Bristol Myers Squibb

Drugmakers Suffer Declining Profits Due To Generic Competition

Bloomberg News | Tom Randall | Posted 06.17.2011

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Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and rival U.S. drugmakers are poised to report the industry's biggest drop in quarterly profit in more than four years as the compan...

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Drug Giant Accused Of Bribing Doctors To Prescribe

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — California has joined a whistleblower lawsuit that claims Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. bribed doctors to prescribe its drugs, costing insu...

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Big Pharma's Crime Spree: Drug Makers Pushing Products For Unapproved Uses

Bloomberg | David Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pfizer and Lilly lead a parade of U.S. companies that have paid $7 billion in penalties after promoting drugs for uses not approved by the FDA. This u...

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Bristol-Myers To Cut 4,300 Jobs

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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US drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb says it will cut its 43,000-strong workforce by 10% and close half of its 27 manufacturing plants to save $1.5bn. T...

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FDA To Issue Warnings On Ultrasound Drugs

Wall Street Journal | SCOTT HENSLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to warn physicians about hazards with drugs used to enhance the diagnosis of heart problems using ultras...

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Drug Improves Survival Rate Of Late-Stage Lung Cancer Patients

CNNMoney | Posted 05.25.2011

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ImClone Systems Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Tuesday the drug Erbitux improved the survival rate of lung cancer patients in a late-stage stu...

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