A summary of the belt-tightening state of Big Pharma right now, from Med Ad News.
From ABC, Ten Health Advances that have changed the world.
Americans trust the FDA more than pharma companies.
Pfizer’s new anti-smoking pill (Chantix) taking off.
Bayer and Genzyme get expanded labelling for oncology drug Campath.
Celgene reports great financial results due to sales of blood cancer drug Revlimid.
Outsmarting cancer with targeted drug combos.
Application to use Takeda‘s Amitiza for IBS-C accepted by FDA.
Allergan to acquire NJ-based Esprit Pharma.
Novartis to slash sales and marketing jobs in a cost-saving move.
Tamoxifen effective for bipolar disorder?
Funny how the pharma industry suffered major setbacks yet despite all of the challenges, many of the top 50 pharmaceutical companies experienced a profitable year in 2006. Among the top 50, 22 experienced growth in the double digits. Know matter what the setbacks, pharma always finds away to come out ahead. If only they were so prosperous with releasing new innovative drugs.