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 'bernard'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:05:38 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4753672&cid=t_210711_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FO98ldZBeOgI%2F By Gene HealyBack in 2002-03, when France opposed going to war in Iraq, conservatives spared no venom for the country some called “Our Oldest Enemy.” In retrospect, though, France was a better friend to us then than she’s been in our ongoing Libyan debacle. As the bombing began last month, the LA Times ran a piece showing that French bellicosity (yes) had been instrumental in dragging the US to war: Earlier in the week, French papers reported that when Sarkozy asked [Secretary of State] Clinton to come out more forcefully in favor of action in Libya, she replied, “There are difficulties” and refused to be drawn out further. “Frankly, we are completely puzzled,” a French diplomat told one of his European counterparts. “We are wondering if Liby... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4753672 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:22:21 +0100 4753672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693457&cid=t_210711_134_f&fid=35179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscottsdiabetes.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fdiaboogle%2F What is “Diaboogle“? It is a neat search tool that Bernard Farrell has put together. For a bunch of years, Bernard has been building this custom search tool.  When you search for something, using this tool, it will only search diabetes related websites that Bernard has personally reviewed. At this time, I think there are just over 1,500 websites that he has added into the tool.  If you are looking for something diabetes related, this might be a good place to start. Knowing that my search will be gracefully ignoring sites that are full of garbage, or that might be selling snakeoil, is comforting to me. Bernard does his best to only include solid, reliable sites. But we are still dealing with the internet here – do not make any self-care decisions before talking with your... Scott's Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693457 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:35:44 +0100 4693457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4314076&cid=t_210711_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fmedical-profession-is-conspiracy.html I am a full-time practising doctor and yet sometimes I believe that the medical profession is not always completely honest with patients.Now, I am not talking about the rubbish which alternative medicine practitioners are selling about how the medical establishment is out to rip patients off with unnecessary surgery and exorbitantly priced drugs. And neither is it true that doctors will gang up on patients and refuse to testify against other doctors when a medical mishap occurs. I believe that most doctors are honest professionals who are doing their best to try to help their patients to get better.The truth is far worse. Sadly, most doctors do not realise the harm they often end up inflicting on their patients. They mean well, but because they become arrogant and brainwashed as they get o... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4314076 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:03:00 +0100 4314076 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302132&cid=t_210711_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D3891 One of my greatest scientific heros is A.V.Hill, and its one of my great regrets that I saw him only in the distance. He’s a hero partly because of his science, but also because of his other interests, in particular his efforts to help scientists escape from pre-war Germany. Read the Biographical Memoir of Hill, written by Bernard Katz [download pdf], and comments in my obituary for Katz.   A.V. Hill, c. 1935 (drawn by Edward Halliday in 1978, from a photograph)
 There are some amazing pictures from Hill’s photo album here. And you can read an account of a visit to the lab on Boxing Day 1960 written by AV’s grandson, Nicholas Humphrey (his father, John Humphrey, was external examiner ofr my PhD). And Austin Elliott gives some of the scientific backgroun... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302132 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:06:58 +0100 4302132 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031307&cid=t_210711_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F04%2Fproof-positive-cant-buy-me-love-but-what-about-happiness%2F “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” – Will Smith “What’s a soup kitchen?” – Paris Hilton Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and author of the best-selling Stumbling on Happiness, gave the keynote address at the American Psychological Association convention earlier this year. He challenged the three things he said his mother told him would make him happy: marriage, money and children. I’ve discussed the first one in talking about how, or if, relationships can make us happy. But now it is time to ask to ask the $64,000 question. Which, as it turns out, is the $75,000 question. I’ll explain… Can money make you happy? Is it true that th... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031307 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:29:32 +0100 4031307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3965390&cid=t_210711_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FT6X_ErgLLGg%2F By Justin LoganI have a post responding to some of the critics of the recent Afghanistan Study Group report (in which I participated) over at at the National Interest.  