According to reports, the axe is coming down all over the pharma world on research and development projects that are not yielding immediate results.
AstraZeneca(Atacand, Crestor), GlaxoSmithKline (Advair, Boniva) and Pfizer (Benadryl, Lipitor) have all already begun to scrap projects, while others like Sanofi-Aventis (Allegra, Plavix) are about to pick up the trend and start [...]

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Healthcare reform isn’t just about the public option and paying for doctor’s visits — it’s also about equal, affordable access to life-saving medications for all Americans. That’s why many Big Pharma watchdogs are so disappointed with a recent amendment slipped into healthcare legislation that proposes extending patent protection on biologic drugs, delaying for years the [...]

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Well, actually, I’m sure there’s more than one thing. Like, for example, we can assume they both make backroom deals, and they both know that money talks.
But there’s something else.
Both are unfairly trashing the legitimacy of licensed Canadian pharmacies — real, honest-to-goodness, brick-and-mortar pharmacies that have been inspected and approved to sell prescription medications [...]

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Big Pharma Execs Say Recession Will Hurt; DTC Was ‘Worst Decision’
(WSJ Health Blog)
Meet the Person Likely to be the Next FDA Commissioner (Peter Rost For FDA Commissioner)
Almost Half Of College-Age Americans Have A Psychiatric Disorder (Furious Seasons)
Drugmakers in M&A Frenzy (Bizmology)

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Big Pharma’s Loss May Be Little Pharma’s Gain (Pharmalot)
Big Pharma May be Handed Blanket Immunity for All Drug Side Effects, Deaths (InfoWars)
The Congress Blog: Big Pharma May be Handed Blanket Immunity for All Drug Side Effects, Deaths (Survivalist News)
Can Obama’s Win Lead to Meaningful Health Care Reform? 13 Urgent Suggestions for a Healthy USA [...]

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Get thee behind me, Big Pharma! (The Migraine Girl)
Big Pharma Problems (All Things Whistleblower)
Cleaning the Stables (PharmaGossip)
Pfizer’s New Focus Will Usher in a Golden Age of Pharma Social Media Marketing (Pharma Marketing Blog)

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More Americans are taking presription medications (Bonnies Blog)
The Case For (and Against) Big Pharma (Kiplinger)
Colorado Bill Does Nothing About Big Pharma’s Physician Incentives System (Novus)
Scandal – Big Pharma Writes Their Own Research Papers And Pay Outside Doctors To Put Their Names On it! (Libnot)

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The best pharma blogs, according to Pharmafocus (Corroxanna’s Weblog)
Centocor Blog – No Frying Pan and No Fire! (Pharma Marketing Blog)
Antidepressants study shakes up medicine (Healthwatcher)
Massachusetts – No freebies! (PharmaGossip)

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Big Pharma Lives to Cheat Again (Diabetes Update)
Antidepressants as effective as placebo: Big Pharma on the defensive (SchizoFrenetic)
This Is How Much The FDA Cares About Us (What Is Going On?)
Big Pharma has Created a Thriving Enterprise for Two-bit Criminals (PharmaFraud)

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PharmaGossip’s hottest post ever! (PharmaGossip)
FTC, Generics, and the War in Iraq (Pharma Marketing Blog)
Big Pharma May Soon Be Allowed to Promote Off-Label Uses (injuryboard.com)
Twenty-six states to get $15m in Big Pharma payout (LegalNewsline.com)

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