Datamonitor attended this year’s International Osteoporosis Foundation World Congress on Osteoporosis and 10th European Congress on Clinical and Economical Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis, the most important meeting on the osteoporosis calendar. A number of major pharmaceutical firms had a presence at the meeting, indicating the significance of this market.
Pfizer: remains a small presence in the osteoporosis market
The presence of Pfizer at the congress suggests that the company intends to launch Conbriza (bazedoxifene) in the European market after it was approved in 2009. It is Datamonitor’s understanding that the company …

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This year on May 26, the world unites once more in the MS movement to highlight the international effects of multiple sclerosis (MS). Organized by the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF) with the help of MS Societies in 62 countries, including the United States and Canada, the day will be marked by more than 200 events around the world in a concerted effort to build awareness for MS and enhance collaboration that will bring us closer to a world free of multiple sclerosis.
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Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Almirall, S.A. announced that they are presenting data from several studies of two investigational inhaled respiratory compounds at the annual American Thoracic Society International Conference taking place in New Orleans May 14-19, 2010. Data on aclidinium bromide, an inhaled muscarinic antagonist, which is in Phase III development for COPD, and LAS100977, a long-acting beta 2-agonist, in Phase II development for asthma, will be presented in 11 separate posters. In addition, 3 posters reporting data on the Genuair® inhaler, which is used to administer the compounds, will …

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Building on 175 years of expertise in the care for mothers and infants, Brigham and Women’s Hospita l (BWH) announces the launch of The Stork Fund, a new ePhilanthropy venture dedicated to supporting healthy moms, pregnancies and babies. The Stork Fund will raise funds for clinical care, research and education and be directed to programs connected to gynecology, fertility, pre- and post- natal care, delivery, birth equity and neonatal intensive care.
“As a leader in women’s health and the premiere birthing center for expectant mothers in the Boston area, we are …

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Nationally-known expert Kenneth Doka, Senior Bereavement Consultant to Hospice Foundation of America (HFA), will host a discussion focusing on the role that the Internet plays in the lives of grieving young people and the implications for clinicians during Hospice Foundation of America’s (HFA’s) live online webinar on Tuesday, June 15 from 1pm?2:30pm EDT. Dr. Doka will be joined by Dr. Carla Sofka, Associate Professor of Social Work at Siena College in New York, and Pamela Gabbay, Program Director of The Mourning Star Center for Grieving Children in …

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Kaeng Raeng LLC, a nutraceutical company based in Silicon Valley, exhibited at Natural Products ExpoWest in Anaheim, CA, March 12-14 2010. As a new detox/cleanse company in the “Hot Products” Hall, Kaeng Raeng attracted several buyers and members of the press, including VitalJuice.com who named Kaeng Raeng “The Next Cleanse” and a “Trend You Have to Try” in their March 17 newsletter. VitalJuice.com reaches affluent women in major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco.
“This weekend, your intrepid editors ate their way through Natural Products Expo West,” …

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