A snip is below: I am forced to conclude that neither [Joshua] Foust nor [Andrew] Exum understands what strategy is. It is not, pace Foust, induced by piling up mounds of granular operational and tactical detail and then seeing what one can shape out of the pile. Instead, those engaged in strategy must attempt to discern and state clearly the interests at stake (in this case those the United States has in Afghanistan or the region more broadly) and then to attempt to connect the complex chain of ends, ways, and means in order to explain how best to pursue those interests. I thought the report was fairly clear on the task f... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3965390 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:16:04 +0100 3965390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3885507&cid=t_210711_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FkXTq6_F5BUw%2Fcwd-friends-for-life---epic-sizer.php I walked into the Richard Rubin Keynote (opening session) with an overflowing breakfast plate and my shoulder bag full of diet sodapop.  After only a step or two into the room I was stopped in my tracks by the sheer size of this thing.  I had no idea.  No. Idea.I could not even see the people on the other side of the room.  They were lost over the horizon.  There were THREE giant TV screens to broadcast the podium.  THREE SCREENS!  I was very full of emotion being surrounded by so many people all deeply entrenched in diabetes.  Everyone there was either a person with type 1 diabetes, a parent of a child with type 1 diabetes, family member of someone with type 1 diabetes, or a caregiver for someone with type 1 diabetes.  Type 1 diabetes, type 1 d... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3885507 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3885507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3645052&cid=t_210711_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FcnRcpiARtSU%2F Johnson & Johnson is denying claims in a whistleblower lawsuit, which was joined by the US government, and charges the healthcare giant with paying kickbacks - in the form of rebates and educational grants - to the Omnicare nursing home pharmacy so its Risperdal antipsychotic would be prescribed more often. The lawsuit also alleged J&J’s Janssen unit hid the payments from Medicaid to avoid reporting a ‘best price’ that would have triggered rebates to the agency (background). In a filing this week, J&J asked a judge to dismiss the January 15 lawsuit by saying the government is arguing that allowable rebates are actually illegal under the Anti-Kickback Statute. “This case is a remarkable attempt to attack common discounting arrangements that are expressly p... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3645052 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:08:11 +0100 3645052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640935&cid=t_210711_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Ferin-brockovich-heading-gulf-coast%2F Famed environmental and consumer advocate Erin Brockovich has been asked by the fisherman of south Louisiana to investigate the environmental and health risks posed by the BP oil spill and the subsequent use of chemical dispersant Corexit. She reportedly plans to hold town hall-type meetings in Grand Isle and Lafourche, Bernard, and Terrebonne Parishes. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640935 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:07:01 +0100 3640935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577357&cid=t_210711_87_f&fid=34816&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHonestMedicine%2F%7E5%2FeCzXKjcAzsY%2FBERKSON%2520on%2520BIHARI.mp3 Last Sunday, the world lost a truly wonderful man: Dr. Bernard Bihari, a medical hero, and one of my personal heroes, as well. Dr. Bihari was the genius who discovered that a very low dose of naltrexone, a drug that had been approved at a higher dose by the FDA for another purpose entirely, could help people with some of the most difficult-to-treat diseases. Thanks to Dr. Bihari, tens of thousands (some say hundreds of thousands) of people with multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, HIV/AIDS and even cancer are now living better lives. Many are symptom-free. Dr. Bihari had the highest of credentials: a Bachelors degree from Cornell, and his MD degree from Harvard. But he never lost sight of his true mission: to lessen the suffering of real people. And that he did.I’ve been... HONEST MEDICINE: My Dream for the Future blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577357 Wed, 19 May 2010 04:30:45 +0100 3577357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3549287&cid=t_210711_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZmuerkudeZY%2F By Steve H. HankeReportage in today’s New York Times (“Consensus For Limits to Secrecy At the Fed” by Sewell Chan) indicates that more auditing of the Fed is probably in the cards. Prof. Milton Friedman and Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan would have most certainly agreed with the thrust of the Senate (S. 604) and House (H.R. 1207) bills sponsored by Senator Bernard Sanders and Representative Ron Paul, respectively.  These bills would partially lift the shroud of secrecy draped over the Fed. Prof. Milton Friedman weighed in on central bank independence in a 1962 essay, “Should There Be an Independent Monetary Authority?”  Prof. Friedman’s conclusion: “The case against a fully independent central bank is strong indeed.”  As for letting in so... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3549287 Mon, 10 May 2010 16:19:17 +0100 3549287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3432855&cid=t_210711_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fread-it-like-a-man-books-for-guys-that-women-should-borrow%2F photo: Thinkstock Chapter One: Baseball Opening Day for Major League Baseball is April 5, which dovetails nicely with the beginning of this series. It’s also a good starting point because baseball has always induced the nostalgic sandlot memory-lane-strolls of aging white men like Doris Kearns Goodwin. And the season goes on for-freaking-ever, so you can knock all three books out of the park by the All-Star break (July). The Natural by Bernard Malamud The Stats: For all the ink spilled about America’s “national pastime” (the one the NFL usurped about 30 years ago), there are very few great baseball novels. The Natural is one of them. You’ve seen the movie; you know the story. A 19-year-old prodigy, Roy Hobbs, gets shot by a mystery woman, drops out of sight, then magically reappe... