Who doesn’t like a like takeover speculation? In this Seeking Alpha article, Cephalon and Genzyme are discusses as potentially attractive targets.
ZS Associates projects a 25% cut in #of sales reps, from the 100k+ peak, by 2012. At its peak in 2007, the American pharmaceutical industry fielded 102,000 sales reps, said Chris Wright, managing principal for the consulting firm ZS Associates’ U.S. Pharmaceuticals Practice. Drugmakers have slashed the number to 92,000 since then, and ZS projects the number will fall to 75,000 by 2012 at the latest, saving the industry $3.6 billion.
Forest Lab‘s Lexapro approved for depression in adolescents. Forest Laboratories, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company’s supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) for the acute and maintenance treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in adolescents, 12 – 17 years of age. Lexapro is only the second antidepressant to be approved for the treatment of MDD in adolescents, a medical condition that affects approximately 2 million adolescents in the U.S.
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