Lilly plans another study for Alzheimer's drug

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The drug is designed to help the body remove the protein from the brain before it can form that plaque. Current treatments like Pfizer Inc.'s Aricept try to control symptoms of the disease. Analysts have said a treatment that does more than manage …
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Citizens raise concerns about fluoride

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30 on a tour of Columbia's water treatment plant in an effort to learn about its handling and use of hydrofluorosilicic acid. … Talk of Strangelove and tin-foil hats by journalists and those who support fluoridation makes him want to "explode," he …
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Lilly ends 1 trial of rheumatoid arthritis drug

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The study was designed to evaluate tabalumab as a treatment for moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis in patients who were not helped by the drug methotrexate. Lilly said it will take a charge of 2 cents per share in the fourth quarter as a result of …
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Lawsuits pile up in meningitis case, but recovery appears dim

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Among the additional defendants named in lawsuits are NECC pharmacist and co-founder Barry Cadden; co-founder Greg Conigliaro; sister company Ameridose and its marketing and support arm, Medical Sales Management. Founded in … Day, the attorney in …
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