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Las Vegas, NV – The International Association of Fire Fighters has announced the launch of a new initiative to help fire fighters, family members and friends to quit smoking cigarettes.

“Our goal is to help make the IAFF the first smoke-free union,” IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger said in his address to delegates at the IAFF 49th Convention.

Cigarette butts: Photo by The Other

The IAFF is collaborating with pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. to promote smoking cessation. Schaitberger and Pfizer CEO Jeff Kindler first announced the joint initiative at the IAFF Health and Safety Conference in Chicago, Illinois, in October 2007.    » read more »

Support to Focus on Academic Medical Centers, Hospitals, Associations and Medical Societies as Move Eliminates Direct Support for Commercial CME Providers

NEW YORK, July 02, 2008 -- Pfizer today announced changes in the way it supports continuing medical education (CME) initiatives for U.S. healthcare professionals. Pfizer will continue to support CME programs at many of the world’s leading academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, as well as programs sponsored by associations, medical societies and community hospitals, in keeping with the shared goal of improving public health.    » read more »

Boston, Mass., June 23, 2008 -- The pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay a $975,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its former manufacturing plant in Groton, Conn., the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. Today’s settlement is the first of its type in federal court under regulations that are designed to control the emissions of hazardous air pollutants from pharmaceutical manufacturing operations.    » read more »

10 Millionth Dose of Zithromax

23 January 2008 -- AWI ZONE, AMHARA REGION, ETHIOPIA. . .Today a group led by Lions Clubs International Foundation Chairperson Jimmy Ross witnessed a historic moment in trachoma control when the 10 millionth dose of azithromycin (Zithromax®) was dispensed to a person in Awi Zone. The antibiotic, donated by Pfizer Inc, is a main strategy in the fight against the blinding disease in poor, rural areas.    » read more »

A Second Exploratory Study Comparing Exubera and Lantus Assessed Daily Blood Sugar Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Selzentry™ (Maraviroc) Now Available Throughout the U.S. for Use in Combination Therapy for Certain Treatment-Experienced HIV Patients

Companies Will Jointly Conduct Phase III Development and Commercialization of DGAT-1 Inhibitor Compounds