Merck Inks $168.5M HIV Pact; Pfizer-J&J ALZ's Drug Fails Trial - July 24, 2012

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012  |   |   |   |  Lab Equipment: Featuring Equipment from Sanofi-Aventis & Other Leading Global Firms! Please click here for more information and to view the equipment.   •  Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) Inks $168.5 Million HIV Pact More... •  Pfizer Inc. (PFE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Alzheimer's Drug Fails Trial More... •  Histogenics Corporation Brings In $49 Million for Tissue Regeneration - and Recapitalization More... •  Sarepta Therapeutics (Formerly known as AVI BioPharma, Inc.) (SRPT)'s Muscular Dystrophy Drug Improves With Time; Stock Soars 5.20(150.29%) @ 10:03AM EDT More... •  FDA Approves Forest Laboratories, Inc. (FRX)' Tudorza Pressair More... •  FDA Warns About Seizures With Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR)' MS Drug Ampyra More... •  Roche (RHHBY)'s Lucentis Works to Treat Vision Loss from Diabetes More... •  Italy May Lose Thousands of Drug-Firm Jobs; Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) Amongst the Companies Mentioned More... 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