• A valuable resource to support decision-making, management education and market and competitor
  analysis
• Powerful support tool for account management and new business acquisition
• Reliable and timely business intelligence information for corporate and hospital intranets
• Constantly updated market information for corporate libraries

• Availability: Global
• Timing: Monday - Friday, including holidays
• Delivery: Passive FTP, web browser, email
• Formats: XML (IPTC NewsML), HTML and flat text formats

Industry

• Genentech to make case for higher purchase price
• Obama drug price plans spook Europe pharma investors
• Beckman Coulter to buy Olympus diagnostics ops
• Smith & Nephew orthopedic sales may slow in H2
• Illumina to gain from higher U.S. research funding
• Integra LifeSciences profit narrowly misses estimates
• Intercell says Q4 pretax profit drops 71 pct
• UCB seen hit by patent expiries in 2008l

Legal

• U.S. ITC starts probe of glucosamine patent
• Astellas files lawsuit against CV Therapeutics

Regulatory

• Wyeth's Prevenar vaccine approved in Russia
• U.S. regulators need more info on Actelion drug

Clinical

• Acorda drug found to help MS patients walk better
• Synta suspends skin-cancer trial on safety concerns

Drug & Device Development

• Gene therapy edges towards commercial reality

Legislative

• Stem cell research supporters offer U.S. Senate bill

Managed Care

• Obama U.S. health budget raises hopes, worries
• U.S. advisers urge broad Medicare payment reform