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Pfizer halts Phase III trial, withdraws Thelin

Pfizer ( $PFE ) announced that it is withdrawing pulmonary arterial hypertension drug Thelin (sitaxentan) after the company observed life-threathening liver toxicity issues in subjects enrolled in a

Pfizer snags Encysive in $195M buyout

Pfizer has demonstrated once again just how interested it is in biotech with its $195

ALSO NOTED: At GSK, a public race for the top spot; Encysive plans another Phase III;Elixir announces $86M IPO; and much more..

> GlaxoSmithKline is holding a very public race to choose the company's next CEO. GSK's current chief, Jean-Pierre Garnier, announced in September 2005 that he was retiring and that the company

FDA stands firms on need for Thelin trial

The FDA has handed Encysive its fourth--that's right, fourth--dose of bad news for Thelin, a pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment. Encysive received its