Pfizer Inc.
NYSE:PFE ISIN:US7170811035
Pfizer Inc.(NASDAQ: PFE). The Group's principal activities are to discover, develop, manufacture and market prescription medicines for humans and animals as well as many of the world's best-known consumer products. The Group operates in two business segments pharmaceuticals and consumer products. Pharmaceuticals segment includes prescription pharmaceuticals for treating cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases, central nervous system disorders, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, allergies, arthritis and other disorders. The major revenue generating pharmaceutical products are Lipitor, Norvasc, Cardura, Accupril, Zithromax, Viracept, Zoloft, Neurontin, Viagra and Zyrtec. Consumer products segment includes consumer health care products, confectionery products, shaving products and tetra fish products. Pharmaceutical products accounted for 84% of 2001 revenues and consumer products, 16%.
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Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT) (PINK:BNIKF) is pleased to advise that it will receive a dividend of US$161,674 from its licensee, the California-based biotechnology company, Tacere Therapeutics, Inc.
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Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT) (PINK:BNIKF), a leading Australian based company specialising in RNA interference (RNAi) technology, is pleased to announce that the US patent application for "RNAi Expression Constructs" has been successfully granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as US Patent No. 7,803,611.
Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT) (PINK:BNIKF) is one of the pioneers of RNA interference (RNAi) technology, which can be used to precisely destroy RNA viruses and silence the expression of defective genes. Benitec's core patents and licenses provide key technologies to trigger RNAi in human cells and in live animals. Benitec holds exclusive worldwide rights for the development and commercialisation of all therapeutic human applications.
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Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT)(PINK:BNIKF) licensee company Tacere Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) has exercised the option, granted in a collaboration and license agreement previously announced in January 2008, to further develop and commercialise Tacere's Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) compounds.
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