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Will "Robust Pipeline" Yield More New Drugs?

Biopharmaceutical companies are touting their huge investment in R&D, which has filled the drug pipeline with more potential first-in-class medicines, including orphan drugs, personalized medicines and new therapies based on novel scientific strategies. A report by the Analysis Group for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) documents more than 5,000 new medicines in [...]
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Lower Lilly Earnings the Shape of Things to Come

Eli Lilly announced its first quarter financial results on April 19. But even though the company trumpeted a global revenue growth rate of 9 percent—$5.49 billion, compared to Q1 2009’s $5.05 billion—net income fell 5 percent to $1.25 billion. Part of the blame for that 4 percent difference, the company said, lies with the passage of [...]
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