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Pfizer: Chantix Safe for Smokers with Depression

The smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix) may not be as risky for depressed individuals as once thought, according to trial results announced by drugmaker Pfizer.
MedPage Today
added Oct 18, 2012 15:38
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Attorneys tell Alabama judge that Pfizer Inc. has settled Chantix lawsuit that had become test case

Pfizer Inc. has reached an undisclosed settlement in a lawsuit with a Minnesota woman who claims the company's smoking cessation drug Chantix caused her husband to commit suicide in 2007.
AL.com
added Oct 18, 2012 03:55
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[Alabama] Pfizer Is Going To Have To Fight Massive Litigation Claiming Its Stop-Smoking Drug Makes People Crazy

Pfizer hasn't had any luck delaying the start of a trial in a case brought by the wife of a man who killed himself after taking the anti-smoking drug Chantix, Al.com reported Tuesday.
Business Insider
added Oct 18, 2012 03:51
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Pfizer: Chantix Safe for Smokers with Depression

The smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix) may not be as risky for depressed individuals as once thought, according to trial results announced by drugmaker Pfizer.
MedPage Today
added Oct 18, 2012 03:29
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Tobacco: More Efficient Flu Vaccine-Maker?

Tobacco plants could beat traditional eggs for faster and cheaper flu shot production.
Discovery Channel
added Sep 26, 2012 18:48
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[Canada, China] Canadian company partners up with tobacco giant in flu vaccine venture

Canadians have a hand in an unusual business venture that will use tobacco leaves to make influenza vaccines they plan to sell in China. This week, Canuck vaccine development agency Medicago Inc. shook hands with Philip Morris International Inc., the wo
GlobalTV (ca)
added Sep 26, 2012 18:21
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[New York] LI man arrested after faking own drowning to collect life insurance

Davis said his client's odd behavior -- suddenly taking off for Florida and South Carolina -- can be to reactions to the anti-smoking drug Chantix and Prozac. "He was bipolar--which had not been diagnosed, and he was in a manic stage [when he ran away],
New York Post
added Sep 20, 2012 13:12
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[New York] This Pfizer Stop-Smoking Drug Allegedly Made A Man Fake His Own Death

A lawyer for a Long Island man who faked his own drowning says his client's bizarre behavior could be a reaction to Pfizer's Chantix, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
Business Insider
added Sep 20, 2012 13:10
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[Italy] Experimental drug curbs smokers' nicotine cravings

The candidate drug, called GSK598809, belongs to a class of compounds that block a specific type of dopamine receptor in key areas of the brain linked to tobacco addiction. It is now ready for testing in early-stage clinical trials in humans, said Manolo
Reuters
added Sep 12, 2012 11:42
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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] Effectiveness of stop-smoking medications: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey [FREE FULL TEXT]

Consistent with evidence from randomized controlled trials, smokers in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the United States are more likely to succeed in quit attempts if they use varenicline, bupropion or nicotine patch. Previous population studi
Addiction
added Sep 6, 2012 07:20
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