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FDA OKs Pfizer nerve pain drug
Lyrica, which eases sharp pains in the extremities related to diabetes or shingles, will be marketed to about 3 mil U.S. diabetics who will develop nerve damage and an estimated 150,000 shingles sufferers. Pfizer, which is grappling with fall-out from its Celebrex painkiller's raised cardio risks, said the drug's safety was tested with 9,000 patients. Shares fell 0.5% to 26.89.
Congressman probing Lilly docs
The British Medical Journal gave the FDA and Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., confidential Eli Lilly documents suggesting a link between the antidepressant Prozac and a risk of suicide attempts and violence. The publication got the papers, allegedly missing for 10 years, from an anonymous source. Lilly claims docs never went missing, and Prozac's safety is ...