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(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) and Epocrates, Inc., today announced a collaboration to give healthcare providers (HCPs) mobile access to the Pfizer Medical Information Group to obtain scientific answers to their product questions or to report an adverse event. For the first time, clinicians can make direct contact through the Epocrates drug reference app on their iPhone® device to pharmaceutical manufacturers and immediately apply

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Pfizer Inc. named Mikael Dolsten, M.D., PhD, President of Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, as the Company completes its integration of these functions following the Wyeth acquisition. Dr. Dolsten previously led Wyeth’s Research and Development organization from May 2008, and after the close of the Wyeth acquisition was named President of Pfizer’s BioTherapeutics Research & Development. Prior to his

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Oncology will present new data highlighting the company’s focused approach to cancer drug development through the identification and validation of molecular targets. These results will be presented at the 46th Annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago from June 4-8. “Pfizer Oncology is committed to applying discoveries from cancer biology and genetics to the development of new

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Global Manufacturing announced today plans to reconfigure its worldwide plant network to create a fully aligned manufacturing and supply organization from the combined networks of Pfizer and Wyeth. This implementation of the first phase of Pfizer’s previously announced Plant Network Strategy includes recommendations to cease operations at eight manufacturing sites in Ireland, Puerto Rico, and the United States by the

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Animal Health announced today the first recipients of a new $2 million scholarship program for U.S. veterinary students. The initiative, designed to support the future of the veterinary profession, will provide up to $2 million in scholarships over its first three years. Administered in partnership with the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF), the program is an opportunity for Pfizer Animal Health to

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(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. announced today the discontinuation of the SUN 1170 Phase 3 open-label study of Sutent(r) (sunitinib malate) in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer. Following a review by the independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC), the study was discontinued based on a higher incidence of serious adverse events in the sunitinib arm compared to the sorafenib arm and the fact that sunitinib did not meet the

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. invites investors and the general public to listen to a Webcast of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, April 22, 2010. To access the Webcast, visit the Website at www.pfizer.com and click on the “Annual Meeting of Shareholders” Webcast link on the homepage. Information on accessing and pre-registering for the Webcast will be available at www.pfizer.com

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Oncology announced today that it will present new data from the company’s pipeline, including two novel, dual PI3K/mTOR (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase / mammalian target of rapamycin) inhibitors (PF-046915021 and PKI-587, also known as PF-05212384);2 crizotinib (PF-02341066), an ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase) inhibitor that also inhibits c-MET (c-mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor);3 and PF-04605412, an