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WHO says new flu "unstoppable", calls for vaccine

WHO says new flu

Saying the new H1N1 virus is "unstoppable", the World Health Organization gave drug makers a full go-ahead to manufacture vaccines against the pandemic influenza strain on Monday and said healthcare workers should be the first to get one.

 

J&J to Take Stake in Elan

J&J to Take Stake in Elan

J&J agreed to buy an 18.4% stake in Elan for $1 billion and acquire the rights to much of the Irish biotech company's research into drugs for Alzheimer's disease.

 

Pfizer Offers Free Viagra, Lipitor To Some Jobless

Pfizer Offers Free Viagra, Lipitor To Some Jobless

Pfizer Inc. is unveiling a new program Thursday that will let people who have lost their jobs and health insurance keep taking some widely prescribed Pfizer medications - including Lipitor and Viagra - for free for up to a year.

 

Merck to buy Schering-Plough in $41.1 billion deal

Merck to buy Schering-Plough in $41.1 billion deal

Drugmakers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. are planning to merge under the name Merck in a stock-and-cash deal worth about $41.1 billion.

 

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