Pharmalot... Pharmalittle... Morning Edition

We are reminded to again share with you a favorite saying of the morning mayor: Every brand new day should be unwrapped like a precious gift. So go ahead, tug on the ribbon. And then, digest a few items while we hustle the short people off to the schoolhouse...

Fitch Slashes Merck Outlook To Negative (Press Release)

Most Zyrtec Users Didn't Switch To OTC (Medical Marketing & Media)

Genentech Reports Another PML Case With Raptiva (PharmaTimes)

Judge Tosses Paxil Case (The Legal Intelligencer)

Novartis Fund Is Not A Venture Capitalist (Xconomy.com)

Merck Drug Fails To Slow Alzheimer's (Yahoo/Reuters)

Recession Won't Hurt CROs In India (The Economic Times)