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Drug may slow growth of early prostate cancer
Researchers say that a drug used to treat enlarged prostates may also slow the growth of tumors in men with low-risk prostate cancer who opt to be monitored instead of getting treated right away. A study found that men taking the drug Avodart were...Tags: Florida, Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines
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Wall Street posts first weekly loss since mid-April on Fed angst
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 declined for a third day on Friday, with the three major stock indexes posting their first negative week since mid-April on lingering concern that the central bank may scale back its stimulus measures to support the...Tags: Memorial Day, New Corporation Limited, Emerson Electric Company, Fidelity National Financial Incorporated, Saks Inc.
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RPT-FEATURE-Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, May 23 (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year...Tags: Trials, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Pneumonia, Science and Technology
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GSK flu shot may raise adult narcolepsy risk: Finnish scientists
ReutersHELSINKI/LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's H1N1 pandemic flu shot may put adults at higher risk of developing narcolepsy, not only children as previous studies found, Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare said on Thursday. Growing...Tags: Swine Flu, Vaccines, Flu Vaccine, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention
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Elan rejects Royalty's $6.4 billion raised offer
ReutersDUBLIN (Reuters) - Elan rejected Royalty Pharma's increased $6.4 billion bid on Thursday, shortly after the U.S. firm cut the acceptance bar for its latest offer to 50 percent plus one share. Royalty raised its hostile cash bid to $12.50 per share on...Tags: Biogen Idec Incorporated, Humira (drug), Rheumatoid Arthritis, Theravance Incorporated, Multiple Sclerosis
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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Government, White House, Michael Chertoff, U.S. Department of Defense
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Immune system cancer drugs tipped to be a $35 bln market
Reuters* Potential sales of $35 bln a year over next 10 years - Citigroup * Immunotherapy may be used in up to 60 percent of cancers * Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche both upgraded to "buy" By Ben Hirschler LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - A new wave of medicines...Tags: Chemotherapy, Citigroup Incorporated, AstraZeneca Plc, Medical Research, Food and Drug Administration
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Immune system cancer drugs tipped to be a $35 billion market
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year. That bullish sales forecast by analysts at U.S. bank...Tags: Chemotherapy, Citigroup Incorporated, AstraZeneca Plc, Medical Research, Food and Drug Administration
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U.S. government taps GlaxoSmithKline for new antibiotics
ReutersLONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. government has signed an antibiotics development deal worth up to $200 million with GlaxoSmithKline to tackle the dual threats of drug resistance and bioterrorism. The collaboration, the first of its kind between...Tags: Chemical Industry, Medical Specialization, Science and Technology, Science, Pharmaceuticals
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Inmunoterapia contra el cáncer podría ser un mercado de 35.000 mln dlrs anuales
ReutersPor Ben Hirschler LONDRES, 22 may (Reuters) - Una nueva ola de medicinas que emplea el poder del sistema inmunológico para luchar contra el cáncer podría convertirse en el mayor grupo de medicamentos de la historia, con ventas potenciales de 35.000...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, AstraZeneca Plc, Amgen Inc., Roche Holding AG
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Gobierno de EEUU firma acuerdo con GlaxoSmithKline para nuevos antibióticos
ReutersLONDRES, 22 mayo (Reuters) - El Gobierno de Estados Unidos firmó un acuerdo para desarrollo de antibióticos valorado en más de 200 millones de dólares con GlaxoSmithKline para enfrentar la doble amenaza de la resistencia a los fármacos y el... -
US high-yield issuers rush to market
ReutersBy Joy Ferguson and Rachelle Kakouris May 20 (IFR) - It's looking like another busy week for high-yield as issuers rush in ahead of the long Memorial Day weekend to take advantage of the current window for issuance at near-record low coupons. A total...Tags: Memorial Day, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Petroleum Industry, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Finance
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