Big drugmakers think small with nanomedicine deals May 4th, 2013 - 02:30h (CET +01.00) By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Is nanomedicine the next big thing? A growing number of top drug companies seem to think so. The ability to encapsulate potent drugs in tiny particles measuring billionths of a meter in diameter is opening up new o... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : drugmakers, think, small, nanomedicine, deals, Top Keywords

Pfizer 1Q profit up, but drugmaker cuts outlook Apr 30th, 2013 - 22:10h (CET +01.00) Pfizer Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 53 percent despite falling sales, mainly because the world's second-largest drugmaker took big charges a year ago. Pfizer's results fell short of Wall Street's expectations, and the comp... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pfizer, profit, drugmaker, cuts, outlook, Top Keywords

Pfizer Q1 profit up, but drugmaker cuts outlook Apr 30th, 2013 - 21:20h (CET +01.00) Pfizer Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 53 percent despite falling sales, mainly because the world's second-largest drugmaker took big charges a year ago. Pfizer's results fell short of Wall Street's expectations, and the comp... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pfizer, profit, drugmaker, cuts, outlook, Top Keywords

Lawyer details Jackson's struggle with drugs Apr 30th, 2013 - 01:30h (CET +01.00) LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Jackson's struggle against drug addiction was put on display Monday during opening statements at his mother's wrongful death case against concert giant AEG Live. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : lawyer, details, jackson's, struggle, drugs, Top Keywords

Drugs found on Bieber tour bus in Sweden Apr 25th, 2013 - 20:30h (CET +01.00) STOCKHOLM (AP) - The list of troubles linked to Justin Bieber's tour of Europe grew again after Swedish police said Thursday they had found drugs and a stun gun on the pop singer's bus. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : drugs, found, bieber, tour, sweden, Top Keywords

Swedish police find drugs on Bieber tour bus Apr 25th, 2013 - 16:10h (CET +01.00) STOCKHOLM (AP) - Swedish police say they have found drugs on board a tour bus used by pop singer Justin Bieber. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : swedish, police, find, drugs, bieber, tour, Top Keywords

Big brain projects highlight drug research gaps Apr 11th, 2013 - 13:50h (CET +01.00) By Ben Hirschler and Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are placing big new bets on the future of brain science, just as much of the pharmaceutical industry retreats from the field. Brain disorders ranging from ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : brain, projects, highlight, drug, research, gaps, Top Keywords

Asda says finds horse drug in corned beef Apr 9th, 2013 - 21:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - British supermarket chain Asda said on Tuesday very low levels of the horse pain-killing drug phenylbutazone, also known as bute, had been found in horsemeat discovered in tins of corned beef in the first such case in Britain. The ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : asda, says, finds, horse, drug, corned, beef, Top Keywords

Stars ask to help Obama change drug, jail policy Apr 9th, 2013 - 15:10h (CET +01.00) LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lil Wayne, Ron Howard, Scarlett Johansson and Kim Kardashian are all on the same page when it comes to criminal justice reform. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stars, help, obama, change, drug, jail, policy, Top Keywords

Pfizer gets new rebuff from NICE for cancer drug Mar 28th, 2013 - 01:10h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer suffered a second rejection in two days from health cost watchdog NICE as its new kidney cancer drug Inlyta was turned down for use on the state health service. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pfizer, gets, rebuff, nice, cancer, drug, policy, Top Keywords