Also as part of the settlement, all TV ads have to be approved by the FDA as well and they can delay their broadcast as well. In related news commercials are running sponsored by big Pharma thanking Congressmen for the their votes. The ads are sponsored by a nonprofit group called America...
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...
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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...
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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...
Yes you heard it right, there's an online advertising spot that will grant access to the game, you can perhaps find it on Forbes and other online publications, and you also get to listen to "Viva Viagra" while you play. So who's next in the Pharma game advertising loop? ...
Update: Are 3 minds better than one? It certainly appears this could be the case, at least when it comes to clinical trials and getting the right type of participants to enroll and some forecasting to make sure the drugs will succeed. What is the target here, the big crystal...