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Pfizer lets shareholders swap Pfizer stock for Zoetis stock with discount

Pfizer lets shareholders swap Pfizer stock for Zoetis stock with discount

May 22, 2013 8:52 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it will spin off its majority stake in animal health business Zoetis Inc to shareholders by allowing them to swap Pfizer stock for ... Read more

Pfizer halts study of inotuzumab ozogamicin for lymphoma

Pfizer halts study of inotuzumab ozogamicin for lymphoma

May 20, 2013 5:47 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc, which has been on a hot streak with three recent approvals of cancer drugs, stumbled on Monday, saying it was halting a late-stage trial of a ... Read more


On the web, clinical trial participants find information and comfort

On the web, clinical trial participants find information and comfort

May 9, 2013 5:56 am by | 0 Comments

Dawn Demet had never even heard the word metastatic.Then in September 2011, she was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. She was told to go home, pack a bag, ... Read more

Pfizer’s first-quarter revenues disappoint

Pfizer’s first-quarter revenues disappoint

May 1, 2013 4:52 am by | 0 Comments

New drugs spurred along by research at Pfizer Inc. laboratories in Groton couldn't provide enough lift to make up for losses in the company's established portfolio as the firm announced ... Read more

Lipitor co-developer’s rebooted startup gets $33M for trials of cholesterol-lowering drug

Lipitor co-developer’s rebooted startup gets $33M for trials of cholesterol-lowering drug

April 30, 2013 5:15 pm by | 0 Comments

In its second wind as a company, Esperion Therapeutics (once owned by Pfizer) has just collected $33 million to continue with clinical trials of its cholesterol-lowering drug.Plymouth, Michigan-based Esperion is ... Read more

Merck, Pfizer to jointly develop diabetes drug

Merck, Pfizer to jointly develop diabetes drug

April 29, 2013 8:01 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Drugmakers Pfizer Inc and Merck & Co Inc said they would jointly develop Pfizer's experimental type 2 diabetes drug, ertugliflozin, and expect late-stage trials to start later in ... Read more

Investors agree to buy Pfizer’s former research facility in New York

Investors agree to buy Pfizer’s former research facility in New York

April 16, 2013 6:38 am by | 0 Comments

CHAZY -- Local investors will purchase the former Pfizer research facility in the Town of Chazy.Empire State Development and Clinton County announced Monday that Clinton Industrial Development Acquisition LLC had ... Read more


“Breakthrough” status could help Pfizer get new breast cancer drug on the market by 2016

“Breakthrough” status could help Pfizer get new breast cancer drug on the market by 2016

April 10, 2013 12:23 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Health regulators have granted a "breakthrough therapy" designation to an experimental Pfizer Inc treatment for breast cancer, lifting the company's shares and putting a spotlight on its growing ... Read more

Court upholds $142 million verdict against Pfizer over Neurontin

Court upholds $142 million verdict against Pfizer over Neurontin

April 3, 2013 10:17 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court said Pfizer Inc should pay about $142 million to cover costs for the marketing and prescribing of epilepsy drug Neurontin for unapproved uses, a ... Read more

Judge won’t dismiss Pfizer lawsuit over Bextra, Celebrex

Judge won’t dismiss Pfizer lawsuit over Bextra, Celebrex

March 28, 2013 6:35 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc has failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit accusing the company of fraudulently misrepresenting the cardiovascular risks associated with its Bextra and ... Read more

UK rejects Pfizer’s kidney cancer treatment Inlyta

UK rejects Pfizer’s kidney cancer treatment Inlyta

March 27, 2013 8:04 pm by | 0 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer suffered a second rejection in two days from Britain's health cost watchdog NICE as its new kidney cancer drug Inlyta was turned down for use on ... Read more

Pfizer’s drug to treat tuberculosis in short supply

Pfizer’s drug to treat tuberculosis in short supply

March 25, 2013 12:37 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration has added Pfizer Inc's tuberculosis treatment rifampin to its list of drugs in short supply, the latest in a growing number of spottily ... Read more

FDA says Zithromax can cause fatal irregular heart rhythm

FDA says Zithromax can cause fatal irregular heart rhythm

March 12, 2013 10:21 am by | 1 Comments

(Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said that the antibiotic azithromycin, sold as Zithromax or Zmax, can cause a potentially fatal irregular heart rhythm in some patients.Earlier ... Read more

Ex-Pfizer exec muses on industry’s image

Ex-Pfizer exec muses on industry’s image

February 17, 2013 4:37 am by | 0 Comments

For a man like John LaMattina who lived and breathed science, stepping into the daytime television environment of "The Dr. Oz Show" was a bit like Daniel entering the lion's ... Read more

Pfizer layoffs slightly larger than projected

Pfizer layoffs slightly larger than projected

February 11, 2013 4:23 am by | 0 Comments

Pfizer Inc. has quietly cut hundreds of jobs at its Groton laboratories over the past year, leaving a workforce that is slightly smaller than what the pharmaceutical giant projected as ... Read more