Wyeth News

With the click of a mouse, pharmaceutical companies including GlaxoSmithKline and Wyeth save billions of dollars running clinical drug trials using software from DecisionView , a San Francisco-based startup.

Jeffrey Kindler , Chairman and CEO of Pfizer, and Bernard Poussot, Chairman and CEO of Wyeth, speak during a news conference announcing the merger of the two companies in New York in this January 26, 2009 file photo.

Pfizer Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!pfe /quotes/nls/pfe Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Kindler told reporters at a luncheon in Boston Tuesday that he would not comment on whether the company will raise its once-coveted dividend.

Third Point's Daniel Loeb had a good third quarter and YTD this year. His Third Point Offshore Fund returned 19.8% for the third quarter of 2009 and 27.6% for the first nine months, beating the S&P 500 by a large margin in both cases.

Pfizer's Amy Schulman on how she makes the most of every minute. As general counsel of Pfizer , the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company, Amy Schulman crams more into a day than most managers get done in a week.

A Philadelphia jury has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman $75 million in punitive damages after finding a link between her breast cancer and a hormone-replacement drug.

Last week, Dow Jones announced it was closing its Wall Street Journal printing plant in South Brunswick, a move that will slash about 55 jobs.

H.E. Butt Grocery Co. has removed HEB brand milk- and soy-based powdered baby formula from its shelves as a precautionary measure, the company announced.

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced its results of operations for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Less than a month after buying Wyeth, drug giant Pfizer Inc. has mapped out a new structure for its research and development operations.

In a 2005 file photo Richard T. Clark, CEO & President, Merck & Co., speaks during an interview at the corporate headquarters in Whitehouse Station.

Pfizer , fresh from consummating its merger with Wyeth , has unveiled a new logo.

Flamel Technologies today announced that Pfizer has exercised its option to license Flamela s MedusaA technology for the development of a controlled release formulation of an already-marketed therapeutic protein.

Declining sales have pushed Robert McDonald, the new chief executive of US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble , to look for acquisitions and divestments, The Wall Street Journal writes Thursday citing informed sources.

NEW YORK The approval last week of the Wyeth acquisition by Pfizer marks the return of a consumer-care division to Pfizer, and a considerable one at that.

Progenics Pharmaceuticals ' constipation reliever, Relistor, is a good drug that not enough people want.

Pfizer Inc. today posted a higher third-quarter profit despite the recession, as sharp cost cuts made up for a dip in sales.

Pfizer said Tuesday that it will discontinue Fort Dodge Animal Health 's Overland Park operations, which it took on as part of its acquisition of Wyeth .

Antitrust issues in the U.S. and Canada done, There's nothing left to do. Pfizer wed its bride Wyeth today, And to that I say: "Boo-hoo." The ticker will be gone -- oh WYE? WYE? WYE? Not even a hyphenated name will remain.

Pfizer's offices will be known collectively as "The Leadership Center for Pfizer Diversified Businesses.'' The name reflects the variety of businesses that will be located on the campus, including animal health as well as nutrition and consumer products -- divisions the company gained from Wyeth.