Millennium did launch medicines that it got from acquisitions funded by its lucrative deals.
The experimental medicines here are taken from our list of New Drugs To Watch.
As of last week, Amgen had 14 medicines in these later stages of development.
There, she worked with start-ups developing new vaccines to get versions of their medicines to developing countries.
Those higher survival rates are in part a result of better access to medicines.
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Most foreign pharmaceutical companies appear keener to acquire Indian companies, or they trade in imported medicines.
Unlike all those medicines, there is no evidence that Zetia prevents heart attacks or strokes.
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The guidance says that these powerful medicines are often the only means of controlling pain.
And it shows how the increasing skepticism about both new medicines and drug companies.
Growth hormones were one of the first important medicines to come out of the biotech industry.
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has recommended the antibiotic Tygacil to treat hospital infections.
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Though still relatively small, three approved Alzheimer's medicines are proving useful in a wider setting.
He has rarely cried wolf--most of the medicines he flagged were eventually pulled from the market.
These are promotional programs designed to inform physicians about the appropriate use of our medicines.
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He has tried Flonase and over-the-counter medicines like Claritin to little or no avail.
But the drug's success highlights how difficult it is for pharmaceutical firms to invent new medicines.
They will also delve into the safety of older anti-inflammatory medicines such as Aleve and Motrin.
The document discusses handing some powers on issue over-the-counter medicines back to the pharmacists.
Drug companies argue that these older pain medicines cause 107, 000 hospitalizations and 16, 500 deaths a year.
GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis are working on similar medicines, but are thought to be far behind.
Worries that these medicines actually harm patients when overused have caused doctors to cut prescribing them.
Both medicines are similar to Avonex, and, like Avonex, they cause flu-like side effects.
Right now, only half of the MS patients who might benefit from medicines get them.
Farrar, for example, says about 75% of his patients with chronic pain take these medicines.
Arriving in the war zone, he starts a desperate chase to find medicines for Vittoria.
As has been demonstrated in Europe, putting government price controls on medicines dries up innovation.
Both medicines are made by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ).
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Other medicines, including multiple myeloma drug Velcade, from Millennium, and rheumatoid arthritis medicine Enbrel, from Amgen.
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