Pharmalot... Pharmalittle... Good Morning

Top of the morning to you. The skies are overcast here at the Pharmalot corporate campus, but our spirits remain sunny. After all, every brand new day should be unwrapped like a precious gift. So please enjoy, no matter what obstacles await. Meanwhile, we are indulging ourselves with another cup of delicious stimulation and invite you to join us. And as always, here are a few items of interest. Hope your day goes well...

FDA Drug Approvals Hit A Seven-Year High In 2011 (Bloomberg News)

Lilly Forecasts Sharp Profit Drop This Year (Reuters)

Pharma Payments To Docs Drop As Scrutiny Mounts (ProPublica)

Dendreon Sales Surprise And Investors Rejoice (Xconomy)

Indian Drugmakers Want Anti-Dumping Duty To Thwart Chinese (Economic Times)

J&J Sued By Parents Who Claim Tylenol Killed Their Toddler (Phildelphia Inquirer)

J&J AIDS Vaccines Protects Monkeys In Study (Bloomberg News)

Achillion Hepatitis C Drug Gets FDA Fast Track (Reuters)

One-Third Of UK Patients Do Not Fill Prescriptions (PharmaTimes)

FDA Restricts Antibiotics Class In Animals (Reuters)

Servier Signs Cancer Deal With Sweden's BioInvent (PharmaTimes)

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