AstraZeneca taps new chairman; Pfizer drops menopause pitch for Pristiq; New target for cancer drug?

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> AstraZeneca ($AZN) has turned to the telecom industry for its next chairman. Leif Johansson, the chairman of Ericsson, will take the spot occupied by Louis Schweitzer. Johansson had been on the board at Bristol-Myers Squibb ($BMY) for 13 years before stepping down last fall. Story

> Pfizer ($PFE) has dropped its effort to expand the approved use of Pristiq, a depression treatment, for menopause-related symptoms. Report

> AltheRx Pharmaceuticals has presented positive results from its Phase II study of Solabegron in overactive bladder. Release

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And Finally… Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine say they have a new cancer drug target. They believe that a molecule found at elevated levels in cancer cells protects them from the "cell-suicide," or apoptosis, that is usually triggered by chemotherapy or radiation. Release