A third Rituxan patient has developed a serious and often fatal brain infection called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). According to a statement posted on the Food Drug Administration (FDA) Web site, this is the first case of PML in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with Rituxan who has not previously [...]

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)-- Amgen Inc . (AMGN) reported a 24% rise in third-quarter profits, easily beating expectations, driven by cost cuts and strong sales on most major products. The strong earnings prompted the Thousand Oaks, Calif., drug maker to again raise its 2009 profit expectations and back its revenue projections. But the focus surrounding Amgen remains on the company's experimental bone drug denosumab. Amgen said with its earnings report Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administratio

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