Category: A.M. Vitals: FDA Advisory Panel Votes Against Drugs as Prostate-Cancer Preventatives

A.M. Vitals: FDA Advisory Panel Votes Against Drugs as Prostate-Cancer Preventatives

MEwens
Also: food-safety bill hits a snag; Allergan seeks broader (though thinner) audience for Lap-Band; PhRMA dollars; Merck bets on experimental insulin product.
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Posted in diabetes, Drugs, M&A, FDA, Congress, Food Safety  

Private Equity Takes the Pulse of Health IT

MEwens
Software systems that manage billing and reimbursement are in demand, and deals are following.
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A.M. Vitals: Genzyme Considers a Way Around Campath Impasse

Katherine Hobson
Also: shopping psychology; Merck’s Vytorin gets some positive data; ER visits for young kids’ cough and cold reactions drop.
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Posted in Drugs, M&A, Emergency Medicine  

Pfizer Will Go Beyond 15% Job-Cut Target From Wyeth Deal

Katherine Hobson
Pfizer said in a regulatory filing it would exceed the 15% job-cut target associated with its 2009 purchase of Wyeth.
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Posted in Drugs, M&A  

A.M. Vitals: Sanofi (Again) Presses Genzyme to Talk

MEwens
Also: FDA makes CT scanning recs; medical groups say it’s okay to mix Plavix and GI drugs in certain patients; high-deductible plans may discourage preventive care.
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Posted in Drugs, Health costs, M&A, FDA  

The Bottom Line on Why Pfizer Bought Wyeth

Katherine Hobson
Pfizer’s results — and management’s rosy outlook — depended heavily on Wyeth.
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Posted in Drugs, M&A, Pfizer  

Is ‘Free’ The Best Price for Genzyme’s Campath in Cancer?

WSJ Staff
The future of the drug in MS treatment has become a key component of Genzyme’s rejection of an $18.5 billion hostile takeover offer from Sanofi-Aventis as too low.
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Posted in Drugs, Cancer, M&A, Mulitple Sclerosis  

Cerberus Takeover of Caritas Christi Gets Judge’s Okay

Thomas Gryta
A Massachusetts judge has just signed off on a deal that lets a division of Cerberus Capital Management take over Boston’s Caritas Christi Health Care System.
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Posted in Hospitals, M&A  

A.M. Vitals: Sanofi Suggests Working Group to Look at Genzyme’s MS Drug

Katherine Hobson
Also: food makers to offer new front-of-package label; Glaxo whistleblower; Harvard Med School gets $30 million for primary care.
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A.M. Vitals: Cholera Likely to Spread in Haitian Capital

MEwens
Also: a report that Walgreen is looking to sell PBM; the difficulty of weight-loss drug development; hormones and pets.
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