Earnings for drug maker’s fourth quarter are flat.
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Drug developer Merrimack grabs $65M; Lung device maker Spiration gets $13.4M; Treating colon cancer with Celebrex.
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A study claims Celebrex should not receive preferential treatment over Vioxx.
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A new study concludes that Celebrex is no safer than similar drugs that have been pulled from the market.
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As big pharma’s blockbuster business model falters, personalized drugs start to gain traction.
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A new study suggests that a chemical relation to Pfizer’s COX-2 inhibitor could become a treatment for multiple myeloma.
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Merck’s market cap tumbles $5.17 billion after a jury awards $253 million in the first case focused on the painkiller.
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Remicade takes on Enbrel; legislation for child drug research; Pfizer’s Celebrex gets pickings from Bextra; new South African AIDS figures.
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Scios’ Natrecor and Novartis’ Trileptal are the latest to raise red flags over safety concerns.
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Pfizer says it disagrees with regulators, but will withdraw Bextra and re-label Celebrex on concerns about COX-2 drugs.
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