This is a selection of articles from the October 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Pharma Commentators headlines.
Bristol To Close Puerto Rico Plant, Cut 400 Jobs
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Source: Pharmalot - October 31, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bristol Myers Squibb GlaxoSmithKline Jobs Layoffs Manufacturing Plants Puerto Rico Source Type: journals
Do You Know What Day It Is?
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Source: Pharmalot - October 31, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Halloween Source Type: journals
Premature Ejaculation May End Soon With New Spray
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Source: Pharmalot - October 31, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Plethora Solutions Premature Ejaculation Sexual Dysfunction Source Type: journals
Prizes, Not Patents: Jamie Love Explains The Idea
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Source: Pharmalot - October 31, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bernie Sanders Intellectual Property Jamie Love Knowledge Ecology International Patents Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Trick Or Treat
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Source: Pharmalot - October 31, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biocon Bradley Pharmaceuticals GlaxoSmithKline MannKind Massachusetts Merck Novartis Nycomed Vioxx Source Type: journals
In Pakistan, Write 200 Scrips And You Get A Car
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Source: Pharmalot - October 31, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Consumers International Freebies Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Night, All
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Source: Pharmalot - October 30, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Eisai Merck Prempro ViroPharma Wendy Yarno Wyeth Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Evening Edition
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Source: Pharmalot - October 30, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Clinical Trials Genta McKesson Source Type: journals
US Trade Policy Favors IP Over Health: GAO
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Source: Pharmalot - October 30, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized DOHA Generics Government Accountability Office Intellectual Property Patents TRIPS World Health Organization Source Type: journals
Schumer Asks Patent Office To Delay New Rules
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Source: Pharmalot - October 30, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Chuck Schumer GlaxoSmithKline Patents US Patent and Trademark Office Source Type: journals
Why David Shedlarz Is Leaving Pfizer Now
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Source: Pharmalot - October 30, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biogen David Shedlarz Exubera Howard Robin Jeff Kindler Nektar Therapeutics Pfizer Source Type: journals
Genentech Blinks And Delays Avastin Restrictions
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Source: Pharmalot - October 30, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Avastin Genentech Lucentis Source Type: journals
Young Adults Are Using More Heart Meds
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Source: Pharmalot - October 30, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cholesterol High Blood Pressure Medco Health Solutions Source Type: journals
Ventana To Roche: Take Your Offer And…
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Source: Pharmalot - October 30, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Chris Gleeson Franz Humer Roche Ventana Medical Systems Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning, Everyone
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Source: Pharmalot - October 30, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Eli Lilly Glenmark Pfizer Takeda Pharmaceuticals Teva Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Evening Round-Up
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Source: Pharmalot - October 29, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cellcept Depomed Diovan GlaxoSmithKline JP Garnier King Pharmaceuticals Novartis Ranbaxy Labs Roche Schering Plough Tasigna Source Type: journals
Are your sales reps doing you a disservice?
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Source: On Pharma - October 29, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Miscellany Source Type: journals
Pope To Catholic Pharmacists: Avoid Immoral Pills
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Source: Pharmalot - October 29, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Morning After Pill Oral Contraceptives Pharmacists Pope Benedict XVI Source Type: journals
Why Moody’s Has A Negative Outlook
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Source: Pharmalot - October 29, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Credit Ratings Moody s Source Type: journals
I, Spam - Following the Complex Trail of Pharma Spam
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Source: On Pharma - October 29, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Information Technology and Software Source Type: journals
Behind-The-Counter Debate Moves Front And Center
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Source: Pharmalot - October 29, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Behind The Counter OTC Medications Over The Counter Source Type: journals
Is Biogen An Elixir For Big Pharma? Maybe Not
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Source: Pharmalot - October 29, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Avonex Biogen Carl Icahn Tysabri Source Type: journals
Glaxo Job Cuts May Undo Tax Incentives
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Source: Pharmalot - October 29, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized GlaxoSmithKline Job Cuts Jobs Tax Incentives Source Type: journals
PBS: Public Trust Or Corporate Shill?
