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August 2008

August 1

ImClone Systems Issues Statement Senate, House Introduce Academic Detailing Bill to Provide Unbiased Drug Information to Doctors Senate, House Members Introduce Bill to Provide Doctors With Unbiased Information About Prescription Drugs Exercise in a Pill

August 4

Clopidogrel Cleared for Marketing in Germany – Higher Administrative Court in Münster Backs the Immediate Execution of Approval Verispan: Merck Advances to No. 1 with Managed Care Executives inVentiv Health to Acquire Patient Marketing Group ImClone Systems Issues Statement

August 5

FDA Announces Improved Policies Regarding Transparency, Public Disclosure for Advisory Committees Pharmacopeia Announces Further Reductions to Workforce Psychiatrists Shift Away From Providing Psychotherapy MDRNA, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Additional Corporate Restructuring Valens Pharma Announces Next Steps

August 6

MedicinesRegulator Gives Go-Ahead For First Ever Oral Antibiotic to Be Made Available Without Prescription to Treat Chlamydia Lilly Sells its Greenfield, Indiana, Operations to Covance; Expands Existing Collaboration Between the Two Companies Actavis Gets Go-Ahead for First Ever Oral Antibiotic Without Prescription in the UK – Clamelle to treat Chlamydia UK Physicians Fear New Revalidation Procedures Will Reduce Morale, Decrease Time with Patients and Belittle GP Professionalism, According to New TNS Healthcare Research Covance and Lilly Enter Into a Strategic R&D Collaboration Publicis Groupe to Acquire Performics Search Marketing Business

August 7

GPC Biotech Reports that Celgene to Terminate Co-Development and License Agreement for Satraplatin King Pharmaceuticals Reports Second-Quarter 2008 Financial Results New Podcast Series from Abbott for People Living with Crohn's Disease Spiriva, Micardis and Flomax - Boehringer Ingelheim`s Highly Successful Products Show Good Growth Novartis Begins Shipment to US of Fluvirin Influenza Virus Vaccine With Three New Strains for the 2008-2009 Influenza Season Bayer Acquires Preclinical Anti-Cancer Program From Nycomed

August 8

SEC Settles Civil Injunctive Action Against Former Executive of Massachusetts Public Company Gov. Patrick Should Veto the 'Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct' Provision in S. 2863 i3 Statprobe Selected to Assume Bulk of Lilly's U.S. Data Management Work

August 10

FDA MedWatch - Simvastatin Used With Amiodarone - Risk of Rhabdomyolysis When Simvastatin is Used With Amiodarone Enrollment in Phase IIb Clinical Trial for I-vation TA (MK-0140) Suspended Pending Review of Study Design by Merck & Co., Inc.

August 11

Do-it-Yourself Botox, Not a Good Idea

August 12

Schering-Plough Expands Its Presence in China, Enters Next Stage of Development Proton Pump Inhibitors Increase Risk of Bone Fractures Lipid Sciences Engages Rodman & Renshaw to Explore Strategic Options

August 13

Prime Therapeutics Releases Annual Drug Trend Insights Report Talecris Enters into Definitive Merger Agreement with CSL Genentech Special Committee of Independent Directors Responds to Roche Proposal Shire Announces Holding of 81% in Jerini AG and Publication of Offer Document European Medicines Agency Update on Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) and Tysabri

August 14

PAREXEL Closes the Acquisition of ClinPhone

August 15

Meda Acquires Product Portfolio from Roche Cytos Biotechnology and Pfizer Enter Into a Research, Option and License Agreement for Certain Novel Vaccines for a Defined Number of Human Diseases

August 18

Nycomed: Moving Ahead – Strong Results in Second Quarter 2008 SymBio Pharmaceuticals and Eisai Sign License Agreement for bendamustine hydrochloride (SyB L-0501) Forbes Medi-Tech Announces Sale of Pharmaceutical Assets FDA Updates the Information for Healthcare Professionals Sheet for Byetta (exenatide)

August 19

Video: Asmanex Twisthaler 110 MCG (Mometasone Furoate Inhalation Powder) is Now Available Nationwide for the Maintenance Treatment of Asthma in Children Ages 4 to 11 Tadalafil Shows Promise for Relief of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Associated With BPH

August 20

Bristol-Myers Squibb and PDL BioPharma Enter Global Alliance to Develop Novel Treatment for Multiple Myeloma Amylin Pharmaceuticals Diabetes Drug Byetta the Focus of California Lawsuit Lilly Announces Completion of SGX Acquisition

August 21

Vidaza Receives Expanded FDA Approval to Include Overall Survival in Higher-Risk MDS FDA Requires Additional Information on Doribax for Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Segal Survey Predicts Continued Declines in All Trends -- Rx Trend Drops to Single Digits

August 22

FDA Issues Early Communication About Ongoing Safety Review of Vytorin, Zocor and Zetia King Proposes Acquisition of Alpharma for $33 Per Share in Cash Proteome Systems Strengthens Focus on Diagnostics and Exits Therapeutics Business Economic Conditions Forcing Marketers To Reduce Advertising Budgets, According To ANA Survey

August 25

FDA Approves Aloxi (Palonosetron HCl) Capsules for Prevention of Acute Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting PAREXEL Data Indicate U.S. Marketing Applications for New Molecular Entities Bounce Back Patients Taking Cymbalta Experienced Reduced Chronic Low Back Pain in New Study Noven Provides Update on Daytrana Methylphenidate Transdermal System PDX Partners With Google Health to Make Prescription Data Available to Patients Manhattan Research Announces Top 10 Product Sites Visited by Physicians FDA Updates the Information for Healthcare Professionals Sheet for Tysabri (natalizumab)

August 26

AHF Blasts GlaxoSmithKline Print Ads That Promote Fear of HIV Treatment Stanford Medical School Severely Restricts Industry Funding of Continuing Education for Physicians

August 27

Tel-Aviv Court Rules in Favor of Sun Pharmaceutical; No Special Tender Offer Necessary in Taro Offer Gleevec Receives FDA Priority Review as First Therapy to Reduce Recurrence of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors After Surgery Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly Provide Context for FDA Alert for Byetta Cell Genesys Halts VITAL-2 GVAX Trial in Advanced Prostate Cancer NICE Final Guidance Recommends Lucentis As Cost-Effective Treatment for Wet AMD

August 28

UCB Launches SHAPE, Focusing on its Biopharma Specialist Efforts, and Intends to Reduce its World-wide Workforce Replidyne Announces Restructuring of Operations GlaxoSmithKline and Valeant Pharmaceuticals Announce Worldwide Collaboration Agreement for Retigabine

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