Shire Delivers Strong Quarter: Driven by $243m of New Product Sales (+164% YOY Growth). Revenue Guidance Upgrade
BASINGSTOKE, England and PHILADELPHIA, July 31, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Shire Limited the global specialty biopharmaceutical company announces results for the three months to June 30, 2008.
Q2 2008 Financial Highlights
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Sanofi-aventis News
Adjusted EPS excluding selected items:
PARIS, July 31, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sanofi-aventis announces solid growth in the second quarter.
Solid growth in the second quarter
— Net sales: euro 6,689m, up 5.2% on a comparable…
Bristol-Myers Squibb Proposes to Acquire ImClone Systems for $60.00 Per Share in Cash
Offer Represents Approximately 30% Premium to the Closing Price ofImClone’s Stock on July 30, Approximately 40% Premium to the Average Share Price of ImClone Common Stock During the Most Recent One-MonthPeriod and Premium in Excess of 40% for the…
Amgen Issues Statement in Response to Revised ESA Labeling Received from the FDA Today
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., July 30, 2008–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) issued the following statement in response to the receipt today of the complete response on the revised ESA labeling from the FDA.
“This label is consistent with our…
FDA Issues Complete Response Letters Ordering Safety Labeling Changes Under FDAAA for Aranesp, Epogen, and Procrit
Follow Up to the January 3, 2008 Communication About an Ongoing Safety Review Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs) Epoetin alfa (marketed as Procrit, Epogen) Darbepoetin alfa (marketed as Aranesp)
This information reflects FDA’s current…
New Treatment Lessens Heart Attack Damage
Giving the transplant drug cyclosporine to heart attack patients can prevent the injury that’s caused by blood rushing back to the damaged heart, French researchers report.
VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 2
The VMware Fusion team has rolled out VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 2 . The video, above features some Beta 2 highlights.
German court partially overturns smoking ban - AP
Germany’s highest court partially overturned bans on smoking in bars Wednesday, ruling that states must either ban smoking in all restaurants and pubs or offer exceptions for single-room establishments.
Rize 2 The Occasion Capsules, Rose 4 Her Capsules
UPDATE - Voluntary nationwide recall of all lot numbers. FDA lab analysis found the products contained a potentially harmful, undeclared ingredient, thiomethisosildenafil.
Prescription drug addictions rise
By Jason Szep
BOSTON (Reuters) - When Sarah Roisman was 11 years old, her doctors prescribed Klonopin, a muscle relaxant, for a psychiatric disorder that caused her to have seizures. She liked how the drug made her feel. Her seizures went away.
But that’s where her trouble with addiction began.
By age 14, the teen from an upper middle-class Philadelphia suburb led a dangerous double life. Editor of her school paper, strong student and popular athlete, Roisman was also hooked on painkillers and other drugs in an addiction that illustrates the rapid expansion in prescription drug abuse in America.
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