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J&J to Take Stake in ElanJuly 2, 2009, 9:02 am by Wall Street JournalJ&J agreed to buy an 18.4% stake in Elan for $1 billion and acquire the rights to much of the Irish biotech company's research into drugs for Alzheimer's disease.
More from Wall Street Journal FDA Panel Backs Device For Epilepsy Wall Street Journal: March 12, 2010, 7:24 am An FDA panel narrowly backed the use of Medtronic's "deep-brain stimulation" device in certain epilepsy patients. Awash in Fake Drugs, Nigerians Fight Back Wall Street Journal: March 11, 2010, 9:32 am A new technology is helping companies and consumers detect fake pharmaceuticals in Nigeria. Heart Test May Be Overused Wall Street Journal: March 10, 2010, 9:08 am A widely used test to detect blockages in the heart's arteries often turns up little or no evidence of disease, a study found, suggesting that patients are frequently exposed unnecessarily to the Surgical-Device Firms Walk Fine Line Wall Street Journal: March 10, 2010, 8:19 am Heart surgery devices often used to treat a common type of faulty heartbeat haven't been approved by the government for that use. Yet these products are used almost exclusively to treat that FDA Will Review Fosamax, Boniva for Safety Wall Street Journal: March 10, 2010, 6:33 am The review, of a class of drugs known as bisphosphonates that are commonly prescribed to treat osteoporosis and designed to build bone mass, will try to determine if they increase the risk
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