This is a selection of articles from the April 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Pharma Commentators headlines.
Before You Take That Pill, Read This…
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Source: Pharmalot - April 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Accutane Doug Bremner Drug Safety Side Effects Source Type: journals
Wyeth’s R&D Chief Bob Ruffolo Retires
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Source: Pharmalot - April 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Mikael Dohlsten Robert Ruffolo Wyeth Source Type: journals
Europe Launches $3B Drug-Discovery Scheme
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Source: Pharmalot - April 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Arthur Higgins Bayer Healthcare European Commission European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries European Union Innovative Medicines Initiative Source Type: journals
Johnson & Johnson Cuts Another 400 Jobs
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Source: Pharmalot - April 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Centocor jobs Johnson & Johnson Layoffs Ortho Biotech Source Type: journals
Keeping Patents Obtained By Cheating?
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Source: Pharmalot - April 30, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Eli Lilly Patent Reform Patents Teva Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals
Pharma And Requests To The US Trade Rep
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Source: Pharmalot - April 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized International Intellectual Property Association Phrma US Trade Rep US Trade Representative Source Type: journals
A Convenient Lack Of Disclosure?
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Source: Pharmalot - April 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Association of American Medical Colleges Elizabeth Ofili Ellen Stovall Haile Debas Jane Henney Michael Johns Victor Dzau Source Type: journals
Genentech, Biogen Drug Fails As Lupus Treatment
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Source: Pharmalot - April 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biogen Idec Genentech Rituxan Source Type: journals
OxyClinton… For Hillary Ambivalence Syndrome
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Source: Pharmalot - April 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: journals
What Negative Data? Paxil & Selective Reporting
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Source: Pharmalot - April 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Clinical Trial Data Clinical Trials David Egilman Ghostwriting GlaxoSmithKline Martin Keller Paxil Seroxat Source Type: journals
China Convicts Pharma Employees For Deaths
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Source: Pharmalot - April 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized China Drug Safety Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning
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Source: Pharmalot - April 29, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cephalon Federal Trade Commission Fosamax Medco Merck Source Type: journals
Wyeth Lays Off Another 1,200 Employees
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Source: Pharmalot - April 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized jobs Layoffs Protonix Wyeth Source Type: journals
FDA Says No To Merck’s New Cholesterol Pill
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Source: Pharmalot - April 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cordaptive Merck Pfizer Torcetrapib Source Type: journals
The Mylan Exec And The MBA Scandal
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Source: Pharmalot - April 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Ethics Heather Bresch Mylan Laboratories West Virginia University Source Type: journals
Pfizer: Letters From Nigeria OKed Trovan Trial
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Source: Pharmalot - April 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bill Steere Nigeria Pfizer Trovan Source Type: journals
Bristol-Myers Blinks Over Erbitux Price In Canada
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Source: Pharmalot - April 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Affordable Medicines Bristol Myers Squibb Canada Erbitux Health Canada Source Type: journals
At WHO Meeting, Patient Group Has Pharma Ties
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Source: Pharmalot - April 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Essential Action Patients And Patents World Health Organization Source Type: journals
Medical School Group Urges Freebie Ban
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Source: Pharmalot - April 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen Association of American Medical Colleges Eli Lilly Jeff Kindler Kevin Sharer Medtronic Pfizer Roy Vagelos Sidney Taurel Source Type: journals
Essner Leaves Wyeth Comfortably Amid Layoffs
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Source: Pharmalot - April 28, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bob Essner CEO Compensation CEO Pay Layoffs Wyeth Source Type: journals
Driving This Weekend? Don’t Forget This…
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Source: Pharmalot - April 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bristol Myers Squibb Genzyme Isis Pharmaceuticals Medarex Shire Pharmaceuticals Vyvanse Source Type: journals
US Trade Rep Keeps Thailand On Priority Watch
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Source: Pharmalot - April 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Intellectual Propery Patents Thailand US Trade Representative Source Type: journals
Whistleblower Lawsuit Filed Over Baycol Fraud
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Source: Pharmalot - April 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Baycol Bayer False Claims Act Laurie Simpson Whistleblower Source Type: journals
Ghosts In Pharma’s Attic: Art Caplan Explains
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Source: Pharmalot - April 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Art Caplan Ethics Ghostwriting Medical Journals Merck Vioxx Source Type: journals
University Tech Managers & Affordable Medicine
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Source: Pharmalot - April 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Association of University Technology Managers Institute for Policy Innovation Intellectual Property Jon Soderstrom Patents Universities Allied for Essential Medicines World Health Organization Source Type: journals
Woodcock: Drugmakers Are Responsible For Quality
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Source: Pharmalot - April 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized FDA Janet Woodcock Source Type: journals
Genentech Must Pay Royalties To Med Center
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Source: Pharmalot - April 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized City of Hope Medical Center Genentech Patents Source Type: journals
Up And Down The Ladder… Job Changes
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Source: Pharmalot - April 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Aesica Aeterna Zentaris Bionovo BioReliance Biovail Cell Therapeutics Gilead Sciencies MDS Pharma Services Metabasis Therapeutics Parexel PharmEng International ProGenTech Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning
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Source: Pharmalot - April 25, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen Heparin Merck Progenics Sanofi Aventis Wyeth Source Type: journals
Pharma Is Still Betting On Barack Obama
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Source: Pharmalot - April 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Barack Obama DTC Ads DTC Advertising Hillary Clinton John McCain Political Contributions Source Type: journals
How are Pharma Professionals Using the Web?
