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pfizer_sutent_study ap/20090630/us_pfizer_sutent_study AP business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:26:14 GMT AP - Pfizer is discontinuing a late-stage study of its cancer drug Sutent (SOO-tent) as an initial treatment for colon cancer because the drug is not proving effective enough. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_bi_ge/us_teva_antares_product ap/20090629/us_teva_antares_product AP business Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:11:33 GMT AP - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Antares Pharma Inc. said Monday the companies received Food and Drug Administration approval for use of the human growth hormone Tev-Tropin in a needle-free injection system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_re_us/us_wounded_warriors_dogs ap/20090628/us_wounded_warriors_dogs AP us Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:12:19 GMT AP - Army Specialist Cameron Briggs washes down a cocktail of prescription drugs every day for post-traumatic stress disorder and a brain injury he suffered when four roadside bombs rocked his Humvee in Iraq. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksondrugs afp/20090628/entertainmentusmusicjacksondrugs AFP us Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:38:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksondrugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246152985329-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=TfKMoptoLaWR4RvMFiIHGg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="View of outside the County of Los Angeles Coroners office, on June 26. Michael Jackson's cause of death would not be confirmed for several weeks, according to officials, as attention has turned to the possible involvement of drugs in the tragic King of Pop's demise.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Michael Jackson's death has lifted a veil on the sinister underbelly of fame, with associates of the pop icon hitting out at celebrity-dazzled doctors who funnel powerful narcotics to the stars.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksondrugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246152985329-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=TfKMoptoLaWR4RvMFiIHGg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="View of outside the County of Los Angeles Coroners office, on June 26. Michael Jackson's cause of death would not be confirmed for several weeks, according to officials, as attention has turned to the possible involvement of drugs in the tragic King of Pop's demise.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ista_pharmaceuticals_fda ap/20090626/us_ista_pharmaceuticals_fda AP business Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:59:37 GMT AP - A panel of federal experts said Friday an anti-itching drug from eye care company Ista Pharmaceuticals is safe and effective, according to a government spokeswoman. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/us_nm/us_caraco_fda nm/20090625/us_caraco_fda Reuters us Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:00:15 GMT Reuters - U.S. authorities seized generic medicines made by Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd at plants in Michigan following repeated violations of manufacturing standards, regulators said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_bi_ge/us_watson_pharmaceuticals_fda ap/20090624/us_watson_pharmaceuticals_fda AP business Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:06:35 GMT AP - Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it recieved Food and Drug Administration approval for a generic version of Duramed Pharmaceuticals' Plan B emergency contraceptive. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090623/us_nm/us_ftc_generic nm/20090623/us_ftc_generic Reuters us Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:46 GMT Reuters - Consumers, insurance companies and the federal government spend an extra $3.5 billion for prescription drugs every year because brand-name companies pay generic producers to stay out of the market, the head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_drugs ap/20090622/us_obama_drugs AP business Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:28:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_drugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090617/i/r888189926.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zpIHthFQ7dpsKu6VZL2wnA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the health care system at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago, Illinois, June 15, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed the pharmaceutical industry's agreement to help close a gap in Medicare's drug coverage, calling the pact a step forward in the push for overhaul of the health care system.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_drugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090617/i/r888189926.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zpIHthFQ7dpsKu6VZL2wnA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the health care system at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago, Illinois, June 15, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul ap/20090620/us_health_overhaul AP business Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:09:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090619/capt.b2bfadb300f74441ab5998c7be6eace0.health_overhaul_wx105.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=pxiV2mwrPH8_Wwj0S2fR.w--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="FILE - In this April 2, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa talk on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying the cost of President Barack Obama's health care legislation, capping secretive negotiations with the White House and key lawmakers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090619/capt.b2bfadb300f74441ab5998c7be6eace0.health_overhaul_wx105.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=pxiV2mwrPH8_Wwj0S2fR.w--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this April 2, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa talk on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_re_us/us_drug_data_mining ap/20090619/us_drug_data_mining AP us Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:33:21 GMT AP - The prescription drugs you take are on the minds of a lot of people: judges on two federal courts, legislators in several states, countless doctors and, at the center, the companies that make money by figuring out who's prescribing what. