Resize WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) — You say tomato, I say tomahto. Which is all well and good as long as we’re talking about fruits and vegetables — but not so good if the nurse says “fentanyl” and the hospital pharmacist hears “sufentanil Read More

Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/research/00e097/china_diagnostic_r ) has announced the addition of the “China Diagnostic Reagent Market Report, 2007-2009″ report to their offering. China’s diagnostic reagent industry had Read More

Brangelina babies No. 5 & 6 are here, for real this time , as Angelina Jolie has given birth to her twins! More details? Angie and Brad Pitt have a brand new son and daughter , as the actress welcomed a boy and a girl at the Fondation Lenval hospital Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two painkillers pulled from the market in recent years — Vioxx (also known as rofecoxib) and Bextra (also known as valdecoxib) - increase the risk of stroke, new research indicates. Vioxx and Bextra were withdrawn from Read More

The law firm is an outspoken leader in the call to remove Celebrex, Vioxx and other “Coxibs” from the market. It is terribly unfortunate that it has taken over 4 months for FDA and Pfizer to do the right thing and recall Bextra Montgomery, AL ( PRWEB Read More

What's in a Name? When It Comes to Drugs, Plenty Washington Post, United States - 14 hours ago "As drugs proliferate, they start to sound alike, like Celexa and Celebrex," said Dr. Kennedy, director of geriatric psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center …

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Pharmalot

Want Fewer Side Effects? Test More People Pharmalot, NJ - 4 hours ago They developed their scenario by reviewing literature on Vioxx and Celebrex, and suggest heart problems may have been detected sooner with larger clinical …

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Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Commences Phase I/II Clinical Trial … Business Wire (press release), CA - 11 hours ago For example, Celebrex®, a commonly used anti-inflammatory drug for RA that inhibits the cox-2 enzyme currently has annual sales in excess of $2 billion. …

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Beware Of Sunburn Boosters CBS News, NY - Aug 4, 2008 NSAIDs include over-the-counter pain relievers such as Advil, Aleve, Motrin, and the prescription drug Celebrex. Balsam of Peru. This herbal ingredient is …

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In This Week's Issue BioRegion News, NY - 3 hours ago Walbert once worked for Searle, assisting in the early marketing of the Celebrex arthritis drug, which it developed and which Pfizer now markets. …

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Pfizer Tries To Bully Law Firm Into Celebrex Deal Pharmalot, NJ - 6 hours ago By Ed Silverman // August 4th, 2008 // 4:34 pm A federal judge overseeing litigation involving Bextra and Celebrex ordered plaintiffs to submit info …

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MONDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — A large trial shows that combining an ACE inhibitor with a calcium channel blocker in individuals with high blood pressure who are at high risk for cardiovascular complications resulted in a 20 percent reduction Read More

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Pictures of Celebrex Oral pills are listed below. Note that there may be multiple images of this drug if it is provided in different dosages or brands. What is “devil’s claw,” and can it be used for osteoarthritis? Devil’s claw (Harpagophytum Read More

Montgomery law firm has been named co-lead counsel in all litigation involving the largest drug recall in history. Montgomery, AL ( PRWEB ) April 15, 2005 — Beasley Allen, co-lead counsel for all Vioxx litigation, rejects Merck’s attempts to dismiss Read More

Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center have discovered biomarkers that predict which patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer will respond to a combination treatment of the anti-inflammatory drug Celebrex and the growth factor Read More

antiviral agents acyclovir (Zovirax), amantadine (Symmetrel), azithro-mycin (Zithromax), capreomycin (Capastat), cefazolin (Ancef), ceftazidime (Fortaz), ciprofloxacin Cipro), cycloserine (Seromycin), dapsone, demeclocycline (Declom-ycin Read More

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Editor’s note: Although we generally don’t run articles from outside our coverage area, we believe that this one by Raymond Jones, an occasional contributor to The Business Ledger in the past, likely will be of broad interest to many of our Read More

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 24 /PRNewswire/ — Horizon Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced that Timothy P. Walbert has been named president, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Read More

The law firm is an outspoken leader in the call to remove Celebrex, Vioxx and other “Coxibs” from the market. It is terribly unfortunate that it has taken over 4 months for FDA and Pfizer to do the right thing and recall Bextra Montgomery, AL ( PRWEB Read More

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Pfizer Inc.’s profit more than doubled in the second quarter, reflecting growth in international pharmaceutical sales, the drug giant said Wednesday. Profit increased to $2.8 billion, up 119 percent from $1.3 billion a year earlier, the company said Read More

Higher-than-expected pharmaceutical revenues from outside the United States helped Pfizer Inc. more than double its profits in the second quarter when compared to the same period last year, the company said Wednesday. The company reported net income Read More

Pfizer Inc.’s profit more than doubled in the second quarter, reflecting growth in international pharmaceutical sales, the drug giant said Wednesday. Profit increased to $2.8 billion, up 119 percent from $1.3 billion a year earlier, the company said Read More

SOLDIERS’ INSURANCE : US Family Health Plan, which provides insurance to the military and retired veterans, expanded its coverage to the Lahey Clinic in Peabody and 12 physician practices on the North Shore. To become a member, call 1-888-815-5510 Read More

($ in millions, except per share amounts) Second-Quarter Year-to-Date —– —– 2008 2007 Change 2008 2007 Change —– —– —– —– —– —– Reported Revenues $ 12,129 $ 11,084 9% $ 23 Read More

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 24 /PRNewswire/ — Horizon Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced that Timothy P. Walbert has been named president, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Read More

The Associated Press

International sales lift Pfizer 2Q profit The Associated Press - Jul 23, 2008 Sales were up by double digits for arthritis and pain treatment Celebrex, at $589 million, and nerve-pain treatment Lyrica, at $614 million. …

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S&P Picks And Pans: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Yahoo, WaMu, Pfizer … Pittsburgh Channel.com, PA - 9 hours ago Key drivers were Lipitor [ex-US], Lyrica and Celebrex. But US Chantix sales fell 35% on new black box warnings. We think the key EPS growth factor for PFE …

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Pfizer Reports Second-Quarter 2008 Results FOXBusiness - Jul 23, 2008 "Many of our key products continued to perform well both in the US and international markets, including Lyrica, Celebrex, Viagra and Geodon, …

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FDA's Rotten Tomatoes Hurts Farmers and is Killing America Nolan Chart LLC, VA - Jul 18, 2008 This is also the agency that said it was safe to take Vioxx and Celebrex. And the one that won't allow terminally ill patients to take promising drugs in …

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Pfizer Profit More Than Doubles on Sales Outside US (Update3) Bloomberg - Jul 23, 2008 The arthritis pill Celebrex gained 23 percent to $589 million following an increase in television commercials for the medicine. Lyrica and Celebrex helped …

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2008-07-16 11:21:16 - Forecast Insight - Osteoarthritis - The COX … PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - Jul 16, 2008 Lessened side effect concern and clever marketing contributed to the rebound in Celebrex sales. Also contributing to Celebrex´s reprise was the Japanese …

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FDA's Rotten Tomatoes Hurts Farmers and is Killing America Nolan Chart LLC, VA - Jul 18, 2008 This is also the agency that said it was safe to take Vioxx and Celebrex. And the one that won't allow terminally ill patients to take promising drugs in …

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