$140 Million Cleanup Of Former Upjohn Site Coming Along
When pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Inc. acquired Pharmacia Corporation on the former Upjohn Company site at 41 Stiles Lane in 2003, the pharmaceutical giant acquired much more than financial assets. The site is polluted from more than a century of industrial use, including brick manufacturing and chemical production. Environmental remediation is required to restore the site […]
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Sanofi Cuts 900 Jobs in France; Government balks
French drugmaker Sanofi’s scaled-back plan to cut 900 jobs in France as part of a reshuffle of its research operations is “still too much,” French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg said Friday. Sanofi bowed to government pressure this week and backed off from a more extensive layoff plan that unions had predicted could reach 2,500. The […]
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AbbVie CEO Lacks College Degrees
source File this under ‘huh?’ In 1977, Richard Gonzalez joined Abbott Laboratories and climbed the managerial ranks before retiring in 2007 to battle cancer. He later returned and, last year, was named to head the forthcoming spin off of the pharma unit that will be called AbbVie (see this and this).Yet for several years, […]
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Merck Reaches Settlement on False Ad Suit for Copptertone
Source In an effort to make the legal equivalent of sunburn go away, Merck has agreed to pay between $3 million and $10 million to settle a consumer class action lawsuit that was filed over allegations the drugmaker falsely advertised the attributes of the venerable Coppertone sunscreen line of products to protect against ultraviolet rays. […]
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FDA Gets More Authority Over Clinical Trial Reporting
Source Here is an interesting development in the ongoing controversy over reporting clinical trial data in all its glory to the federal government. The US Department of Health & Human Services has transferred authority to the FDA to oversee information that is filed with ClinicalTrials.gov – the clinical trial registry data bank – and […]
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J&J Marketed Risperdal Popcorn?
source Did Johnson & Johnson sales reps try to butter up doctors and their office staffs with specially branded Risperdal popcorn as part of concerted effort to widen the market for the drug? A team of Johnson & Johnson lawyers is trying to convince a Pennsylvania state court jury today that the health care […]
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Fresenius Restricts Use of Propofol for Executions
source As a result of a campaign by activists to pressure drugmakers to prevent their medications from being used in the US for lethal injections, Fresenius Kabi recently adopted a new policy in which orders from any corrections officials for its Propofol drug will be rejected. Propofol is an anaesthetic that has been used […]
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Merck & Co. to leave ALEC
Global pharmaceutical maker Merck & Co. said today it is leaving the controversial American Legislative Exchange Council — which drafts model bills that are replicated in state legislatures across the country — because of “budget constraints and policy priorities.” ALEC, a group of nearly 2,000 state lawmakers and 300 companies and advocacy groups, is a […]
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FDA warns of burns from muscle and joint pain busters
Over-the-counter muscle and joint pain relievers may cause chemical burns in rare cases, U.S. health regulators warned on Thursday. Products that contain menthol, methyl salicylate, or capsaicin — including major brands such as Johnson & Johnson’s Bengay, Sanofi’s Icy Hot, Capzasin and Flexall, and Rohto Pharmaceutical Co’s Mentholatum — were found to cause first- to […]
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FDA Creams L’Oreal Over Anti-Aging Advertising Claims
Can the marketing claims for skin creams meant to smooth fine lines sometimes stray over the line? That appears to be the case with Lancôme’s anti-wrinkle cream Génifique, whose parent company L’Oreal was slapped with an FDA warning Tuesday for portraying the product as a drug with medical properties. Advertisements for Génifique claim that it […]
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