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Pfizer recalls 1M birth control packs after mixup

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 02/01/2012 - 07:53

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills because of 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....


 

FDA clears Pfizer vaccine for adults over 50

Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 12/30/2011 - 16:03

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators have approved a vaccine for adults age 50 and older to prevent pneumococcal disease, including the most common type of pneumonia....


 

FDA clears Pfizer vaccine for adults over 50

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Fri, 12/30/2011 - 15:00

FDA clears Pfizer vaccine for adults over 50 Prevnar 13 protects against 13 strains of pneumococcal bacteria, which cause meningitis, pneumonia and ear infections.


 

UCSF-Pfizer partnership yields projects aimed at clinical trials

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Tue, 10/25/2011 - 22:00

(University of California - San Francisco) An 11-month-old partnership between UCSF and Pfizer Inc., aimed at rapidly moving new therapies into human clinical trials, has selected its first projects for funding and joint development.


 

Pfizer begins payouts in fatal Nigeria drug study

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 08/11/2011 - 08:47

KANO, Nigeria (AP) -- Drug maker Pfizer Inc. says it has begun paying victims and their families affected by its fatal 1996 meningitis study in northern Nigeria....


 

Pfizer begins payouts in fatal Nigeria drug study

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Thu, 08/11/2011 - 08:47

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Pfizer Moves May Dim Prospect for New Antibiotics

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Fri, 02/04/2011 - 14:56

(MedPage Today) -- Infectious disease specialists are concerned that a corporate decision by Pfizer to scale back its R&D spending next year -- plus a transition to China -- will further slow development of new antibiotic drugs.


 

Pfizer To Recall One Lot Of Lipitor In The U.S.

Food and Drug Administration--Recalls  Wed, 12/22/2010 - 17:25

Pfizer has announced that it intends to recall one lot—approximately 19,000 bottles—of Lipitor 40 mg tablets (atorvastatin calcium) distributed in the U.S.

The recall stems from one customer report of an uncharacteristic odor related to the bottles in which these lots of Lipitor were packaged.


 

Nigeria: Pfizer sought dirt on Nigerian official

Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 12/10/2010 - 02:55

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A U.S. embassy cable released by the WikiLeaks website says drug maker Pfizer Inc. hired investigators to uncover "corruption links" to Nigeria's former attorney general to stop federal cases against it over a 1996 drug study in which 11 children died....


 

Read takes over a Pfizer facing many difficulties

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 12/06/2010 - 11:51

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pfizer Inc. may be the world's biggest drugmaker, but new CEO Ian Read is taking charge at a trying time for the company, and he will have to deal with a declining share price, repeated failures of potential new products and expirations of patents on key drugs....