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Salix Pharmaceuticals Reports 1Q2007 Results  -  May 8, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Total product revenue for the quarter included five weeks of revenue for our newly-acquired PEPCID(R) Oral Suspension and DIURIL(R) Oral Suspension.

Salix Pharmaceuticals to Present At CIBC World Markets Conference  -  Apr 4, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Salix markets COLAZAL ® , XIFAXAN ® , OSMOPREP™, VISICOL ® , MOVIPREP ® , PEPCID ® OS, DIURIL ® OS, AZASAN ® , ANUSOL-HC ® and PROCTOCORT ® .

Salix Pharmaceuticals Announces 1Q2007 Financial Results ...  -  Apr 24, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),USP, and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous), PEPCID(R) (famotidine) for Oral Suspension, DIURIL(R) (chlorothiazide) Suspension, AZASAN(R) (Azathioprine

Salix Pharmaceuticals Licenses DIACOL™ to Dr. Falk Pharma in Europe  -  Apr 17, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous), PEPCID ® (famotidine) for Oral Suspension, DIURIL ® (chlorothiazide) Suspension, AZASAN ® (Azathioprine Tablets

Salix Purchases Pepcid and Diuril from Merck & Co. for $55M  -  Feb 28, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Salix Pharmaceuticals purchased the US prescription pharmaceutical product rights to Pepcid® Oral Suspension and Diuril® Oral Suspension from Merck & Co.

Salix Pharmaceuticals Acquires PEPCID(R) Oral Suspension  -  Mar 1, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),..."PEPCID Oral Suspension and DIURIL Oral Suspension, both liquid formulations of their solid dosage form counterparts, compete in an approximately $150

2 drugs part of Salix's strategy  -  Mar 1, 2007
News & Observer,The Morrisville company, which specializes in gastrointestinal treatments, will pay as much as $61 million to Merck for the rights to sell Pepcid and Diuril

Salix Sees 2007 Profit Missing Street  -  Feb 28, 2007
Houston Chronicle,...up to $6 million in potential sales-based milestone payments to Merck for US rights to gastrointestinal treatments Pepcid OS and Diuril oral suspension.

Salix Pharma Swings to 4Q Profit  -  Feb 28, 2007
Forbes,...potential sales-based milestone payments to Merck & Co. for US rights to gastrointestinal treatments Pepcid oral suspension and Diuril oral suspension.

Salix buys Pepcid product rights from Merck  -  Feb 28, 2007
ReutersO: Quote, Profile , Research) said it bought the US prescription pharmaceutical product right for gastrointestinal drugs Pepcid and Diuril oral suspension

Salix $55M Drug Deal, Earnings Report Don’t Give Street Heartburn  -  Mar 1, 2007
Local Tech Wire,...up front plus milestone payments of up to $6 million for rights to the intestinal drugs known as Pepcid Oral Suspension and Diuril Oral Suspension.

Salix sees shares sink after announcing $61M buy, 2006 results  -  Mar 1, 2007
Charlotte Business Journal,...for the rights to the company's Pepcid Oral Suspension and Diuril Oral Suspension products, which are used to treat several gastrointestinal conditions.

Salix Pharmaceuticals acquires PEPCID Oral Suspension  -  Feb 28, 2007
Lab Manager,Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. today announced that it has purchased the US prescription pharmaceutical product rights to PEPCID Oral Suspension and DIURIL

Salix profits beat expectations  -  Feb 28, 2007
News & Observer,...market prescription Pepcid and Diuril, two gastrointestinal drugs, from New Jersey-based Merck for up to $61 million in upfront payments and royalties.

Salix Pharmaceuticals Reports 4Q2006 and FY2006 Results  -  Feb 28, 2007
Business Wire (press release),DIURIL OS is used as adjunctive therapy in edema associated with a number of conditions including hepatic cirrhosis and it also has been found useful in

Biotech Day in Review: Xoma Signs $230 Million Partnership with Takeda  -  Mar 1, 2007
Seeking Alpha,Salix Pharma (SLXP) bought Pepcid Oral Suspension and Diuril Oral Suspension from Merck (MRK) for $55 million upfront and $6 million in sales-related

Premarket Movers: EGL Up on Buyout Offer  -  Feb 28, 2007
Forbes,Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. shares fell as the gastrointestinal drug developer purchased the rights to Pepcid and Diuril from Merck & Co.

Networking: Portals for medical care  Jun 26, 2006
CHICAGO, June 26 (UPI) -- A patient refills her prescription for Diuril online, a high-blood-pressure medication, without having to walk down the street in the ... -United Press International

Networking: Portals for medical care  Jun 26, 2006
A patient refills her prescription for Diuril online, a high-blood-pressure medication, without having to walk down the street in the summer heat and wait for ... -PhysOrg.com

summer safety tips  Jun 29, 2006
...such as tetracycline (Sumycin) and ciprofloxacin (Cipro); and certain blood pressure drugs, such as chlorothiazide (Diuril) and hydrochlorothiazide (Esidrix ... -Consumer Reports (subscription)



BOTOX FOR PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT?  Mar 11, 2006
EG. ANSWER: It depends on the diuretic (water pill). Diuril and HydroDIURIL, two commonly prescribed diuretics, keep calcium in the body. ... - Charlotte Sun-Herald

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