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(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that top-line results for Lyrica Study A0081107 – Central Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury – demonstrated that the study met its primary endpoint: positive efficacy in reducing Central Neuropathic Pain following Spinal Cord Injury with Lyrica (pregabalin) compared to placebo. Further analysis will be conducted on these initial results. Central Neuropathic Pain is a

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Injectables, part of Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE: PFE) Established Products Business Unit, announced today the addition of doxorubicin hydrochloride injection, USP, to Pfizer Injectables’ growing portfolio of off-patent oncology products. In March 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the reintroduction of doxorubicin hydrochloride injection, USP, in medical grade Cytosafe® polypropylene vials

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. today announced its network of translational research partnerships, called the Centers for Therapeutic Innovation, has launched in Boston with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard University, Partners HealthCare, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University, as well as University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. These organizations

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. announced today that it is conducting the first-ever randomized clinical trial under an investigational new drug (IND) application that manages study participation entirely using electronic tools and allows patients to participate in the clinical trial regardless of their proximity to clinical sites. The pilot project, initiated following review from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), uses mobile phone

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(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. invites investors and the general public to listen to a webcast of a discussion with Mace Rothenberg, Senior Vice President, Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Oncology Business Unit, at the Goldman Sachs 32nd Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Saving Time. To listen to the webcast, visit our web site at www.pfizer.com and click on the “

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. today announced strategic partnerships with ICON plc and PAREXEL International Corporation, both of which will serve as strategic providers of clinical trial implementation services over a five-year period beginning in June 2011. The new partnerships will be fully implemented over an 18-to-24 month period. The ICON and PAREXEL alliances reflect Pfizer’s recent commitment to strengthen the performance of

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced data from ORAL Sync (A3921046) and Study A3921109, two clinical trials of tofacitinib (development code: CP-690,550), an investigational, novel, oral JAK inhibitor, being studied in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Top-line results of ORAL Sync, a pivotal Phase 3 trial, were announced earlier this year. A separate trial, Study A3921109, evaluated the safety and efficacy of atorvastatin versus

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved SUTENT® (sunitinib malate) as the first anti-VEGF therapy to treat progressive, well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NET) in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic disease. Pancreatic NET is a rare cancer reported in two to four people per million annually worldwide.1,2 “We are delighted that