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3432855 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:47:39 +0100 3432855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3030092&cid=t_210711_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F7pmvUrYw12g%2F Last month, Canada’s Health Committee appointed Bernard Prigent, Pfizer Canada’s vp and medical director, to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, which sets policy, directions, and strategies for publicly funded health research. At the time, CIHR president Alain Beaudet said he hopes to create closer ties with industry to ensure involvement and investment. But the move has not gone over well with some Canadians, who fear the appointment creates ethical quandaries. And so a petition is being circulated in hopes of convincing the committee, which meets on Monday, Nov. 30, to change its collective mind and rescind the appointment. Two reasons are cited for drawing up the the petition: 1 - Pfizer has a “well-documented history of transgressions... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3030092 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:55:06 +0100 3030092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3012639&cid=t_210711_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FR19dKQZgAIU%2F Canada’s Health Committee plans to review the controversial appointment of a Pfizer exec to the board of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the government agency that oversees health research in Canada, The Tyee reports. Bernard Prigent, Pfizer Canada’s medical director, was appointed last month to the CIHR’s governing council (see here). Last month, CIHR president Alain Beaudet said that he hopes to create closer ties with industry to ensure involvemetn and investment, but the move has stirred concerns since the organization is responsible for allocating research funding across the country, the paper writes. “There’s no place in our scientific organizations like CIHR for a drug company official,” NDP MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis, tells The Tyee. “It’s shocking ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3012639 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:55:49 +0100 3012639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2984986&cid=t_210711_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F11%2Fnationwide-registry-to-match-study-volunteers-with-researchers%2F Individuals who want to participate in research studies can connect online with researchers nationwide through the first disease-neutral, volunteer recruitment registry.  ResearchMatch.org is a not-for-profit secure Web site, designed to provide people who are interested in participating in research the opportunity to be matched with studies that may be the right fit for them. NIH Announces [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2984986 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:32:15 +0100 2984986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2970195&cid=t_210711_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FCca75MD1nR8%2F The Washington Post is full of so many stories about government failure these days, it’s hard to keep up. Today, on page A19 we learn about a Small Business Administration subsidy program that has a 60-percent default rate. On the same page, we learn that the U.S. Postal Service will lose $7 billion this year. Flipping over to page A20, we learn that former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik is a liar, a tax cheat, and thoroughly corrupt. Then flip back to A15, and columnist Steve Pearlstein rightly lambastes the latest stimulus scheme from Congress: ”This $10 billion boondoggle is nothing more than a giveaway to the real estate industrial complex.” Finally, on A14, we’ve got government-owned Fannie Mae losing a colossal $19 billion this y... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2970195 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:23:23 +0100 2970195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2943887&cid=t_210711_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F30%2Fbernard-harcourt-on-%25e2%2580%259cneoliberal-penality%2F Bernard Harcourt, the Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and professor of political science at the University of Chicago, presented his fascinating paper “Neoliberal Penality: The Birth of Natural Order, the Illusion of Free Markets” at the third annual conference on Law and Mind Sciences, “The Free Market Mindset: History, Psychology, and Consequences,” which took place on March 7, 2009 at Harvard Law School.  The abstract for his talk is as follows: In the Encyclopédie in 1758, under the entry “Grains,” Francois Quesnay declared that “It is quite sufficient that the government simply not interfere with industry, suppress the prohibitions and prejudicial constraints on internal commerce and reciprocal external trade, abolish or diminish tolls and transport... