High-Stakes Cholesterol Study Could Lift Merck Cloud

Published February 16, 2013

High-stakes cholesterol study could lift Merck cloud

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Favorable results from a huge heart study could help redeem investors' faith in Merck & Co and its two biggest cholesterol drugs, Vytorin and Zetia, and potentially add billions of dollars in annual revenue. Investors have soured …
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Cocaine Addiction Study Reveals Targets for Treatment

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She hopes that government approval of new drugs for these other diseases would eventually make the drugs available for clinical trials to study their effects on cocaine addiction. Szumlinski cited statistics, calculated by scientists M.K. Bird and A.J …
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The Prison Problem

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This history of alcohol abuse is also typical among current and former inmates: at least two-thirds are thought to have substance-abuse problems—no surprise, given that people steal to get money for drugs, or commit other crimes due to impaired …
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