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Source: Pharmalot - October 28, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized AstraZeneca GlaxoSmithKline Medtronic PBS Public Broadcasting Service Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… The Day Is Done
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Source: Pharmalot - October 26, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen David Shedlarz Johnson Johnson King Pharmaceuticals Novavax Pfizer Source Type: journals
Biogen Bidding May Be Just Days Away
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Source: Pharmalot - October 26, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biogen Carl Icahn Elan Novartis Pfizer Tysabri Source Type: journals
Was Exubera Originally Designed As A Stapler?
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Source: Pharmalot - October 26, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Exubera Source Type: journals
Congressman To FDA: Reinstate Old Med Guides
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Source: Pharmalot - October 26, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Antidepressants Medication Guides Mike Ferguson Source Type: journals
Prizes Shouldn’t Replace Patents: Reader Poll
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Source: Pharmalot - October 26, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bernie Sanders Knowledge Ecology International Patents Source Type: journals
A Modest Proposal: Should Pharmacists Prescribe Medications?
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Source: On Pharma - October 26, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: The Pharma Industry Drug Marketing and Sales Source Type: journals
UK Girls To Get HPV Vaccine, But Which One?
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Source: Pharmalot - October 26, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cervarix Gardasil GlaxoSmithKline HPV Vaccine Merck UK Health Department Source Type: journals
Joachim Herz Wins Wieland Prize for Work in Lipoprotein Receptors
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Source: On Pharma - October 26, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Boehringer-Ingelheim medical research Source Type: journals
Did Doc Groups Sneeze At Regulating Kiddie Meds?
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Source: Pharmalot - October 26, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cold Medicine Cough Medicine Josh Sharfstein Pediatrics Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Bedtime Reading
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Source: Pharmalot - October 25, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized GlaxoSmithKline MannKind Pfizer Pharm Free US Patent and Trademark Office Source Type: journals
FDA Investigates Generic Wellbutrin XL
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Source: Pharmalot - October 25, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biovail Budeprion XL ConsumerLabs.com Generics Impax Laboratories Teva Pharmaceuticals Wellbutrin XL Source Type: journals
Pfizer’s David Shedlarz Decides To Retire
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Source: Pharmalot - October 25, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized CEO Succession David Shedlarz Hank McKinnell Jeff Kindler Karen Katen Pfizer Source Type: journals
Who Wrote The Mysterious Provenge Letter?
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Source: Pharmalot - October 25, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Alison Martin Care To Live Dendreon Experimental Meds Howard Scher Maha Hussain Provenge Richard Pazdur Source Type: journals
Hold the Allusions, Please
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Source: On Pharma - October 25, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Miscellany Blogging and Web 2.0 Drug Marketing and Sales Source Type: journals
Did Merck AIDS Vaccine Raise Infection Risk?
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Source: Pharmalot - October 25, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized AIDS HIV Merck Vaccines Source Type: journals
Lean’s Not a Cost-Cutting Tool!
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Source: On Pharma - October 25, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Lean, Six Sigma and Quality Improvement Source Type: journals
And the Blind Shall See
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Source: On Pharma - October 25, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: India, China and Asian Pharma stem cells medical research Source Type: journals
GSK, BMS and a Pharma Downsizing Update
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Source: On Pharma - October 25, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Blogging and Web 2.0 The Pharma Industry GSK BMS Source Type: journals
Bristol-Myers: Layoffs Are Imminent
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Source: Pharmalot - October 25, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Andrew Bonfield Bristol Myers Squibb Jim Cornelius Job Cuts Layoffs Source Type: journals
Video from Vegas: OEE, Downtime Prevention and Safety in Pharma
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Source: On Pharma - October 25, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Lean, Six Sigma and Quality Improvement Plant and Process Safety Source Type: journals
Nigerian Update: Trovan, Akunyili, Isa Odidi
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Source: On Pharma - October 25, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Pharmaceutical Anticounterfeiting Pfizer Pharma Workforce and Staffing Source Type: journals
Bristol-Myers: Earnings Rise, No Reorg Details
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Source: Pharmalot - October 25, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bristol Myers Squibb Source Type: journals
Where The Jobs Aren’t: The Layoff Tally
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Source: Pharmalot - October 25, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen AstraZeneca Bayer Glaxo Jobs Johnson Johnson Novartis Pfizer Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning
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Source: Pharmalot - October 25, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen Biogenerics Celgene ImClone Systems The Medicines Co. Source Type: journals
FDA Skewers Sanofi-Aventis Over Ketek Trials
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Source: Pharmalot - October 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Chuck Grassley Ketek Sanofi Aventis Source Type: journals
Lilly Suspends Two Studies Of Key New Drug
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Source: Pharmalot - October 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bristol Myers Squibb Eli Lilly Plavix Prasugrel Sanofi Aventis Source Type: journals
Minnesota Drug Panel Tightens Conflict Policy
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Source: Pharmalot - October 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Conflicts of Interest Ethics Minnesota Source Type: journals
Glaxo Cuts: 1,000 Sales Jobs And A Plant Closing
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Source: Pharmalot - October 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized GlaxoSmithKline Job Cuts Manufacturing Puerto Rico Source Type: journals
J.P. Garnier on “Father” Joe Cohen and GSK’s Malaria Vaccine
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Source: On Pharma - October 24, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: The Pharma Industry Vaccines Source Type: journals
Pfizer Tries To Discredit Nigerian Witness
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Source: Pharmalot - October 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bill Steere Clinical Trials Ethics Nigeria Pfizer Trovan Source Type: journals
Will Thailand Punish Abbott For Its Retaliation?
