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Bausch Buy Will Speed Drug Firm's Reshuffling Brett Carlsen for The Wall Street Journal. Bausch had $ 4.2 billion in debt. But blockbusters from Forest Labs's antidepressant Lexapro to Cephalon's narcolepsy treatment Provigil have been losing U.S. patent protection, exposing them to generic … Full News here – Read more on Wall Street Journal

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US FDA grants orphan drug status to Stemline Therapeutics' SL-401 to treat … BPDCN proliferation in the bone marrow results in decreased blood cell counts, which can lead to serious infections, anemia, bleeding, and invariably death. Although BPDCN can be controlled for brief periods with standard chemotherapy, including … Full News here – Read more [...]

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Prescription Drug Abuse Often Starts Early “That involved hydrocodone, niacin, tramadol, everything from Aleve to migraine headache medicines,” he said. “We've had several cases where we've just identified them in our system as 'unknown pill.' We couldn't make positive identification.” … Full News here – Read more on Patch.com

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Adverse Reactions and Death Prompt Recall For Anemia Drug Waxahachie, TX (Law Firm Newswire) May 6, 2013 – The FDA has issued a recall for anemia drug Omontys. Omontys has been recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Doctors and their patients have indicated that some individuals have … Full News here – [...]

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New Asthma drug in testing phase An experimental Asthma drug shows promise, but is a long way away from your local pharmacy. In a three month trial, the drug decreased the number of Asthma attacks and other symptoms by 87% in adults who didn't get enough relief from other medications … Full News here – [...]

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New Asthma Drug Could Be Game Changer Dupilumab, developed by Sanofi (SNY) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), reduced asthma attacks by 87% in a 12-week, 104-patient study of the injectable treatment. A physician involved in the trial called the preliminary results, “the most exciting … Full News here – Read more on Investorplace.com

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EMA Panel Recommends Approval of Erectile Dysfunction Drug – Medscape The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting marketing authorization for Spedra (Vivus BV) for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in men. The active ingredient in Spedra is the … Full News here – Read more on Medscape

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Pfizer turns to Internet to sell erectile dysfunction drug Viagra Pfizer has taken the unusual step of selling its erectile dysfunction drug, Viagra, to consumers on its website, in an effort to establish a presence in the huge online market for the popular blue pill, considered to be one of the most counterfeited … Full [...]

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Two women facing drug charges after Elsmere traffic stop In the same bag was an unmarked container with 27 oxycodone pills in it, along with two Tramadol pills and eight methadone pills. Mitchell also found in the car a fast food plastic container containing chicken under which was one bag of heroin, Smith said. Full [...]

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Rock-It Man male sexual performance drug recalled Hydroxythiohomosildenafil is an analogue of sildenafil and is close in structure to sildenafil and is expected to possess a similar pharmacological and adverse event profile. Sildenafil is the active pharmaceutical ingredient in a FDA approved drug … Full News here – Read more on Norwalk Reflector

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Merck, Pfizer team up to develop diabetes drug They will also study the drug combination pills that combine ertugliflozin with Merck's drug Januvia and a combination of ertugliflozin and metformin, an older diabetes drug. Merck said it paid Pfizer $ 60 million upfront and could make additional … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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Drug interactions can be life-threatening Q: I have been diagnosed with serotonin syndrome brought on by a drug interaction between Cymbalta, gabapentin, tramadol and a low dose of Prozac. It caused me a lot of problems, including agitation, dizziness, muscle spasms and joint pain so bad my … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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Cut prescription (and OTC) drug costs One example is generic Lexapro (20 milligrams, 30 count) which was $ 7 at Costco but carries a typical $ 10 insurance co-pay. You don't have to be a Costco member to fill a prescription, but if you join for $ 55 — you'll probably save enough on one [...]

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Lundbeck launches alcohol dependence drug Selincro in heavy-drinking countries Danish drugmaker Lundbeck has been suffering a severe hangover after losing patent protection last year on the blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro. It was forced to whack jobs, and its financial outlook, as sales went into a tailspin. It now hopes to … Full News here – Read [...]

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Amgen To Pay M To Escape Anemia Drug Kickback Suit Law360, New York (April 16, 2013, 6:50 PM ET) — Amgen Inc., which pled guilty in December to misbranding its Aranesp anemia drug, will pay $ 24.9 million to settle a whistleblower suit alleging it paid kickbacks to pharmacy providers to promote the … Full [...]

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