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 'blockbuster'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:17 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182314&cid=t_159645_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fnew-big-pharma-economies-of-scale-less.html (Source: Pharma Marketing Blog) Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182314 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:07:00 +0100 5182314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4018156&cid=t_159645_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7D33y_6u4ec%2F By Michael F. CannonMany employers, such as McDonald’s, provide health benefits that are less comprehensive than most.  They may have an annual claims limit of $10,000 or less.  But if you’re young, healthy, and need to pinch your pennies, that may suit you just fine.  According to Jerry Newman, a SUNY-Buffalo professor who wrote a book about working at McDonald’s, “For those who didn’t have health insurance through their spouse, it was a life saver.” These are the health plans (and the workers) that are seeing the highest premium increases under ObamaCare.  The Wall Street Journal reports: Trade groups representing restaurants and retailers say low-wage employers might halt their coverage if the government doesn’t loosen a requirement for &#8... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4018156 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:14:04 +0100 4018156 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3676724&cid=t_159645_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F18%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-june-18-2010%2F I was away earlier this week because my mom was in town. And in a few days, it will be Father’s Day. Spending all this time with my parents has made me aware of a lot of things. For one it’s given me the opportunity to see them in a new light. Not one of admiration or awe, but something a bit more realistic. I saw them as two separate people who tried to do the best they could in the situation that they were in. I then saw myself as my own individual who tries the best that I can with whatever things come my way. Funny how learning to accept my parents as imperfect has helped me to accept myself for my own imperfections. Seeing them and celebrating this coming Father’s Day are just a reminder to me that we can only do the best we can and that doing so is enough. I think t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3676724 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:43:10 +0100 3676724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259248&cid=t_159645_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FyiPlPSMzW7k%2Fepharma-summit-2010-long-tail-of.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259248 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:29:00 +0100 3259248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1837204&cid=t_159645_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fare-soon-to-be-off-patent-blockbuster.html While everyone was focused on the $700 billion proposal to bailout Wall Street, hardly anyone noticed the $25-$50 billion bailout of the automobile industry that is currently in the works (see "House passes auto industry bailout").Many other industries, including the pharmaceutical industry, would probably love to join the Bailout Billions Recipient Club.For some time now, I've been running a poll of readers asking them if the pharmaceutical industry is in a recession. Almost 80% of the nearly 800 respondents have said that it is in a recession (you can take the poll here - "Bailout Bonanza, Recession Redux" - and see the current results).According to an article published in the "Yer Biotech Blues" column on MidwestBusiness .com (see "Will the Same Chaos Happen to the Pharma Industry?"), t... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1837204 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:11:00 +0100 1837204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1073155&cid=t_159645_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fcan-big-pharma-avoid-looming-patent.html An article in the Wall Street Journal made this dire prediction:"Generic competition is expected to wipe $67 billion from top companies' annual U.S. sales between 2007 and 2012 as more than three dozen drugs lose patent protection. That is roughly half of the companies' combined 2007 U.S. sales (see "Big Pharma Faces Grim Prognosis").It also points out two of the main tactics that the drug industry is using to overcome this crisis: (1) increased spending on R&D, which doesn't seem to be working (see, for example, "torcetrapib: '$800 Million' Failure but Kindler Safe" and "Exubera: A Titanic Failure! What the survivors are saying.") and (2) using lobbying and legal tactics to delay generics and prevent consumers from importing cheaper drugs from Canada.Go After the High-Hanging Fruit?No... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1073155 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:58:00 +0100 1073155