Read more pharmaceutical companies stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1603/pharmaceutical-companies.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:18:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74122/drugmakers-hike-prices-ahead-of-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBracing for health care reform, drug companies have been raising prices at the fastest rate in almost 20 years—even as they pledge to support Washington's goal of cutting the nation's drug bill. The pharmaceutical industry is scrambling to get the price base as high as possible before legislation to...http://www.newser.com/story/74122/drugmakers-hike-prices-ahead-of-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 7:08:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68374/drug-giants-target-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMajor drug companies are tying their fortunes to cancer like never before, the New York Times reports. The firms—inspired by advancements in science as well as the high prices cancer drugs command—are pouring unprecedented resources into the search for new cancer drugs. The drug giants hope cancer treatments...http://www.newser.com/story/68374/drug-giants-target-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 2:16:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66132/pharma-ghostwriters-penned-medical-papers-on-hrt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGhostwriters funded by a drug firm were deeply involved in writing papers supporting therapies that helped the firm’s sales boom, court papers show. The 26 scientific papers, published in medical journals from 1998 to 2005, highlighted the benefits of hormone replacement therapy over the risks, a boon to Wyeth, which...http://www.newser.com/story/66132/pharma-ghostwriters-penned-medical-papers-on-hrt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 7:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63337/anti-smoking-chantix-zyban-pose-suicide-risk-fda.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Food and Drug Administration is warning smokers about serious mental-illness risks of two smoking-cessation drugs, as reported suicides among their users increase. Chantix and Zyban must now carry the agency’s strongest warning label, the New York Times reports. The FDA isn’t trying to scare patients, an official says: “You...http://www.newser.com/story/63337/anti-smoking-chantix-zyban-pose-suicide-risk-fda.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 16:59:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62031/fda-get-off-smell-killing-zicam-nasal-spray-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Food and Drug Administration is calling on consumers to stop using Zicam nasal treatments because they can permanently kill the sense of smell, the Wall Street Journal reports. Zicam is an over-the-counter cold and allergy medication sold in several forms; customers should reject internasal products that contain zinc. The...http://www.newser.com/story/62031/fda-get-off-smell-killing-zicam-nasal-spray-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 12:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61868/swiss-pharma-wont-donate-swine-flu-vaccine-to-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSwiss pharma giant Novartis is defying the World Health Organization by refusing to donate swine flu vaccines to the world's poor, despite the designation of H1N1 as the first pandemic in 40 years, reports the Financial Times . Last week the WHO's director general called on drug companies to show "solidarity"...http://www.newser.com/story/61868/swiss-pharma-wont-donate-swine-flu-vaccine-to-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Jun 2009 4:58:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56613/companies-leak-drugs-into-us-drinking-water.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal regulators have consistently looked away as Big Pharma and other manufacturers poured at least 271 million pounds of drugs into waterways that supply US drinking water, the AP reports. Records kept unintentionally by the FDA and EPA show that 22 compounds, some considered dangerous by scientists, have leaked into...http://www.newser.com/story/56613/companies-leak-drugs-into-us-drinking-water.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 18:34:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54394/realage-quiz-offers-data-to-big-pharma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than 27 million people have gone online to take a quiz called RealAge, which promises to determine your "biological age" and then suggests recommendations on how to feel "younger." But most users are unaware that the site makes its money by selling test results to pharmaceutical companies, who then...http://www.newser.com/story/54394/realage-quiz-offers-data-to-big-pharma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Mar 2009 6:41:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53160/roche-gets-genentech-in-468b-biotech-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSwiss drug giant Roche has succeeded in its quest to own biotech firm Genentech outright, and will purchase the 44% of shares it does not already own for $95 each, the San Francisco Chronicle reports today. The $46.8 billion deal comes after months of haggling, wherein Roche offered as...http://www.newser.com/story/53160/roche-gets-genentech-in-468b-biotech-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Mar 2009 6:00:00 CDT