TOP 100 MEDICAL SITES
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| Chocolate Linked to Depression People who eat more chocolate are more likely to be depressed than people who eat less chocolate, a new study has found. online.wsj.com |
Amgen's 15-Year Effort to Build a Blockbuster Pays Off The Burrill Report submits: Amgen’s (AMGN) denosumab, its treatment for osteoporosis, has won approval in both Europe and the United States. Marketed under the name Prolia, analysts forecast sales will approach $1 billion in 2011 and EvaluatePharma thinks that could grow to $5.3 billion by 2016.We spoke to Dave Lacey, senior vice president and head of research for Amgen, about the long road travelled to bring Prolia to market, why the discovery and development of new drugs like it remains so difficult, and what other interesting therapies might be working their way through Amgen’s deep pipeline.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
The Twins Who Test Better Female twins who shared the womb with a brother are better at visualizing shapes being rotated than those who shared the womb with a sister, according to a study in Psychological Science. online.wsj.com |
The Fight for Market Share in Blood Thinners Is On EP Vantage submits:The latest sets of data from the new oral blood thinners, Xarelto and apixaban, presented at the European Society of Cardiology this weekend made pretty good reading for their developers. Efficacy looked solid and safety manageable, if not better than current therapies; exactly what was needed. Financial analysts expect these two agents to be generating almost $5bn by 2016, consensus data from EvaluatePharma shows. Add the similar anticoagulants also in development such as Boehringer Ingelheim’s Pradaxa and Merck & Co’s (MRK) vorapaxar and the potential market is significantly larger. The fight for market share in this high stakes arena could be hard-won. Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Neogen CEO Discusses F1Q2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript Neogen Corporation (NEOG)F1Q2011 Earnings Call TranscriptSeptember 23, 2010 11:00 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |