News: Sanofi-Aventis

06.09.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Urological Disorders Therapeutics to 2016 - Increasing Awareness and Aging Population will Drive the Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Urinary Incontinence Markets | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fe4133/urological_disorde) has announced the addition of the "Urological Disorders Therapeutics to 2016 - Increasing Awareness and Aging Population will Drive the Benign Prostatic (…)

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03.09.2010 | Business Wire: Exelixis Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(C)(4) | Business Wire

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq:EXEL) announced that today it granted restricted stock units representing an aggregate of 25,200 shares of Exelixis common stock to nine new employees. The restricted stock unit awards vest as to 1/4th of the (…)

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03.09.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Thailand Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2010 | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/60383e/thailand_pharmaceu) has announced the addition of the "Thailand Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2010" report to their offering. Thailand Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare (…)

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03.09.2010 | Business Wire: Forbion Capital Partners Raises ¬190m for New Investments | Business Wire

NAARDEN, The Netherlands & MUNICH, Germany-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Forbion Capital Partners, a leading investment firm dedicated to the life science sector, today announces the final closings of both FCF I Co-Invest Fund and of FCF II, raising a total of more than ¬190m ($240m). (…)

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02.09.2010 | Business Wire: ImmunoGen, Inc. Announces Webcast of Presentations at Multiple Investor Conferences in September | Business Wire

WALTHAM, Mass.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-ImmunoGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMGN), a biotechnology company that develops antibody-based targeted anticancer products, today announced that Company management will present at multiple investor conferences this month. The live webcast of each (…)

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02.09.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Trends in Generics Industry Ownership: Evaluating Changing Industry Paradigms and Emerging Players | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/886118/trends_in_generics) has announced the addition of the "Trends in Generics Industry Ownership: Evaluating Changing Industry Paradigms and Emerging Players" report to their offering. (…)

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01.09.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Argentina Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2010 | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2745c9/argentina_pharmace) has announced the addition of the "Argentina Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2010" report to their offering. Argentina Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare (…)

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01.09.2010 | BioSpace: Theratechnologies Inc. (TH.TO) is Pleased to Announce the Appointment of a New President and CEO

MONTREAL, CANADA-(Marketwire - September 01, 2010) - Theratechnologies (TSX: TH) announced today the appointment of Mr. John-Michel T. Huss as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Huss will assume his responsibilities in the coming months. Until recently, (…)

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31.08.2010 | Medical News Today: Blood Thinner Controversy - Does Plavix Really Work?

On August 29 at the European Cardiovascular Society Congress meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Dr. Guillaume Paré presented new research conducted by McMaster University that in fact contradicts earlier reports that Plavix (clopidogrel) does not work in people with a certain (…)

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31.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Philippines Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2010 | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/66a1b1/philippines_pharma) has announced the addition of the "Philippines Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2010" report to their offering. Philippines Pharmaceuticals and (…)

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31.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Australia Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2010 | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c31cef/australia_pharmace) has announced the addition of the "Australia Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2010" report to their offering. Australia Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare (…)

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31.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Nigeria Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2010 | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/23871e/nigeria_pharmaceut) has announced the addition of the "Nigeria Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2010" report to their offering. Nigeria Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report (…)

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29.08.2010 | ScienceDaily: Study Contradicts Reports of Problems With Blood-Thinner

ScienceDaily (Aug. 29, 2010) New findings by McMaster University researchers contradict earlier reports that people with a certain genetic make-up don't benefit from the blood-thinner clopidogrel, also known as Plavix. See Also: Health & Medicine Stroke Prevention Heart Disease (…)

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30.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Strategies for Managing Pharmaceutical Workforce and Site Reductions: Analysis of Legal, Productivity, and Quality Control Issues | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d141a8/strategies_for_man) has announced the addition of the "Strategies for Managing Pharmaceutical Workforce and Site Reductions: Analysis of Legal, Productivity, and Quality Control (…)

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30.08.2010 | Business Wire: Genzyme Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal | Business Wire

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Genzyme Corp. (NASDAQ: GENZ) today confirmed that it has received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Sanofi-Aventis to acquire all the outstanding shares of Genzyme for $69 per share in cash. The Genzyme board of directors met last (…)

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30.08.2010 | BioSpace: Genzyme Corporation (GENZ) Rejects Sanofi-Aventis (France) (SASY.PA)' $18.5 Billion Offer

Wall Street Journal - Genzyme Corp. on Monday confirmed that its board had unanimously rejected an $18.5 billion all-cash offer from Sanofi-Aventis SA, raising the prospect of a hostile takeover attempt from the French pharmaceutical company.

