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• Pfizer Will Fall Under Philippines Price Control; Company Ads Deny "Bribe" Attempt

  BNET - 2009-07-18

  The Philippines Department of Health said that Pfizer's offer to disribute discount "Sulit" cards to Filipinos prior to a maximum retail price law coming into effect in the archipelago nation was not bribery, according GMA News. by Jim Edwards

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• Pfizer's Foreign Viagra Ads: Mailman Jokes; Space Sperm and the Fountain of Youth

  BNET - 2009-06-29

  Pfizer has been criticized before -- once by the FDA -- for advertising Viagra in a way that was too light-hearted for a drug intended to treat a medical condition. But that has not stopped the company commissioning a slew of entertaing ads in foreign countries. by Jim Edwards

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• Pfizer's New Rat-Vomit Ad Raises Questions About Where Drugs Really Come From

  BNET - 2009-01-20

  Pfizer has launched a scary new ad see below warning people of the dangers of buying pharmaceuticals without a prescription. The ad -- which shows a man taking a pill and then vomiting up a dead rat -- asks consumers to not buy medicines without prescriptions from websites because the...

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• Pharma Roundup: Glaxo Reorganizing in U.S., Pfizer Urged to Keep Jobs in Connecticut, and More

  BNET - 2008-11-04

  Glaxo reorganizes U.S. operations; Connecticut congressmen ask Pfizer to keep U.S. jobs; AstraZeneca executive Patterson to retire; DTC advertising not earning its keep? by John Maas

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• Pharma Roundup: Merck Gets Transparent, Pfizer Mulls Layoffs, and More

  BNET - 2008-09-25

  Merck latest to announce transparency policies -- As the Physician Payments Sunshine Act approaches Congressional approval, Merck has announced a plan to publicize the grants they offer medical organizations and speakers. Earlier this week, Lilly made a similar promise, and several other pharma companies have recently retooled their disclosure policies....

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• Pfizer Courting More Controversy with Viagra 'Advergaming'

  BNET - 2008-09-03

  First it was a pill. Then it was a cultural phenomenon. Now Viagra is a video game. Pfizer is currently advertising its blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug with an online game called "Viva Cruiser." In doing so, the company seems to be courting controversy -- as it has done in the...

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• Pfizer cans Lipitor ads, vowing 'clarity'

  - 2008-04-01

  PFIZER PULLED Lipitor ads featuring Dr. Robert Jarvik and vowed that it is "committing to ensuring greater clarity in the roles and responsibilities of its spokespeople in its consumer advertising and promotion."

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• Pfizer launches branded Lyrica for fibromyalgia ads

  - 2008-02-01

  PFIZER HAS added branded DTC to the mix in its Lyrica for fibromyalgia consumer efforts. The branded TV spots and print ads, launched in fall, join unbranded ads that have been running since summer.

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• Pfizer Dares Not Speak HIV Warning in 'Viva Viagra' TV Ads, Says AHF

  - 2007-08-09

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• Pfizer's 'Viva Viagra' Ads Promote Party Use, Says AHF

  - 2007-07-23

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