This is a selection of articles from the January 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Pharma Commentators headlines.
Federal Grand Jury Probes Merck Over Vioxx
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Source: Pharmalot - January 31, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Merck Off Label Marketing Vioxx Source Type: journals
FDA Warns Of Suicide Risk In Epilepsy Drugs
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Source: Pharmalot - January 31, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Epilepsy GlaxoSmithKline Johnson & Johnson Lamictal Lyrica Pfizer Suicide Topamax Source Type: journals
Whistleblower Lawsuit Against J&J Is Dismissed
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Source: Pharmalot - January 31, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Dean McClellan Johnson & Johnson Mark Duxbury Ortho Biotech Peter Rost Procrit Rule 9b Whistleblower Source Type: journals
Novartis Strikes Deal With Thailand Over Gleevec
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Source: Pharmalot - January 31, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Compulsory Licensing Gleevec Novartis Patents Thailand Source Type: journals
More Congressmen Call For Provenge Probe
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Source: Pharmalot - January 31, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Chris Van Hollen Dendreon Howard Scher John Dingell Maha Hussain Provenge Vern Buchanan Source Type: journals
Profits And Losses… Your Earnings Round-Up
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Source: Pharmalot - January 31, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bristol Myers Squibb Celgene IMS Health Novo Nordisk Wyeth Source Type: journals
Clinical Trials, Patient Harm And Lawsuits
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Source: Pharmalot - January 31, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Clinical Trials Ethics Source Type: journals
Abortion Pill Linked To Tainted Drugmaker
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Source: Pharmalot - January 31, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Abortion China Mifepristone RU-486 Shanghai Hua Lian Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Morning Edition
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Source: Pharmalot - January 31, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized AstraZeneca Crestor Daiichi Sankyo GlaxoSmithKline Injectafer Nexium Prevnar Synflorix Source Type: journals
Lilly Negotiating $1B Fine Over Zyprexa Marketing
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Source: Pharmalot - January 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Eli Lilly Off Label Marketing Zyprexa Source Type: journals
Were Vytorin Results Circulating Under Our Noses?
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Source: Pharmalot - January 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cafe Pharma Dick Clark Fred Hassan Merck Schering Plough Vytorin Zetia Zocor Source Type: journals
Cleveland Clinic Contradicts Nissen Over Vytorin?
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Source: Pharmalot - January 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cleveland Clinic Foundation Merck Schering Plough Steve Nissen Vytorin Zetia Zocor Source Type: journals
NEJM Reviewer Leaked Avandia Study To Glaxo
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Source: Pharmalot - January 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Avandia GlaxoSmithKline New England Journal of Medicine Steven Haffner Source Type: journals
Seen and Heard at IFPAC
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Source: On Pharma - January 30, 2008 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: cGxP's, FDA and Regulatory Issues Pharmaceutical Process Analytical Technologies The Pharma Industry Plant and Process Safety Peter Rost Puerto Rico pharma Generic Drugs Automation and control Source Type: journals
Health Canada To Review Botox Safety
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Source: Pharmalot - January 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Botox Health Canada Source Type: journals
FDA Commish On Provenge: What Letters?
