Dr J's Sex Facts (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
“I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.” Steve Martin Our Story, Already in Progress Waaay back on April 4th, we started discussing the latest campaign by the pharmaceutical industry aimed at convincing us that science has found the perfect pill to fix everything from clearing up acne to making sex perfect (whatever that means)....
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Except for a few that I could count on one hand, the rest of the US Senate is all about protecting their rich buddies in the medical and pharmaceutical industry. It's all about avoiding regulation, and let the insurance industry, which has brought us to this fiasco, write up some boondoggle that has the gov't, and the patients going bankrupt. The rest of the world laughs at our...
Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Drugmakers must do more to encourage side-effect reporting under a new industry code of practice published by the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry. As of November, new promotional info must explicitly and “prominently” state that “adverse events should be reported” and provide details of the website to contact with concerns. What else? Drugmakers will have to [...]...
soulful sepulcher (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
. There are many reasons and these are just a few, that people need to be aware of the psychiatric medication campaign that fuels research, it fuels an industry that has not taken an oath to first do you no harm--it is a billion dollar drug industry that is going after every aspect of American lifestyles and for that matter world wide attempts at creating a market where every person in...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The pharmaceutical industry's distribution of journal articles on off-label uses to healthcare providers is ineffective and inappropriate; ASHP recently told the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in comments on its draft guidance outlining good reprint practices for drug manufacturers to follow when providing health providers with information on off-label uses.
Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC (MARKET WIRE) A recent study found that only 60% of investigator initiated clinical trials (IITs) result in new medical publications. The finding emphasizes a gap in the pharmaceutical industry's desire to publish new research findings and its ability to meet a primary goal of every investigator sponsored study.
Sify (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Jubilant Organosys Limited, an integrated pharmaceutical industry player and the largest custom research and manufacturing services company in India, today announced that it had acquired 100 per cent stake in Speciality Molecules Limited, a niche manufacturer of Speciality Intermediates with manufacturing facilities located at Ambarnath, near here, for Rs 19.95 crore.
Wired Science (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Today's announcement by Abbott Laboratories, that their experimental adult attention deficit disorder drug has reached a major milestone, is proof that the pharmaceutical industry can invent diseases as effectively as the folks at Hallmark market holidays. Clearly, this is great...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the last nine months, fifteen life sciences companies have signed with Verticals onDemand, the pharmaceutical industry
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The real threat to medicine and the public interest is suppression of freedom of university-based researchers to interact with their scientific colleagues in the pharmaceutical industry.
Furious Seasons (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
The Center for Science in the Public Interest reports that over half of the 28 new members of the DSM-V writing group have ties to the pharmaceutical industry (.pdf "> here). Well over half of the older authors already have been...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has strongly protested against the government's decision to renegotiate the drug pricing mechanism halfway through the current five-year period, reported the Telegraph.
Euractive (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
The global expansion of India's pharmaceutical industry means it is becoming "more and more of a major [...] location" for the sector, says an April study led by Uwe Perlitz for Deutsche Bank Research, revealing that the country ranks alongside China as one of the world's top pharmaceutical markets with the highest growth rates.
Press Releases (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Briefcase-sized Portable Anti-counterfeit Drug Analyzer Provides Real-time Analysis Anywhere, AnytimeASD Inc. introduces the RxSpec® 700Z -- a powerful new weapon in the Pharmaceutical Industry's war on counterfeit drugs. User-friendly system provides non-destructive, on-the-spot lab quality analysis for field agents from industry, government, and law enforcement world-wide.Boulder,...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), issued the following statement today lauding President Bush's avowal yesterday that ethanol production is responsible for only a small part of food inflation: "President Bush accurately recognizes that the rise in global food prices is the result of a variety of factors and that only a small part is due to increased...
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nitesh | 01/07/2008
The global pharmaceutical industry is at the cross roads. With many of the blockbuster drugs getting off-patented and with increasing R&D costs, it's hard by the companies to maintain their bottom-line and remain unaffected. They have found recourse to outsourcing some of their research and manufacturing activities and saving cost in the process. This has led to the growth of contract research and...
nitesh | 01/07/2008
Pharmaceutical business is a blend of commerce and public service. Globally, the pharmaceutical industry grew at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.1 per cent in the last 23 years- powered by a string of innovative blockbusters. It is an industry characterized by huge investments in drug discovery and development. In the recent past, falling research productivity triggered off a series of...
traderthoughts.com | 12/27/2007
Biologic products grew at an average clip of 17% over the past two years, a growth higher than any other sub-sector within the pharmaceutical industry. There are many biologics in the approval pipeline and it has been projected that 50% of drugs approved for the marketplace in 2010 will be the result of biotechnology. Biologic medicines, manufactured from complex living cells, provide some of the
