...raise profits for big pharmaceuticals TRENTON, N.J. --- Rising product sales helped three big drugmakers -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Roche Holding AG and Eli Lilly and Co. -- post better second-quarter results on Thursday.The three...
...lower first-quarter profit Tuesday as sales suffered for drugs including the blockbuster Lipitor, while rival Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. was a rare bright spot among drugmakers this quarter, posting an increase in sales. Still, both companies...
...is coming off the market. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. confirmed Monday that...problems. Miller said that while Bristol-Myers Squibb will stop making and selling...Net: FDA: www.fda.gov Bristol-Myers Squibb: www.bms.com Public Citizen...
...weeks. Another 565 patients chose to add a second drug to Celexa and were given either Wellbutrin or Buspar, a Bristol-Myers Squibb anti-anxiety medication that can boost the effectiveness of SSRIs. Within 14 weeks, about one-third were...
...National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. "Aspirin alone is sufficient." The study was paid for by Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., which sell Plavix in the United States for about $4 a pill. Outside the U.S. the drug is sold as Iscover...
...Sons Inc. in St. Louis. The five largest U.S. drug companies - Pfizer Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Wyeth - earned $29.5 billion in 2004 on sales of $160 billion. Gross profit margins - revenues minus...
...said. The findings were reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. The research was funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging and Fujisawa Healthcare, which make products used in stress tests. Some of the researchers have...
...nearing $60 per barrel, welcomed a raft of strong earnings reports. The earnings, led by DaimlerChrysler AG and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., further fueled investors' confidence in the stability of the economy. They also helped Wall Street look...
...for this condition, Smith said. Results also might vary with a different statin, he said. Other brands are Bristol-Myers Squibb's Pravachol, Novartis Pharmaceuticals' Lescol, AstraZeneca's Crestor, and Zocor and Mevacor, sold by...
...announcement that the company would cut 40,000 jobs. Allen is still active in business, sitting on the board of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and PepsiCo Inc. He is a trustee of The Mayo Foundation and Wabash College, his alma mater. Married for...