High Dose Lipitor Can Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Bypass Surgery Patients
Pfizer Inc announced that Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) 80 mg significantly reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events, including heart attack and stroke, by 27 percent in patients with heart disease who had previous coronary bypass surgery compared with patients taking the 10 mg dose of Lipitor.
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A promising start into 2008 for Nycomed
In the first quarter of 2008, Nycomedâs adjusted EBITDA increased by 6.2% to € 304.0 million compared to € 286.3 million in the first quarter of 2007, benefiting from the cost decreasing effects of last year's restructuring.
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FivePrime and Pfizer Enter Oncology and Diabetes Collaboration
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced the initiation of a worldwide collaborative research and license agreement. The collaboration will focus on the discovery of antibody targets and novel therapeutic protein products to treat certain areas of cancer and diabetes.
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First pre-pandemic vaccine approved to help protect against pandemic influenza
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK plc) announced that the European Commission has granted a marketing authorisation for its H5N1 adjuvanted pre-pandemic vaccine, Prepandrix™, in all 27 EU member states. GSK is the first company to obtain a European licence for a pre-pandemic vaccine, thereby offering European governments the potential for protecting their population in advance or at the onset of an officially declared influenza pandemic.
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Nexavar Significantly Extends Overall Survival in Liver Cancer by 47 percent
Bayer HealthCare and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Nexavar® (sorafenib) tablets significantly improved overall survival by 47.3 percent (HR=0.68; p-value=0.014) in patients in the Asia-Pacific region with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or primary liver cancer, versus those receiving placebo.
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Pfiser's List of Grants and Charitable Contributions
Pfizer announced that it has posted a list of U.S. medical, scientific and patient organization grants and charitable contributions made in the first quarter of this year, part of an ongoing drive throughout the company to increase transparency.
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Lapatinib (Tykerb/Tyverb) to be investigated in landmark early breast cancer trial
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), in collaboration with the Breast International Group (BIG), a leading academic breast cancer research network, and one of its member groups, the Spanish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group (SOLTI), announced the start of a global Phase III study that will examine the role of lapatinib (Tykerb®/Tyverb®)in the treatment of early breast cancer (EBC).
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