Ohio’s Medicaid program is taking in $4.9 million as part of a multimillion-dollar settlement between pharmaceutical maker Cephalon Inc. and state and federal investigators. (CEPH)

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The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia received a $1 million gift from GlaxoSmithKline Tuesday. (GSK)

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Two San Antonio cancer centers have formed a new partnership that should lead to expanded patient access to new anticancer drugs.

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APT Pharmaceuticals, a specialty drug development company focused on inhaled treatments for serious lung diseases, said Tuesday it closed a second round of funding with $32.3 million.

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Audience: Neurologists, cardiologists, consumers[Posted 09/30/2008] An FDA analysis provides new evidence that the use of statins does not increase incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease often referred to as…
Audience: Neurologists, cardiologists, consumers[Posted 09/30/2008] An FDA analysis provides new evidence that the use of statins does not increase incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease often referred to as…
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Two newspapers recently published editorials addressing Eli Lilly and Merck’s announcements last week that they will publicly disclose some fees paid to physicians beginning next year. Summaries of the editorials appear below.
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