News tagged with pfizer
Pfizer lung cancer drug promising in early tests
(AP) -- It's way too soon to declare success, but an experimental drug for lung cancer patients with a certain gene showed extraordinary promise in early testing, doctors reported at a cancer conference on Saturday.
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Ghostwritten articles overstate benefits of hormone replacement therapy and downplay harms
The first academic analysis of the 1500 documents unsealed in recent litigation against the pharmaceutical giant Wyeth (now part of Pfizer) reveals unprecedented insights into how pharmaceutical companies use ghostwriters ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Viagra developer Furchgott dead at 92: report
Robert Furchgott, a Nobel prize-winning pharmacologist whose work with the gas nitric oxide helped develop the anti-impotency drug Viagra, has died at the age of 92, The New York Times reported Sunday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 24, 2009 |
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Patients with lower urinary tract symptoms more likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome
Researchers have determined that individuals with mild to severe symptoms of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are more likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome (MetS), a collection of cardiovascular risk factors thought ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Slovenia to launch generic version of Viagra
Krka, the biggest drugmaker in Slovenia, said Friday that its generic version of the impotency drug Viagra would be launched in September and priced 30 percent cheaper than the original.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Cancer wins may be bigger than they seem
(AP) -- Doctors reported gains against nearly every form of cancer at a conference that ended this week. Yet when Will Thomas heard about an advance against prostate cancer, he wanted to know just one thing: "Is it a cure?"
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Alzheimer's advances show need for better drugs
Scientists are reporting advances in detecting and predicting Alzheimer's disease at a conference in Honolulu this week, plus more proof that getting enough exercise and vitamin D may lower your risk.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Combination vaccine developed for smallpox and anthrax
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new combination vaccine against both smallpox and anthrax has been tested in animal studies and found to be more effective against anthrax than the Emergent BioSolutions Inc. vaccine currently ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Pfizer will stop selling poultry-pumping drug: US
The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will voluntarily suspend US sales of a poultry-pumping additive after studies showed it can leave traces of arsenic in chicken livers, the US government said on Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Studies: Drug, device help treat heart failure
(AP) -- Millions of people with mild or moderate heart failure got good news Sunday, with studies showing a Pfizer drug and a device from Medtronic can boost survival and cut trips to the hospital by patients having trouble ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 14, 2010 |
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Pfizer gets EU approval for kids' cholesterol drug
(AP) -- The European Union has approved a new chewable form of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor for children 10 and up with high levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides, a type of blood fat, Pfizer said Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Pfizer
Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America).
Pfizer's shares were made a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on April 8, 2004.
On January 26, 2009, Pfizer agreed to buy pharmaceutical giant Wyeth for US$68 billion, a deal financed with cash, shares and loans.
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