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Pharma News: October 2007

October 1 Teva Announces Court of Appeals Denies Novartis' Emergency Motion on Generic Famvir
October 1 Eisai Announce Application to Appeal NICE Judicial Review Verdict
October 1 AstraZeneca Appoints Chief Financial Officer
October 1 Kissei and Eisai Sign a License Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Glufast, a Rapid-acting Insulin Secretagogue in China
October 1 Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation Announces Its Establishment
October 1 Roche Confirms Site Development Plans: Go-Ahead for Office High-Rise
October 1 Shire to Support Appeal Against Outcome of Judicial Review of NICE Guidance Which Denies Newly Diagnosed Patients with Mild Alzheimer's Disease Access to Drugs on the NHS
October 1 Bristol-Myers Squibb to Pay More Than $515 Million to Resolve Allegations of Illegal Drug Marketing and Pricing
October 1 Mylan Announces Extension of Tender Offers for Its 5.750% Senior Notes due 2010 and 6.375% Senior Notes due 2015
October 1 Amgen Provides Update on Late-Stage and Early-Stage Pipeline at UBS Global Life Sciences Conference
October 1 Addex Pharmaceuticals Announces ADX10061 Phase IIa Smoking Cessation Data
October 1 Daiichi Sankyo Quietly Grows While Other Pharmaceutical Firms Downsize
October 1 FivePrime Achieves Target Discovery Milestone With Boehringer Ingelheim
October 1 Chemizon Announces Research Collaboration Expansion With Takeda
October 1 GE and Lilly Announce Research Collaboration to Co-Develop Molecular In Vitro Diagnostics for Cancer Treatments
October 1 AmerisourceBergen Acquires Bellco Health for $190 Million
October 1 PDL BioPharma to Actively Seek Sale of Entire Company or Its Key Assets
October 2 Isis Earns $5 Million Milestone Payment From Ortho-McNeil, Inc. for Initiation of Phase 1 Study of ISIS 325568
October 2 FDA - MedWatch - Early Communication Issued Regarding Atrial Fibrillation With Oral And Intravenous Bisphosphonates
October 2 Isis Announces HSR Approval and Closure of Its Collaboration With Ortho-McNeil, Inc.
October 2 Mylan Completes Acquisition of Generics Business of Merck KGaA
October 2 Mylan Announces Appointment of Didier Barret as President, Europe, Middle East and Africa
October 2 Mylan Announces Appointment of John Montgomery as President, Asia Pacific
October 2 Mylan Appoints Rajiv Malik as Executive Vice President, Head of Global Technical Operations
October 2 Lilly's CEO Calls for Reform of Nation's Drug Safety System
October 3 Pediatric Asthma Programs With CyDex Captisol Technology Acquired by AstraZeneca
October 3 Watson Files Application for Generic FEMCON Fe
October 3 FDA Sends Letter to Lilly Over Cymbalta Mailer
October 3 Meretek Diagnostics and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. Announce Completion of Merger
October 3 Arsenal Capital Announces Sale of Priority Solutions to Thermo Fisher Scientific
October 3 Cangene Consolidating R&D Operations
October 3 FDA Acts to Ensure Thyroid Drugs Don’t Lose Potency Before Expiration Date
October 4 More than 40% of US Physicians Report Improved Services from Pharma, with Merck Rated Highest on Delivering Quality Sales and Service Experiences
October 4 Dr. Martin Mackay Named President of Pfizer Global Research and Development
October 4 Children's Aching Stomachs: New Research Finds Young Children are Increasingly Using Medications to Treat Gastrointestinal Ailments
October 4 Amgen to Postpone Indefinitely Its Plans for a Manufacturing Facility in Ireland
October 4 GSK Seeks Prequalification for Cervarix from the World Health Organization After Obtaining Marketing Approval in Europe
October 4 Announcement of the Launch of Geninax Tablet, an Oral New-Type Quinolone Antibacterial Agent, in Japan
October 4 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. Complies with Request from Health Canada to Withdraw Prexige (lumiracoxib) in Canada
October 4 Acorn Acquisition Corp Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Lumen Medical Inc.
