This is a selection of articles from the December 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Pharma Commentators headlines.
Musings on up-close-and-personal medicine
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Source: On Pharma - December 31, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Miscellany Source Type: journals
Glaxo, AstraZeneca And Saddam Hussein
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Source: Pharmalot - December 30, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized AstraZeneca GlaxoSmithKline Oil for Food Saddam Hussein Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Relaxing Reading
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Source: Pharmalot - December 28, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Endo Pharmaceuticals GlaxoSmithKline Hu Fang James Orlowski Mylan Laboratories No Free Lunch Ohio Ortho Evra Par Pharmaceuticals Sales Reps Schering Plough Source Type: journals
Pfizer’s R&D Chief And A Legacy Of Blunders
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Source: Pharmalot - December 28, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Martin Mackay Pfizer Torcetrapib Source Type: journals
White House Backs Preemption In Wyeth Case
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Source: Pharmalot - December 27, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Diane Levine Medtronic Phenergan Preemption Rezulin Wyeth Source Type: journals
Has The Avandia Controversy Scared Diabetics?
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Source: Pharmalot - December 27, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Avandia Drug Safety GlaxoSmithKline Source Type: journals
On The Couch… Vacation Reading
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Source: Pharmalot - December 27, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Alzheimer s Biogenerics Cannasat Therapeutics Hospira Marijuana Wyeth Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Slowing Down
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Source: Pharmalot - December 26, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Alli Alzheimer-s Celebrex GlaxoSmithKline Idera Pharmaceuticals Pharmion Suicide Source Type: journals
In India, A War Between Drugmakers And Reps
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Source: Pharmalot - December 25, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives Associations of India Sales Reps Source Type: journals
FDA Delays Wyeth Osteoporosis Pill, Again
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Source: Pharmalot - December 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Aprela Viviant Wyeth Source Type: journals
Wyeth Reeling As Teva Ships Generic Protonix
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Source: Pharmalot - December 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Patent Infringement Patents Protonix Teva Pharmaceuticals Wyeth Source Type: journals
Nigeria Orders Arrest Of Pfizer Defendants
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Source: Pharmalot - December 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bill Steere Nigeria Pfizer Trovan Source Type: journals
Peter Rost, Legal Consultant, Leaves BrandWeek
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Source: Pharmalot - December 24, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Genotropin Peter Rost Pfizer Source Type: journals
Maine Law Curbing Rx Data Violates Free Speech
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Source: Pharmalot - December 22, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized IMS Health Maine New Hampshire Verispan Wolters Kluwer Health Source Type: journals
Essner Retires From Wyeth, Sort Of
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Source: Pharmalot - December 22, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bob Essner Wyeth Source Type: journals
Big Pharma, Real People, Phony Website?
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Source: Pharmalot - December 21, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand BigPharmaRealPeople Source Type: journals
The Vytorin Clock Tells You When To Hide Data
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Source: Pharmalot - December 21, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Merck Schering Plough Vytorin Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Catching Up
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Source: Pharmalot - December 21, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Abbott Laboratories Akzo Nobel BioMarin Pfizer Source Type: journals
How To Find Documents On The FDA Site
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Source: Pharmalot - December 21, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized FDA FDA Briefing Documents FDA Web Site Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine The Annals of Pharmacetherapy Source Type: journals
FDA Issues New Warning For Fentanyl Patches
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Source: Pharmalot - December 21, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Duragesic Fentanyl Johnson Johnson Ortho McNeil Source Type: journals
Hidden Data: Merck, Schering-Plough & Zetia
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Source: Pharmalot - December 21, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Merck Schering Plough Statins Zetia Zocor Source Type: journals
Lawyers Seek Change To Vioxx Settlement
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Source: Pharmalot - December 21, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Merck Vioxx Source Type: journals
David Kessler, Whistleblower?