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_bi_ge/us_par_stock_offering ap/20090619/us_par_stock_offering AP business Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:49:08 GMT AP - Par Pharmaceutical Cos. said Friday it is selling up to $150 million in a mixed shelf offering and plans to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090619/bs_afp/chinastocksipocompany afp/20090619/chinastocksipocompany AFP business Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:14:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090619/bs_afp/chinastocksipocompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090619/capt.photo_1245385867388-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=gfL8h8rDXIOM8vjaYoGyrg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The skyline of Beijing's central business district. China will end a nine-month ban on initial public offerings, or IPOs, with a share sale by Guilin Sanjin Pharmaceutical, the company has said in a statement.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China will end a nine-month ban on initial public offerings, or IPOs, with a share sale by Guilin Sanjin Pharmaceutical, the company has said in a statement.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090619/bs_afp/chinastocksipocompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090619/capt.photo_1245385867388-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=gfL8h8rDXIOM8vjaYoGyrg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="The skyline of Beijing's central business district. China will end a nine-month ban on initial public offerings, or IPOs, with a share sale by Guilin Sanjin Pharmaceutical, the company has said in a statement.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090618/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusfilmwitherspoon afp/20090618/entertainmentusfilmwitherspoon AFP us Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:21:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090618/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusfilmwitherspoon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090618/capt.photo_1245342042143-1-0.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=Ci51p_vcwq1bPQPIhRuE6g--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon, seen here in March 2009, is to star in a new comedy about the pharmaceutical business "Pharm Girl," entertainment industry reports said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jason Merritt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon is to star in a new comedy about the pharmaceutical business "Pharm Girl," entertainment industry reports said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090618/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusfilmwitherspoon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090618/capt.photo_1245342042143-1-0.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=Ci51p_vcwq1bPQPIhRuE6g--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon, seen here in March 2009, is to star in a new comedy about the pharmaceutical business "Pharm Girl," entertainment industry reports said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jason Merritt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090618/bs_nm/us_pharmaceuticals_europe_court nm/20090618/us_pharmaceuticals_europe_court Reuters business Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:11:17 GMT Reuters - Shire and Johnson & Johnson won the backing of Europe's highest court on Thursday in their battle for data exclusivity against a generic rival for Alzheimer's drug Reminyl, the court said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_bi_ge/us_watson_pharmaceuticals_arrow_group ap/20090617/us_watson_pharmaceuticals_arrow_group AP business Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:07:32 GMT AP - Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it will buy smaller generic drug maker Arrow Group for $1.75 billion in cash and stock, getting access to a promising drug candidate pipeline and new markets. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090617/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks nm/20090617/us_markets_stocks Reuters business Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:12:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090617/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.1caf3d22eb4545a4bd6da5c2c9385bcb.correction_hong_kong_world_markets_xkc103.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=HHgQOnFzmNtx3yCt46DUNQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Floor traders work at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Friday, July 3, 2009 in Hong Kong. Asian stocks retreated Friday as a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report signaled more pain ahead for the world's largest economy. Losses across Asia were somewhat tame compared to Wall Street, where markets pulled sharply lower. Oil prices weakened further, while the dollar was little changed against the yen. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Technology shares buoyed the Nasdaq on Wednesday after positive broker comments on Qualcomm, but financial shares' losses held back the Dow and the S&P 500.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090617/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.1caf3d22eb4545a4bd6da5c2c9385bcb.correction_hong_kong_world_markets_xkc103.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=HHgQOnFzmNtx3yCt46DUNQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Floor traders work at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Friday, July 3, 2009 in Hong Kong. Asian stocks retreated Friday as a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report signaled more pain ahead for the world's largest economy. Losses across Asia were somewhat tame compared to Wall Street, where markets pulled sharply lower. Oil prices weakened further, while the dollar was little changed against the yen. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pharmaceutical/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090617/bs_nm/us_watson nm/20090617/us_watson Reuters business Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:31:09 GMT Reuters - Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday that it would buy privately held Arrow Group for $1.75 billion, clinching a long-expected deal by the U.S. generic drugmaker to expand internationally.