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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- GlaxoSmithKline rejected a warning from a Maryland doctor in 2000 that its Avandia drug was linked to congestive heart failure, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing the internist involved. The report also said the Food and Drug Administration was "unresponsive." A Glaxo spokeswoman told the paper the doctor's claim was unsubstantiated and acknowledged the firm asked the doctor's hospital not to publicize their view. The U.S. Senate is probing Glaxo in relation to whether the firm pressures a Duke University researcher, and the Justice Department also is probing Glaxo's marketing.

(Recasts with detail, comment, share price) PARIS (MarketWatch) -- Sanofi-Aventis Wednesday said it agreed to settle some patent infrigement suits in the U.S. with drug makers Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd over their generic versions of the French pharmaceutical giant's anti-allergy drug Allegra. Sanofi said in a statement that its U.S.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Astrazeneca PLC Wednesday said the U.S. Federal Drug Administration has approved a generic version of its asthma treatment Pulmicort Respules. AstraZeneca has brought a patent infringement case against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and the company said this continues, with the court case due to commence on 12 January 2009. With FDA approval of the generic drug, Teva has the option to launch "at risk" without waiting for the resolution of the patent case.

HBOS and Lloyds TSB are mixed Wednesday as the two lenders hold shareholder meetings to decide whether the struggling banks should unite.

NAVISTAR® RMT THERMOCOOL® combines the safety of power-controlled irrigated tip technology with the control of remote magnetic navigation away from fluoroscopy exposure - - Patients in the European Uni... [WebWire - Wednesday, november 19, 2008]

Heerlen, NL, Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, announces today that it has reached an agreement with the management of DSM Deret... [WebWire - Wednesday, november 19, 2008]

The Boehringer Ingelheim COPD Communication Award - - Ingelheim/Germany (World COPD Day) - The independent judging panel* of the Eloquium Award have today named three journalists as winners of the 2008... [WebWire - Wednesday, november 19, 2008]

QIAGEN's digene HPV Test Selected for World's First National HPV Screening Program - - Mexico City, Mexico - In a campaign to significantly reduce the most common cancer affecting Mexican women, the Me... [WebWire - Wednesday, november 19, 2008]

Online Shopping Site Features Discounts From More Than 600 Retailers and Includes Charitable Giving Component - - The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, one of 12 cancer centers in the C... [WebWire - Wednesday, november 19, 2008]

In contrast to recent findings, two of the most common medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not appear to cause genetic damage in children who take them as pres... [WebWire - Wednesday, november 19, 2008]