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SHARE Friday, August 24, 2007 Pfizer should buy Wyeth. Here's why
Due to a raft of upcoming patent expirations, the future is bleak for Pfizer. Among others, Pfizer will lose the blockbuster Lipitor, as early as 2010. Lipitor generated 2006 revenues of $13.6 billion, which was 28% of Pfizer's $48 billion in revenues.
SHARE Thursday, August 9, 2007 Drug companies cooperated with the CIA.
THE CIA on June 26, 2007 declassified secret documents that revealed "the Agency had relations with commercial drug manufacturers, whereby they passed on drugs rejected because of unfavorable side effects."
SHARE Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Pfizer's "Viva Viagra" ad drives AIDS activists nuts
Pfizer sales of Viagra have hit rock bottom. So Pfizer Inc would like to make sure more men get rock hard. And regular pharmaceutical advertising ain't cutting it no more. You know - - dogs, happy couples holding hands.
SHARE Thursday, July 19, 2007 Novartis Fired Whistleblower Who Then Met With FDA: Cancer Drug Approval Delayed
According to a lawsuit Olagunju filed in May 2007, Novartis fired Olagunju for "disclosing and refusing to participate in illegal and unethical activities regarding the testing and reporting of human drug study results concerning Tasigna (ANM), Novartis' new cancer drug."
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, June 11, 2007 Pfizer screws up royally: 17,000 employee names and SS numbers copied by thieves
According to Pfizer, "the breach occurred when the spouse of a Pfizer employee loaded unauthorized software onto the employee's Pfizer laptop computer. The software allowed outsiders access to a number of files, that included the names and social security numbers of the affected Pfizer employees."
SHARE Tuesday, May 22, 2007 Pfizer sales rep: "PFE tried to find 'naïve doctors' for illegal premarketing of maraviroc!"
A Pfizer whistleblower a few weeks ago alleged that Pfizer used the HIV sales force to illegally market maraviroc to doctors before FDA approval.
The illegal conduct allegedly started already in November 2006, when Pfizer was trying to set up "expanded access sites" throughout the country for a maraviroc experience trial.
SHARE Tuesday, May 1, 2007 OIG REQUESTS MEETING WITH PFIZER HIV WHISTLEBLOWER.
The Pfizer whistleblower in my story "Pfizer whistleblower accuses company of using sales force to illegally market new AIDS-drug before FDA approval" has just forwarded the response she received from an agent