Roche Moves Secret Heart Drug to Ph3; BMY Drug Fails Liver CA Trial - July 20, 2012

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Friday, July 20, 2012  |   |   |   |  SECOND ASIA PACIFIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPLIANCE CONGRESS A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum and Asia Pacific Healthcare Industry Compliance Team Media Partners: Life Science Compliance and RX Compliance Report September 11 - 13, 2012 Intercontinental Shanghai Pudong Hotel Shanghai, China Please click here for more information.   •  Roche (RHHBY) Moves Secret Heart Drug to Phase 3 More... •  Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) Drug Fails Liver CA Trial More... •  VIVUS, Inc. (VVUS) Diet Pill Patents are Questioned and Stock Sinks More... •  Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Recalls Some Duragesic Pain Patches More... •  EnVivo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.' Drug Helps Memory in Early Study More... •  Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) May Have Solved Sleeping Pill Problem That GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. 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