Economic Growth Uncertain, Focus Instead on Investment Strategy
2010-07-30 07:23:16
Quote: Included in this group will be Dow components Pfizer (PFE -Tuesday), Proctor & Gamble (PG - Tuesday), and Kraft Foods (KFT -Thursday).The July ISM manufacturing survey and June construction spending will bethe first economic reports published; both are scheduled for release onMonday. Tuesday features June personal spending and income, the JuneNational Association of Realtors pending home sales index, June factoryorders and July motor vehicle sales. The July ADP employment report andthe July ...
Read articleEditor of Viagra Article Unwittingly Reveals Nabokovian Protagonist Sympathies
2010-07-29 04:21:44
Keywords: PATENT,extension,pfizer,VIAGRA,Heh,PFE
Quote: But sometimes the Post goes a wee bit too far. Like today’s headline:“A Kiddie Viagra May Get Pfizer a Patent Extension.”Kiddie? Viagra? Extension?! I feel like I should go to jail just saying those three words in succession.Anyway, the headline aside, the point of the article is fairly fascinating, and yes, it hinges on the fact that Pfizer (PFE) is planning to sell a children’s form of Viagra “to treat a rare lung disorder as a humanitarian gesture-- in exch...
Read articleThe Truth About $100,000 Cancer Drugs
2010-07-29 04:21:43
Keywords: Medicine, Pharmacuticals, Health Care, Drugs, Drug Companies, Hospitals, Health Insurance
Quote: Then they go on to describe hard-working researchers at companies like Amgen or Pfizer or Novartis who are racing to cure a dire disease.
Over at the New Yorker, Atul Gawande has a great story that focuses on more typical dying patients. You can guess what happens in his story: The drugs fail most of the time. Patients often end up spending their last days in the hospital hooked up to all sorts of life support machines. Doctors keep trying more and more treatments up to and sometimes be...
Read articleAstraZeneca Q2 profits up 22 pct
2010-07-29 04:21:39
Keywords: AstraZeneca Q2 profits up 22 pct, azn,bmy,pfe,san, earnings
Quote: With global sales of $9.1 billion in 2009, Plavix was the world's second-best selling drug behind Pfizer Inc.'s cholesterol drug Lipitor.Eli Lilly & Co. launched its own drug, Effient, last summer, but it has faced an uphill climb with sales of $22.9 million in the last quarter.The approval from the FDA committee came despite revelations earlier this week that study results in the U.S. did not match the positive reports from abroad. An international, 18,000-patient study conducted by AstraZeneca...
Read articleHealth Care Stocks Hospitalized, But Recovering
2010-07-28 05:44:21
Keywords: U.S. Markets, U.S. Equities, Health, Health Care, Medical, Medicine, Phamra, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Glenn Novarro, Jeff Jonas, Second Quarter, Elections, Reform
Quote: Pfizer(PFE -news-people) has dropped 20%, Medtronic(MDT -news-people) 17%, and Johnson & Johnson(JNJ -news-people) 10%, while Merck(MRK -news-people) is off 4% and Eli Lilly(LLY -news-people) 1%.
Eight Health Care Stocks On The Mend
"It was at the beginning of the year that portfolio managers started scaling back their exposure to heath care, and they were correct to do so, because when the April results came any company related to the pharmaceutical market had to lower their estimates becau...
Read articleMerck and Sanofi name CEO of animal medicine unit
2010-07-28 05:44:20
Keywords: Merck and Sanofi name CEO of animal medicine unit, mrk,pfe,san,sgp
Quote: That's well ahead of the leader, Pfizer Inc.'s Fort Dodge unit, which has about 20 percent of the market.Animal health products are an attractive market because sales are growing at a steady 5 percent a year and products generally are not subject to generic competition. In addition, companies have more freedom to set prices without pressure from insurance plans.Merial sells two widely used pet medicines, flea-and-tick blocker Frontline and chewable heartworm preventer Heartgard. Intervet sells P...
Read articleShionogi-ViiV Healthcare LLC Presents Positive Data on Investigational Once-Daily Integrase Inhibitor at International AIDS Conference
2010-07-22 12:26:28
Keywords: Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare LLC Presents Positive Data on Investigational Once-Daily Integrase Inhibitor at International AIDS Conference, gsk,pfe
Quote: Factors that may affect GSK' s operations are described under 'Risk Factors' in the 'Business Review' in the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2009.Pfizer disclosure notice: Pfizer assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information or future events or developments.This release contains forward-looking information about Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and ViiV Healthcare and about the prospects of the companies, including revenue...
