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  • August 2007

    • Drug Giant Sues Red Cross Over ... Red Cross

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 9, 07 10:52 AM CDT

      Drug Giant Sues Red Cross Over ... Red Cross

      (Newser) - Pharmaceutical behemoth Johnson & Johnson has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the American Red Cross over its signature logo, the Wall Street Journal reports. The suit claims the humanitarian organization is violating the Johnson & Johnson trademark by licensing the signature red cross symbol to companies for use on products such as first aid kits. More »

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      lawsuit  • pharmaceutical companies  • Red Cross  • American Red Cross  • Johnson and Johnson  • logo  • Mark Everson

    • Generics Curb Rise in Drug Costs

      New York Times  |  Aug 8, 07 6:37 PM CDT

      Generics Curb Rise in Drug Costs

      (Newser) - Scores of prescription drugs are getting cheaper, as name-brand patents expire and open the door to generic imitators. That's bad news for pharmaceutical companies, the Times reports, but it means that an aging population ever more reliant on drugs will be paying as much as 80 percent less for them. More »

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      health  • drugs  • medicine  • pharmaceutical companies  • health care costs  • pharma  • generic drugs  • brands

  • July 2007

    • Birth Control Prices at US Colleges Skyrocket

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 26, 07 1:49 PM CDT

      Birth Control Prices at US Colleges Skyrocket

      (Newser) - Many college students may no longer be able to afford birth control come September, thanks to a 2006 bill that discourages drug companies from offering schools deep discounts on contraceptives. The change went into effect this year, but students will feel the crunch only now, as health centers that stocked up on cheap birth control run out, the Journal reports. More »

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      pregnancy  • college  • pharmaceutical companies  • college student  • birth control  • contraception  • condom  • sexual health  • STD  • birth control pills  • contraceptive patch

    • Drug Recall Hurts Poor HIV Patients

      New York Times  |  Jul 23, 07 5:00 PM CDT

      Drug Recall Hurts Poor HIV Patients

      (Newser) - In the wake of a drug recall by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, tens of thousands of AIDS patients in the developing world no longer have access to lifesaving medicine. Last month, Roche announced a recall of the drug Viracept, after finding a hazardous chemical in some batches. But in many countries, no cost-effective substitute is available. More »

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      health  • medicine  • pharmaceutical companies  • HIV  • medical costs  • drug recall

    • Merck News Gives Markets Shot in the Arm

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 23, 07 4:24 PM CDT

      Merck News Gives Markets Shot in the Arm

      (Newser) - Stocks rallied across the board today, after a number of major buyouts and earnings reports diverted traders' attentions from the foundering subprime market and an enervated dollar once again. The Dow was up 2.34 to 13943.42 after drug-maker Merck, a major component of the index, reported its best earnings since April, a far better result than expected. More »

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      stock market  • S&P 500  • Dow Jones Industrial Average  • Dow Jones  • pharmaceutical companies  • nasdaq

    • Americans Pop Happy Pills in Record Numbers

      CNN  |  Jul 9, 07 6:28 PM CDT

      Americans Pop Happy Pills in Record Numbers

      (Newser) - Antidepressants are America's most prescribed drugs, according to a new CDC report, clocking in more scripts than meds for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or asthma. Prescriptions for antidepressants rose 48% between 1995 and 2002, accounting for 118 million of the 2.4 billion drugs prescribed in 2005. More »

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      medicine  • doctor  • depression  • blood pressure  • prescription drugs  • pharmaceutical companies  • antidepressant  • CDC  • government study

    • Feds OK Alzheimer's Skin Patch

      Associated Press  |  Jul 9, 07 4:58 PM CDT

      Feds OK Alzheimer's Skin Patch

      (Newser) - A patch to treat symptoms of Alzheimer's disease cleared its final federal hurdle today, offering new hope to patients with the memory-sapping disorder—and the caretakers who worry about whether they're taking their meds. Exelon, which treats mild to moderate dementia, enters the bloodstream directly, regulating dosage and reducing the side effects associated with the medication in capsule form. More »

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      FDA  • Alzheimer's  • pharmaceutical companies  • dementia  • drug companies  • Novartis

