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New ETF Gives Investors Denmark ExposureNEW YORK -- ETF provider iShares rolled out another Scandinavian ETF with the iShares MSCI Denmark Capped Investable Index Fund It comes hot on the heels of similar iShares funds for Norway and Finland.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 21:00
DEA raids 2 CVS pharmacies in drug abuse probe
Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration raided two CVS pharmacies in Florida as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 19:55
Genome cure for sick twins paves way for DNA scans in doctors' offices
Fraternal twins Noah and Alexis Beery get some air on the family trampoline at home in Olivenhain, Calif.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 15:50
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Set For A Surprise On Last Quarter
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts reports fourth quarter earnings after the market close with consensus earnings of $0.71 per share, a loss of 30.4% from the same quarter last year but still positive over last quarter's loss of $0.91 per share.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 11:31
Stomach virus strikes third cruise ship; Norovirus blamed for sickening 200 passengers A
The Port of New Orleans says a stomach virus outbreak delayed the departure of the cruise ship "Voyager of the Sea" this weekend.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 07:26
Breakthroughs abound in sequencing
Sequencing efficiency is racing ahead. Clifford Reid, CEO of Complete Genomics Inc.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 03:17
Vallejo district planning a switch to 'wall-to-wall' educational...
Editor's note: First of a three-part look at the Vallejo school district high school academy initiative.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 23:02
Compugen Soars to Six-Year High on Cancer Treatment Bets
Compugen Ltd. surged to the highest level in six years on speculation the use of one of its products in cancer treatment research will boost revenue.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 18:58
Chamber work force expert says activity is increasing for employers...
About six years ago, she was charged with establishing the chamber's work force division in response to the challenges brought on by the region's economic growth, including the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act that brought thousands of jobs to Redstone Arsenal.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 14:53
Best Treatment For TB Patients Could Be Determined By 'Goldilocks' Gene
'Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single 'Goldilocks' gene, says an international research team from Oxford University, King's College London, Vietnam and the USA.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 10:38
A Correlation for the 21st Century
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Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 06:19
Portsmouth boxer to fight for lightweight title
Dorin Spivey has been written off more times than lunch at the Four Seasons. Less than three months shy of his 39th birthday, he's well past the career expiration date for a lightweight boxer.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 02:09
PerkinElmer looking up despite Caliper costs
Shares of PerkinElmer Inc. climbed Friday after the life sciences company posted strong results in the fourth quarter and forecast profit in 2012 greater than analysts had expected.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 22:00
CDC: Child Abuse, Neglect Cost United States $124 Billion
The total lifetime estimated financial costs associated with just one year of confirmed cases of child maltreatment is approximately $124 billion, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in Child Abuse and Neglect, The International Journal.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 17:50
Threshold Gains on Merck KGaA Partnership: San Francisco Mover
Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. surged the most ever after German drugmaker Merck KGaA agreed to pay as much as $525 million for the right to jointly develop and sell a drug for cancer.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 13:45
Richard Montoya and Culture Clash Return to La Jolla Playhouse With American Night, Opening Feb. 4
American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jos, Richard Montoya's new work about a U.S. citizenship test and echoes from American history, opens at La Jolla Playhouse Feb.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 09:36
Gilead Rises on Hepatitis C Trial Results: San Francisco Mover
Gilead Sciences Inc., the drugmaker that acquired Pharmasset Inc. last month for its experimental hepatitis C treatments, gained the most in three years after one of the medicines produced positive clinical trial results.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 05:26
Cardinal Health says DEA suspends Fla. shipments
Cardinal Health Inc. said Friday that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has suspended its license to sell drugs from a Florida distribution center, and the company plans to fight the action.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 01:17
Pfizer Recalling 1 Million Defective Birth Control Packets
Drug company Pfizer Inc., is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills, after finding an error on the packaging.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 21:12
RBCC: Biotech Industry on Major Upswing in 2012
All signs point to emerging biotech company Rainbow Coral Corp. finding its feet in biotechnology at exactly the right time: The biotech industry is off to a great start in the early stages of 2012.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 17:03
Unions vow to minimise AstraZeneca redundancies
Union bosses have warned that job cuts by pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca will be a blow to the UK economy and have vowed to minimise compulsory redundancies.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 12:58
Shareholder group slams Novartis over chairman's pay
The call is part of an attack on Vasella for "earning a million Swiss francs a month, which goes too far," Ethos director Dominique Biedermann told journalists in Zurich.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 08:53
Lap-Band makers won't sell it to...
