Pharmaceutical Report

Monday, January 22, 2007

CAN PFIZER KEEP IT UP?

Friday, January 19, 2007

Cox-2 pain drugs attempt quiet comeback after safety concerns

Cox-2 pain drugs attempt quiet comeback after safety concerns

By Jeanne Whalen

The Wall Street Journal Europe

19 Jan 2007



Twoyears afterMerck& Co. was forced to pull the painkiller Vioxx fromthe global market owing to cardiovascular side effects, similar pain pills known as Cox-2 inhibitors are quietly attempting a comeback. Drug giant Novartis AG said Thursday that it... read more...

Friday, January 12, 2007

AstraZeneca to develop drugs with Bristol-Myers

AstraZeneca to develop drugs with Bristol-Myers

By Jeanne Whalen

The Wall Street Journal Europe

12 Jan 2007



In an unusual arrangement between fiercely competitive pharmaceutical giants, AstraZeneca PLC and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. have struck a partnership to develop and market two experimental drugs for Type 2 diabetes discovered by... read more...

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Inside Abbott’s tactics to save AIDS drug

Inside Abbott’s tactics to save AIDS drug

By John Carreyrou

The Wall Street Journal Europe

04 Jan 2007



Inthefallof2003, AbbottLaboratoriesgrewworriedaboutnewcompetition to its flagship AIDS drug, Kaletra. Thenit seizedonanunusual weapon that helped Kaletra’s global sales top $1 billion a year, even as it exposed Abbott to criticism that it was... read more...