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March 2008
- FDA Probes Suicide Link to Asthma Drug
  
  newser | USA Today | Mar 28, 08 7:09 AM CDT
  
  The FDA has opened an investigation of anecdotal links between the popular asthma and allergy drug Singulair and suicidal thoughts. In the past year, manufacturer Merck has added warnings of several possible side effects of the pill related to the nervous system, including anxiety, depression, tremors, and suicidal thinking. The FDA says its review of the drug, which had sales of more than $4.3 billion last year, may take up to nine months. More »
  
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  FDA • suicide • Merck • asthma • allergy • Singulair
December 2007
- Big Pharma Faces Big Plunge
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Dec 6, 07 4:50 AM CST
  
  Patent protections on some of the pharmaceutical industry's best-selling drugs, like Lipitor, Plavix and Singulair, are due to expire in the next several years, and drug manufacturers have little in the pipeline to replace them. The drug companies will lose billions—as much as half their combined revenue—to generic competitors, triggering an unprecedented industry crisis, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
  
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  GlaxoSmithKline • Pfizer • pharmaceutical industry • Eli Lilly • Lipitor • drug manufacturer • Zocor • Merck and Co. • Zyprexa • Fosamax • Singulair • Plavix

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