Drugmakers Tap Hospital Data For Clinical Trials
Finding patients for clinical trials is not so easy in the US, but a new test project beginning this month hopes to speed the process and lower costs. Called the Partnership to Advance Clinical Electronic Research, or PACeR, the effort is a collaboration between five large drugmakers, 13 hospitals across New York, clinical research organizations, […]
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How Not To Create A Prescription Drug Website
Given the increased scrutiny the FDA is applying toward websites devoted to individual prescription drugs, it may behoove the people who design these sites to include some basic info. Such as? Well, there are always tidbits about safety and efficacy. A helpful rule of thumb, for instance, is to ensure safety info is not minimized […]
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FDA OKs Xarelto But Adds A Black Box Warning
In a move that is a win for Bayer and Johnson & Johnson, the FDA has approved their Xarelto bloodthinner for atrial fibrillation, an action that was not expected so quickly, given that questions were raised by an advisory panel last month about moving patients off the treatment. For this reason, the FDA added a […]
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Pharma Recent Job Changes
Viamet Pharmaceuticals named Marc Rudoltz as chief medical officer; Virobay named David Karpf as chief medicial officer; Galleon Pharmaceuticals named E. Euan MacIntyre as sr vp, drug discovery; Galleon Pharmaceuticals named James McLeod as sr vp, clinical R&D; Sialix hired Norrie Russell as ceo and president; AbelsonTaylor promoted Matt Collins to vp, director of interactive […]
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Drug company CEO sells mansion where girlfriend died
Jonah Shacknai, founder and CEO of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., sold the 12,750-square-foot property on Monday to a group of unidentified investors, said Scott Aurich, of Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty. The purchase price was not disclosed. The landmark 12-bedroom, 11-bath Spreckels mansion in Coronado, California, an upscale resort island near San Diego, was listed for $14.5 […]
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Drugmakers From Which Country Will Offer Bribes?
As the world grows smaller and multi-national drugmakers race to establish beachheads in the so-called emerging markets, such as China and India, the threat of competition also grows stronger every day. Notably, many of these countries want to develop their own pharmaceutical industries. And why not? After all, such growth expands economies and can make […]
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Sanofi To Layoff Hundreds In Sales And R&D
In the aftermath of the Genzyme acquisition, Sanofi told employees this morning about plans to shift various R&D operations between New Jersey and Massachusetts, as well as scaling back the sales force, primarily in the cardiovascular and oncology groups. All told, hundreds of jobs will be eliminated, although a spokesman was unable to specify the […]
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Glaxo To Pay $3B To Settle Marketing Probes
In the largest settlement of its kind involving a drugmaker, GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve a trio of US investigations into its sales, marketing and pricing practices dating back more than a decade. The deal, which is expected to be finalized, some time next year, would settle both civil and criminal […]
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The FDA Approved How Many New Drugs?
Why not take an opportunity to crow when the numbers are going your way? That is what the FDA is doing today with a new report that trumpets that 35 new medicines were approved over the past 12 months, which is nearly the highest number of approvals in the past decade. The only year in […]
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Former Pfizer Rep Won’t Return $411K Severance
Nearly two years ago, Janet Rodriguez was told by Pfizer that her services as a sales rep – a position she held since 1993 – were no longer needed. And so the ensuing paperwork for termination indicated that she was entitled to receive a lump sum payment of $105,851.75. But instead, Pfizer mistakenly sent a […]
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