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2943887 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:01:04 +0100 2943887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2883072&cid=t_210711_109_f&fid=38951&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fcme-outfitters-guilty-of-pro-seroquel.html In ACCME's testimony before the Senate Special Committee on Aging on July 29 of this year, Dr. Murray Kopelow, the chief executive of ACCME, defended the integrity of the embattled organization in part by pointing out that they have beefed up their enforcement of anti-commercial bias policies.He said that he has begun to give extra "scrutiny" to organizations that "receive a large amount of commercial support," and said that 10% of all ACCME providers are now on probation. But how well does ACCME actually regulate the bad apples of CME--generally speaking, those for profit MECCs who are completely dependent on commercial support for their very existence and who consistently bend the Standards of Commercial Support in order to maintain the flow of money?In a fascinating post by Bernard Car... The Carlat Psychiatry Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2883072 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:11:00 +0100 2883072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2641278&cid=t_210711_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FP-Gfsv_peyg%2F Europe has come into a lot of criticism lately.  Much of it is justified.  For instance, cutting military forces while expecting the U.S. to maintain security guarantees is more than little irritating for Americans facing trillions of dollars in deficits and tens of trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities for various bail-outs and social programs. However, predictions of a radical Islamic takeover of Europe look  less realistic these days.   Forecasting the future is always risky.  Nevertheless, the feared growing population of Islamic extremists hasn’t appeared.  Reports the Guardian: A district of derelict warehouses, red-brick terraces, and vibrant street life on the canals near the centre of Brussels, Molenbeek was once known as Belgium’s “Little Manchest... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2641278 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:02:16 +0100 2641278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2615336&cid=t_210711_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fstossel-and-acre-wheres-beef.html STOSSEL and ACRE – WHERE’S the BEEF?Thomas Stossel from Harvard is at it again. As Daniel Carlat has humorously described, Stossel is planning the inaugural meeting next week of a group to counter those he calls pharmascolds. The group is named ACRE – Association of Clinical Researchers and Educators. Here is its website: http://www.acreonline.org/ For months, Stossel has been warning of the dire negative consequences that will result from tightened conflict of interest policies, but he has not presented any persuasive examples of damage to “productive relationships between industry and physicians involved in clinical research and educational outreach.” At the same time, Dr. Stossel has conveniently overlooked the shenanigans of the bad actors whom Senator Grassley exposed. Dr. S... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2615336 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:30:00 +0100 2615336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2358602&cid=t_210711_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fjobless-and-diabetic-some-folks-we-know.html A few weeks ago, our community was shocked to learn that one of the most respected D-bloggers, Scott Johnson, was let go from his company. Although losing a job for anyone in this economy is a hard blow, it is especially worrisome for those of us with a serious, chronic medical condition like diabetes — [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2358602 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:13:14 +0100 2358602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1939022&cid=t_210711_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F06%2Fmaurice-bernard-talks-about-bipolar-disorder%2F This week on Johnson & Johnson’s YouTube channel, there’s a series of videos featuring General Hospital soap star, Maurice Bernard (who portrays Sonny Corinthos on the show), talking about his battle with bipolar disorder (manic depression). I thought you may be interested in checking the videos out: Maurice Bernard on Bipolar, Part 1 (2:50 YouTube video) Maurice Bernard on Bipolar, Part 2 (2:51 YouTube video) Maurice Bernard and his wife on Bipolar (3:05 YouTube video) I found the videos interesting for both people who might suffer from this concern (I always find it interesting when celebrities “come out” and discuss these things in public), as well as friends or family of someone grappling with it. The last video discusses his last “breakdow... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1939022 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:49:05 +0100 1939022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1040241&cid=t_210711_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F187999178%2F A busy day as we head toward the holiday break here in the US - Pfizer is the latest to cut jobs in Puerto Rico. Merck halts a trial over heart risks (of all things). New Hampshire, where people live free or die, will debate electronic prescription monitoring. And Bernie Poussot, who will soon become the new Wyeth ceo, will get a wee bit less than his predecessor, at least in salary. Just click on the links to read more. See you soon… Merck Halts Cancer Drug Trial On Heart Risk (Yahoo/Reuters) Wyeth’s Poussot Will Get $1.5M As CEO (Yahoo/AP) Pfizer To Cut 40 Jobs In Puerto Rico (Houston Chronicle/AP) New Hampshire To Debate Prescription Monitoring (The Union Leader) Kids’ Vaccine Market Set To Quadruple (DrugResearcher.com) Share / E-mail (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1040241 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:33:53 +0100 1040241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962699&cid=t_210711_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F172045817%2F The drugmaker’s No. 2, who will soon succeed the retiring Bob Essner as ceo, characteristically downplays the recent setbacks Wyeth suffered attempting to get FDA approval for two drugs believed to have huge sales potential - one for treating post-menopausal symptoms and the other for schizophrenia. “It’s an overreaction to say, ‘Two delays, problem, problem,’” Bernie tells The Star-Ledger of New Jersey (which owns Pharmalot). “My belief is that we should get these drugs approved in the end.” And he goes on to note that the FDA approved two other Wyeth drugs this year - an oral contraceptive and a renal cancer treatment. Five more drug candidates, he continues, have been filed with regulators, which suggests only more surprises await him. L... