Good morning, everyone. Another brand new day is under way here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where the short people are showing signs of arriving at the local school house on time. This calls for a celebratory cup of stimulation and we invite you to join us. While you indulge, the news of the world awaits you. Have a great day and do stay in touch...
Former Pfizer Exec Leaves CEO Job At Cellceutix (Xconomy)
Novartis Halts Cancer Drug Trial (TheStreet)
Medicare Chief To Make First Appearance Before Congress (Bloomberg News)
Hawaii Sues McKesson And First DataBank Over Pricing (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
Activists Lobby India To Reject Obama Lobbying On IP And Meds (Pharmabiz)
One Million More Kids Are Diagnoses With ADHD (Bloomberg News)
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I'd like also to note that the New York Times this morning has a long, thoughtful and compassionate story on the Merck Fosamax® ONJ or "jaw death" case -- Graves v. Merck -- now being tried to a jury in Manhattan's federal district courthouse. I've linked both sides' memos of law on the issues, at that one.
Mrs. Graves, an ex-US Army investigator, has now rested her case in chief; Merck is about to begin its defense of Fosamax, this morning.
So sorry to be so scarce, Ed -- been chasing some deal-work, of late -- less time to blog.
Namaste, one and all!
Oops! I should also mention that Merck (under cover of darkness!) has stealthily let it be known (in a PDF buried -- as of 11.01.2010 -- on a backwater page of its Investor Relations section of its site) that it will have no Hep A or Hep B vaccine-supplies for all of 2011, and maybe some of 2012:
"Recombivax® HB (Hepatitis B Vaccine, Recombinant) | Availability anticipated first half of 2012. . . .
Vaqta® (Hepatitis A Vaccine, Inactivated) | No availability anticipated in 2011. . . ."
Is this a sub-rosa withdrawal from those US markets?
I dunno. But "outages" going on three years -- even if they are cleared as indicated above -- is a very long time. It would seem that the complexities of vaccine production alone would not fully explain a nearly 36 month "outage".
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Your kids have to go to school on Veterans day? Can I send mine your way? It's awfully hard to work today with kids running down the halls.