Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We hope the weekend was invigorating and refreshing. We certainly had an enjoyable time. Now, though, the time has come to resume that challenging routine of meetings and deadlines. It never ends, does it? So to cope, yes, we are brewing a cup or two of delicious and needed stimulation. Please feel free to join us. Meanwhile, here are a few items to get you going. Hope your day goes well and stay in touch...
Bayer Wins EU Approval For Xarelto For Preventing Strokes (Reuters)
Alexza Pharmaceuticals Starts To Wind Down (Reuters)
Deaths From Brain-Eating Amoeba Linked To Cold Remedy (The Daily Mail)
Senators Probe Device Makers On Recalls (Mass Device)
Biomeasure Plans New Facility In Massachusetts (MetroWest Daily News)
CVS Caremark To Pay $20M To Three States Over Fraud (Los Angeles Times)
Pfizer Looks To Sell Last Traces To Original Site (Brooklyn Paper)
India To Cut Clinical Trial Approval Times (Outsourcing Pharma)
ISTA Rejects Hostile Bid From Valeant (Pharma Times)
India's Drug Pricing Proposal Generates Controversy (Economic Times)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Please check this post for updates throughout the morning
steaming coffee thx to dleggett on flickr
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If you can, catch the episode of the brain eating amoeba on House, MD. According to funtrivia.com, in this two episode thriller House and the team try to solve the mystery behind a man who seems to experience euphoria. It is later determined that the patient has a case of Legionellosis. Foreman contracts the then-unknown disease, Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis, and gets placed into isolation and quarantine like the first patient. Breaking under pressure, Foreman does what he can to save himself and the patient including attempting to infect Cameron and nearly performing a lobotomy on the other patient who dies of his affliction. House later discovers that the disease is a result of contaminated water stores in the patient's home. Foreman is treated and makes a recovery. Foreman eventually takes over House's job as Head of Diagnostic Medicine while House is in Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital.
Something to go with your butter and jammy on this morning's hot cross buns.