Archive for July, 2006



McKinnell Departs As Pfizer Chief (Forbes)

Friday 28 July 2006 @ 6:54 pm
Jeff Kindler, vice chairman and top lawyer, is the new CEO of the world's largest drugmaker.



Pfizer names new CEO (CNN Money)

Friday 28 July 2006 @ 6:13 pm
Pfizer named Jeffrey Kindler, the company's general counsel, to succeed Henry "Hank" McKinnell as CEO of the world's largest pharmaceutical company, the company announced Friday.



Nagging Doubts For Big Pharma (Forbes)

Friday 28 July 2006 @ 1:26 pm
A few worries about the drug sector's great quarterly numbers.



Savvy Consumer: Medication Mix-Ups (ABC News)

Friday 28 July 2006 @ 7:08 am
'Savvy Consumer' Elisabeth Leamy Explains How to Avoid the Dangers of Bad Medicine



Rising opiate prescriptions concern local doctor (Clarion News)

Thursday 27 July 2006 @ 8:05 am
CLARION – The news is filled with stories of the growing addictions of heroin and methamphetamines. What many people might not realize is the most addictive drugs might have been prescribed to them by their physician or dentist.



Commercial Insight: Neuropathic Pain - A Plethora of Patient Segmentation and Product Differentiation Opportunities (Pharmaceutical Business Review)

Wednesday 26 July 2006 @ 10:59 pm
Introduction Neurontin (gabapentin) has finally been knocked off the top spot as a result of fierce generic incursion.



Prescription Pain Killers: Illicit Use and Deaths Increasing Say Two New Reports (Senior Journal)

Monday 24 July 2006 @ 2:54 pm
July 24, 2006 – Two recent reports show a significant jump in the use of prescription pain killers for uses other than prescribed medical treatment. But senior citizens, which many would assume to be among this growing trend, due to the large number that suffer with pain and rely on drugs for relief, just do not seem to be involved.



People’s Pharmacy: Home remedies, drugs can combat rosacea (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)

Saturday 22 July 2006 @ 8:24 am
People who aren't helped by home remedies might be pleased to learn that the Food and Drug Administration recently approved a prescription drug for this hard-to-treat skin condition.



‘Top Doc’ loses his license for a month (Republican American)

Saturday 22 July 2006 @ 5:02 am
NAUGATUCK -- A local doctor had his physician's license suspended this week after he allegedly prescribed drugs to a patient who gave most of the pills back to the doctor through a scheme.



Pfizer Revenues, Earnings Up In 2nd Quarter (RedNova)

Friday 21 July 2006 @ 11:17 pm
By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn. Jul. 21--Pfizer Inc. said Thursday that its global revenues grew nearly 3 percent during the second quarter, while its earnings rose more than 11 percent on strong sales of existing and new pharmaceuticals.



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