The Irvine-based makers of the Lap-Band say they will no longer sell the weight-loss device to companies affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN marketing company.The Los Angeles Times reports Thursday that Allergan issued a statement saying it has decided to discontinue sales without offering further details of the decision.The Times reports five ... (more)
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 04:44
WuXi's Margins Dwarfing U.S. Lead China's Drug Targets: Real M&A
Companies looking to profit from the world's fastest growing drug market and conduct animal research at half the cost of U.S. testing are making China's WuXi PharmaTech Inc.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 00:39
AOL, Amazon.com, Dendreon are market movers
The internet company said its fourth-quarter net income fell sharply, but the company's advertising revenue rose 10 percent.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 20:30
Merck & Co. swings to Q4 profit on lower charges
Drugmaker Merck & Co. swung to a fourth-quarter profit because of lower acquisition and restructuring charges and slightly higher sales.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 16:10
Novo Nordisk Q4 profits jump, outlook raised
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk A/S reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter profits soared 19 percent on the back of strong sales of its key diabetes drugs Victoza, NovoRapid and Levemir.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 14:10
AstraZeneca axes 7,300 jobs, warns of profit fall
AstraZeneca is cutting a further 7,300 jobs and expects earnings to fall 14-18 percent this year as patents on key drugs expire and governments in Europe and the United States squeeze prices.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 10:01
NIH to examine NY teens with mysterious tics
The state Health Department has secured an agreement with the National Institutes of Health for an examination of western New York high school students suffering from unexplained tics and verbal outbursts.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 05:51
Meridian Bioscience gets downgrade
Wedbush cited Newtown-based Meridian's recent failure to meet Wall Street expectations .
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 01:36
Pfizer recalls birth control pills
Pfizer Inc. voluntarily recalled 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 and 14 lots of generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol due to a packaging error, U.S. officials said.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 21:22
Apple Names European Exec to Head Retail Ops
The longtime executives are leaving after a 2 1/2-year span that's seen two dozen recalls of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and other nonprescription drugs and a congressional investigation of the handling of the recalls.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 17:17
CDC: 2nd Mass. resident caught rabies
A Cape Cod man died last week after apparently getting bitten by a bat at his home.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 16:17
Roche brushes off waning sales to post profit gain
Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG posted a 7 percent increase in its full-year profits as lower costs offset adverse exchange rate effects and falling sales.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 14:13
Earnings Preview: Merck report keys on new drugs
Drugmaker Merck & Co., the world's third-biggest drugmaker by revenue and a Dow component, will tout recent drug approvals and progress on creating new drugs when it reports its fourth-quarter results before the stock market opens Thursday.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 10:08
Pfizer Recalls 28 Lots of Birth Control Pills
Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills after uncovering a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 05:58
Former Penn State professor charged with $3 million fraud
The Department of Justice has charged a former Penn State University professor with fraud, false statements and money laundering relating to $3 million in federal research grants.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 02:54
2 execs out at J&J's troubled consumer business
The longtime executives are leaving after a 2 1/2-year span that's seen two dozen recalls of Tylenol and other nonprescription drugs and a congressional investigation of the handling of the recalls.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 23:44
Drug approved to treat cystic fibrosis' root cause
The first drug that treats the root cause of cystic fibrosis won approval Tuesday, offering a life-changing treatment for a handful of patients with the deadly illness and broader hope for thousands more patients with the inherited disease.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 19:35
Lilly 4Q profit falls 27 pct, hurt by patent loss
Eli Lilly and Co.'s net income tumbled 27 percent in the last quarter of 2011 as the drugmaker faced another revenue-sapping patent expiration for a key product.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 19:34
Pfizer 4Q net falls by half after generic Lipitor
This Jan. 30, 2012 photo, shows a box of Relpax pills made by Pfizer, in Surfside, Fla.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 15:20
Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort lotion recalled due to elevated bacteria level in one lot
Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling one lot, or about 2,200 tubes of Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort lotion distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 14:15
Sobi: Wills Hughes-Wilson appointed Vice President Government Affairs & Policy
Wills Hughes-Wilson has been appointed Vice President, Government Affairs & Policy with responsibility for Sobi's contacts with all stakeholders in the health policy area.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 12:15
Array's a rare research biotech that isn't losing lots of money
Investors and executives expect to pour tens of millions of dollars or more into finding and developing promising new drugs.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 08:11
McKesson and Target announce big moves in Canada's drug store industry
California-based health-care giant McKesson Corp. announced late Monday that it will pay $920 million to buy a big chunk of a retail network belonging to Edmonton pharmacy operator Katz Group of Canada.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 07:06
Wasden obtains $625,000 drug pricing settlement with Mylan
Prescription drug manufacturers Mylan Laboratories, Inc. and Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 02:56