February 4, 2012
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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately owned biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel drugs for the treatment of skin fibrosis, more commonly referred to as skin scarring. “It is imperative at Pfizer that we continue to develop new and innovative treatments to address [...]
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a New Drug Application (NDA) for ELIQUIS® (apixaban), an investigational compound for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. The FDA accepted the filing and assigned [...]
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Pfizer will acquire Excaliard, a privately owned biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel drugs for the treatment of skin fibrosis, more commonly referred to as skin scarring. The acquisition is expected to close before the [...]
Pfizer Inc. today announced that it has received the 2011 Business Civic Leadership Center’s Corporate Citizenship Award in the Best International Ambassador category for Pfizer’s Global Health Partnerships program. The “Citizens” Awards honor excellence in corporate citizenship and civic leadership for initiatives in both the United States and across the world. “Pfizer is proud to [...]
Pfizer announced today that the European Commission has approved Vyndaqel® (tafamidis) for the treatment of Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) in adult patients with stage 1 symptomatic polyneuropathy. TTR-FAP is a rare, progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 8,000 patients worldwide. 1,2,3 “Today marks a real breakthrough for patients in the EU living [...]
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, the makers of Advil® Congestion Relief, yesterday, kicked off a nationwide effort to make a difference in communities. The cold and flu brand is putting a twist on its tagline – “The Right Relief for the Real Problem,” and providing literal relief in congested places across the US. In its first relief [...]
Kathryn Joosten, two-time Emmy® Award-winning actress and star of Desperate Housewives and The West Wing, is opening up about her 10-year battle with lung cancer as part of a new national campaign, Lung Cancer Profiles. Lung Cancer Profiles aims to reduce the stigma associated with lung cancer by educating about the diversity of the disease [...]
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Icagen, Inc., through the merger of its wholly owned subsidiary, Eclipse Acquisition Corp., with and into Icagen. Icagen is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pfizer. Under the terms of the transaction, each issued and outstanding share of Icagen common stock has been [...]
The board of directors of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today declared a 20-cent fourth-quarter 2011 dividend on the company’s common stock, payable December 6, 2011, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 11, 2011. The fourth-quarter 2011 cash dividend will be the 292nd consecutive quarterly dividend paid by Pfizer.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the European Commission has approved the Company’s pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Prevenar 13* (pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine [13-valent, adsorbed]), for active immunization for the prevention of vaccine-type invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults aged 50 years and older. “Prevenar 13, the first and only pneumococcal conjugate vaccine [...]
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