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Source: On Pharma - December 20, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Miscellany Whistleblowers Source Type: journals
Genentech Blinks And Ends Avastin Restrictions
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Source: Pharmalot - December 20, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized American Academy of Opthalmology Avastin Genentech Lucentis Source Type: journals
Europe Strikes Research Deal With Pharma
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Source: Pharmalot - December 20, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized European Commission Innovative Medicines Initiative Source Type: journals
Profile in Courage: ChE Bonnie Heferkamp
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Source: On Pharma - December 20, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: The Pharma Industry medical research Source Type: journals
Your Pipeline Is Empty? Time To Find A Chimp
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Source: Pharmalot - December 20, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Chimpanzees Chimps Parasites Uganda Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… A Long Lunch, Anyone?
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Source: Pharmalot - December 20, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bayer Bird Flu Vaccine Consort Medical Keata Pharma Novavax Rite Aid Romania Source Type: journals
Those Small Molecules Just Keep On Coming
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Source: Pharmalot - December 20, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biologics Clinical Trials Small Molecules Source Type: journals
Up And Down The Ladder… Job Changes
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Source: Pharmalot - December 20, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Alnylam Anavex Life Sciences Arena AstraZeneca Covance Merck Pacira Pharmaceuticals Parexel PPD Quintiles SGX Pharma Wyeth Source Type: journals
Patent Trouble Pending: Wyeth And Effexor XR
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Source: Pharmalot - December 20, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Effexor XR Patents Sun Pharmaceutical Wyeth Source Type: journals
Pfizer Sued By Former Exec Over Lipitor Marketing
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Source: Pharmalot - December 20, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Featured Lipitor Pfizer Whistleblower Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Morning Coffee
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Source: Pharmalot - December 20, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Canada CEO Pay Eli Lilly Hospira Indevus Pharmaceuticals Johnson Johnson Par Pharmaceuticals Procrit Sid Taurel Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Night Has Fallen
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Source: Pharmalot - December 19, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Altus Alzheimer-s Array Astellas Pharma AstraZeneca Source Type: journals
Big Pharma, Big Institutions & Big Royalties
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Source: Pharmalot - December 19, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen Lyrica Neulasta Neupogen Northwestern University Pfizer Royalties Royalty Pharma Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Time For A Break
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Source: Pharmalot - December 19, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Drug Enforcement Agency Enzon Pharmaceuticals Genzyme GlaxoSmithKline Idera Pharmaceuticals Merck KGgA Reliant Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals
Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs, Sort Of
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Source: Pharmalot - December 19, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Alli GlaxoSmithKline Lybrel Lyrica Pfizer Roche Time Wyeth Xenical Source Type: journals
Drug Lawsuits Made Atlantic City A Judicial Hellhole
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Source: Pharmalot - December 19, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized American Tort Reform Association Atlantic City Atlantic County New Jersey Product Liability Litigation Vioxx Source Type: journals
Now, Biotechs Are Hunting For Smaller Fish
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Source: Pharmalot - December 19, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biogen Idec Genzyme Incubators Pfizer Vertex Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals
AstraZeneca Thumbs Its Nose At UK Regulator
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Source: Pharmalot - December 19, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized AstraZeneca Office of Fair Trading Pfizer Source Type: journals
Supreme Court Asked To Review Zoloft Case
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Source: Pharmalot - December 19, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Christopher Pittman Hannity s America Pfizer School Shooting Zoloft Source Type: journals
Italy’s Sales Reps Seek Retaliation For Job Cuts
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Source: Pharmalot - December 19, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Federisf Italy Sales Reps Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Night, All
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Source: Pharmalot - December 18, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Abbott Laboratories Eli Lilly Exelon Novartis Zyprexa Source Type: journals
Philippines Bill Will Regulate Drug Prices
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Source: Pharmalot - December 18, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Parallel Importation Philippines US Trade Rep Source Type: journals
Trial Participants Don’t Care About Conflicts
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Source: Pharmalot - December 18, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Clinical Trials Conflicts of Interest Food and Drug Law Journal Source Type: journals
FDA: New Warning For OTC Contraceptives
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Source: Pharmalot - December 18, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Nonxynol 9 OTC Contraceptives Source Type: journals
Watch for Side Effects
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Source: On Pharma - December 18, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Oddities and humor Source Type: journals
It’s Motivational Company Holiday Party Time. Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