Read articleGlaxo AIDS drug may have edge after promising data
2010-07-22 12:26:25
Keywords: Pharmaceuticals - diversified,Pharmaceuticals (sub-industry),United Kingdom,Western Europe,Europe,Pharmaceuticals - generic and speciality,Japan,Asia,United States of America,Chemicals,Biotechnology,Austria,Healthcare,Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology,Sci
Quote: Dominique Limet, chief executive of ViiV Healthcare, the
majority-owned Glaxo company that combines its HIV operations
with those of Pfizer (PFE.N), said he was confident '572 would
compete well against rival integrase inhibitors. "It is very potent, we have less resistance problems, it's a
once-a-day formulation, and this is a product tha......
Read articleCBOE most active puts and calls
2010-07-22 12:26:23
Keywords: United States of America,Equities,
Quote: These are the most active calls and puts
as of 10:30 a.m.CBOE TOP TEN MOST ACTIVE CALLS - Equity OptionsExpiryStrikeSeriesLastNetSecurityDatePriceVolumePriceChange
--------------------------------------------------------------Bank of Ameri 1/22/201117.5040,1510.41000.0500Bank of Ameri 1/22/201115.0020,4491.05000.0800Citigroup1/21/20127.5010,6610.23000.0000Xerox Corp1/22/20119.009,1251.07000.3800Micron Tech9/18/20109.008,0780.40000.1300Ford Motor Co 7/23/201012.007,3470.27000.1800Pfizer Inc8/21/2...
Read articlePfizer to Offer Free Public Access to Mental Health Assessment Tools to Improve Diagnosis and Patient Care
2010-07-22 12:26:23
Keywords: Pfizer to Offer Free Public Access to Mental Health Assessment Tools to Improve Diagnosis and Patient Care, pfe
Quote: Â http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100416/PFIZERLOGO )http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100416/PFIZERLOGO )"By providing unrestricted access, Pfizer is encouraging broader usage of these important patient assessment aids, which we know will help many healthcare providers and their patients," said Freda C. Lewis-Hall, M.D., senior vice president and chief medical officer at Pfizer. Â "We are listening to the needs of the mental health community and doing what we can to provide the tool...
Read articleWall Street Ends the Day Higher
2010-07-21 05:46:05
Keywords: Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment Banking, I PO, I.P.O.s, IPOs, Offerings, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Venture Capital, Legal, The New York Times, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Andrew Sorkin, DealBook, deal maker, Wall street, wall st., Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sa
Quote: Shares of the health care company Johnson & Johnson initially dropped 1.7 percent after it reported flat earnings but lowered its outlook because of repeated recalls.
It closed down 99 cents at $58.58.
Pfizer declined 18 cents to $14.55. Shares of Merck were down 14 cents at $35.66.
Economic data also remained weak. On Tuesday, the Department of Commerce reported that construction starts on residential buildings declined in June to the lowest level since October as the sector struggled with ...
Read articleUPDATE - Glaxo takes new AIDS drug into final-stage tests
2010-07-21 05:46:05
Keywords: Pharmaceuticals - diversified,Pharmaceuticals (sub-industry),United Kingdom,Western Europe,Europe,Pharmaceuticals - generic and speciality,Japan,Asia,United States of America,Chemicals,Health and medicine,Science; technology,Austria,Healthcare,Pharmaceuti
Quote: Read articleUPDATE - Pfizer stops pain drug trials at FDA request
2010-07-20 09:16:16
Keywords: Pharmaceuticals - diversified,Pharmaceuticals (sub-industry),United States of America,Health and medicine,Regulation and enforcement,Healthcare,Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology,General News,Nature Society and Science,Business activities,Company News item
Quote: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:41pm EDT
* Tanezumab back pain, diabetic nerve pain trials halted * Move follows June suspension of osteoarthritis trials * FDA requests suspensions over safety concerns NEW YORK, July 19 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) said on
Monday it has suspended chronic pain studies of its
experimental drug tanezumab at the request of the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration over safety concerns. The move, which put the breaks on studies of the drug for
low back pain and diabetic nerve pain...
Read articlePfizer halts third study of experimental pain drug
2010-07-20 09:16:14
Keywords: Pfizer halts third study of experimental pain drug, pfe
Quote: (AP) -- Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has stopped patient tests of an experimental drug for two types of pain at the request of federal regulators, just weeks after halting its testing in arthritis patients.Pfizer was testing tanezumab in patients with chronic low back pain and with painful nerve damage from diabetes complications. Both were late-stage studies. For now, the two studies won't add new patients and will have study participants stop taking their pills.They were part of a program of nearly 2...
