World Pharma News Digest - 25.02.2008

World Pharma News Digest - 25.02.2008

Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health (NVGH) is the first
institute with nonprofit mission
Novartis announced the opening of a new research institute in Siena
with a nonprofit mission to exclusively focus on the development of
vaccines for diseases of the developing world. The Novartis Vaccines
Institute for Global Health (NVGH) is the first institute of its kind
to be set up by a major vaccine manufacturer.
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Nycomed creates a leading specialty pharmaceutical player in
dermatology
Nycomed successfully completed the acquisition of
BradleyPharmaceuticals, a company focused on niche therapeutic markets
in the United States. Bradley will be integrated into the US specialty
business Nycomed US. The acquisition makes Nycomed US a leader in the
US dermatology market, with combined annualised dermatology sales of
$450 million.
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AstraZeneca To Appeal Judgment In Alabama Medical Pricing Case
AstraZeneca today announced it intends to seek reconsideration or
reversal of a verdict in the Montgomery County Circuit Court awarding
$40 million in compensatory damages and $175 million in punitive
damages for alleged false and misleading reporting of prices for drugs
reimbursed by the Alabama State Medicaid Agency in the US.
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FDA Licenses New Hemophilia Treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration licensed a treatment for
hemophilia A, a rare, hereditary blood-clotting disorder that affects
approximately 15,000 individuals, almost exclusively males, in the
United States.
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Shire plc accelerating new product sales drive revenue growth of 36%
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY) the global specialty
biopharmaceutical company announces results for the twelve months to
December 31, 2007 - a year which has seen significant growth in
launched products.
Financial Highlights, 2007 Full Year:
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Thomson Healthcare Online Treatment Tools Mark Milestone
More than one million people have used Thomson Healthcare (NYSE: TOC;
TSX: TOC) Profiler treatment option tools to help make treatment
decisions for cancer, heart disease and lung disease. "When you
consider more than 20 million people are diagnosed with cancer, heart
disease or lung disease each year, this is not the kind of milestone
one celebrates," said Alicia Moffat, Thomson Healthcare's vice
president of Web operations.
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Proposed US Biogenerics Legislation Is Flawed : Bio Job Blog
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The New England Journal of Medicine - Aprotinin during Coronary-Artery
Bypass Grafting and Risk of Death
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Bayer Responds to Trasylol Studies
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Mark & Associates, P.C. Applauds CBS for Exposing the Tragedy
Surrounding Bayer's Trasylol
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Nycomed creates a leading specialty pharmaceutical player in
dermatology
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Lilly CEO on Ben Franklin & the Future of Drug Sales Reps
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Pharmalot Pfizer Seeks Confidential Medical Journal Files
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AstraZeneca To Appeal Judgment In Alabama Medical Pricing Case
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FDA Licenses New Hemophilia Treatment
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Shire plc accelerating new product sales drive revenue growth of 36%
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