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Source: On Pharma - December 18, 2007 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: The Pharma Industry Oddities and humor Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Break Time
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Source: Pharmalot - December 18, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Epix Pharmaceuticals Fosamax Novartis Osteoporosis Pfizer Vienna Source Type: journals
To Promote Off-Label Or Not Promote Off-Label
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Source: Pharmalot - December 18, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Eli Lilly Evista Off Label Promotion Scott Gottlieb Source Type: journals
Lilly CEO Taurel To Retire, Replaced By Lechleiter
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Source: Pharmalot - December 18, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized CEO Succession Eli Lilly John Lechleiter Sid Taurel Source Type: journals
Novartis & UK’s NICE Strike Deal To Design Trials
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Source: Pharmalot - December 18, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence NICE Novartis Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning, Everyone
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Source: Pharmalot - December 18, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Atripla Bristol Myers Squibb Forest Laboratories Gilead Sciences Japan Mylan Laboratories Schering Plough Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Evening
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Source: Pharmalot - December 17, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen BioMS Medical DePuy Eli Lilly Ireland Lunesta Pfizer Sepracor Source Type: journals
Vytorin Researcher Regrets Not Fighting Back
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Source: Pharmalot - December 17, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized John Kastelein Merck Schering Plough Vytorin Zetia Zocor Source Type: journals
Thailand To Break Patents On Cancer Meds
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Source: Pharmalot - December 17, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Compulsory Licenses Generics Patents Thailand Source Type: journals
Shire Gets ‘Amber Top’ For Executive Shuffle
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Source: Pharmalot - December 17, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Association of British Insurers Matt Emmens Shire Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals
Bristol-Myers Sells Medical Imaging Unit For $525M
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Source: Pharmalot - December 17, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Avista Capital Partners Bristol Myers Squibb Source Type: journals
Drug Stores Win Reprieve Over Generic Pricing
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Source: Pharmalot - December 17, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Average Manufacturers Price CMS National Association of Chain Drug Stores National Community Pharmacists Association Source Type: journals
Japanese Authorities Still Puzzled By Tamiflu
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Source: Pharmalot - December 17, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Roche Suicide Tamiflu Source Type: journals
Counterfeits, The Internet & Free-Trade Zones
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Source: Pharmalot - December 17, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Counterfeit Free Trade Zones Internet Pharmacies Source Type: journals
Glaxo’s HPV Vaccine Delayed By FDA
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Source: Pharmalot - December 17, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cervarix Gardasil GlaxoSmithKline Merck Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Morning Edition
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Source: Pharmalot - December 17, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Astellas Biota Galvus GlaxoSmithKline Novartis Relenza Takeda Pharmaceuticals Teva Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Weekend Round-Up
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Source: Pharmalot - December 16, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Akhil Bansal Dendreon Eli Lilly Evan Bayh Michigan Nastech Pharmaceuticals Pfizer Susan Bayh Zyprexa Source Type: journals
Former FDA Commish Fired From Med School
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Source: Pharmalot - December 16, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized David Kessler University of California at San Francisco Source Type: journals
Whistleblower Beats Feds And Wins $1.6M Award
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Source: Pharmalot - December 15, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cell Therapeutics Jim Marchese Whistleblower Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Evening, All
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Source: Pharmalot - December 14, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Pharmalot PostScript Prescription Project Source Type: journals
Discovered, Made And Sold… In China
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Source: Pharmalot - December 14, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized China Eli Lilly GlaxoSmithKline Source Type: journals
The New Commercial Model: Selling To Insurers
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Source: Pharmalot - December 14, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Merck Novartis Third Party Payers Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… A Quick Round-Up
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Source: Pharmalot - December 14, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen BioMarin Pharmaceutical Effexor Kuvan Wyeth Source Type: journals
The Op-Ed: States And Increasing Drug Prices
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Source: Pharmalot - December 14, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Featured Drug Prices Robert Freeman Source Type: journals
Did Merck Rep Try To Smear Docs And Their Wives?
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Source: Pharmalot - December 14, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Merck Sales Reps Zostavax Source Type: journals
Provenge Activists Press Their Lawsuit Against FDA
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Source: Pharmalot - December 14, 2007 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized CareToLive Dendreon Howard Scher Maha Hussain Provenge Richard Pazdur Source Type: journals
India’s Cipla Is Bashed Over Prices Of AIDS Drugs