Read articleGlaxo, Pfizer JV opens HIV pipeline to generic cos
2010-07-19 02:28:19
Keywords: Pharmaceuticals - diversified,Pharmaceuticals (sub-industry),United Kingdom,Western Europe,Europe,United States of America,Pharmaceuticals - generic and speciality,Japan,Asia,Emerging countries,Africa,Healthcare,Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology,Company N
Quote: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:00am EDT
* Generic firms offered licences for all ViiV medicines * Royalty-free offer includes current and pipeline products * Covers 69 poor countries, including all sub-Saharan Africa LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) - ViiV Healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline
(GSK.L) and Pfizer's (PFE.N) joint venture company for AIDS
drugs, is opening its entire product line-up to generic
drugmakers working in the world's poorest countries. The announcement, on the eve of next week's international
AIDS co...
Read articleAIDS drug cocktails halve new HIV cases in study
2010-07-19 02:28:16
Keywords: United States of America,Canada,Health and medicine,Science; technology,Pharmaceuticals - diversified,Pharmaceuticals (sub-industry),United Kingdom,Western Europe,Europe,Chemicals,General News,Nature Society and Science,Healthcare,Pharmaceuticals and biot
Quote: Drugmakers include Gilead (GILD.O),
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L), Pfizer (PFE.N), Merck & Co (MRK.N),
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY.N) and Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N). The Canadian team, led by Julio Montaner at the British
Columbia Centre for Excellence in Vancouver, analysed data on
HAART and looked at viral load of HIV patients -- the level of
virus in their bodies -- and at new HIV diagnoses in the
province, where residents get free HIV care.HAART involves treatment with three or more AIDS drugs,...
Read articleSun Pharma says US court denies motion on Protonix
2010-07-19 02:28:15
Keywords: Pharmaceuticals - generic and speciality,Pharmaceuticals (sub-industry),Emerging countries,India,Asia,Pharmaceuticals - diversified,United States of America,Denmark,Nordic Countries,Europe,Judicial processes/court cases/court decisions,Legislation,Regulat
Quote: court had denied its motion to reverse a jury
verdict of infringement against the Indian firm on Pfizer's
(PFE.N) Protonix acid reflux drug patent that the jury had said
was valid. In a statement dated July 17, Sun said it was not
prohibited from selling the drug before the expiry of Pfizer's
marketing exclusivity in January 2011, as its other claims
concerning the validity of the patents, including patent
misuse, were still pending. In April, a jury in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey
had...
Read articleA Scary Idea: Pre-emptive Brain Scans For Alzheimer's.
2010-07-16 04:02:07
Keywords: Medicine, Pharmacuticals, Health Care, Drugs, Drug Companies, Hospitals, Health Insurance
Quote: Yet the committee seems in a rush to promote new tests before they are fully validated.
Undoubtedly, plaque brain scans might help companies like Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Elan and Johnson & Johnson trying to test Alzheimer's drugs. They could be a big boon for companies like General Electric and tiny Avid Radiopharmaceuticals working on compounds that could be used find Alzheimer's brain plaques using brain scans. An Eli Lilly official was on the panel that made the new recommendations.
USC ...
Read articleUS study may be ideal test for Alzheimer's drugs
2010-07-16 04:02:03
Keywords: Pharmaceuticals (sub-industry),Health and medicine,Pharmaceuticals - diversified,United States of America,Pharmaceuticals - generic and speciality,Ireland,Western Europe,Europe,Japan,Asia,Regulation and enforcement,Insurance (industry group),Financials,Ge
Quote: Current Alzheimer's drugs, including Eisai Co (4523.T) and
Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) Aricept, or donezepil, and Forest
Laboratories' (FRX.N) Namenda, or memantine, treat symptoms,
but so far nothing has been shown to improve memory and
thinking in people with the disease. Bateman said that may be because they are testing too late
in the disease, and he thinks the DIAN study, in which patients
are sure to get the disease, may offer a way to test these
drugs earlier, before symptoms appear. "It's nearl...
Read articleA Delay in Protalix's Uplyso FDA Review Is Not a Disaster
2010-07-15 07:23:23
Quote: It, too,had faced some regulatory scrutiny for its novel manufacturing processfor Uplyso,a proprietary plant cell expressed recombinant form of humanglucocerebrosidase, already partnered with Pfizer (PFE) (Protalix'swoes continue with Uplyso setback, February 2, 2010).TheIsraeli company’s shares continue to languish well below the two-yearhigh of $12.14 they touched November 9, 2009, a month before it brought Pfizer on board tocommercialise Uplyso worldwide outside of Israel.After Protalix...
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