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Source: PharmaGossip - March 18, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Top stories in health and medicine, March 6, 2014
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Scleroderma Survival Tied to Lung Problems. Survival among patients with scleroderma was strongly influenced by the development of major pulmonary involvement.
HIV Tx Tied to Low Infection From Sex. Serodiscordant couples who engage in unprotected sexual intercourse have a very small risk of transmitting HIV if the infected partner is well treated with suppressive antiretroviral therapy.
Xolair Makes Milk Allergy Tx More Tolerable. Giving omalizumab (Xolair) around the start of oral immunotherapy for milk allergy improved reduced safety.
Out-of-Hospital Births Up, but Key Data Missing. A federal gover...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 6, 2014 Category: Family Physicians Tags: News Infectious disease OB/GYN Pulmonology Source Type: blogs
Pharmalot... Pharmalittle... Good Morning
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend was refreshing, because another busy few days are on the way. You know, that routine of meetings and deadlines and phone calls and running about has now begun. So please join us as we hoist a needed cup of stimulation in order to cope. And, of course, here are some tidbits to start the process. Have a great day and do stay in touch...
Novo Nordisk To Invest $3.7 Billion On Diabetes Pill Portfolio (Reuters)
Sanofi CEO Sees A Return To Growth In The Fourth Quarter (Bloomberg News)
Ranbaxy Looks To Buy An FDA-Approved Plant In India (Economic Tim...
Source: Pharmalot - October 7, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs
A Thaw Between Roche And Novartis? What About A Merger?
Will Roche and Novartis work more closely together and even consider a merger? Now that both drugmakers have new chairmen – replacing a pair who had famously icy relations – there is increasing talk about cooperation and that, in turn, is leading to speculation that a merger could even occur. In fact, a Novartis board member earlier this month suggested such a deal might make sense.
Earlier this month, you may recall, Roche named Lufthansa ceo Christoph Franz, who is also one of its board members, to succeed Franz Humer as chairman, a move that came only a few weeks after Jorg Reinhardt replaced the controversial Dan V...
Source: Pharmalot - September 30, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs
Six ways Big Pharma manipulates consumers - Salon
This article originally appeared on AlterNet.
The blockbuster pill profit party is over for Big Pharma. Bestselling pills like Lipitor, Seroquel, Zyprexa, Singular and Concerta have gone off patent and sites which their ads sustained are withering on the vine. WebMD, for example, the voice of Pharma on the Web, with a former Pfizer exec serving as CEO, announced it would cut 250 positions in December.
But don’t worry, Wall Street. Pharma isn’t going to deliver disappointing earnings just because it has little or no new drugs coming online and has failed at the very reason for its existence. Here are six new Pharma ma...
Source: PharmaGossip - April 28, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Top stories in health and medicine, February 25, 2013
This series is brought to you by MedPage Today.1. Pediatricians: Watchful Waiting Best for Ear Infections. Stricter diagnostic criteria and broader use of observation to further rein in antibiotic prescribing for acute otitis media emerged in a revision of American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines.2. Is Evidence-Based Medicine Only an Illusion? In a system where half of all clinical trials never see the light of publication, doctors are merely “imagining that we’re practicing evidence-based medicine,” says Ben Goldacre, MBBS, a British physician and science journalist.3. Asthma Drug Curbs Chronic Hi...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 25, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: News Infectious disease Pediatrics Pulmonology Source Type: blogs
