I wonder if all the name brand companies will one day have nothing but generics? (grin). There’s always this interesting topic too, biosimilars. “Because biosimilars aren't exact duplicates of the original drugs, they don't violate the original drug's patent , enabling legal distribution...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-16-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, drugs, Pharma, Generic Drugs, Marketing, Pfizer, Biosimilars
However, their prescription drug unit faced the same problems as the rest of the Pharma industry. A smart investment in consumer products is helping hold things together for J and J. The consumer product division was purchased from Pfizer in 2006, which was the company purchased by Pfizer...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-14-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, personalized medicine, Genomics, Pharma, Pfizer, Phamaceuticals, Consumer Goods, J and J, Warner Lambert
This is somewhat of a strange story about an outdoor advertiser trying to offer Pfizer some free advertising with Viagra, but obviously the judge and Pfizer were not in agreement. The big missile was paraded around Manhattan with the Viva Viagra advertising on it, parked in front of Pfizer's headquarters...
Mirapex is known to many as a drug prescribed for RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) and is also used for treating Parkinson’s Disease. This is a Wall Street Banker filing the case as he claims it caused him to become a compulsive gambler , well and I guess he must have lost a lot. He is no longer...