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Source: Pharmalot - January 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Andrew von Eschenbach Dendreon Howard Scher Maha Hussain Novacea ProQuest Provenge Source Type: journals
Merck Posts A Big Loss Thanks To Vioxx
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Source: Pharmalot - January 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Fosamax Medicaid Merck Vioxx Vytorin Zetia Source Type: journals
Roche Forecasts Revenue Slowdown Over Tamiflu
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Source: Pharmalot - January 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized HDL Roche Tamiflu Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Evening, All
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Source: Pharmalot - January 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cialis Cymbalta Eli Lilly Merck Novartis Vioxx Source Type: journals
IFPAC 2008
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Source: On Pharma - January 29, 2008 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Pharmaceutical Process Analytical Technologies Source Type: journals
Lilly’s CEO-In-Waiting: ‘We’re Not Hiding Secrets’
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Source: Pharmalot - January 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Clinical Trials Eli Lilly John Lechleiter Zyprexa Source Type: journals
Centocor: Security Breach Over Stolen Computers
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Source: Pharmalot - January 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Centocor Johnson & Johnson Security Breach Source Type: journals
House Committee Will Subpoena FDA Over Ketek
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Source: Pharmalot - January 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Andrew von Eschenbach Clinical Trials David Ross Ketek Sanofi Aventis Source Type: journals
Offshore Clinical Trials Raising Ethical Concerns
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Source: Pharmalot - January 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized China Clinical Trials India Russia Source Type: journals
Doc Banned Amgen Reps After Enbrel Sales Call
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Source: Pharmalot - January 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen David Peng Enbrel Off Label Marketing Patient Privacy Source Type: journals
The FDA Is A ‘Fundamentally Broken Agency’
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Source: Pharmalot - January 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized FDA Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning
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Source: Pharmalot - January 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen Andrew von Eschenbach Autism Colon Cancer FDA ImClone Systems Nigeria OSI Pharmaceuticals Pfizer Trovan Vaccines Source Type: journals
Endo Pharmaceuticals CEO Resigns
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Source: Pharmalot - January 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Endo Pharmaceuticals Peter Lankau Russell Reynolds Source Type: journals
Sepracor May Owe $100M in Medicaid Rebates
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Source: Pharmalot - January 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Medicaid Rebates Sepracor Source Type: journals
Bad Break: Merck’s Fosamax and Leg Bones
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Source: Pharmalot - January 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Fosamax Merck Osteoporosis Source Type: journals
Exhale: Pfizer Fires 660 Workers Due To Exubera
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Source: Pharmalot - January 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Exubera Pfizer Source Type: journals
Florida Ignores McCain Pledge To Reform Medicare
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Source: Pharmalot - January 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Florida John McCain Medicare Part D Source Type: journals
Carl Icahn Isn’t Finished With Biogen
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Source: Pharmalot - January 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biogen Idec Carl Ichan Source Type: journals
Florida Medicaid To Review Antipsychotics & ADHD
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Source: Pharmalot - January 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized ADHD Antipsychotics Florida Medicaid Source Type: journals
PhRMA Searches For Rx To Public Backlash
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Source: Pharmalot - January 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized DTC Advertising Ken Johnson Phrma Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning
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Source: Pharmalot - January 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Avastin Biogen Idec Genmab Mylan Laboratories Roche Tamiflu Wrestling Source Type: journals
NY AG Subpoenas Merck And Schering-Plough
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Source: Pharmalot - January 27, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Andrew Cuomo Enhance Merck Schering Plough Vytorin Zetia Zocor Source Type: journals
Fred Hassan On Vytorin: ‘I Don’t Have The Answers’
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Source: Pharmalot - January 26, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Fred Hassan Merck Schering Plough Vytorin Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Your Service Is Restored
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Source: Pharmalot - January 26, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Johnson & Johnson Ketek Merck Mevacor Mylan Laboratories Sanofi Aventis Schering Plough Vytorin Source Type: journals
The Great Pitch
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Source: On Pharma - January 25, 2008 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Miscellany Pfizer Drug Marketing and Sales Source Type: journals
Cardiology Group Backpedals On Vytorin Flap
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Source: Pharmalot - January 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized American College of Cardiology Merck Schering Plough Vytorin Zetia Zocor Source Type: journals
Up And Down The Ladder… Job Changes
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Source: Pharmalot - January 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized BioReliance Bristol Myers Squibb Cobra Biomanufacturing Hyperion Therapeutics Index Ventures Growth Fund M4 Myriad Genetics NanoInk Pulmatrix Quintiles Transgenomic Source Type: journals
Lilly Settles 900 More Zyprexa Lawsuits
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Source: Pharmalot - January 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Eli Lilly Zyprexa Source Type: journals
Are Federal Prosecutors Going After Pharma Execs?
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Source: Pharmalot - January 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Actimune InterMune Off Label Marketing Purdue Pharma Source Type: journals
Merck & Schering-Plough: ‘We Been Done Wrong’
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Source: Pharmalot - January 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Carrie Smith Cox Insider Trading Merck Peter Kim Schering Plough Tom Koestler Vytorin Zetia Zocor Source Type: journals
Gardasil Scrutinized Over 2 Deaths In Europe
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Source: Pharmalot - January 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized European Medicines Agency Gardasil Judicial Watch Merck Sanofi Aventis Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Winding Down
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Source: Pharmalot - January 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen Avandia Celgene GlaxoSmithKline Pfizer Ranbaxy Laboratories Revlimid Source Type: journals
Merck Rehires Its Former Treasurer To Do What?