  • May 2007

    • Drug Company Nemesis Strikes Again

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 22, 07 1:32 PM CDT

      Drug Company Nemesis Strikes Again

      (Newser) - The doctor who helped to raise concerns about the painkiller Vioxx is back—with the study released earlier this week linking the same company's popular diabetes drug, Avandia, to higher risk of heart attacks. The Wall Street Journal looks at 58-year-old cardiologist Steven Nissen's role in identifying and publicizing drug risks. More »

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      drugs  • medicine  • FDA  • diabetes  • pharmaceutical companies  • GlaxoSmithKline  • Avandia  • Vioxx

    • Diabetes Drug Ups Heart Risk

      Associated Press  |  May 21, 07 3:15 PM CDT

      Diabetes Drug Ups Heart Risk

      (Newser) - A popular diabetes drug may increase heart attack risks, a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes. Patients who took Avandia, which treats Type 2 diabetes, were 43% more likely to have a heart attack than those who took a placebo, the Cleveland Clinic study found. More »

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      health  • medicine  • FDA  • medical research  • diabetes  • heart attack  • pharmaceutical companies  • GlaxoSmithKline  • Avandia  • pharma

    • Psych Drugs Drove Kid Crazy

      Salon  |  May 18, 07 9:44 PM CDT

      Psych Drugs Drove Kid Crazy

      (Newser) - The careless prescription of anti-psychotic drugs, often by psychiatrists who draw pay checks from the companies who make them, has drawn attention in the New York Times recently. Now Ann Bauer, writing in Salon , draws an intimate portrait of the effects of such carelessness on one autistic teenager, who turned from shy chess nerd to psychotic bruiser. More »

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      health  • drugs  • medicine  • doctor  • pharmaceutical companies  • drug companies  • psychiatry  • schizophrenia  • pharma  • antipsychotic drugs

    • Big Pharma Loses Generic Drug Fight

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 17, 07 10:23 AM CDT

      Big Pharma Loses Generic Drug Fight

      (Newser) - Congress and the White House have agreed to give developing nations more access to affordable generic drugs by easing some patent enforcement rules. Tucked into a broader trade agreement passed last week, the provision is the first blow to American pharmaceutical companies since the Democrats won control of Congress, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      health  • drugs  • health care  • medicine  • prescription drugs  • pharmaceutical companies  • Medicare  • pharma

    • Doctors Paid Millions To Use Anemia Drugs

      New York Times  |  May 9, 07 8:34 AM CDT

      (Newser) - Doctors are paid millions of dollars by drug companies to give their patients anemia medicine which regulators now say may be dangerous. Spurred by competiton between several similar drugs, companies reward doctors with rebates, which allow them to make a significant profit, the New York Times reports. More »

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      health  • medicine  • FDA  • doctor  • safety  • pharmaceutical companies  • Medicare  • drug companies  • Johnson and Johnson  • Amgen  • Anemia

  • April 2007

    • Pharmaceutical Farming Generates Hopes and Fears

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 30, 07 11:10 AM CDT

      Pharmaceutical Farming Generates Hopes and Fears

      (Newser) - The battle over genetic modification has a new player: "pharming," or pharmaceutical farming, which uses genetically modified plants to mass-produce drug compounds relatively inexpensively. By altering common plants—for instance, tobacco, which can be engineered to produce an HIV drug—researchers say pharming could transform the treatment of illnesses that primarily affect third-world countries. More »

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      health  • food  • medicine  • genetics  • pharmaceutical companies  • plants  • genetically modified crops

    • Vaccine May Not Prevent Cervical Cancer

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 16, 07 8:43 AM CDT

      Vaccine May Not Prevent Cervical Cancer

      (Newser) - Pharma behemoth Merck is defending what it touted as a miracle cervical-cancer vaccine against charges of ineffectiveness. Merck lobbied states to mandate Gardasil for young girls—Texas and Virginia did—and got a glowing endorsement from the CDC. But new studies show that it works only to prevent sexually-transmitted HPV, a cause of cancerous cervical growths, not the cancer itself. More »

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      health  • cancer  • pharmaceutical companies  • vaccine  • Merck  • CDC  • cervical cancer  • HPV  • STD  • pharma  • cancer vaccine  • Gardasil

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