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Consolidation wave poised to hit state's health care services, biopharma sectors
Like a one-two punch, two major Maryland employers in the health care service and pharmaceutical industries were the targets last week of multibillion-dollar acquisition deals. Both homegrown companies — Human Genome Sciences Inc. and Catalyst...Tags: Chemical Industry, Stock Market, Montgomery (Kane, Illinois), Lupus, Constellation Energy Group
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Group backs HPV shot recommendation for boys
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys 11 years and up should get Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine to protect them against HPV infections, which can cause genital warts as well as oral, penile and anal cancers, the nation's largest group of pediatricians said...Tags: HPV Vaccine, Human papillomavirus, Chemical Industry, Medical Specialization, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Women on the Pill have less menstrual pain
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young women on birth control pills tend to have less painful menstrual periods than those not on the contraceptives, a new study finds. Swedish researchers found that of 2,100 women followed from age 19 to 24, those on the...Tags: Trials, Medical Research, Health Treatments, Symptoms, Vitamin B1
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Human Genome Sciences rebuffs $2.6 billion offer from GlaxoSmithKline
Shares of Human Genome Sciences doubled in Thursday morning trading on news that a major British biopharmaceutical company offered to buy it for $2.6 billion, which the Rockville company rejected as too low. Human Genome, which uses the human DNA...Tags: Chemical Industry, Anthrax, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Stock Market, Diabetes
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SEC accuses Stiefel Laboratories of defrauding employee shareholders
Money & CompanyThe Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Stiefel Laboratories, a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline, and the subsidiary’s former chief executive of defrauding employees and other shareholders by buying back the company’s private stock... -
Health care non-profits invited to bid for bucks
HealthDoes your health care non-profit have an impact on the community? GlaxoSmithKline wants to know. The pharmaceutical company is holding its 16th annual IMPACT awards to recognize community-based nonprofits that provide access to healthcare for the... -
The Morning Fix: '21 Jump Street' cleans up! O'Donnell hits road.
Company Town21 Jump Street finishes on top of the box office. James Murdoch exits another board. Rosie O'Donnell hits the road.... -
IUDs almost halve risk of cervical cancer: study
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Contrary to popular belief, intrauterine contraceptive devices might actually protect women against developing cervical cancer even though they don't stop the infection that commonly leads to the disease, according to the results of...Tags: Oncology, Medical Research, Medical Specialization, Health Treatments, Immune System
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