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Source: Pharmalot - October 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Abbott Laboratories AIDS Compulsory Licenses Kaletra Patents Thailand Source Type: journals
Keep The Old Antidepressant Med Guides: Poll
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Source: Pharmalot - October 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Antidpressants Medication Guides Source Type: journals
Avandia To Get Another Black Box Warning?
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Source: Pharmalot - October 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Actos Avandia Black Box Warning GlaxoSmithKline Source Type: journals
Up And Down The Ladder… Job Changes
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Source: Pharmalot - October 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Alpharma Gilead Sciences MacroChem Medizine Navitas Nile Therapeutics USP Xytix Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Morning Edition
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Source: Pharmalot - October 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Galapagos Janssen Pharmaceutica Johnson Johnson Source Type: journals
The Memorable Lunesta Moth Wins Again
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Source: Pharmalot - October 23, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized DTC Advertising Lunesta Sepracor TV Advertising Source Type: journals
Nexium Tote Bag: Perfect For A Six-Pack
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Source: Pharmalot - October 23, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized AstraZeneca Drug Rep Toys Nexium Source Type: journals
At Med Schools, It’s ‘Pharm-Free Week’
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Source: Pharmalot - October 23, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized American Medical Student Association Freebies Medical Schools Source Type: journals
FDA, Conformia Meeting Breaks New Ground
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Source: On Pharma - October 23, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: cGxP's, FDA and Regulatory Issues The Pharma Industry New Drug Pipeline and R&D Information Technology and Software Source Type: journals
Are You From Chicago or Philadelphia?
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Source: On Pharma - October 23, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Miscellany The Pharma Industry Oddities and humor Source Type: journals
Medicare Should Haggle Over Price: Dems
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Source: Pharmalot - October 23, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Dick Durbin Jan Schakowsky Marion Berry Medicare Source Type: journals
Amgen Wins Patent Trial Against Roche
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Source: Pharmalot - October 23, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen Aranesp Epogen Mircera Patents Roche Source Type: journals
An Insider Discusses Off-Label Promotion Tricks
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Source: Pharmalot - October 23, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Off Label Promotion PharmedOut Source Type: journals
The Exubera Flop: A Kindlerberg Disaster
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Source: Pharmalot - October 23, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Exubera Pfizer Source Type: journals
Five Stars For The Urologist, Two For The Internist
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Source: Pharmalot - October 22, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Doctors Wellpoint Zagat Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Evening Edition
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Source: Pharmalot - October 22, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bioenvision Cialis Genzyme Levitra Sepracor Viagra Source Type: journals
The Mysterious Provenge Letter To The FDA
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Source: Pharmalot - October 22, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Dendreon Howard Scher Provenge Richard Pazdur Source Type: journals
Senator Eyes Cost Of Genentech Drugs
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Source: Pharmalot - October 22, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Avastin Genentech Herb Kohl Lucentis Medicare Wet Macular Degeneration Source Type: journals
Prizes, Not Patents, For Drug Discovery
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Source: Pharmalot - October 22, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bernies Sanders Knowledge Ecology International Patents Source Type: journals
FDA Panel To Review Mevacor For OTC
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