Pennsylvania-based Cephalon Inc., which has a manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to market a sugar-free formulation of its Actiq drug.
The new product will be launched in the first half of 2006.
Actiq contains medication used to treat "breakthrough" cancer pain. It is a single-use lozenge, attached to a handle, which delivers the medicine.
Cephalon has about 2,300 employees worldwide.
Consumer confidence
A better hiring outlook and lower gas prices pushed a measure of U.S. consumer confidence to its highest level in four and a half years.
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Clayton Ward, a 10th-grader from West Jordan,has created five apps for the Apple operating systems.
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