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Cephalon said the committee decided that Sparlon is effective for its intended use but recommended that the company collect additional data to support the safety of the drug.

As a result, Cephalon lowered its 2006 sales forecast by $100 million to a range of $1.45 billion to $1.5 billion.

German drugmaker Bayer AG (BAY) plans to outbid rival Merck KGaA (MKGAF) for Schering AG (SHR) .

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Electroglas Inc.

(EGLS) said the third-quarter net loss was $4.22 million, or 19 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $8.79 million, or 40 cents a share, during the same period last year.

The provider of semiconductor capital equipment said quarterly revenue was $11.3 million, up from $8.43 million last year.

Analysts polled by Thomson First Call had expected revenue of $11 million.

The Finish Line Inc.

(FINL) said fourth-quarter net income was $28.1 million, or 58 cents a share, compared with $28.2 million, or 57 cents a share, reported a year ago.

The athletic wear retailer said sales rose 10% to $399.2 million from last year's $361.4 million.

Excluding one-time charges, the company's earnings would have been 63 cents a share.

Analysts polled by Thomson First Call expected, on average, earnings of 59 cents a share.

Legg Mason Inc.

(LM) named James W.

Hirschmann as president of the company effective May 1, taking the role held by Raymond "Chip" Mason who will continue as chairman and chief executive.

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...ba href=/hyperactivity/a/b disorder in children until more is learned about a possible link to a serious skin disease, federal advisers said yesterday.A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted 12 to 1 against recommending modafinil as safe for children with ADHD.

Earlier, the psychopharmacologic drugs panel unanimously agreed that modafinil works as a treatment for ADHD.

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Tag This Article The FDA is not required to follow the recommendations of its advisory panels but usually does.The committee recommended that Cephalon Inc.

undertake a 3,000-patient trial to determine the risk modafinil may pose for Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

Drug reactions cause nearly all cases of the sometimes fatal skin disease, which can produce widespread blistering and rashes, according to the Merck Manual.The FDA's drug evaluation chief, Robert J.

Temple, said one out of 900 children involved in earlier studies of the drug developed the disease.

He and Cephalon spokeswoman Jenifer Antonacci said the agency and the company will discuss the committee's recommendation.In De...

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The psychopharmacologic drugs panel voted 12-1 against the recommendation.

It concluded that the drug is effective against ADHD, but can't be regarded as safe for the use by children for the time being, reports reaching here said.

The panel was most concerned about a possible link with skin rashes and recommended that the drug's manufacturer, Cephalon Inc., conduct a 3,000-patient trial to measure the risk.

The drug is also found in link with psychiatric effects including mania and aggression.

Modafinil is being marketed as Provigil for treating sleep disorders.

Cephalon is seeking to sell the drug under the name Sparlon for children with ADHD.

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