ALSO NOTED: Pfizer beefs up Chantix suicide warning; Actavis buys Italian Pfizer plant;

> Pfizer strengthened the suicide warning on its stop-smoking drug Chantix as the FDA reviews reports of patients who experienced psychiatric problems while on the drug. Report

> Generics maker Actavis has agreed to buy a Pfizer manufacturing facility that specializes in cancer treatments; the plant is near Milan, Italy, and employs about 340. Release

> The British Medical Association bristled at a government report suggesting that doctors overprescribe brand-name meds, while the pharma industry needled the NHS for being slow to adopt new drugs. Report

> India asked Indonesia to remove trade barriers that inhibit the importation of Indian drugs. Report

> India's Nicholas Piramal boosted its net profit by 31 percent in the third quarter as revenues rose to 7.36 billion rupees, or $188 million. Report

> Scientists in California made embryo clones of two men, a step toward developing new stem cells for therapeutic purposes. Report

> There's been a growing understanding in the drug development world that studies boasting of positive data on a drug tend to get published in the scientific literature with great fanfare; negative studies are often silently allowed to sink out from sight. Report

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