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Risks Linked To Over-Medication And 19 More Cases Of Tattoos Causing Skin Infection – (PFE, BMY, MRK)
As the popularity of tattoos has been increased, health officials recently warned that they are getting more cases of a nasty skin infection due to a common bacteria traced to the ink. In the biggest epidemic, 19 people in Rochester, N.Y., ended up with bubbly rashes on their new tattoos, according to researchers report Wednesday.…
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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) Settles DOJ And SEC Issues – (BMY, JNJ, MRK)
While hospital and insurer executives looked-for an important Supreme Court decision on the future of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul bill, two of the hedge fund gurus including David Einhorn and Daniel Loeb were confident that the legislation would be overturned, documents suggest. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) plans to add an over-the-counter version of AstraZeneca (AZN)…
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Weak New Products Sales Is Not The Only Factor Hurting The Pharmaceutical Industry – (PFE, BMY, MRK, LLY, JNJ)
In the pharmaceutical industry, Generic rivalry and scarce new product sales are not the only factors slowing performance in the current year. More challenges include EU and Japan pricing pressure as well as depressing currency trend. In fact, corporate earnings of several industry players including Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) were hit by negative currency movement…
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Dow Stocks Leading Gains And A Consensus Is For No Dramatic Move By The Fed – NOK,
U.S. stocks inched higher today with Dow index gaining the most among three major indexes as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s most recent policy statement and a statement from the European Central Bank as to how it stimulus program to fight the Continent’s financial worries. The markets so far expect that the Fed is not…
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Yoweri Museveni Recommends Not Shaking Hands In Order To Reduce The Risk Of The Deadly Ebola Virus – (PFE, MRK, JNJ)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has recently advised the public to avoid shaking hands, casual sex and do-it-yourself burials in order to lessen the risk of contracting the deadly Ebola virus after an epidemic killed 14 people and put many more at risk. the President has given the advice after scared patients and health workers ran…
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Makers Of Insulin Brands Decides To Appeal Against NPPA – (LLY, NVO, PFE, MRK, BMY)
After the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority in India has discarded the requests of Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) and two others to raise prices of their insulin brands, they are ready to appeal against the drug price regulator’s decision to further reduce their net margins on the diabetes medicine in public interest, alleging discriminatory treatment.…
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NPPA Maintains Current Prices Of Insulin Formulations – (LLY, GSK, PFE, MRK, JNJ)
The request from key pharma companies such as Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) and Biocon to raise the price of insulin used for diabetes treatment has been turned down by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), the national body set up by the Indian government to control prices of medicines. The drug price regulator said while…