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Roche disclosed the measures it plans to take as part of its Group-wide Operational Excellence Program, announced in September. The initiative is a response to mounting cost pressures in healthcare - particularly in the US and Europe - and to increasing hurdles for the approval and pricing of new medicines. Measures aim to strengthen innovation and ensure sustained success in a fast changing market environment. 
Boehringer Ingelheim employees across the globe were called to action in support of this year's World Diabetes Day. Equipped with pedometers for a week, each step taken by employees was counted and converted into a contribution of 15.000 Euros in support of the International Diabetes Federation's (IDF) "Life for a Child" Programme. The employee initiative is part of Boehringer Ingelheim's activities in support of World Diabetes Day aimed to raise awareness of the global diabetes pandemic affecting more than 285 million people across the globe.(1) 
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced results from the EMPHASIS-HF trial(1) showing a statistically significant reduction in risk of cardiovascular (CV) death or heart failure (HF) hospitalization for patients with chronic heart failure with mild symptoms treated with Inspra® (eplerenone) versus those given placebo in addition to standard HF therapy. The results were presented to physicians attending the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Chicago and were simultaneously published online in the New England Journal of Medicine. 
The combination of blood glucose monitoring and integrated diabetes management software in Bayer's Contour®USB meter offers advantages for both insulin-treated diabetes patients and health care professionals. It supports patients with effective self-management of diabetes and strengthens the doctor-patient-interaction. These are the conclusions drawn from a recent non-interventional study.(1) Boehringer Ingelheim, a global leader in biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacture, and VTU Technology, a leading supplier of exclusive technologies and comprehensive services for the development of high-performance Pichia pastoris protein expression strains, have entered into a global Technology and Marketing collaboration agreement. Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, Boehringer Ingelheim will have access to VTU Technology's ready-to-use high expression Pichia system in close collaboration with the VTU team for the development and manufacture of therapeutic proteins. 
Nycomed's strategy of focusing on emerging markets and specialty products is paying off. The third quarter results shows that the sales of Key Products and in emerging markets are continuing to help offset the impact from the loss of exclusivity of pantoprazole. Daxas® (roflumilast) has recently been launched in the first EU markets and further launches are underway over the coming months. Alpine mountaineer and Alzheimer's disease advocate Alan Arnette will embark later this month to climb the 7 Summits, the highest peak on each continent. This ambitious year-long climbing campaign - The 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer's: Memories are Everything - aims to raise awareness of the growing Alzheimer's prevalence in our aging population and the enormous financial and personal burden it places on people with the disease, their caregivers and society.