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2010 Mar 1 - 16:48Astellas Pharma Inc., Japan’s second largest pharmaceutical company in sales, will make a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of OSI Pharmaceuticals for $52 per share in cash. Astellas Pharma has been wooing OSI for more than a year.
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2010 Feb 8 - 14:28Nationally there are over7 million Americans abusing prescription drugs. This type of prescription drug abuse is an 80% increase from a decade ago.
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2010 Jan 12 - 02:16New Jersey Assembly approves bill for the use of medical marijuana for those with serious chronic illnesses who cannot get relief from any other drug except medical marijuana.
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2009 Dec 26 - 18:01Antibiotcs to treat infections are becoming increasing ineffecitve. A new study looked at the incidence of infection and the surge in drug resistance in intensive care units in 300 hospitals nationwide, finding an alarming trend that shows antibiotic drug resistance is on the rise and poses a real threat to public health.
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2009 Dec 21 - 16:37Results of a new survey among physicians suggests that increased rates of MRSA (methicilin resistant staph aureus) in health care settings may be the result of lawsuit fears. The findings have implications for medical tort reform and health care spending and quality. The study also revealed that methicillin resistant infections are more prevalent in areas with higher density of attorneys.
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2009 Dec 15 - 19:39Sanofi Pasteur has issued a voluntary recall of unused 800,000 H1N1 swine flu vaccines because their potency has diminished since manufacture.
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2009 Dec 9 - 19:44A new study may shine light on why antidepressant don’t always work on depression.
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2009 Dec 9 - 14:47Prescription drugs account for about 10% of U.S. health-care spending and prices appear to be increasing rapidly.
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2009 Dec 7 - 14:10Researchers are concerned about the metabolic side effects of antipsychotic medication.
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2009 Nov 24 - 14:43Is there anything that we can do to prevent another disaster where the arthritis pain medication was taken off the market because it was linked to heart attack and risk of stroke?