Pfizer Drug Wins OK for Blood Infections
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Drug maker Pfizer Inc. PFE.N on  Tuesday said it won regulatory clearance to sell its  anti-fungus medicine Vfend to treat serious hospital-acquired  bloodstream infections.
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Roche Holding, the drug company, has received European Union approval for its colon cancer treatment Avastin.
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A Merck &amp; Co. Inc. drug received federal approval Friday to treat a slow-growing cancer that affects infection-fighting white blood cells. The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug, Zolinza, to treat advanced cases of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a rare cancer that's a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Roughly 20,000 Americans have the cancer, Merck said.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc  said on Friday that clinical trial results showed its top-seller Advair had an edge over Pfizer Inc's  rival product Spiriva in treating patients with the lung disease COPD.
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Merck & Co Inc. won U.S. approval  for a new drug to treat a rare and slow-growing skin cancer  called advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), health  officials said on Friday.
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Pfizer Inc , the world's  biggest drug maker, on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter  results that beat expectations, sending its shares higher in  premarket trading.
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A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that the  patent on the multibillion-dollar blood clot-preventing drug  Plavix is valid, handing a major victory to Bristol-Myers  Squibb Co.  and Sanofi-Aventis .
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Pfizer Inc.  said on Tuesday  that it had won a patent case over its Lipitor drug in an Irish  court, which ruled a patent protecting the blockbuster  cholesterol fighter would be infringed by a competing product  from India&#39;s Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.
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Pfizer Inc , the world's biggest drug maker, on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations, sending its shares higher in premarket trading.
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Pfizer Inc. , the world's largest drug company, on Wednesday said fourth-quarter earnings rose on strong sales of cholesterol treatment Lipitor and arthritis drug Celebrex.
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Pfizer Inc.  said on Tuesday that it had won a patent case over its Lipitor drug in an Irish court, which ruled a patent protecting the blockbuster cholesterol fighter would be infringed by a competing product from India's Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.
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Pfizer (PFE :NYSE - news - research) Monday said federal regulars have approved its atypical antipsychotic drug for new uses. Specifically, the drug, Geodon, was okayed for the treatment of acute bipolar mania including manic and mixed episodes.
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Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding Ag said on Monday that U.S. health regulators approved its Tamiflu influenza treatment at two lower doses for children in a form with a longer shelf life that could be an advantage for use in stockpiling against a flu pandemic.
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Tablets containing a combination of the blood pressure medication aliskiren and water pill hydrochlorothiazide have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration
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Pfizer Inc. said Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its medication for pain caused by nerve damage from diabetes or shingles.
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Pfizer Inc. PFE.N, the world's  largest drug company, on Wednesday said fourth-quarter earnings  rose on strong sales of cholesterol treatment Lipitor and  arthritis drug Celebrex.
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A New Orleans jury handed Merck &  Co.  a victory Wednesday in the latest federal Vioxx  product liability trial, finding that the drugmaker adequately  warned of the heart risks associated with the medicine.