Friends strike medicine fund deal
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A man suffering from a brain tumour strikes a funding deal with a friend in a bid to prolong his life.
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The two founders of the Pilgrim-Baxter mutual fund family have agreed to pay &#36;80 million each to settle regulators' charges of improper trading of their funds to benefit themselves and friends at the expense of longer-term shareholders, the authorities announced Wednesday.
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Colosso farmaceutico ha raggiunto accordo con fisco
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Â·  Remedy 'promoted like a religion' by charityÂ·  Patients paying Â£19,000 a year for unproven product
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Groups representing most facets of the nation's health care system are lining up in support of a large spending increase for a popular children's insurance program.
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More than 3,000 former users of Merck & Co's  withdrawn Vioxx pain drug have already signed up to take part in a $4.85 billion settlement deal that a federal judge on Friday declared was in the best interests of both sides.
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There are two ways to judge the recent health agreement reached among the federal government, the provinces and the territories. One is on substance: A fair analysis suggests the funding agreement will improve
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Health-care providers and pundits are applauding the medicare deal while trying to figure out who will get what. The deal, announced early yesterday, will see $18 billion over six years flowing to the provinces
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A potential treatment for fibromyalgia sent shares close to $17 today.
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By Sabine Vollmer, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 17--Adding a treatment for pink eye to its lineup of promising medicines could cost Inspire Pharmaceuticals $32 million in upfront and milestone payments.
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A group of private investors that could include a founder of Biomet Inc. has offered $10.9 billion for the Warsaw, Ind.-based maker of orthopedic products as they seek to capitalize on baby boomers who want to turn back the clock.
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Senate and House negotiators from both parties reached a final deal yesterday on an expansion of a health insurance program for the children of the working poor, just a day after President Bush vowed to veto it.
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Cambridge cancer drug maker Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. signed a major deal with Merck &amp; Co. Inc. yesterday in which the global pharmaceutical giant will pay $75 million to collaborate on developing and selling Ariad's experimental drug to treat sarcomas, a type of tumor that attacks fat, muscle, and bone.
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Two of the UK's largest life insurers, Friends Provident and Resolution, agree to merge in a deal worth Â£8bn.
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A partnership deal has investors in the small specialty pharma excited.
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British life insurers Resolution   and Friends Provident  confirmed on Monday that they are  in advanced merger discussions that could lead to the creation  of a group worth over 8 billion pounds ($16.4 billion).
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Two fierce rivals will stand together in Washington and agree on a series of goals for achieving universal health coverage, according to people briefed on the matter.