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962699 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:13:29 +0100 962699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=922081&cid=t_210711_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F164207911%2F We had heard earlier this year that Bob Essner, 59, was probably going to leave his job as Wyeth ceo long before retirement age. The unconfirmed nugget came up in a furtive conversation after Bernie Poussot, 56, was promoted to chief operating officer in January. And so we weren’t surprised last week when the drugmaker announced that Essner will be retiring on Jan. 1, and Poussot will ascend the throne. To us, the news was ‘hardly shocking.’ This was confirmed today, however, when John “Jake” Mascotte, who chairs Wyeth’s nominating and governance committee, told the WSJ Health Blog that Essner had, in fact, made what he called a “lifestyle choice” to duck out a long time ago. No special date was ever mentioned, but then Essner last month tol... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=922081 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:51:33 +0100 922081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=908782&cid=t_210711_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F162131316%2F Bernie will take over from Bob as of January 1, although Essner will remain chairman for an unspecified period of time (see statement). The move is hardly shocking and, in fact, was telegraphed back in January, when Poussot, 56, was promoted to chief operating officer. At the time, he was already president and vice chair. Despite its troubles, Wyeth continues to tap current execs as ceo. Essner, 60, a marketing veteran, succeeded Jack Stafford in May 2001, four years after the drugmaker withdrew the Pondimin and Redux diet pills that were at the center of the fen-phen scandal that resulted in $21 billion in charges. Since then, Essner has managed to steer Wyeth past the difficulties - until this year. Over the past few months, Wyeth has suffered one setback after another trying to get new ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=908782 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:42:14 +0100 908782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=903797&cid=t_210711_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F161064834%2F The drugmaker has contacted federal authorities in hopes they will prosecute a former employee responsible for a data breach that affected 34,000 people, according to info released by the Connecticut attorney general, The Day reports. This was one of three episodes involving Pfizer data breaches this year; the first one affected 17,000 former and current employees. Pfizer attorney Bernard Nash, in a five-page response to questions posed earlier this month by state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, said the drugmaker contacted “a management-level federal prosecutor” and now hopes the former employee will be prosecuted “to the fullest extent of the law.” In his Sept. 12 letter, Nash writes that Pfizer learned of the data breach after the suspect had left the drugmaker. The suspect... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=903797 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:57:12 +0100 903797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=830938&cid=t_210711_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F30%2Fbicycling-to-bring-a-cure-closer%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Research, Fundraisers, Opinion, Blogs, Allie Beatty, Support, PersonalitiesIn two weeks, Bernard Farrell will be riding in the Bike the Miles annual fundraiser to support Dr. Faustman's research to cure Type 1 diabetes. His participation is especially intrinsic because it is one day away from his 35th anniversary of becoming a Type 1 diabetic. Bernard plans to raise $10,000 for Dr. Faustman's research. Last year he raised $7,500. The entire event raised a whopping $301,000! All of this funding is going toward the human trials to cure Type 1 diabetes. After discovering that the insulin-producing islet cells of the pancreas are capable of regeneration, Dr. Faustman now needs to test her treatment, already known to be safe in humans, to see if the effects are a... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=830938 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 830938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=783858&cid=t_210711_85_f&fid=34692&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolitedissent.com%2Farchives%2F1720 “How well do you know your American Heritage?” asks this PSA quiz from Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane #105 (October 1970). There are some easy questions on the quiz, but a couple of hard ones as well — I only scored a 4/5, and I consider American History one of my better subjects. Click on the image to the right for the full ad. Once again, this PSA was written by Jack Schiff with pencils by Bernard Baily. Tags: comics psa history jack schiff bernard baily (Source: Polite Dissent) Polite Dissent blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=783858 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:31:48 +0100 783858