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Novartis: 1st US plant for cell-based flu vaccine - AP - NOLA.com
Times-Picayune (New Orleans), The | 5 hours 28 minutes ago
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Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes
Yahoo! | 5 hours 29 minutes ago
MARIETTA, Pa. ? Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.... (more)
Pfizer faces $103 million in Prempro damages
Philadelphia Inquirer, The | 5 hours 38 minutes ago
Pfizer Inc. has been hit with more than $100 million in two punitive-damage awards - one decided and the other unsealed yesterday - from Philadelphia juries.... (more)
Former ZymoGenetics CEO named to Immune Design posts
American City Business Journals | 7 hours 33 minutes ago
Bruce Carter, who headed Seattle biotech ZymoGenetics Inc.... (more)
Smoking vaccine gains drug giant ally as testing nears an end
Tennessean (Nashville), The | 7 hours 35 minutes ago
Drug immunizes body to nicotine... (more)
Mixed results from Ception, Cephalon on Cinquil
American City Business Journals | 7 hours 37 minutes ago
Ception Therapeutics Inc. and Cephalon Inc. announced mixed results Monday for late-stage testing of Cinquil, an experimental drug the two suburban Philadelphia biotechnology companies are developing to treat pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis.... (more)
Award in Hormone Suit
Wall Street Journal, The | 11 hours 43 minutes ago
A jury awarded $28 million in punitive damages in Pennsylvania state court Monday to a plaintiff who claimed her use of Pfizer Inc.'s hormone-therapy drugs caused breast cancer.... (more)
Smoking vaccine takes new approach
San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) | 13 hours 30 minutes ago
Smokers have tried a long list of ways to quit: cold turkey, counseling, gum, patches and more.... (more)
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