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Source: Pharmalot - January 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Caroline Dorsa Gilead Sciences Ken Frazier Merck Pete Kellogg Source Type: journals
Surprise?! Vytorin Scrips Keep Declining
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Source: Pharmalot - January 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Merck Schering Plough Vytorin Zetia Source Type: journals
Lawmakers Blast FDA Rule For Label Changes
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Source: Pharmalot - January 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Drug Labeling FDA Preemption Source Type: journals
The Op-Ed: Vytorin Decline May Be Understated
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Source: Pharmalot - January 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Alan Braverman ImpactRx Vytorin Source Type: journals
Docs To Sales Reps: Don’t Call Us…
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Source: Pharmalot - January 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Sales Reps Source Type: journals
Public Citizen Demands A Black Box For Botox
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Source: Pharmalot - January 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Allergan Botox Public Citizen Source Type: journals
Nothing To Sneeze At: OTC Allergy Battle Begins
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Source: Pharmalot - January 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Claritin Johnson Johnson Schering Plough Zyrtec Source Type: journals
Lilly Tightens Retirement Benefits For Employees
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Source: Pharmalot - January 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Eli Lilly Employee Benefits Retirement Source Type: journals
FDA To Require Suicide Studies In Clinical Trials
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Source: Pharmalot - January 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Acomplia Antidepressants Chantix Clinical Trials FDA Kelly Posner Suicidal Behavior Suicidal Ideation Suicide Source Type: journals
AHA Web Site Changed To Reflect Sponsorship
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Source: Pharmalot - January 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized American Heart Association Merck Schering Plough Vytorin Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Night, All
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Source: Pharmalot - January 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Abbott Laboratories Genzyme Gilead Sciences Wexler Walker Wyeth Source Type: journals
FDA Panel Endorses Glaxo Bowel Drug
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Source: Pharmalot - January 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Adolor Pharmaceuticals Entereg GlaxoSmithKline Source Type: journals
Beware of the Drive-Through
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Source: On Pharma - January 23, 2008 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Miscellany Drug Safety Source Type: journals
Gilead HIV Patents Rejected By USPTO
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Source: Pharmalot - January 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Gilead Sciences HIV Patents Public Patent Foundation Viread Source Type: journals
Quote Of The Day: John Dingell On Vytorin Ads
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Source: Pharmalot - January 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized John Dingell Merck Schering Plough TV Advertising Vytorin Source Type: journals
Lawyer Files Antitrust Objection To Vioxx Deal
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Source: Pharmalot - January 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Ethics George Cohen Legal Ethics Merck Vioxx Source Type: journals
Young Adults Like Their Meds, But Not Pharma
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Source: Pharmalot - January 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized DTC Ads New York Institute of Technology Source Type: journals
J&J’s Strategy Boss: ‘This Is Not A Research Paper’
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Source: Pharmalot - January 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Johnson Johnson Nick Valeriani Source Type: journals
Pfizer Beats Forecasts, Even As Lipitor Declines
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Source: Pharmalot - January 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Lipitor Pfizer Source Type: journals
Schering-Plough & Merck Pull Vytorin TV Ads
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Source: Pharmalot - January 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Clinical Trials Merck Schering Plough TV Advertising Vytorin Zetia Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Catching Up
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Source: Pharmalot - January 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Celgene GlaxoSmithKline Paxil Pharmion Roche Ventana Medical Systems Source Type: journals
Pfizer Lays An Egg? Former Poultry Execs Sue
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Source: Pharmalot - January 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Embrex Pfizer Randall Marcuson Source Type: journals
Managed Care Likes Which Drugmaker The Most?
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Source: Pharmalot - January 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Managed Care Verispan Source Type: journals
Vioxx Appeal Turns On Preemption Controversy
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Source: Pharmalot - January 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Merck Preemption Vioxx Source Type: journals
Lawyering Up: Amgen’s Enbrel Dream Team
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Source: Pharmalot - January 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen Enbrel Off Label Marketing Patient Privacy Sales Reps Source Type: journals
Novartis Rattles Its Sabre At UK’s NICE
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Source: Pharmalot - January 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized MHRA NICE Novartis Source Type: journals
At Long Last: Roche Finally Gets Ventana - For $3.4B