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30.08.2010 | BioSpace: Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces That Phase 2 INNOVATE-PCI Trial With Elinogrel Achieved Objectives; Novartis AG to Start Final-Stage Test of Blood Thinner

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN-(Marketwire - August 30, 2010) - Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced results from the Phase 2 INNOVATE-PCI study of its investigational antiplatelet drug, elinogrel, the only competitive, reversible direct-acting P2Y12 ADP receptor antagonist. (…)

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29.08.2010 | Medical News Today: Experimental Anti-clotting Drug Brilinta Needs No Genetic Testing, Unlike Plavix

Experimental anti-clotting medication Brilinta (ticagrelor) works on patients, regardless of whether they had the genetic variability that has been previously shown to affect a patients' responses to Plavix (clopidogrel), Sanofi-Aventis' blockbuster medication, AztraZeneca PLC (…)

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28.08.2010 | Medical News Today: Sermo Report Indicates That Ticagrelor Is Likely To Affect The Standard Of Care For ACS Patients

Sermo, the world's largest online community for physicians, announced a free Sermo Report titled, "FDA Committee Recommends Approval for Ticagrelor." The report covers physician opinions about the introduction of an investigational oral antiplatelet treatment for acute coronary (…)

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27.08.2010 | Medical News Today: FDA Accepts Sanofi Pasteur's Application To Expand Indication Of Menactra Vaccine To Infants And Toddlers

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for use of Menactra (Meningococcal [Groups (…)

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27.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Type 2 Diabetes - Pipeline Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2017 | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/db0b08/type_2_diabetes) has announced the addition of GlobalData 's new report "Type 2 Diabetes - Pipeline Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2017" to their offering. Type 2 Diabetes - (…)

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27.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Novel Antibodies and Therapeutic Proteins - Technology Challenges and Future Prospects | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/883f56/novel_antibodies_a) has announced the addition of the "Novel Antibodies and Therapeutic Proteins - Technology Challenges and Future Prospects" report to their offering. Novel (…)

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25.08.2010 | NCBI PubMed: New technology for the investigation of water vapor sorption-induced crystallographic form transformations of chemical compounds: A water vapor sorption gravimetry-dispersive raman spectroscopy coupling.

In this study, a new dynamic water vapor sorption gravimetry (DWVSG)-Raman spectroscopy coupled system is presented and described for the investigation of water (de)sorption-induced solid-phase transition of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The innovative (…)

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27.08.2010 | BioSpace: Genentech (RHHBY), ImmunoGen, Inc. (IMGN) Receives Refuse to File Letter from FDA for Drug T-DM1, Immunogen Stock Drops 36.35% at 1:49 PM EDT

WALTHAM, Mass.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-ImmunoGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMGN - News), a biotechnology company that develops antibody-based targeted anticancer products, today announced that Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced its receipt of a Refuse to File (RTF) letter (…)

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26.08.2010 | Medical News Today: Increased Generic Erosion Of Key Agents Such As Lamictal And Depakote/Depakote ER Will Cause A $2.3 Billion Decline In The Drug Market

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the increased generic erosion of key drugs such as lamotrigine (GlaxoSmithKline's Lamictal, generics) and divalproex (Abbott/Sanofi-Aventis's (…)

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26.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Fixed Dose Combination Products - Identify the Proven Strategies for Developing & Commercializing FDC Products | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/614240/fixed_dose_combina) has announced the addition of the "Fixed Dose Combination Products" report to their offering. Fixed dose combination (FDC) products are becoming increasingly (…)

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26.08.2010 | BioSpace: Sanofi-Aventis (France) (SASY.PA) Said To Be Unwilling to Raise Genzyme Corporation (GENZ) Price; Moves Closer to Hostile Bid

Bloomberg - Sanofi-Aventis SA is unwilling to pay more than $70 a share for Genzyme Corp. and may consider alternative takeover targets should the transaction fail, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

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26.08.2010 | BioSpace: U.S. Judge Denies Sanofi-Aventis (France) (SASY.PA)'s Request to Get Lovenox Generic Rival Made by Novartis AG Blocked; Sanofi to Continue Fight

LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis (SASY.PA) said it would continue a legal battle in the United States against a generic version of its blood clot preventer Lovenox, despite a court rebuff.

