MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'animal health'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:50:04 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008664&cid=t_135910_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FcgppHEcmtPk%2F After months of speculation and debate, Pfizer is now looking to sell or spin off its Animal Health and Nutritional businesses, although the drugmaker has apparently had a change of heart about its Consumer Health operation and appears committed to keeping the unit. The move comes after Pfizer signaled its intention several months ago to start disposing of major operations in a bid to focus mostly on pharmaceuticals, prompting a debate about the extent to which Pfizer can successfully transform itself into a growth company, even though shedding the Animal Health and Nutritional units could yield recognizable benefits (read this). “Both Animal Health and Nutrition are strong businesses with attractive customer bases and solid fundamentals, but distinct enough from our core businesses ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008664 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:29:55 +0100 5008664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4821149&cid=t_135910_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FSDqAl15JK8k%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is our regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Huron Consulting hired Mark Linver as a managing director in the life sciences practice to handle aggregate spend, merger integration requirements, contract management, government pricing and accrual analysis. Previously, Linver served as a sen... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4821149 Fri, 13 May 2011 12:19:00 +0100 4821149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4795054&cid=t_135910_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F7XNwRvu223Y%2F When it comes to the animal health business, the laws of the jungle are what matters. Consider the spat between Bayer and Eli Lilly. Over the past year, Lilly’s Elanco animal health unit allegedly used a smear campaign to discredit Bayer in hopes of convincing veterinarians and distributors to end their business relationships with its rival, according to a lawsuit filed in a New York federal court. Such fingerpointing complaints are, of course, not an uncommon event among drugmakers, especially when it comes to promotional activities. But this latest lawsuit underscores the extent to which the animal health world is an increasingly important business to companies that are finding it harder and harder to develop big-selling meds to treat those two legged-creatures known as humans. At ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4795054 Fri, 06 May 2011 20:23:48 +0100 4795054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4622507&cid=t_135910_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FenMMgf6D0z8%2F Good morning, everyone, and nice to see you again. Another overcast day here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where we are, once again, hustling short people off to the local schoolhouse. As you know, this calls for a cup of stimulation or two - our flavor today is pumpkin spice. Please feel free to join us. Meanwhile, here are some tidbits from around your world. Hope your day goes well and do stay in touch… Merck And Sanofi Abandon Animal Health Joint Venture (Reuters) Bristol Reports Positive Results For Ipilimumab Melanoma Med (Associated Press) Pfizer Lipitor Subsidy May Hurt Ranbaxy (Bloomberg News) Cephalon To Acquire Gemin X For $225M (Associated Press) Many Gastric Banding Patients Have Complications (HealthDay News) FDA Agrees To Review Shire Angioedema Drug (Pharma Times... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4622507 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:55:44 +0100 4622507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074063&cid=t_135910_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-to-prevent-an-infection-from-your-pet%2F2010.10.15 Can your dog give you MRSA? Sharing with your dog is wonderful — unless you’re sharing bacteria. Pets can harbor harmful germs to pass on to you. Staphylococcus bacteria is a common cause for skin infections in people and animals. A virulent strain of staph, called MRSA, has made headlines for school outbreaks and fatal infections. MRSA infections are usually blamed on dirty locker rooms and contaminated gym clothes, but the source for an infection might be in your lap right now. Here are five ways to avoid catching an infection from your pet: 1. Your pet’s mouth is not clean. It’s teeming with bacteria. Don’t let your pet lick your wounds. A dialysis patient once contracted a life-threatening pasturella bacteria infection from his beautiful golden retriever this way. 2... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074063 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:00:19 +0100 4074063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074441&cid=t_135910_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FP2wK003B2K0%2F If you thought obese humans are the only creatures on earth susceptible to harm from a diet pill, consider overweight dogs, specifically those taking Pfizer’s Slentrol pill. The FDA is planning a pharmacogenomic study to determine whether reported adverse drug events are associated with genetic variations in the dogs treated with the pill, which was approved in 2007. Why? A preliminary analysis by the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine indicates potential correlations between certain dog breeds and some side effects, according to a notice in the Federal Register. The notice did not specify side effects or breeds, but Slentrol labeling shows that vomiting occurred in nearly 25 percent of the dogs, 12 percent suffered diarrhea and nearly 10 percent grew lethargic (so much for r... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074441 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:04:24 +0100 4074441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560498&cid=t_135910_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F6PUQzXUi6TE%2F Pontificators are having a field day deciphering healthcare reform and PricewaterhouseCoopers is no exception. The consulting firm has just released a report concluding that, despite expanded coverage that will increase revenue, overall drug sales will decline by 4.3 percent from what they would have been otherwise between 2010 and 2019. The bill increases Medicaid rebates, expands discounts to 340b hospitals, requires Medicare Part D discounts and adds a big fees over 10 years. Specifially, a typical big pharma should see a 4 percent drop in revenue, and a large generic drugmaker should see a 2 percent boost. Meanwhile, a medium-size drugmaker with low government sales should expect only a 1 percent decline, but a large drugmaker with lots of government sales can expect a 7 percent drop. ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560498 Thu, 13 May 2010 11:16:46 +0100 3560498 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560499&cid=t_135910_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FUi_0RX4f_qI%2F Top of the morning to you. Another shiny day here on the Pharmalot corporate campus. What will today bring? We can only guess. But with meetings and deadlines on the agenda, we are brewing the required cups of stimulation. Meanwhile, here are a few interesting items to help you prepare. We hope your day is productive and pleasant. And as always, do stay in touch… Walgreen’s Halts Sales Of OTC Gene Tests (Bloomberg News) Merck To Create 150 Jobs In Ireland (RTE Business) Glaxo Halts Platelet Drug Study Due To Clots (Reuters) AstraZeneca Fights SMC Rejection Of Iressa (PharmaTimes) CVS Caremark Taps A New CEO (Associated Press) US Rx DataBase Takes Hold Slowly (Government Technology) Merck & Sanofi Prepare To Shed Animal Assets (Reuters) Australia Won’t Enact New Price... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560499 Thu, 13 May 2010 11:14:16 +0100 3560499 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3126794&cid=t_135910_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FslXojqEEXkY%2F Is Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health going to the dogs? A Toledo, Ohio, man has sued the drugmaker, which is now part of Merck, for negligence for marketing faulty batches of Vetsulin, which is used to control diabetes in dogs and cats. In his lawsuit, Larry Friedman claims the drugmaker should have known prior to a Nov. 2 warning from the FDA that its medication was contaminated or improperly manufactured. He also argues that Vetsulin should have been recalled. His 13-year-old terrier died of kidney failure earlier this month and he wound up spending more than $1,000 in vet bills. The vet “came to our home. We put him to sleep in his bed, with us petting him,” Freidman tells The Toledo Blade. “This is about getting justice for all the people who bought this product ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3126794 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:00:04 +0100 3126794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1921192&cid=t_135910_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F436271309%2F The drugmaker may not attract many shareholders with its animal health business, but it found an interesting way to promote one of its products - the Canex All Wormer for Dogs. In this arresting ad, the impression is to leave you guessing whether that poor little boy is feeding Fido or, in reality, all those worms creeping around inside the pooch. “Who do you take care of” asks the ad. To us, however, it appears the worm may skip the bowl of dog chow and go straight for the little boy. Hat tip to AdFreak (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1921192 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:38:43 +0100 1921192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1888456&cid=t_135910_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F423826948%2F Nearly a year after Raul Kohan, the former head of the drugmaker’s animal health business, was shifted to the No. 2 slot in the wake of the acquistion of Organon’s animal-health unit, he is being placed in charge once again. At the time, Organon’s Ruurd Stolp was tapped to the combined animal health business, which generated $1.45 billion during the first six months of this year. Now, though, Stolp (see photo) is leaving the drugmaker, although there is no word on his destination. The move comes amid ongoing turmoil at Schering-Plough, which is still reeling from a dramatic decline in sales of its Vytorin and Zetia cholesterol drugs and a subsequent reorganization designed that involves closing plants and cutting 10 percent of its workforce of 55,000 in order to save up ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1888456 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:57:27 +0100 1888456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1501281&cid=t_135910_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F06%2F08%2Fthe-sunday-sidebar-14%2F It’s all about animals this week… Prothestics are not just for humans. Seems that even the animal kingdom needs a little help every so often. Here’s a fascinating collection of animals that have benefited from science. There’s a dolphin with a rubber tail, an American Bald Eagle with a nylon-composite beak, a Belgian Shepard with a carbon paw, and a kangaroo, a parrot, a kiwi, and an elephant with a prosthetic leg. What’s on your cat’s mind? If you don’t know and are worried about their behavoir help is at hand in the form of animal communicators, aka ‘Pet Whisperers’. They even have their own magazine “Species Link: The Journal of Interspecies Telepathic Communication”. Why rabbits love liquorice (and elephants can’... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1501281 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:04:58 +0100 1501281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=767710&cid=t_135910_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F138905077%2F Just in time for that summer vacation ride with your pooch, the drugmaker is making available Cerenia, the “first and only FDA-approved” med for preventing and treating canine vomiting due to various causes, including motion sickness. The drug, which is available in tablet and injectable forms, was actually approved back in the winter, by the way. To promote its use, Pfizer rattles off these stats: Vomiting is one of the most common reasons owners take their dogs to the veterinarian. Vets see between 16 and 28 cases of acute vomiting per month, with an estimated 3 million dogs experiencing vomiting each year in the US. And another 7 million dogs suffer from vomiting caused by motion sickness. “For many people, dogs are members of the family, and it’s difficult to leave... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=767710 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:25:27 +0100 767710