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Supplier News Breaks Archives A national survey released by the National Headache Foundation (NHF) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) revealed disparities between what migraine headache sufferers and physicians say they discuss during office visits, including their prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs. Sales and marketing service firms Crossmark and Market Performance Group (MPG) have merged their chain drug sales businesses to form MPG Drug. Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has been issued three patents for Xifaxan (rifaximin), an antibiotic for the intestinal tract, from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mylan Inc. has begun shipping famciclovir tablets, a treatment for herpes. Miles White, chairman and chief executive officer of Abbott, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. PepsiCo this week is kicking off an advertising campaign for Pepsi MAX that features Major League Baseball all-stars and baseball greats. Procter & Gamble Co. has added two more hair coloring shades to its recall of Clairol Natural Instincts products in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has started shipping over-the-counter fexofenadine HCl allergy relief tablets.
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