October 4 FDA Announces Initiative to Bolster Generic Drug Program
October 4 FDA Seeks Nominations for Reagan-Udall Foundation
October 4 FDA Takes Next Step in Transformation of its Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
October 4 Bioject Announces Roche and Trimeris Update on the Use of Fuzeon with Biojector 2000
October 5 Lilly Announces Updates to the Zyprexa and Symbyax U.S. Labels
October 5 Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Acquires Haptogen Ltd. to Boost Biotechnology Drug Discovery
October 5 Mylan Settles Its First-to-File Opportunity on Levetiracetam with UCB
October 5 Avesthagen-CIPLA JV Acquires State of the Art Biological Company in Germany
October 5 Northbank Communications Joins College Hill
October 5 Navamedic ASA (NO) - Initiates a New Strategic Phase - Navamedic ASA Completes the Acquisition of Vitaflo Scandinavia AB
October 5 Aptivus (tipranavir) Capsules Granted Full Approval by the U.S. FDA
October 5 Merck Wins Product Liability Case in Florida Circuit Court
October 8 GlaxoSmithKline and Anacor Pharmaceuticals Form Alliance to Develop Systemic Antivirals and Antibiotics Based on Boron Chemistry
October 8 Mylan Inc. Subsidiary, Dey, L.P., Announces that Perforomist (Formoterol Fumarate) Inhalation Solution is Now Available for Maintenance Treatment of COPD
October 8 Shire Divests Non-Core Product Portfolio to Almirall
October 8 Asuragen Licenses Roche's Real-time Quantitative PCR Technology for Clinical Gene Expression Profiling
October 8 GlaxoSmithKline Appoints Andrew Witty CEO Designate
October 8 Bavarian Nordic Receives USD 50 Million Advance Payment from the U.S. Government for Fulfilling Contract Milestones
October 8 Almirall Acquires a Portfolio of Eight Products from Shire Plc for $213 Million
October 8 ICC Purchases UK Agency; Strengthens European Presence
October 9 EPO Rules European Nexium Process Patent Valid
October 9 NPS Sells Assets Related to mGluR Collaboration to AstraZeneca for $30 Million to Support Late-Stage Product Development
October 9 ForSight Labs Announces Acquisition of ForSight Newco II by QLT, Inc.
October 9 Biomax Informatics AG Licenses the BioRS Integration and Retrieval System to Boehringer Ingelheim
October 9 Lafley Tells Shareholders That 'P&G is Designed to Grow'
October 9 NPS Sells Assets Related to mGluR Collaboration to AstraZeneca for $30 Million to Support Late-Stage Product Development
October 9 Acusphere Statement
October 9 Global Access Project (GAP) Study Examining Patients' Cancer Care Experiences Featured in Journal CANCER
October 10 GlaxoSmithKline and Synta Pharmaceuticals Announce Development and Commercialization Collaboration for STA-4783 in Oncology
October 10 Bioenvision and Genzyme File Petition in Delaware Court
October 10 Health Care Merger and Acquisition Activity Strong in Third Quarter 2007, Year Already Second-Largest Ever in Health Care M&A According to New Report from Irving Levin Associates, Inc.
October 10 Medication Shows Promise as a Treatment for Alcohol Dependence
October 10 DARA BioSciences and Point Therapeutics Announce Merger Plans
October 10 Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Leader in Micro-Volume Spectrophotometers, NanoDrop Technologies
October 10 Iowa AG Sues 78 Drug Companies for Overcharging Iowa Medicaid
October 10 Sales of Etimicin Sulfate to Expand Nationwide as Government Restriction is Lifted
October 10 Taisho Revises Earnings Forecasts for FY2007 First Half and Full Year
October 10 Lupin Acquires in Japan
October 10 Delaware Court Approves Bioenvision, Genzyme Joint Petition
October 11 Karo Bio to Focus its Operations
October 11 Publicis Groupe Strengthens its Leadership in Digital and Integrated Healthcare Communications in Italy
October 11 HER-2 Status Predicts Success of Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Treatment, Study Finds
October 11 Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Cut Heart Attacks by More Than a Quarter
October 11 Daiichi-Sankyo to Install Corning Epic System
October 11 Verispan's Vector One: Higher than Average GERD Market Growth in Hispanics
October 11 FDA Advises Cochlear Implant Patients Be Vaccinated
October 11 Schering-Plough Receives Approval from European Commission for Planned Acquisition of Organon BioSciences N.V.
