NOVARTIS: ONCE A YEAR DRUG HELPS BONES

Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Saturday that clinical tests had shown its once-yearly Aclasta medicine had proved effective in reducing incidence of bone fracture in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO). CNN Money (http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/16/news/international/bc.health.novartis.aclasta.reut/index.htm?postversion=2006091616)