In WSJ.com: Health Blog - Posted 9 weeks ago

Amgen s shares are up about 2.5% this afternoon on the company s presentation of data on the drug it s developing for osteoporosis.Through three...

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In WSJ.com: Health Blog - Posted 9 weeks ago

This week will be an important one for Amgen s effort to pave a new path in osteoporosis treatment.At a meeting of the American Society for Bone Min...

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In WSJ.com: Health Blog - Posted 10 weeks ago

Pfizer s going before an FDA panel today to try to win approval of a bone drug that s already been rejected twice. The drug, called Fablyn, is in ...

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In Baseline of Health Blog - Posted 18 weeks ago

To treat osteoporosis, doctors usually recommend calcium supplements, hormones, and most likely a medication to halt bone loss. In fact, they order ...

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In WSJ.com: Health Blog - Posted 24 weeks ago

A study in the current issue of the Journal of Orthopedic Trauma links Mercks osteoporosis drug Fosamax to a rare type of fracture in the femur. The s...

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In WSJ.com: Health Blog - Posted 26 weeks ago

Amgen s experimental bone drug denosumab took another small step toward the market yesterday, as the company said the drug outperformed Merck s Fo...

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In WSJ.com: Health Blog - Posted 28 weeks ago

Wal-Mart gets a lot of negative publicity, but one one story that draws plenty of positive coverage is its roster of $4-a-month generic drugs. And thi...

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In A Hearty Life - Posted 29 weeks ago

Women who have used Fosamax are nearly twice as likely to develop the most common kind of chronically irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) than a...

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In WSJ.com: Health Blog - Posted 40 weeks ago

On a visit to Health Blog HQ today, Amgen CEO Kevin Sharer spun a yarn that took denosumab an experimental bone drug the company hopes will be its...

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In Medgadget - Posted 41 weeks ago

FDA Notifies Public of Adverse Reactions Linked to Botox Use ... [FDA]Diabetes Health Goes Beyond Blood Sugar ... [NYT] Wal-Mart Teams With Local Hos...

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