October 12 MAb sector growth will continue to far outstrip that of small molecules
October 12 Harvard Bioscience Acquires Panlab s.l. Establishing a Spanish Subsidiary and Expanding Access in the Neuroscience Research Market
October 12 Daiichi Sankyo and Forest Laboratories Finalize Contract for Co-Promotion of Azor
October 12 PerkinElmer Commences Cash Tender Offer for ViaCell
October 12 ConsumerLab.com Finds Generic Antidepressant Behaves Differently from Original Drug May Explain Complaints by Patients
October 12 Patients Can't Recall Their Medications to Tell Doctors
October 12 Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (000640 Ks) Urges Shareholders to Vote Against the Kang-Korea Alcohol Nominees at the Oct. 31 EGM
October 12 Genzyme to Participate in FDA Advisory Committee Meeting on the Use of Phosphate Binders in Chronic Kidney Disease
October 15 FDA Removes Partial Hold on Telcyta Clinical Development
October 15 Pharmacopeia Acquires Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator ('SARM') Program from Bristol-Myers Squibb
October 15 Pfizer Engages with Nation's Physicians Through Sermo to Improve Patient Care
October 15 Orexo to Acquire Biolipox - Building a Specialty Pharma Company Driven by Innovation
October 15 Biogen Idec Issues Statement
October 15 HealthiNation Delivers On Demand Health Programming to Verizon FiOS TV Subscribers
October 15 European Medicines Agency Sees Strong Level of Applications in 2007
October 15 Biopure Announces Expanded Clinical Program to Target Anemia
October 15 Sartorius Sells Hydrodynamic Bearings Business to the British Smiths Group
October 15 Microarray Sequence Capture Speeds Large-Scale Resequencing of Targeted Genomic Regions
October 15 Celera Completes Acquisition of Berkeley HeartLab, Inc.
October 15 Agendia Acquires Rights to the Discovery of a Major Drug Resistance Mechanism in Breast Cancer Potentially Leading to a Herceptin Sensitivity Test
October 16 Camelot Ventures Sells RealAge to Hearst Magazines
October 16 Johnson & Johnson Reports 2007 Third-Quarter Results: Sales of $15.0 Billion Increased 12.7%; EPS was $.88, Including Special Charges; Excluding Special Charges, EPS was $1.06 *
October 16 Wyeth to Appeal Nevada Hormone Therapy Trial Verdict
October 16 Genentech Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
October 16 Strong Sales Growth in the First Nine Months of 2007 - Full-year Outlook and Core Earnings Per Share Target Reaffirmed
October 16 Forest Laboratories Reports Earnings Per Share of $0.71 for Q2'08 Including $0.15 Charge Net of Tax for Licensing Charge
October 16 Thomson Scientific Publishes 'Who Is Making The Biggest Splash?' - A Quarterly Review of Scientific Literature on Drugs and Therapies From April - June 2007
October 16 Repros Provides Update for Regulatory Program Associated with Androxal Development
October 16 Canon Communications Successfully Launches Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) Event in Northern California
October 16 OSI Pharmaceuticals Provides Additional Information About US Sales of Tarceva
October 16 Edgeline Holdings to Close on Its Acquisition of Intertech Bio
October 16 FDA MedWatch: Byetta (exenatide) and Postmarketing Reports of Acute Pancreatitis
October 17 Cubist Pharmaceuticals Announces Exclusive Option to Acquire Illumigen Biosciences
October 17 ImClone and Bristol-Myers Squibb Announce Joint Agreement With Merck KGaA to Co-Develop and Co-Commercialize Erbitux in Japan
October 17 Abbott Reports 14.4 Percent Sales Growth in Third Quarter
October 17 Allergan Announces Completion of Esprit Pharma Acquisition
October 17 DARA BioSciences and Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation Sign Exclusive License Agreement
October 17 Bausch & Lomb Announces Entry Into Agreement to Sell $650 Million of Notes
October 17 Report Finds Major Gaps Exist in U.S. Pediatric Pandemic Preparations
October 17 Drug-Resistant Staph Infection Appears More Widespread Than Previously Thought
October 17 ImmunoGen, Inc. Earns Milestone with Start of SAR3419 Clinical Testing
October 18 Baxter Reports Strong Third Quarter Sales and Earnings
October 18 Lilly Delivers Strong Third-Quarter Results
October 18 Lilly and MacroGenics Announce Licensing and Collaboration Agreement
October 18 Wyeth Reports Earnings Results for the 2007 Third Quarter and First Nine Months
October 18 Novartis Delivers Record Earnings in First Nine Months of 2007 Thanks to Strong Operational Performance and Divestment Gains
October 18 Pfizer Reports Third-Quarter 2007 Results; Reconfirms 2007 and 2008 Revenue and Adjusted Diluted EPS Guidance
October 18 Aspreva to be Acquired by Galenica For US$915 Million
October 18 IDEX Corporation Acquires Isolation Technologies in a Strategic Expansion of Its Health and Science Technologies Segment
October 18 inVentiv Health Provides Sales Teams Contract Update
October 18 EPO Announces Symbicort European Combination Patent Decision
