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Marie Griffin of Nashville, Tennessee-based Vanderbilt, one of the study's authors, said she and colleagues set out to test whether Prevnar was living up to expectations. Madison, New Jersey-based Wyeth wasn't connected to the study, which mined CDC records to track doctor visits for otitis media.
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The unprecedented success of Prevnar in the U.S is set to be mirrored, although to a somewhat lesser scale in Europe. And with no competition on the horizon, Wyeth will continue to reap the success.
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Worldwide Pharmaceuticals net revenue increased 8% for the 2004 fourth quarter and 11% for the 2004 full year due primarily to higher sales of Effexor, Enbrel, Zosyn, Prevnar, BeneFIX(R), Rapamune and rhBMP-2. Additionally, alliance revenue increased 14% and 21% to $250.5 million and $789.9 million, respectively, for the 2004 fourth quarter and full year. Increases in net revenue were ... attributed to higher sales of Protonix and
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Rennels was instrumental in getting RotaShield to market and is now involved in Prevnar. Her university receives a total of over $2.5 million from various drug and vaccine companies including Wyeth Lederle, Prevnar’s manufacturer. She is ... one of the twelve members of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, the committee that makes vaccine recommendations as part of the American Academy of Pediatrics.36
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Wyeth is testing Prevnar in adults older than 50 and another version of the shot for infants that would fight 13 strains of the S. pneumoniae bacterium. Glaxo has an adult program under way for Synflorix and is developing a second version of its vaccine, Haussdorff said.
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Wyeth Lederle ... pays for an Internet forum (pneumo.com) where these doctors answer Prevnar-related questions from concerned parents. Several of their answers are inconsistent with relevant information reported from other medical sources.
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