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Source: On Pharma - April 24, 2008 Authors: pharmamanufacturing Tags: Miscellany Source Type: journals
Organon Concealed Bleeding Data For Arixtra
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Source: Pharmalot - April 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Arixtra GlaxoSmithKline Hans Vemer Organon Raplon Schering Plough Source Type: journals
Buckets Of Money: Biosimilars & Billions Of Dollars
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Source: Pharmalot - April 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biogenerics Biosimilars Follow-On Generics Source Type: journals
Jeff Kindler: ‘The New Pfizer Acts Decisively’
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Source: Pharmalot - April 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Jeff Kindler Pfizer Source Type: journals
Merck Vaccine Plant Fails FDA Inspection
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Source: Pharmalot - April 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Merck Vaccines Source Type: journals
Mylan Exec Doesn’t Have An MBA, After All
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Source: Pharmalot - April 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Ethics Heather Bresch Mylan Laboratories Source Type: journals
Merck’s Dick Clark: ‘We Have A Trust Deficit’
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Source: Pharmalot - April 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Dick Clark Merck Schering Plough Vytorin Source Type: journals
The Good Old Days: Hassan Got $30.3M In ‘07
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Source: Pharmalot - April 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized CEO Pay Fred Hassan Schering Plough Vytorin Source Type: journals
Pay To Say: Pharma And Political Conventions
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Source: Pharmalot - April 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Conventions Lobbying Political Conventions Political Parties Source Type: journals
Former Bristol Exec Indicted Over Plavix Deal
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Source: Pharmalot - April 24, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Andrew Bodnar Apotex Bristol Myers Squibb Plavix Sanofi Aventis Source Type: journals
New Jersey’s Attorney General And Antipsychotics
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Source: Pharmalot - April 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Anne Milgram Antipsychotics Eli Lilly New Jersey New Jersey Attorney General Pat Diegnan Zyprexa Source Type: journals
Quote Of The Week: Skinning An FDA Commish
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Source: Pharmalot - April 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Andrew von Eschenbach China FDA Heparin John Dingell Source Type: journals
Whither Avandia? Glaxo’s Profit Dives 14 Percent
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Source: Pharmalot - April 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Avandia GlaxoSmithKline JP Garnier Source Type: journals
Antipsychotics Linked To Pneumonia In Elderly
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Source: Pharmalot - April 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Antipsychotics Nursing Homes Pneumonia Source Type: journals
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning
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Source: Pharmalot - April 23, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized China Cipla Genzyme Novartis Pepcid Perrigo Roche Tarceva Source Type: journals
Roche Must Pay $10.6M In Accutane Trial
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Source: Pharmalot - April 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Accutane Crohn's Disease Hoffmann-La Roche Inflammatory Bowel Disease Source Type: journals
Glaxo Pays $720M For Fountain Of Youth Pill
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Source: Pharmalot - April 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized GlaxoSmithKline Sirtrius Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals
Pharmacies, CMS Skirmish Over Generic Pricing
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Source: Pharmalot - April 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Average Manufacturers Price Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS Generics National Association of Chain Drug Stores National Community Pharmacists Association Source Type: journals
FDA Taking A Slow Boat To China: Congress
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Source: Pharmalot - April 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Andrew von Eschenbach Bart Stupak China FDA Heparin John Dingell Source Type: journals
Will Supremes Review University Patent Shields?
