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Newly Published Study Results Showed That Two Mealtime Insulin Dosing Algorithms Were Effective...

medicalnewstoday.com     Jul 23, 2008   5 related          

Results from the "Adjust to Target in Type 2 Diabetes: Comparison of a Simple Algorithm to Carbohydrate Counting for Adjustment of Mealtime Insulin Glulisine" study, were published in the American Diabetes Association's (ADA)...                    

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Drug Money

portfolio.com     Jul 22, 2008   4 related          

Trevor Foltz was six months old last fall, fresh off a visit to Disney World in Orlando, when the spasms first began. Healthy until that point in his life, he began thrusting backward in his car seat, repeatedly and forcefully,...                    

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Topamax Linked to Cleft Palate, Other Birth Defects

newsinferno.com     Jul 22, 2008   29 related          

A new study has found evidence that children born to epileptic women taking Topamax might be at a higher risk of developing birth defect. Though the study, published this month in the journal “Neurology”, looked only at...                    

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A bigger dose: Why generic drug producers are bulking up (Financial Times)

yahoo.com     Jul 22, 2008   3 related          

By Andrew Jack From his headquarters just outside Tel Aviv, Shlomo Yanai, a former top general in the Israeli Defence Force, is plotting the next stage in his commercial career: a campaign to reinforce his company Teva's...                    

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Roche offers to buy out Genentech (Reuters)

yahoo.com     Jul 21, 2008   33 related          

BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding ROG.VX offered to acquire all outstanding shares in its U.S. partner Genentech DNA.N for $43.7 billion (21.9 billion pounds) in cash to reinforce its position in...                    

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Citigroup results buoy Asian markets [at Financial Times] (Financial Times)

yahoo.com     Jul 21, 2008   4 related          

By Andrew Wood in Hong Kong Asia Pacific shares on Monday benefited from the announcement by the biggest US bank, Citigroup , of smaller-than-expected losses last week. Financial stocks rose and raw material producers also...                    

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Pharma cos record 26% growth in profits, sales up by 17% during 2007-08

pharmiweb.co.uk     Jul 21, 2008   192 related          

Sanjay Pingle, Mumbai The top 75 pharmaceutical companies in India have reported impressive growth in sales and profits during the year ended March 2008 despite adverse market conditions in the domestic and international...                    

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Primary Health Care to sell Symbion consumer business unit to Sanofi-Aventis for A$560 Mln - Update

rttnews.com     Jul 21, 2008   7 related          

Australia-based Primary Health Care Ltd. said late Sunday that it has agreed to sell the consumer business of Symbion Health, which it acquired earlier this year, to a subsidiary of French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis S.A.(SNY)...                    

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Cocktail Drugs

expressindia.com     Jul 21, 2008   1 related          

Medical researchers are moving closer to affordable, multiple-target, fixed combination polypills for prevention and cure of cardiovascular disease, HIV, malaria and tuberculosis (TB). Says Amar Lulla, joint managing director,...                    

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Board of Czech drugs maker Zentiva recommends shareholders reject Sanofi Aventis' bid

iht.com     Jul 18, 2008   28 related          

The board of Czech generic drugs maker Zentiva N.V. said Friday it has recommended that its shareholders reject a takeover offer from French pharmaceuticals maker Sanofi-Aventis SA. On July 11, Sanofi-Aventis, which already...                    

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