US News in Brief, July 1, 2010 01-Jul-2010 Effexor XR generic approved Bill would expand pharmacists’ role PhRMA names comparative effectiveness nominees Biogen Idec appoints new CEO Forest diabetes drug study fails Lilly forms hypoglycemia drug pact PhRMA objects to House bill Read more... FDA faulted on foreign trials oversight 24-Jun-2010 A new report from the Office of the Inspector General at the US Department of Health and Human Services has found that the US Food and Drug Administration needs to step up its oversight of foreign clinical trials conducted by drugmakers in support of their US marketing applications Read more... US News in Brief, June 24, 2010 24-Jun-2010 Ortho-McNeil in diabetes pact Novo Nordisk restarts obesity program Lilly partners with Wal-Mart Pfizer withdraws cancer drug Pharma is target of news hoax Pfizer halts osteoarthritis trial Read more... Teen talk 24-Jun-2010 Galderma hired WeissComm Group (WCG) to develop and launch an integrated communications campaign to educate teens about acne as a chronic condition and to increase awareness about the importance of treating acne at the doctor's office via a prescription medication such as Differin Read more... A personal connection 11-Jun-2010 Affecting half a million Americans, Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic, progressive and debilitating inflammatory bowel disease that results in an inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Many Americans living with CD often feel isolated and limit social activities due to the constant pain and fatigue they experience, as well as the fear of an immediate need to find a public restroom. Often the disease’s embarrassing nature forces those afflicted to battle CD alone, as people find it difficult to share their experience with others Read more... Congress expands J&J probe 11-Jun-2010 Edolphus Towns, the New York Democrat who chairs the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has expanded his inquiry into Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) 2008 Motrin recall by beginning to investigate companies that may have assisted in the effort Read more... US News in Brief, June 11, 2010 11-Jun-2010 CML vaccine wins orphan status Amgen osteoporosis drug approved HGS cancer drug disappoints Hospira licenses pain drug  Forest in $1bn diabetes deal APCO global health chair MWW corporate affairs leader China pharma symposium Read more... Rare opportunity 05-Nov-2009 Online communication can make it possible for marketers of drugs for rare diseases to engage effectively with small, highly targeted audiences Read more...

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