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Joined June 2009
GSK / Valeant's epilepsy drug ezogabine gets positive vote from FDA panel in partial onset seizures http://on.wsj.com/bxVClv
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Sounds like a legal tangle behind FDA's approval of generic Lovenox, the popular inpatient blood thinner http://on.wsj.com/bTlPqS
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In wake of generic Lovenox, #Sanofi-Aventis circles #Genzyme for potential play in generic-proof biologic drugs http://on.wsj.com/9zejEg
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Arena Pharma, Eisai to co-market promising obesity drug lorcaserin if approved. Japanese pharma on the prowl again! http://on.wsj.com/9blpyj
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WSJ.com - Celgene to Buy Abraxis Bioscience for $2.9 Billion, Expanding Cancer Portfolio http://on.wsj.com/cfhltB
#Roche GLP-1 analog faces delays in this promising class of diabetes drugs http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aKQ8.4T98.wU
#Novartis's MS pill Gilenia faces safety hurdles in advance of FDA panel: declining lung function and skin cancer http://bit.ly/d24jS0
Eli Lilly sets plans for emerging markets through marketing branded generics but not price-cutting (unlike others) http://on.wsj.com/9OUB4z
WSJ.com - AstraZeneca drug vandetanib may impede medullary thyroid cancer (previously failed for lung cancer) http://on.wsj.com/chNcvB
Winners from the cancer meeting #ASCO? Immunotherapies (ipilimumab and crizotinib), mBC drug erubilin and Avastin in ovarian cancer
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#Vertex reports 75% patients with SVR for HCV drug telapravir; likely to be the runaway market leader in this space http://on.wsj.com/9sdYR9
2 drugs Rituxan & Revlimid can make cancers less fatal; does that mean cancer can be managed as a chronic disease? http://on.wsj.com/cG6Lub
#Astellas buys cancer biotech OSI for $4 billion. Only thing in doubt was how much more than $52 would Astellas pay http://on.wsj.com/df0ZCp
#Merck shuts down follow-on biologic in anemia but revives CETP inhibitors which Pfizer abandoned with torcetrapib http://on.wsj.com/aPrSz4
#Genzyme is buckling the diversification trend by selling non-core businesses http://bit.ly/aVN5bR
Doesn't it seem like each new drug (approved or up-for-approval) is projected to earn $1 billion, which happens to be blockbuster status?
Finally!! FDA approves Dendreon's cancer vaccine Provenge to tackle a death sentence--refractory prostate cancer http://on.wsj.com/ch5f0T
Novo Nordisk's Victoza is lifting sales guidance for the year, stealing share from Lilly's Byetta http://bit.ly/cxtdQA #FiercePharma