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April 12, 2006

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Snapshots on the antineoplastic effects of farnesyltransferase inhibitors

Degarelix achieves positive phase IIb results, enters phase III development

CRx-119 misses endpoint in exploratory immunoinflammatory disease model

EvoGenix inlicenses anticancer antibody

Genelabs draws up protocol for additional Prestara trial

New phase II study begins for GLP-1 agonist AVE-0010

Praecis enters pilot study and option agreement with GSK

Forest and Almirall sign U.S. agreement for COPD treatment LAS-34273

Enrollment terminated in GENASIS trial

Adventrx and SD Pharmaceuticals sign definitive merger agreement

Pharmacyclics acquires therapeutic programs from Celera Genomics

Quigley to begin clinical studies for QR-333

Pharmos awarded Israeli grant for CB2-selective drug development

BL-1020 for schizophrenia studied in phase I trial

Rufinamide efficacy revealed in partial seizures

Indiplon improves insomnia

Studies evaluate FTY-720 in humans, investigate mechanism of action

Analyses show noninferiority of faropenem antibiotic efficacy

Resistant pneumococcal disease declined after introduction of conjugate vaccine

Bivalent human papillomavirus vaccine provides long-term protection

NXL-101 evaluated in phase I study

Silenor gives statistically significant improvements in wake after sleep onset

Ambrisentan improves exercise capacity in PAH patients

Supplemental BLA submitted for Avastin in NSCLC

Novel 5-HT6 agonists from Wyeth presented at ACS

S1P receptor agonists emerge from Praecis R&D

New treatment strategies for cancer covered in recent patents

Indena synthesizes water-soluble camptothecin analogue with promising profile

Chiron presents preclinical data on its selective Raf kinase inhibitor CHIR-265

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