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New hope for failed obesity drug 6:36 AM 1/7/2009
Boston Globe - United States
Research showed obese mice lost weight when given a combination of leptin and a second drug for enzyme deficiencies. Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc acquired rights to leptin in 2006. It wasn't involved in the study. ...

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Buys Nutrition & Sante, Expands in France 5:21 PM 1/6/2009
Bloomberg - USA
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co agreed to buy French health-foods maker Nutrition & Sante which sells weight-loss formulas and organic foods. ...

BioMarin in pact with La Jolla for lupus drug 4:11 PM 1/6/2009
Reuters - USA
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc entered into an agreement with La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co to co-develop and market La Jolla's experimental lupus drug Riquent. ...

Warner Chilcott licenses Dong-A ED drug 2:21 PM 1/6/2009
Forbes - NY,USA
Warner Chilcott Ltd licensed US rights to an erectile dysfunction drug candidate from South Korea's Dong-A PharmTech Co. The name is competely coincidental. ...

Dream Stocks for Biotech Investors 1:11 PM 1/6/2009
Motley Fool - USA
Teva Pharmaceuticals, Mylan, ViroPharma, Celgene. ...

Pfizer: US ruling maintains Lipitor patent term 12:32 PM 1/6/2009
The Associated Press
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office will accept Pfizer's application to correct a technical defect in one of the patents involving cholesterol drug Lipitor (atorvastatin) maintaining the patent's June 2011 expiration date. ...

Boston Sci buys drug-eluting stent firm 10:01 AM 1/6/2009
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Boston Scientific's deal to buy privately-held Labcoat will give it technology that helps patients heal quickly after receiving a drug-coated stent. ...

Biotech buyout spree ahead as values crumble 9:01 AM 1/6/2009
FierceBiotech - Washington,DC,USA
Buying a biotech company looks easier and less expensive than structuring complicated licensing pacts. ...

Teva settles MassHealth fraud lawsuit 5:03 AM 1/6/2009
Boston Globe - United States
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' US unit and Ivax Corp subsidiary paid $7 million to settle a suit claiming illegally inflated prices were passed to Massachusetts' Medicaid program. ...

Endo Shifts Gears With Indevus 4:46 PM 1/5/2009
Forbes - NY,USA
Endo Pharmaceuticals announced that it will be acquiring Indevus Pharmaceuticals in an effort to move away from the pain-management business. ...

Prism Pharmaceuticals arrythmia drug OK’d 1:36 PM 1/5/2009
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The US FDA approved a new drug application filed by Prism Pharmaceuticals for its Nexterone drug for severe abnormal heart rhythms. ...

Merck sells vaccine lab to PPD in research deal 8:32 AM 1/5/2009
Reuters - USA
Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) has purchased Merck's vaccine testing laboratory as part of a collaboration with the drugmaker. ...

Acura and King Pharmaceuticals file NDA for pain drug 7:11 AM 1/5/2009
Pharmaceutical Business Review - USA
Acura and King believe Acurox could be the first FDA approved immediate release opioid analgesic that would deter swallowing excess pills and other common methods of abuse. ...

Cytos Says Pfizer Takes Commercial Licenses For Some Vaccines 5:55 AM 1/5/2009
CNNMoney.com - USA
Cytos Biotechnology Ltd said Pfizer Inc has taken commercial licenses for specified vaccines based on Cytos' immunodrug technology. ...

Shareholders Seek to Spill Progen Board This Week, Review Says 5:22 AM 1/5/2009
Bloomberg - USA
Progen Pharmaceuticals Ltd shareholders will continue with a meeting to oust almost the entire board of the company. ...

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