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Meltdown 101: How the Dow Jones industrial average is calculated, and what it means
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Amid weeks of stock market turmoil, many worried investors have been tracking the daily trajectory of the Dow Jones industrial average like never before. But few understand how the index of 30 of the biggest U.S. companies is calculated...Tags: Stock Market, Financial Markets, Dow Jones & Co., Johnson & Johnson Incorporated, Pfizer Incorporated
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Study funded by Merck shows Vioxx risk lingered after use of painkiller; company disputes it
AP Business WriterTRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ A doubled risk of heart attack, stroke and death persisted at least a year after people stopped taking withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, according to an analysis of long-term data from the study that led drugmaker Merck & Co. to stop...Tags: Western Medicines, Colleges and Universities, Cancer, Pfizer Incorporated, Medical Research
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25% of teen girls vaccinated for cervical cancer, U.S. says
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAbout a quarter of the nation's teenage girls received the controversial cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil last year in its first full year of distribution, federal authorities said Thursday. "For a new vaccine, 25% is really very good," Lance Rodewald,...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Cancer, Minority Groups, Vaccines, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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New shot for cancer reaches 1 in 4 teens
The Associated PressOne in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. The figures represent the government's first substantial study of vaccination rates for the Gardasil...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Death and Dying, Cancer, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine
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25% Of U.S. Teen Girls Got Cervical Cancer Shot
One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. The figures represent the government's first substantial study of vaccination rates for the Gardasil...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Death and Dying, Cancer, Vaccines, Health Organizations
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1 in 4 U.S. teen girls got cervical cancer shot
AP Medical WriterAbout one in four teen girls last year got the groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, federal health officials reported Thursday. The figures represent the government's first full year of vaccination rate data for the Gardasil vaccine,...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Viral Diseases, Cancer, Vaccines, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Cervical cancer vaccination rate at 25 percent for teen girls one year after shot's approval
AP Medical WriterATLANTA (AP) _ One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. The figures represent the government's first substantial study of vaccination rates for the...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Viral Diseases, Cancer, Vaccines, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Boehringer Ingelheim Developing New Drugs As Patents Wane
Special To The CourantThe sprawling campus of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals exudes the feeling of being sheltered. Physically, the campus sits amid rolling hills, bounded on three sides by quiet neighborhood streets. It's a picturesque place where one is just as likely...Tags: Corporate Officers, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, GlaxoSmithKline, Groton, Research and Development
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Who's paying you, doc?
A few years ago, the prestigious National Institutes of Health endorsed statin drugs to sharply lower cholesterol in Americans who are at moderate to high risk for heart disease. That was an instant boon for the big pharmaceutical companies that make...Tags: Western Medicines, Colleges and Universities, Lilly Eli & Co, National Institutes of Health, Medical Specialization
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Eli Lilly reaches settlements with states
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced Tuesday that Florida and 32 other states have reached a record-setting $62 million settlement with Eli Lilly and Co. over charges that the company improperly marketed the prescription drug Zyprexa. The...Tags: Employees, Burger King, Lilly Eli & Co, Universal CityWalk, Employers
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Lilly looking to its future in $6 billion ImClone deal
From Chicago Tribune news servicesEli Lilly & Co.'s winning bid of more than $6 billion for cancer drug-maker ImClone Systems Inc. means a billion-dollar payday for former rival bidder Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and vindication for billionaire investor and ImClone Chairman Carl Icahn....Tags: Western Medicines, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Sales, Leveraged Buyouts, Lilly Eli & Co
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Pfizer continues realigning with 3 new business units more focused on patient, doctor needs
AP Business WriterTRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ Pfizer Inc., continuing its drive to create more focused business units, told employees worldwide Tuesday it is replacing its current geographic divisions with new ones centered on primary care, specialty care and operations in...Tags: Western Medicines, GlaxoSmithKline, Employees, Johnson & Johnson Incorporated, Bristol Myers Squibb Company
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