International Business News - Medicis http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. said Friday federal health regulators approved new labeling about the long-term effectiveness of wrinkle-filling drug Restylane. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/fda-oks-new-effectiveness-claims-for-medicis-drug.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:21:57 EDT Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. said Wednesday it expects to restate its results for a six-year period because of errors in the way it calculated the cost of returned products. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/medicis-may-restate-results-from-2002-to-2008.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:47:15 EDT Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. said Monday it will by privately held LipoSonix for $150 million in cash in a move to expand its aesthetics portfolio. Medicis makes a range of specialty pharmaceutical products to treat acne and skin conditions along with cosmetic dermal fillers. LipoSonix makes a system that uses ultrasound technology to remove unwanted fat. The product is not yet approved in the U.S., though Medicis expects it could enter the market by 2011. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/medicis-buying-liposonix-for-150-million.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:36:47 EDT Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. said Wednesday its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 4 cents. The pharmaceutical company said the dividend is payable July 31 to shareholders of record July 1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/medicis-declares-regular-dividend-of-4-cents.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:25:10 EDT Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. raised its full-year profit guidance Thursday after its first-quarter results topped expectations. The company expects 2008 profit between $1.49 and $1.58 per share on revenue between $529 million and $538 million. In February, the company set full-year profit guidance between $1.43 and $1.56 per share on revenue between $528 million and $540 million. Analysts on average expect a profit of $1.51 per share on revenue $534.4 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/medicis-pharmaceutical-raises-full-year-profit-outlook.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 16:52:06 EDT Medicis on Wednesday said its board raised its quarterly dividend by a penny, or 33 percent, to 4 cents per share. The pharmaceutical company said the dividend is payable April 30 to shareholders of record April 1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080313/medicis-lifts-quarterly-dividend.htm Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:35:39 EDT Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit jumped 54 percent on higher sales of the company's acne treatment products. The company earned $27.5 million, or 41 cents per share, compared with profit of $17.9 million, or 27 cents per share, during the same period a year prior. Revenue rose 42 percent to $140.3 million from $99.1 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080227/medicis-4q-profit-rises-on-acne-products.htm Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:24:53 EST Shares of Botox and breast implant maker Allergan Inc. got a boost Thursday after the Food and Drug Administration denied Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.'s application for rival wrinkle product Reloxin. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080131/allergan-up-as-fda-stumps-rival-medicis.htm Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:48:47 EST Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. said Thursday the Food and Drug Administration has denied its application for wrinkle injection Reloxin, botulinum toxin type A, because it isn't "sufficiently complete." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080131/fda-denies-incomplete-medicis-filing.htm Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:46:55 EST Shares of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., which makes skin medications, fell sharply to a new annual low after Impax Laboratories challenged a patent for its Solodyn drug for the treatment of acne. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080115/medicis-key-drug-faces-patent-challenge.htm Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:36:34 EST Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. announced a regular quarterly dividend of 3 cents per share. The pharmaceutical company said it will pay the dividend Jan. 31 to shareholders of record Jan. 2. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071214/medicis-declares-regular-dividend.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:03:18 EST