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Failure of heart drug offers lessons for drug industry

Madison, Wis. - Pfizer spent about $800 million to develop torcetrapib, a heart drug that seemed like a blockbuster until people began to die in clinical trials. Hours after learning the drug was irreversibly flawed, the company called a halt to further trials, a decision that sent its stock downward and put thousands of job......

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Source:wistechnology.com By Tom Still 12/12/06


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