Questcor Finds Profits, at $28000 a Vial

Questcor Finds Profits, at 000 a Vial

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But in September, the shares plummeted after Aetna, the big insurer, said it would no longer pay for Acthar, except to treat infantile spasms, because of lack of evidence the drug worked for other diseases. The stock now trades at $ 26.93. Peter …
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For some dementia patients, anti-psychotic drugs can ease suffering

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BALANCE HAS been lacking in Kay Lazar's series on overuse of anti-psychotic drugs in nursing homes, and the unintended consequence may be to deprive suffering patients of an effective treatment (“State fails to rein in sedating of seniors,” Page A1, Dec.
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No Proof Electronic Cigarettes Combat Addiction, Report Says

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Roberta Pacifici, director of Italy Observatory on Smoking, Alcohol and Drug Use at the National Health Institute, who worked on the report, told Italian news agency ANSA, "We can say that the electronic cigarette is less toxic, but we cannot say that …
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Study links milk-producing protein to aggressive breast cancerPublish Date

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HONG KONG – The discovery that a protein which triggers milk production in women may also be responsible for making breast cancers aggressive could open up new opportunities for treatment of the most common and deadliest form of cancer among women …
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