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Sanofi-Aventis U.S., and its U.S. Consumer Healthcare Division, Chattem, announced that the FDA has approved the Allegra family of allergy medication products for over-the-counter, or OTC, use in adults and children two years of a
A jury ruled in favor of Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) in the companies' trial in which they sought to prevent Glenmark Pharmaceuticals from selling a generic version of their hypertension medicine Tarka, acco
The SAN drug Multaq, used by patients with atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation, or irregular heart rhythms to prevent strokes, has been reported to have caused liver damage in at least two female patients who were approximately
Multaq was approved in July 2009 by the FDA, and half a million prescriptions have been written for the drug ever since.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently released a warning to doctors and patients that Sanofi-Aventis' (SAN) heart drug has been linked to liver damage in several patients.
Sanofi Aventis and Genzyme - Sanofi is trying to broker a deal to buy Genzyme for $76 per share.
Google getting hit from all sides today. The search-giant's $700M acquisition of travel software company, ITA is being challenged by the U.S. government.
Coinstar gave some 4Q guidance late yesterday that was disappointing. CEO Paul Davis admits the company made a couple demand miscalculations and experienced inventory management issues within the quarter. Shares fell 24% after hou
This is what's in the news for Friday, January 14th. Reuters reports that Sanofi-aventis (SNY) will now offer about $76 a share or about $20B to hopefully win its takeover bid for Genzyme (GENZ). the Wall Street Journal report
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The Wall Street Journal reports that home prices showed their best year-to-date gains since 2005, up 5.9% through July, signaling the housing market's steady march toward recovery. Also from the Wall Street Journal, IBM (IBM) will increase its efforts to sell so-called cloud computing services...
CEO Marissa Mayer is bringing in some more new blood to Yahoo!, tapping Ken Goldman as the company's new Chief Financial Officer. Goldman's appointment will take effect on October 22nd.
Goldman served as CFO at his most recent employer, Fortinet, having worked at Siebel Systems, Sybase,...