Schering's Low-Dose Yasmin Launch Seen in 2005
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German drugmaker Schering expects a  U.S. launch for a low-dose form of its key contraceptive drug  Yasmin in the second half of next year, its head said on  Wednesday.
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The anti-industry crusader targets pharmaceuticals.
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NEW YORK  - The oral contraceptive Yasmin, plus a low-dose of the diuretic spironolactone, is a safe and effective treatment for women with severe facial acne, according to the findings of a small study.
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Dec. 13 - An Australian company says they&#39;ve developed a fat burning pill that is proving to be successful. Australian biotech group Metabolic Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
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Merck and Schering-Plough get together again.
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DUBLIN/NEW YORK  - Patients taking an experimental  multiple sclerosis drug developed by Biogen Idec Inc. BIIB.O  and Elan Corp. ELN.I experienced far fewer relapses in a  clinical trial, data that analysts say could give the drug a  dominant market position.
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An experimental antibody drug being developed by Danish biotech company Genmab and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline Plc confirmed its promise as a rheumatoid arthritis treatment on Friday.
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Merrill Lynch downgraded Chiron (nasdaq: CHIR - news - people ) to &quot;sell&quot; from &quot;neutral&quot; after news reports indicated a flu vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline (nyse: GSK - news - people ) could be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as early as
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Piper Jaffray maintained an &quot;outperform&quot; rating and $70 target price on Genzyme (nasdaq: GENZ - news - people ), citing the FDA&#39;s approval of Clolar for the treatment of pediatric acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in patients between 1 and 21 years who
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Faced with weak development pipelines that are putting a drag on stock prices, drug manufacturers are retooling the decades-old system of clinical trials to make it faster and cheaper.
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A bird flu vaccine for humans that uses  only a very low dose of active ingredient has proved effective  in clinical tests and could be available in 2007, its maker  GlaxoSmithKline Plc  said on Wednesday.
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German drug maker Schering, recently acquired by pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant Bayer, has said that it was teaming up with British drug giant AstraZeneca to develop a new treatment against breast cancer.
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Shares of ViroPharma (VPHM:Nasdaq - news - research) were among the best-performing health and pharmaceutical stocks Monday after Schering-Plough (SGP:NYSE - news - research) said it would pay $10 million to license ViroPharma&#39;s cold drug.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved Clolar, Genzyme Corp.&#39;s new drug for patients under 21 with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
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Wyeth launches a generic version of its own drug.
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A once-a-day pill to reduce the symptoms of hayfever will be launched in the UK early next year.
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Whitehouse Station-based Merck is joining with a company that last year began small-scale testing of a nasal spray drug designed to make the stomach feel full faster.