...pressure-lowering drugs known as beta blockers, for example, the manual focuses on Propranolol, manufactured by Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. Merck makes a beta blocker of its own, but Dr. Berkow said Propranolol was "the first one developed and...
...The company said it acted responsibly in marketing and monitoring its products. American Home, through it Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories subsidiary, marketed fenfluramine -- half of the fen-phen combination -- and Redux, a similar product...
...people who take the popular new anti-obesity drug Redux are at risk of brain damage. Redux manufacturer Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories announced the study Tuesday. When the Food and Drug Administration approved Redux for sale last year, it...
...in fighting heart disease and warding off Alzheimer's disease. Last year, the drug reaped manufacturer Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories $860 million in sales, with an estimated 8 million women a year taking the tablets. "We're certainly...
...along with a seasonal jump in injuries. Supplies already were tight because of production difficulties when Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories last month stunned hospitals by suddenly ceasing to make the vaccine altogether, calling it "a business decision...
...names, according to lawsuit evidence cited in a newspaper report on Sunday. The legal action claims that Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, which made the "fen" half of the drug combination, hid health risks associated with the drugs. The company...
...osteoporosis, was being tested with favorable results for reducing the risk of breast cancer and heart disease. And Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories announced nationwide availability of its Crinone progesterone gel for menstrual disruption. The Philadelphia-based...
...large, carefully controlled experiment to see whether Redux truly caused the damage that many suspected. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, which makes Redux and fenfluramine -- the fen of phen-fen -- pulled both drugs off the market at the...
...most-prescribed drug, the estrogen compound Premarin -- is 82-years old. Its drug-making division, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, goes back to 1860, when John Wyeth and his brother Frank established a drugstore in the unit's current...
...in New Jersey. Several others are nearby, with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Pfizer Inc. in New York, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories and SmithKline Beecham in Philadelphia. Mr. Chambers said Kalamazoo will continue to be an important site...
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