Pharmalot... Pharmalittle... Good Morning

Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? The skies are milky gray over the Pharmalot corporate campus this morning, but our spirits are sunny. As the Morning Mayor used to say: 'Every brand new day should be unwrapped like a precious gift.' Yes, this is a favorite saying and feels even better with a cup of stimulation. So we invite you to join us. Meanwhile, here are some tidbits. Hope you have a great day and stay in touch...

Medco And AstraZeneca Receive Subpoenas Over Four Drugs (Reuters)

FDA May Relax Conflict Of Interest Rules For Panels (Bloomberg News)

Glaxo To Boost Jobs In The UK (Reuters)

Takeda Resubmits Diabetes Drug To FDA (Pharma Times)

Novo Nordisk Sued By Sales Reps Seeking Overtime Pay (Reuters)

A Female Arousal Oil Gains Some Traction (Bloomberg News)

Debating The Use Of Antidepressants (The Boston Globe)

Pfizer & Bristol Bloodthinner May Cause Bleeding With No Benefit (HealthDay)

Using A Parasitic Worm To Fight Crohn's Disease (Xconomy)

Biogen MS Drug Gets Conditional OK In Europe (Pharma Times)

IOM To Issue Report On FDA Device Review Process (Reuters)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Please check this post for updates throughout the morning

sunrise pic thx to benimoto on flickr

5 Comments

Jul 26, 2011 - 9:08am

In some Wal-Mart stores in the midwest you can go in for an oil change and a lube job. Guess this is something different.

Jul 26, 2011 - 9:09am

Ed:

Interesting coincidence that the Bloomberg piece - "FDA may relax conflict of interest rules ..." - appears on the same day as the your Avastin conflict follow-on post.

Jul 26, 2011 - 9:14am

I can cite a readyn source form the parasitic Crohn's worms. In one school of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in the country, PhD candidates are required to infect themselves with whatever parasite is the source for their research thesis. It provides a ready source of material. I know one of the professors who still teaches grad students. His opening line of his first lecture is still "feces is the bread and butter of the parasitologist". I understand that the line still drawwss strange looks from the students even today.

Jul 26, 2011 - 10:32am

And for any of you not sure where oii is coming from, as I wasn't, refer to the Bloomberg piece on "gains some traction."

Jul 27, 2011 - 4:25am

RE: Use of Parasitic Worms How about using worms to fight Pharma CEO God Disease?