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Photocure presented positive interim data at the six-month follow up stage of its phase I/II clinical feasibility study with Cevira? at the EUROGIN 2008 international conference. Cevira? is ...

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) said today that all three of the leading independent proxy advisory firms have recommended stockholders support the Board of Directors' plan for a reverse split of Rit... [WebWire - Tuesday, november 18, 2008]

Joint press release of WACKER and MorphoSys - - Munich/Jena, Wacker Chemie AG and MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) are intensifying their cooperation in the use of WACKER's proka... [WebWire - Tuesday, november 18, 2008]

Mechelen, Belgium - Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG) announced today new collaboration agreements with Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Total value of the contracts for Galapag... [WebWire - Tuesday, november 18, 2008]

Israel stocks fell for a seventh session, with the banks, turbine producer Ormat, and Israel Chemicals dragging the benchmark index lower.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Icon plc said it's signed an agreement to manage Eli Lilly & Co.'s clinical data management business outside the United States and Japan. Terms weren't disclosed.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (MARKET WIRE) The American College of Physicians is publishing a new guideline for the treatment of depression in Annals of Internal Medicine. ACP found no substantial differences in efficacy or quality of life among "second-generation" antidepressants used to treat depressive disorders such as major depressive disorder. ACP recommends that physicians make treatment decisions based on side effects, cost, and patient preferences, and make necessary changes in therapy if the response is not sufficient after six to eight weeks. Doctors should also assess patient status and adverse effects on a regular basis

The dietary supplement Ginkgo biloba was found to be ineffective in reducing the development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older people, according to a study published in the Journal of the A... [WebWire - Tuesday, november 18, 2008]

Our blood, sweat and tears are three precious fluids that can answer lots of questions about the state of our health but testing small amounts of bodily fluids, without contaminating them through ...

While most big pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have traditionally depended on blockbuster molecules, it is estimated that $90.0 billion worth of ethical molecules will come off patent ...