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Wyeth’s first non-hormone menopause pill may be safer

Wyeth may win U.S. approval for Pristiq, the first non-hormone menopause pill, based on studies suggesting the medicine is safer than the drugmaker’s current therapies. Sales slowed for Wyeth’s hormone-based menopausal treatments, Premarin and Prempro, after U.S. research in 2002 linked them to breast cancer and heart attacks. Pristiq, derived from Wyeth’s best-seller, the antidepressant Effexor, ...

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