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Risks of Vioxx persist in patients, study finds
The Associated PressA doubled risk of heart attack, stroke and death persisted at least a year after people stopped taking the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, according to an analysis of long-term data from the study that led drugmaker Merck & Co. to stop selling the drug....Tags: Diseases, Medicine, Western Medicines, Death and Dying, Cancer
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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: Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, Intel Corp., Dupont E I Nemours & Company, Bank of America Corp., Boeing Co.
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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N.J. (AP) _ A doubled risk of heart attack, stroke and death persisted at least a year after people stopped taking withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, according to an analysis of long-term data from the study that led drugmaker Merck & Co. to stop...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Diseases, Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Pfizer Incorporated
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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: Diseases, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups
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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: Diseases, Vaccines, Death and Dying, Pharmaceuticals, Johns Hopkins University
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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: Diseases, Vaccines, Death and Dying, Pharmaceuticals, Johns Hopkins University
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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: Diseases, Death and Dying, Pharmaceuticals, Johns Hopkins University, Preventative Medicine
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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: Diseases, Death and Dying, Pharmaceuticals, Johns Hopkins University, Demographics
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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: Research and Development, Diseases, West Hartford, Pfizer Incorporated, Groton
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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: Wages and Pensions, Colleges and Universities, Lilly Eli & Co, Medicine, Western Medicines
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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: Lilly Eli & Co, Burger King, Bill McCollum, Employees, 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: Leveraged Buyouts, Lilly Eli & Co, Medicine, Western Medicines, ImClone Systems Incorporated
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