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Mr Kindler says he’s looking forward to some time with his family and it was just shortly back Merck announced their CEO change, but that move was expected. Ian Read will be the new CEO who is their global head of pharmaceuticals. Earlier this year he was a patient in a hospital for a minor...
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This is big purchase and they are perhaps looking to anticipated reduced revenue once generic drugs for Lipitor come on line. We are seeing mergers and acquisitions all over healthcare. Below are some of the leading pain killers from King Pharma and the company also has quite a few other...
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This is no a cheap drug by any means and a while back I did a post to show what it costs here in the US. What Does Viagra Cost? Here in the US Pfizer could not get the trademark on the name Viagra as it the active ingredient was said to be too close in resembling Horny Goat Weed, the “natural” alternative...
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Here we go once again and we all know the answer if you read this blog. We all know what success you have had with Microsoft Share Point and how it has increased information and efficiencies, and actually I mentioned that with my interview with Mike Naimoli from Microsoft Life Sciences and gave...
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Hello doctors out there, do you have enough resources yet? If not here’s one more. We want to make sure there is no stone unturned here with making sure we have enough tools. There’s no copyrights here and it is all open access. The press release says this is an outstanding example...
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Thu, Jul 22 2010
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If you are a cancer patient being treated with this drug, as of today it will no longer be available without a specific request sent to the FDA. The drug did not work in short and there was the side effect of liver disease related to the product. The drug was used as a treatment for bone...
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Mon, Jun 21 2010
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How do you create laws to protect citizens in areas where you are not familiar? That’s a very good question and today members of Congress are being presented with that exact task. There’s a ton of research to be done by staff members and what also helps is there own participation as consumers...
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Fri, May 28 2010
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Viagra V – great humor here and the secret is out! Dopamine and Serotonin are the keys here and could this be the new ad campaign! The US Copyright office however refused to give Pfizer the copyright as they stated the active ingredient was too close to what is available today with an herb called...
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Wed, May 26 2010
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In addition to the dressing in white lab coats and strategic seating arrangements, it is alleged that the company made some software changes to not have certain activities recorded when talking with physicians. What is also worth a note is the instructions about not to accidentally pith FDA officials...
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I made brief mention of what Medco was doing just a day ago and here’s additional information on their plan. Pharmacy Benefit Managers are now molding into a new area. Yesterday I focused on CVS and what they doing with their program. Medco has some specifics with selected drugs such...
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Tue, May 18 2010
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The corporate headquarters will remain but the one large office building on Third Avenue goes up for sale. Pfizer started closing facilities and plants back in 2007 and then once the purchase of Wyeth came in, there were more announced. BD Pfizer , the world’s largest pharmaceutical company...
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Tue, May 11 2010
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We talk about super computing on Wall Street and I mention occasionally how this technology slips over to healthcare and here’s one prime example. Obviously with risk management with health insurers, this would appear to be a company they would consider watching. Already major pharma companies...
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Tue, Apr 27 2010
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I have posted on this before and below is the prior article about Becky McCain. This is fascinating to listen to her comments and anyone can benefit here. She states that the dangers are being hid and is requesting OSHA coverage for workers due to the condition she contracted as a molecular...
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We kind of have a similar situation here in the US, but ours is done through Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the hitch here too is compliance with tracking who is refilling their prescriptions, so whoever is inquiring knows that at least the prescriptions are being filled, now whether or not they are actually...
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No I am not making this up as you can see the links below with full documentation from BNET. Off label use for Xiaflex requires 2 injections so if one can make it through the injections it could stand to merit off label use as well as giving relief to those who suffer from claw hand. There...
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