October 18 Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (000640 KS) Calls on Kang-Korea Alcohol Nominees at October 31 EGM to Disclose Any Agreements or Understandings They Have Regarding Their Possible Service as Dong-A Directors
October 19 FDA Announces Revisions to Labels for Cialis, Levitra and Viagra
October 19 Gilead Sciences Announces Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results
October 19 King Pharmaceuticals Accelerates Strategic Shift to Maximize Long-Term Growth
October 19 Nektar Therapeutics Issues Statement on Exubera
October 19 Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (000640 KS) Announces That Glass Lewis and ISS Governance Services, the Leading Proxy Voting Advisory Services, Have Recommended Their Clients Vote against Kang-Korea Alcohol Nominees at the October 31 EGM
October 22 Thousands of Medical Students Urge Schools to Eliminate Pharmaceutical Marketing Influence
October 22 Adenoscan(R) Patent Lawsuits Settled
October 22 Merck Reports Double-Digit Revenue and Earnings-Per-Share Growth for Third-Quarter 2007
October 22 Avant Immunotherapeutics, Inc. and Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. Announce Merger Agreement
October 22 Raptor Pharmaceuticals Acquires Initial Clinical Program Establishes Subsidiary to Develop Clinical Phase Drugs
October 22 Schering-Plough Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of 2007
October 23 Biogen Idec Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
October 23 Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Plans to Separate Its Two Businesses and Explore Strategic Alternatives with Respect to Its Generics Business
October 23 GlaxoSmithKline and Tolerx Form Worldwide Collaboration for Development and Commercialization of Novel Medication
October 23 Genzyme Launches Cholestagel in Europe
October 23 ASCO and ASH Release Updated Guideline on the Use of Chemotherapy-Related Anemia Treatments in Cancer Patients
October 23 Update Regarding Clinical Trials of Merck's HIV Vaccine Candidate
October 23 Statement by Merck & Co., Inc. Regarding FDA Nonprescription Advisory Committee Review of Mevacor (lovastatin)
October 23 Two Million Consumers Commit to Healthier Weight-Loss Approach with alli
October 23 Delcath Voluntarily Defers Accrual in Clinical Trials
October 23 Paramount Stockholders Approve Acquisition of Chem Rx
October 23 Spanish Appellate Court Rules in Pfizer's Favor, Upholds Lipitor Patent
October 23 Asuragen Enters Oncology Collaboration with Merck to Develop Pharmacogenomic Tests
October 23 Roche Considering Legal Options In Patent Litigation Case
October 23 Jury Rules Roche Infringes Amgen's EPO Patents
October 24 Pharmaceutical Advertising Turns to Campaigns Dense with Symbols to Drive Memorable Advertising for the 2006-2007 TV Season
October 24 GSK Reports Third Quarter EPS of 23.7p; Significant new Operational Excellence Programme Announced
October 24 Q3/2007: Merck Operating Result Rises 56% to EUR 292 Million
October 24 AAHC Examines Nation's Clinical Trials Infrastructure
October 24 Med Opportunity Partners Leads Purchase Of St. Louis Based Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Manufacturer Reliable Biopharmaceutical Corporation
October 24 FDA Sends Sanofi Warning Letter for Ketek Study
October 25 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2007
October 25 FDA and Cephalon Notify Healthcare Professionals of Updates to the Warnings Section of the Prescribing Information for Provigil (modafinil)
October 25 Study Protocols Will be Amended in Two Small Early-Phase Prasugrel Studies
October 25 ImClone Systems Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results
October 25 Shire Launches Clinical Study Results Website
October 25 Amgen's Third Quarter 2007 Adjusted Earnings Per Share Increased 4 Percent to $1.08
October 25 Elan Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results
October 25 Genzyme and Sunway to Collaborate on Gene Therapy Program in China
October 25 Novavax and Allergan Terminate Manufacturing Supply Agreement for Estrasorb
October 25 Alcon's Third Quarter Sales Rise 11.0 Percent
October 25 PerkinElmer Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period of Proposed ViaCell Acquisition
October 25 Barr Confirms Filing an Application With a Paragraph IV Certification for Patanol Ophthalmic Solution, 0.1%
October 25 FDA Issues an Early Communication about an Ongoing Safety Review for Aprotinin Injection (marketed as Trasylol)
October 26 I-Flow Announces Closing of InfuSystem Transaction
October 26 NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Prices Initial Public Offering of Common Stock
October 26 Kosan to Reacquire Epothilone Program From Roche
October 26 Pfizer Announces Retirement of Vice Chairman David L. Shedlarz
October 26 Tapestry Announces Strategy to Focus on TPI 287 Clinical Program
October 26 Daiichi Sankyo Announces the Revisions of Financial Forecasts for FY2007
October 26 Cortex to Provide Shareholder Update and Host Conference Call on October 31, 2007
October 26 Aviation Upgrade Technologies Enters into Merger Agreement with OncoVista, Inc.
