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Eli Lilly bids $6.5 billion for ImClone

Reuters - 10 minutes ago

BOSTON/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co has agreed to acquire ImClone Systems Inc for $6.5 billion, outbidding Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and potentially bringing to a close one of the most colorful corporate sagas in biotech history.

  • Genes may explain racial disparities in asthma Reuters - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asthma patients who are black tend to have more severe disease than asthma patients who are white, leading to more asthma control problems, higher rates of emergency department visits, and overall worse quality of life. These findings point to genetic differences that lead to poor responses to drug therapy as the source of these racial disparities.

  • US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly said Monday it had agreed a takeover worth 6.5 billion dollars with biotech firm ImClone, which is also a target for rival Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS).(ImClone)
    US cancer specialist at centre of 6.5-bln-dlr takeover battle AFP - Mon Oct 6, 9:34 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly said Monday it had agreed a takeover worth 6.5 billion dollars with biotech firm ImClone, which is also a target for rival Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS).

  • Genes pinpoint people at risk for gout: study Reuters - Fri Oct 3, 12:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have pinpointed three genes related to the high blood levels of uric acid that cause gout in a step that could help identify people at special risk for this common and painful type of arthritis.

  • Three Genes Raise Gout Risk HealthDay - Wed Oct 1, 11:46 PM ET

    TUESDAY, Sept. 30(HealthDay News) -- Three genes may raise risks for painful gout by up to 40 times, researchers report.

  • A woman stands outside a sandwich shop. The discovery of a genetic link between obesity and colon cancer may pave the way for more effective screening tests for the disease, according to a study published Tuesday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)
    Study finds link between genes, obesity and colon cancer AFP - Tue Sep 30, 5:42 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The discovery of a genetic link between obesity and colon cancer may pave the way for more effective screening tests for the disease, according to a study published Tuesday.

  • A Japanese businessman takes a nap on backs of chairs during the preview of Tokyo Motor Show in Makuhari, Tokyo in 2003. Scientists in Japan have identified a genetic mutation linked to narcolepsy, a disease that can cause someone to doze off in mid-sentence or behind the wheel of a car, a study released Sunday reports.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)
    Scientists pinpoint genetic driver of narcolepsy AFP - Sun Sep 28, 3:06 PM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - Scientists in Japan have identified a genetic mutation linked to narcolepsy, a disease that can cause someone to doze off in mid-sentence or behind the wheel of a car, a study released Sunday reports.

  • Teaching Is In This Scientist's Genes LiveScience.com - Sat Sep 27, 5:55 AM ET

    This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

  • Biotech drug costs up 8.7 percent: survey Reuters - Fri Sep 26, 8:31 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of specialty biotech drugs increased 8.7 percent last year in the United States, three times the rate of inflation, according to AARP, a Washington-based group representing the elderly.

  • Ampoules containing a medium for stem cell storage are displayed at the UK Stem Cell Bank in north London, May 19, 2004. (Peter Macdiarmid/Reuters)
    Researchers Report Stem Cell Advance HealthDay - Thu Sep 25, 11:47 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that they have sidestepped a major technical hurdle in the generation of pluripotent stem cells from adult cells.