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July 11, 2009 8:28:40 PM EDT
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FDA Approves Eli Lilly's Blood-thinning Drug Effient - Update
Friday July 10, 2009 18:08:00 EDT
(RTTNews) - Drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) Friday said the FDA approved Effient tablets, a blood-thinning drug that will reduce the risk of blood clots forming in patients who undergo angioplasty, a procedure to unblock a clogged coronary artery. The company plans to launch the drug in the U.S. in the coming weeks.
With this approval, Effient will be directly competing with blockbuster drug, Plavix made by Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY). Like Plavix, which fetched $4.9 billion last year, Effient is expected to cross the $1 billion mark in its annual sales.
The blood-thinner was discovered by Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. (DSKY (continued...)
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Economic News
Saturday July 11, 2009
- *Whole Foods Market Receives 2009 Socially Responsible Retailer Award
10:20:00 EDT
Friday July 10, 2009
- Geithner Says Work On Foundation For Safer Financial System Must Begin; Recommends Regulation Of OTC Derivatives
12:03:00 EDT - Consumer Sentiment Shows Substantial Deterioration In July
11:53:00 EDT - IMF Mission To Recommend $3.3 Bln Loan To Ukraine
10:34:00 EDT - Cyprus Trade Deficit Rises In May
10:24:00 EDT - Canadian Trade Deficit Soars As Exports Plunge
10:19:00 EDT
Global Market News
Saturday July 11, 2009
- India's Kingfisher Airlines Plans To Launch New Global Routes
14:14:00 EDT - *WSJ: India's Kingfisher Airlines Plans More Global Routes
13:53:00 EDT
Friday July 10, 2009
- European Markets Fall On Weak Oils, Uncertain Corporate Earnings - European Commentary
14:14:00 EDT - Mahindra Satyam Allots About 199 Mln Shares To Venturbay - Update
11:57:00 EDT - G8 Summit Launches $20 Billion Food Initiative
11:48:00 EDT - *India Foreign Reserves At $264.48 Bln On Jul 3 Vs. $264.58 Bln On Jun 26
09:27:00 EDT
Industry News
Friday July 10, 2009
- Toronto Stocks Finish Slightly Lower, Lose More Than 500 Points On Week - Canadian Commentary
16:42:00 EDT - Stocks Close On A Mixed Note After Another Low Volume Session - U.S. Commentary
16:42:00 EDT - Major Averages Close Mixed After Lackluster Trading Day
16:21:00 EDT - Nasdaq Posting A Modest Loss Going Into Final Hour Of Trading
15:00:00 EDT - Bay Street Stocks Mildly Lower, Head Toward Sharp Weekly Decline - Canadian Commentary
14:54:00 EDT - Stocks Stuck In Negative Territory In Mid-Afternoon Trading - U.S. Commentary
14:38:00 EDT
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General News
Saturday July 11, 2009
- *Bloomberg: Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya May Meet U.S. Officials As Honduras Talks End
17:34:00 EDT - *Bloomberg: Eight More British Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
16:45:00 EDT - India's Kingfisher Airlines Plans To Launch New Global Routes
14:14:00 EDT - NASA Says Launch Of Space Shuttle Endeavour Delayed Until July 12
13:46:00 EDT
Friday July 10, 2009
- Obama In Ghana On Historic Visit
19:43:00 EDT - Five More British Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
18:44:00 EDT