October 26 Collexis Holdings Acquires SyynX Solutions, Expands Application Portfolio
October 26 Solvay: Nine Months 2007 Results
October 26 Former GlaxoSmithKline Executive to Lead UNC Drug Discovery Center
October 26 FDA Establishes a Pediatric Review Committee to Consult on General Review of Pediatric Information Submitted by Sponsors
October 26 Warburg Pincus Completes Acquisition of Bausch & Lomb
October 26 Coley Pharmaceutical Group Receives $3.0 Million Milestone Payment from GlaxoSmithKline
October 29 Kyowa Hakko Interim Operating Income up 25.2%
October 29 ChemGenex Announces Strategic Restructuring of Company to Focus on Late-Stage Cancer Portfolio
October 29 Takeda Provides Update on Development Status of TAK-475, An Investigational Compound for Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia
October 29 AstraZeneca Bolsters Its Worldwide Biologics Division Through Integration of Cambridge Antibody Technology Into MedImmune
October 29 Thallion Provides Update on Shigamabs Clinical Development and U.S. Regulatory Plan
October 29 John Edwards Introduces Proposals To Stop Misleading Drug Marketing By Standing Up To Drug Companies
October 29 Dalton Medicinal Chemistry Partners Achieves Milestone in Collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.
October 29 Quantum Genomics Corp Widens Net with Acquisition of Eurobiobiz SAS
October 29 CTI Announces the FDA Allows Long Term Use of ISA247 in Isotechnika Phase 2b Clinical Program for the Prevention of Rejection Following Kidney Transplantation
October 29 GAO: Prescription Drugs: FDA Guidance and Regulations Related to Data on Elderly Persons in Clinical Drug Trials
October 29 Sen. Grassley Seeks Transparency in FDA Review of Heart Health Risks with Diabetes Drug
October 29 Pfizer to Appeal German Court Decision in Lipitor Patent Case; Company Notes That Ruling Has No Immediate Commercial Impact
October 29 MedWatch - The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
October 29 FDA MedWatch: Use of CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil) Associated with Increased Pregnancy Loss and Congenital Malformations
October 30 Lilly and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Announce License Agreement
October 30 Taisho and Pfizer Sign a Letter of Intent for Taisho's Schizophrenia Drug Candidate
October 30 Teva Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
October 30 Bradley Pharmaceuticals Announces Definitive Merger Agreement with Nycomed for $20 Per Share in Cash
October 30 Pharmos Restructures Operations in Israel
October 30 Sepracor Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results and Planned Reduction in Operating Expenses for 2008
October 30 Roche Extends Tender Offer for Ventana
October 30 Coley Pharmaceutical Group and Pfizer Nominate Additional Anti-Cancer Compound for Clinical Development
October 30 Quantum Genomics Corp Widens Net with Acquisition of Eurobiobiz SAS
October 30 P&G Reports EPS of $0.92, Up 16% Behind 8% Sales Growth
October 30 Coco-Cola, Kellogg’s, Mattel and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Top the List of International Brands Guilty of Abusing Consumer Rights.
October 30 Neurobiological Technologies Announces Pricing of Its $60 Million Common Stock Offering
October 30 Minnesota Hormone Therapy Lawsuit Dismissed
October 30 Chiltern Announces Acquisition of an Independent USA Based Clinical Research Organization, Clinical Trial Management Services, Inc.
October 30 Younger Adults Increasingly Treated for Heart Disease-related Conditions
October 30 Phase Forward Acquires Green Mountain Logic, An Innovative Provider of Software for Managing Phase I Clinical Trials
October 30 Genentech: Open Letter
October 31 Financial statement for the period 1 January 2007 to 30 September 2007
October 31 Benjamin England, Former FDA Regulatory Counsel, to Testify on FDA Foreign Drug Inspection Program Before House Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations
October 31 Entelos Raises $1.5 m from Pfizer Share Purchase

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