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ImClone accepts $6 billion-plus buyout bid from Lilly; Bristol-Myers won't raise offer
AP Business WriterINDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to spend more than $6 billion to fortify its cancer treatment portfolio by acquiring the biotechnology firm ImClone Systems Inc. in a deal that tops earlier offers from competitor Bristol-Myers Squibb Co....Tags: Cancer, Stock Broking, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Death and Dying, Genentech Incorporated
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Eli Lilly agrees to buy ImClone for over $6 billion
From the Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS -- Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to buy biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. for more than $6 billion in a deal that would expand Lilly's cancer treatment pipeline a few years before several patent expirations hit the drug maker. New...Tags: Cancer, Biotechnology Industry, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Death and Dying, Genentech Incorporated
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Eli Lilly agrees to buy ImClone for more than $6B
The drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. says it has agreed to buy biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. for more than $6 billion in a deal that would expand its pipeline of cancer treatments. Indianapolis-based Lilly said Monday it will pay $70 per share...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, ImClone Systems Incorporated, Lilly Eli & Co, Biotechnology
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Nobel Prize awarded for AIDS, cervical cancer research
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTwo French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer were awarded on Monday the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The decision effectively ends the long-...Tags: Cancer, Ronald Reagan, Preventative Medicine, Medicine, Vaccines
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J biologic Crohn's disease drug outperforms standard immune-damping pill in company study
AP Business WriterTRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ An injected Johnson & Johnson biologic drug used to treat several immune diseases controlled Crohn's disease, a difficult-to-treat bowel disorder, better than a widely used pill, a study found. Run by J&J's biotech unit, Centocor...Tags: Cancer, Addiction, Centocor Incorporated, Johnson & Johnson Incorporated, Diseases
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Tribune reported on controversy that surrounded HIV discovery
Tribune reporterThis story was first published in the Tribune on Jan. 1, 1995. In March 1987, President Ronald Reagan and French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac appeared in the East Room of the White House to announce that their governments had settled the question of...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Government, The White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health
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Generic options can cut pill bill
The Associated PressIn addition to cooling temperatures, for many of us, fall means we're handed a packet of materials and asked to ponder our medical benefits as part of open enrollment season. So as you review your health care budget, remember that you may be able to save...Tags: Target Corporation, Best Buy Company Incorporated, Prescription Drugs, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Medicine
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Mental-health care coverage gets a boost
WASHINGTON More than one-third of all Americans will soon get better insurance coverage for mental health care because of a new law that, for the first time, requires equal coverage of mental and physical illnesses. The requirement, included in the...Tags: George Bush, Medical Services, Healthcare Policies, Illnesses, Mental Illness
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U.S. health system offers better care
I hope all those eager to see the United States convert to a national health care system read "Computers can help spot cancer on mammograms" (Oct. 2). As the article notes, the British national health system pays for one mammogram every three years...Tags: Cancer, Medical Procedures or Tests, Diseases, Breast Cancer, Health Insurance
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Bounce Back From Rejection At Work
People get rejected at work. They're passed over for a promotion or plum assignment, laughed at and harassed. They're made aware in no uncertain terms that they're not valued. If this happens to you, how can you turn the situation around? Psychotherapist...Tags: Berkeley (Alameda, California), Therapies
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Mom screens the bride
Of The Morning CallShe entered the room -- the veiled, auburn-haired bride in a white gown flanked by her father -- and there was silence, as those who watched paused to catch their breath. Certainly, no one could have been prouder than the bride's mother, who wept at...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Bethlehem (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Staff, Marriage
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Verifying ADHD supplements' effectiveness is still several studies away
Special to The TimesThese are fidgety times for America's children. Roughly 1 in 12 kids ages 6 to 17 has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, more commonly called ADHD. Add the undoubtedly huge numbers of kids who are simply restless and easily...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Children, Social Sciences, Pediatrics, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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