To The Point Dec 27, 2008
6 bil, or $37 a share, provided that King Pharmaceuticals () sells some assets related to Alpharma's painkiller Kadian. Kadian is an extended-release morphine-based pain drug, and was Alpharma's best-seller in '07, bringing in $167. (Investors Business Daily)
Business Highlights Dec 26, 2008
King must sell Kadian assets to buy Alpharma ... (AP) King Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it will be allowed to buy Alpharma Inc. provided it sells some assets related to Alpharma's painkiller Kadian. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
King must sell Kadian assets to buy Alpharma Dec 26, 2008
King Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it will be allowed to buy Alpharma Inc. provided it sells some assets related to Alpharma's painkiller Kadian ... Kadian is an extended-release morphine-based pain drug, and in 2007, it was Alpharma's best-seller, bringing in $167 ... The patents behind Kadian are scheduled to expire in spring 2010. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
King Pharma's $1.6B Offer Wins Over Alpharma Nov 25, 2008
Alpharma gets most of its revenue from animal health products, though the bulk of its pharmaceutical sales come from the morphine painkiller Kadian. It also launched the Flector Patch, a pain treatment, in January. (ABC News -- Wire)
King Pharmaceuticals to buy Alpharma for $1.6 billion Nov 25, 2008
The agreement, if approved by shareholders, will give King an Alpharma pain drug, Kadian, and a pain patch, Flector, in addition to drugs to treat animals. It also gives King the Alpharma experimental pain drug Embeda. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
FDA Panel Sees Small Benefit to Alpharma Pain Pill Nov 15, 2008
If Embeda is approved, it would help offset expected sales declines for Alpharma's morphine drug Kadian, which is expected to lose patent protection in 2010. The drug was Alpharma's best-selling product last year with sales of $167. (ABC News -- Wire)
Photo Gallery Oct 28, 2008
From left to right: Danielle Panariello, Alyssa Sanclemente, Nicole Ramirez, Ariane Ryan, Katey Howitt, Jayson James, Josie Dwyer, Katherine Kadian and Ariel Mastroianni. On Halloween, High Tech High School's musical theatre department will host a "Totally Awesome '80s Party" to raise funds for their upcoming spring production of "Cabaret.". (West New York Reporter, NJ)
King says Alpharma rebuffed a $1.4B buyout bid Aug 25, 2008
Still, the bulk of its pharmaceutical sales are related to the morphine painkiller Kadian, which reached $167. 7 million in 2007. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
King bids $1.4 billion for Alpharma Aug 23, 2008
Alpharma, which makes the pain drug Kadian and pain patch Flector plus products to treat animals, said its board determined the offer "to be not in the best interests of Alpharma shareholders" though it would "consider seriously any bona fide proposal that reflected the fair value of the company.". In an open letter to Alpharma Chief Executive Dean Mitchell, King CEO Brian Markison said he hoped Alpharma's board would "reconsider" the proposal. (India Times)
Fresno woman faces kidnapping indictment Mar 18, 2008
Felicia Kadian Brown, 21, of Fresno; robbery, Feb. 14; Missouri City Police Department. Nathaniel Paul Stewart, 24, of Missouri City; robbery, Feb. 14, Missouri City PD.. (Rosenberg Herald-Coaster, TX)
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Pain-Free Extrinsic Growth Aug 23, 2007
That should coincide nicely with its KADIAN NT abuse-deterrent opioid, which it hopes to launch in 2009. Having a large sales force already in place should help it compete against Pain Therapeutics' (Nasdaq: PTIE) and King Pharmaceuticals' (NYSE:KG) abuse-resistant drug Remoxy, which is in phase 3 clinical trials. (MSNBC -- Business)
Encinitas teen "really enjoys" volunteering Jun 25, 2007
"That gives me back valuable time to concentrate on other things," said Sheila Kadian of the hospital's administration office. "I can give her heavy tasks with very little direction.". (North County Times)
New Research Into Pain Treatment May 27, 2007
(Patients can still become dependent on a new form of the morphine derivative called Kadian, for instance, but if they crush one of the pills for snorting, its center explodes, releasing a substance that blocks the euphoric high. New types of electrical stimulators targeting the brain, the spine and the muscles hit the market almost every year. (MSNBC -- Health)
Guru Picks: Buy Banks, Prep For Inflation Mar 14, 2007
Alpharma sells the pain medication Kadian, as well as a series of ingredients that other pharmaceuticals use to make antibiotics. Kadian makes up 20% of the company s sales, and the FDA approved a higher-dose version of it at the beginning of March. (Forbes)
Data demonstrates alcohol does not significantly affect pharmacokinetics of Kadian Feb 10, 2007
9, 2007Alpharma Inc. (NYSE: ALO), a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, presented results of a Phase IV study of KADIAN (morphine sulfate extended-release) Capsules that demonstrate the pharmacokinetics of the long-acting opioid are not significantly affected by the consumption of alcohol ... "This study demonstrated that the extended-release properties of KADIAN were maintained even in the presence of a significant quantity of alcohol," says Joseph Stauffer, DO, Vice President,... (EurekAlert!)
Woman accused of smuggling drugs, scalpel in tampon Jan 10, 2007
5 grams of heroin, 10 capsules of Kadian morphine and the scalpel. Staff at the prison pulled her out of the visitors line Saturday morning, acting on information Jones would try to smuggle the contraband. (Albany Times Union)
