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Pfizer Inc. (JOBS) Halts Heart Disease, Obesity Research; Focuses on Cancer
September 30, 2008
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Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drugmaker, is ending early-stage development of treatments for a range of illnesses from obesity to heart disease, to focus on more profitable diseases.
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