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Antagonist Defined

One agent that opposes or fights the action of another. For example, insulin lowers the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood, whereas glucagon raises it; therefore, insulin and glucagon are antagonists.

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Schering-Plough announces phase II and III data for corifollitropin alfa

Published July 2, 2009, 9:48 pm, PharmaBiz

Schering-Plough Corp., announced results from the phase III Engage clinical trial demonstrating that a single injection of corifollitropin alfa, first in the class of sustained follicle stimulants, achieved similar efficacy to recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (rFSH) given once daily for seven days.

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New Product For Pfizer Specialty Takes Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension To Heart

Published July 2, 2009, 9:08 am, Medical News Today

Pfizer Australia announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the local distribution rights for THELINĀ® (Sitaxentan sodium), an oral, once-daily highly selective endothelin receptor antagonist, indicated for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients with NYHA/WHO Functional Class III symptoms to improve exercise ability.

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Published July 2, 2009, 3:49 am, PharmiWeb

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS , July 1, 2009 -- Schering-Plough Corp ., (NYSE: SGP) today announced results from the Phase III ENGAGE clinical trial demonstrating that a single injection of corifollitropin alfa, first in the class of sustained follicle stimulants, achieved similar efficacy to recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (rFSH) given once daily for seven days.

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Theravance Announces New Employment Inducement Awards

Published July 1, 2009, 5:33 pm, Marketwire

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - July 1, 2009) - Theravance, Inc. ( NASDAQ : THRX ) today reported that equity awards were made to three new employees. Pursuant to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350(i)(1)(A)(iv), the equity awards were granted under the Theravance, Inc. 2008 New Employee Equity Incentive Plan, which the Board of Directors of Theravance adopted to facilitate the granting of ...

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Schering-Plough Announces Phase II and III Data for Corifollitropin Alfa

Published July 1, 2009, 6:00 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

dose of investigational sustained follicle stimulant achieves similar efficacy to daily injections of follitropin beta given over a one week period in Phase III Study

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Amira Pharmaceuticals Announces Initial Positive Phase 1 Clinical Data For AM211, A Novel Product Candidate For The ...

Published July 1, 2009, 4:10 am, Medical News Today

Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced initial positive data from a Phase 1 clinical study of AM211, the company's oral selective antagonist of the DP2 (also known as CRTH2) receptor. The interim results demonstrate that a sustained pharmacodynamic (PD) effect can be achieved with a single dose of AM211.

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Amira Pharmaceuticals Announces Initial Positive Phase 1 Clinical Data for AM211, a Novel Product Candidate for the ...

Published June 30, 2009, 7:18 am, redOrbit

Results Demonstrate Positive Proof of Mechanism SAN DIEGO, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Sosei And Vectura Announce Start Of Phase III Clinical Study With NVA237

Published June 30, 2009, 4:09 am, Medical News Today

Sosei Group Corporation ("Sosei"; TSE Mothers Index: 4565) and Vectura Group plc ("Vectura"; LSE: VEC) announce the commencement of a Phase III clinical study by Novartis, with NVA237, a once-daily, long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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Washington Editor

Published June 29, 2009, 5:27 pm, BioWorld

Shares of Vectura Group plc rose 8.5 percent on the London stock exchange Monday after the Chippenham, UK-based firm and its partner, Sosei Group Corp., of Tokyo, said Novartis AG had initiated a Phase III study of NVA237, a dry powder formulation of the muscarinic antagonist glycopyrronium bromide, as an inhalational treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Sosei and Vectura Announce Start of Phase III Clinical Study With NVA237

Published June 29, 2009, 3:59 am, redOrbit

CHIPPENHAM, England and TOKYO, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - Study Triggers $7.5m Milestones for Both Companies Sosei Group Corporation ("Sosei"; TSE Mothers Index: 4565) and Vectura Group plc ("Vectura"; LSE: VEC) announce the commencement of a Phase III clinical study by Novartis, with NVA237, a once-daily, long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

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  • The Antagonist: This is my blog. I find it's easier post regularly if there's some purpose to it. It's not a personal life thing, which I always find weird, but it's all about the Magazine, and that's something I can talk about endlessly.

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  • BBC NEWS | Americas | Meet America's 'toughest sheriff': "At the end of his visit, he even signed some autographs in postcards provided by the jail, featuring him next to a pink fluorescent Vacancy sign and the words 'If you don't want to do the time? don't do the crime', taken when the sheriff first opened this prison. 'When he dies this will be valuable!' ; one inmate shouted to others in Spanish."

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  • Google's mobile jihad: Support the web, live with the app: Over the last year, it's become clear that Google has a bigger war on its hands in mobile than it had anticipated. It's principal antagonist is sexy Apple iPhone, which has seriously disrupted Google's ambitions to turn mobile industry into a Web-based ...

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