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25.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Educating the Market: Creating Value Through Support of Continuing Medical Education 2010 | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e9e8b4/educating_the_mark) has announced the addition of the "Educating the Market: Creating Value Through Support of Continuing Medical Education 2010" report to their offering. Educating (…)

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25.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Pharmaceutical New Product Planning: Structure and Activities to Drive Growth and Profitability 2010 | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b5aaab/pharmaceutical_new) has announced the addition of the "Pharmaceutical New Product Planning: Structure and Activities to Drive Growth and Profitability 2010" report to their (…)

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25.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Commercial Insight: Cytotoxic Therapies - Drug Launches in Rare Indications to Offset the Decline in Cytotoxic Sales | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4b4c71/commercial_insight) has announced the addition of the "Commercial Insight: Cytotoxic Therapies - Drug launches in rare indications to offset the decline in cytotoxic sales" report (…)

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25.08.2010 | Business Wire: Maven Semantic: Database of German Life Sciences Research Professionals | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Maven Semantic (http:/www.mavensemantic.com) announces updates to their German healthcare research database. , based on where they work, their job title, how many times they have published, where they have published, etc. The relevance can be fine (…)

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25.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Raising Disease State Awareness: Best Practices in Internal Brand Messaging for New Products | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/81e154/raising_disease_st) has announced the addition of the "Raising Disease State Awareness: Best Practices in Internal Brand Messaging for New Products" report to their offering. (…)

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25.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Cambodia's Pharmaceutical Market Was Calculated To Be Worth KHR711bn (US$172mn) In 2009 Says 2010 Study | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets(http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/54f9bf/cambodia_pharmaceu) has announced the addition of the "Cambodia Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q3 2010" report to their offering. Cambodia Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare (…)

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23.08.2010 | NCBI PubMed: Insulin regulates adipocyte lipolysis via an Akt-independent signaling pathway.

After a meal, insulin suppresses lipolysis through activation of its downstream kinase, Akt, resulting in inhibition of protein kinase A (PKA), the main positive effector of lipolysis. During insulin resistance, this process is ineffective, leading to a characteristic (…)

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23.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Australia Pharmaceutical Market Overview - Reforms and Continued Price Cuts Will Change the $80 Billion Healthcare Landscape | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/504cfd/australia_pharmace) has announced the addition of the "Australia Pharmaceutical Market Overview - Reforms and continued price cuts will change the healthcare landscape" report to (…)

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20.08.2010 | NCBI PubMed: Emerging clinical applications in cardiovascular pharmacogenomics.

Over one-fourth of the 36 million annual outpatient prescriptions filled in the United States are known to have human genomic biomarker information available that predicts drug safety and efficacy, or both. However, to date, we have not systematically implemented strategies to (…)

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24.08.2010 | BioSpace: Sanofi-Aventis (France) (SASY.PA) and Genzyme Corporation (GENZ) Talks Said to Stall on Price

The New York Times - Talks between the French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis and the American biotech company Genzyme have hit a snag as the two sides seek to agree on a threshhold price that would allow Sanofi to proceed with due diligence, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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22.08.2010 | BioSpace: Lovenox Decision Held Off

Wall Street Journal - WASHINGTON A federal judge held off a decision on whether to bar a generic version of Sanofi-Aventis SA's big-selling drug Lovenox, in a lengthy court hearing Tuesday that highlighted the stakes for a new generation of copycat drugs.

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01.08.2010 | NCBI PubMed: 32nd national medicinal chemistry symposium - medicinal chemistry developments for cancer, and cardiovascular, metabolic and psychiatric disorders.

The 32nd National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, held in Minneapolis, MN, USA, included topics covering new developments in the field of medicinal chemistry. This conference report highlights selected presentations on NR2B subtype-selective NMDA receptor antagonists from Merck; (…)

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19.08.2010 | Business Wire: Research and Markets: Market Access in Japan: New Challenges and Opportunities for the Pharmaceutical Industry | Business Wire

DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e3c0d9/market_access_in_j) has announced the addition of Decision Resources, Inc.'s new report "Market Access in Japan: New Challenges and Opportunities for the Pharmaceutical Industry" to (…)

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19.08.2010 | BioSpace: Skyepharma PLC (SKYEF) Interim Report

LONDON, ENGLAND, 19 August 2010 Summary of unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2010 H1 2010 H1 2009 £m £m Results Revenue 29.3 25.5 Research and development expenses (10.0) (10.3) Operating profit 8.6 5.4 Net profit/(loss) after tax (post exceptional) 0.9 (6.1) (…)

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