BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced today that its Wal-Mart and SAM’S CLUB pharmacies are fully prepared to fill prescriptions for Wal-Mart customers and SAM’S CLUB members enrolled in the new Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. The plan will go into effect on January 1, 2006.
“Our…
NEW YORK - Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:KERX) today announced that Ron Bentsur, Vice President of Finance & Investor Relations, has accepted the position as Chief Executive Officer of XTL Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd. Mr. Bentsur will remain as Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations of Keryx until a successor is named.
EAGAN, Minn. - The 70,000 Minnesotans who have signed up for Medicare Part D through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) can begin their prescription drug coverage on January 1, 2006, when the most significant change to Medicare in its 40-year history rolls out.
Blue Cross,…
LOS ANGELES - AIDS Healthcare Foundation, (AHF) the nation’s largest AIDS group and a direct provider of HIV/AIDS medical care to thousands of AIDS patients in the US, Africa, Central America and Asia, today criticized Pfizer, Inc., the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, for contributing to the spread of HIV/AIDS, and…
NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc invites investors and the general public to listen to a webcast of a discussion of Pfizer and the pharmaceutical industry by Dr. Hank McKinnell, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer, at the Morgan Stanley Pharmaceutical CEOs Unplugged Conference at 2:45 p.m. EST on Wednesday, January 4,…
PALM BEACH, Fla. - Leading Palm Beach, Florida- based dermatologist Dr. Kenneth Beer announced today he is launching a clinical study to test the efficacy of cosmetic filler Sculptra(R) to treat acne and varicella (chicken pox) scars.
According to Beer, 20 participants between the ages of 18 and 65…
COLUMBIA, S.C. - With coverage in Medicare’s Part D prescription drug plans beginning Jan. 1, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina will have customer service representatives manning its toll-free call lines through the New Year’s holiday weekend.
“We want to make sure that if customers in our Part D plans…
PRINCETON, N.J. - Laureate Pharma, Inc., a provider of bioprocessing services to pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies, announced today that it had agreed to sell its Totowa, NJ operations to Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:DSCO) for $16.0 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close shortly. Laureate Pharma is a wholly-owned…
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., and LONDON - Targacept, Inc. and AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN) today announced that they have entered into an exclusive global license and research collaboration agreement for the development and commercialization of Targacept’s proprietary compound TC-1734 to treat Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive deficits in schizophrenia and other cognitive disorders. TC-1734 is…
ST. LOUIS - On December 16, 2005 Ms. Bintha Lewis, the guardian and representative of the estate of minor Ashley Lewis, deceased, filed a lawsuit in the St. Louis City Circuit Court against Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Inc. along with Miss Lewis’ St. Louis City medical doctors and two…