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Source: Pharmalot - April 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Andrew Dhuey Biomedical Patent Management Patent Shields Patents Sovereign Immunity University of California Source Type: journals
GAO To Slam FDA Over Foreign Inspections
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Source: Pharmalot - April 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Baxter International China Government Accountability Office Heparin Marcia Cross Source Type: journals
Glaxo’s Witty: Fix The ‘Shattered Equilibrium’
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Source: Pharmalot - April 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Andrew Witty GlaxoSmithKline Source Type: journals
Biovail’s New CEO Will ‘Strip The Company’
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Source: Pharmalot - April 22, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biovail Eugene Melnyk William Wells Source Type: journals
Kids Need An EKG Before Taking ADHD Meds
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Source: Pharmalot - April 21, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Adderall ADHD Attention Deficity Hyperactivity Disorder Concerta McNeil Pediatrics Ritalin Shire Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals
Whistleblowing 101
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Source: Scientific Misconduct Blog - April 21, 2008 Tags: Amusement Source Type: journals
Viva Viagra! Viva Side Effect Disclosure!
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Source: Pharmalot - April 21, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized DTC Ads DTC Advertising Pfizer Viagra Source Type: journals
The Contract (Procter and Gamble)
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Source: Scientific Misconduct Blog - April 21, 2008 Tags: Research contracting Procter and Gamble Source Type: journals
Andy’s Take: We Care About Conflicts Of Interest
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Source: Pharmalot - April 21, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Andrew von Eschenbach Conflicts of Interest Source Type: journals
New Jersey AG Is The Latest To Probe Vytorin
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Source: Pharmalot - April 21, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen Anne Milgram Enbrel Enhance Merck Schering Plough Vytorin Source Type: journals
Mylan Exec To Block Release Of University Probe
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Source: Pharmalot - April 21, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Heather Bresch Mylan Laboratories Source Type: journals
Wyeth Acted In ‘Bad Faith’ In Prempro Case
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Source: Pharmalot - April 21, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: journals
Trouble For Hire? CRO Oversight Is Lacking
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Source: Pharmalot - April 21, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Contract Research Organizations CRO CROs Source Type: journals
Profits & Promises: Your Earnings Round-Up
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Source: Pharmalot - April 21, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amylin Pharmaceuticals Eli Lilly Merck Novartis Source Type: journals
‘Let My Pharmalot Go!’
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Source: Pharmalot - April 19, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Spinmeister Source Type: journals
Telling it like it is (Procter and Gamble)
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Source: Scientific Misconduct Blog - April 19, 2008 Tags: Procter and Gamble Source Type: journals
Will Pfizer Slash Its Cherished Dividend?
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Source: Pharmalot - April 18, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Dividends Lipitor Pfizer Source Type: journals
Device Maker Vows New Ethical Practices
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Source: Pharmalot - April 18, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Kickbacks Medical Devices Sunshine Act Zimmer Holdings Source Type: journals
Roche And Cipla Battle In India Over Cancer Med
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Source: Pharmalot - April 18, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cipla Roche Tarceva Source Type: journals
Your Bladder Or Your Brain: Forgetting Detrol
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Source: Pharmalot - April 18, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bladder Detrol Incontinence Memory Pfizer Source Type: journals
Pharma Lobbies DC For Off-Label Rights
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Source: Pharmalot - April 18, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Dan Troy Daniel Troy Direct-to-Consumer Advertising DTC Advertising Off Label Promotion Source Type: journals
Cancer Patients Try Experimental Meds In The UK
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Source: Pharmalot - April 18, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Cancer Experimental Medications Experimental Meds Source Type: journals
Biogen Tells Carl Icahn To Go Away, Again
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Source: Pharmalot - April 18, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biogen Idec Carl Icahn Source Type: journals
Massachusetts Docs To Lawmakers: No Gift Ban
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Source: Pharmalot - April 17, 2008 Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Conflicts of Interest Dennis Ausiello Ethics Freebies Gifts Thomas Stossel Source Type: journals
House Committee Releases Drug Safety Draft