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• FDA Offers Pfizer's HIV Drug Selzentry New Life -- For All the Good It Will Do

  BNET - 2009-11-30

  The FDA approved Pfizer's anti-HIV drug Selzentry for expanded use in combination with other antiretroviral agents for treatment-naïve patients who are infected with only CCR5-tropic HIV-1. Contrary to company expectations, perceived limitations of this entry inhibitor could stall efforts to facilitate usage beyond salvage therapy. by David Phillips

  Tags: FDA, Pfizer Inc., HIV Virus, Federal Government, Government, David Phillips

• Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 3Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-28

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Marshall Urist with Morgan Stanley. Please proceed. Marshall Urist - Morgan Stanley Yeah, hi guys, good morning. Couple of things, first one just from your comments on the – on the Pfizer, Pfizer said in...

  Tags: Pfizer Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Pricing Strategy, Morgan Stanley, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc., Pricing, Marketing Research, Federal Government, Marketing, Government, Seeking Alpha

• Pfizer's Silence on Post-Wyeth Merger Job Cuts, Site Closures Has Everyone on Edge

  BNET - 2009-10-09

  Pfizer is driving everyone nuts with its silence on which sites, offices and labs it will close following its merger with Wyeth. Even the Connecticut governor doesn't know what Pfizer's plans will be, even though the state has two sites -- Groton and New London -- and 5,000 jobs at...

  Tags: Pfizer Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Research & Development, Recruitment & Selection, Federal Government, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Government, Jim Edwards

• List of Pfizer's Trovan Victims Has Been Lost, Nigerian Officials Say

  BNET - 2009-10-06

  Nigerian officials have lost the list of victims to be compensated under Pfizer's $75 million settlement with the Kano State government following the Trovan meningitis trials in that country. The money was to be paid by Oct. 15, but the process has now been stretched out a further three months...

  Tags: Pfizer Inc., Government, Litigation, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Jim Edwards

• Pfizer's Lawyers Play Musical Chairs in Wake of Bextra Settlement

  BNET - 2009-09-23

  Pfizer's lawyers have found themselves playing musical chairs since the $2.3 billion Bextra settlement. The general counsel's office has been stripped of part of its compliance role under a new corporate integrity agreement with the government stemming from the Bextra scandal. More recently, senior corporate counsel Paulette Morgan left Pfizer...

  Tags: Pfizer Inc., Settlement, Litigation, Government, Business Operations, Jim Edwards

• Pfizer Used Docs Accused of Misconduct to Prep Geodon Submission to FDA

  BNET - 2009-09-22

  Pfizer used three physicians who have since been accused of misconduct to prepare submissions to the FDA for the approval of the antipsychotic Geodon, according to a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a Harrisburg, Pa., doctor. by Jim Edwards

  Tags: FDA, Pfizer Inc., Federal Government, Government, Jim Edwards

• Pfizer Stock Shrugs Off $2.3B Bextra Fine; Can Anything Deter Off-Label Promotion?

  BNET - 2009-09-08

  Pfizer's $2.3 billion settlement with the government over its mismarketing of Bextra is significant, but a look at other liabilities and settlements suggests that stock prices are unaffected by government discipline of off-label marketing. by Jim Edwards

  Tags: Pfizer Inc., Stock, Settlement, Government, Litigation, Vertical Industries, Investment, Business Operations, Finance, Jim Edwards

• Pfizer Exec Says FDA's Lack of Social Media Guidance Is "a Problem"

  BNET - 2009-08-31

  Pfizer PR chief Ray Kerins blasted the FDA's lack of guidance on social media as "a problem" at a recent conference: "There actually are no guidelines for corporations like Pfizer in what we can and cannot do in social media, and that's a problem." by Jim Edwards

  Tags: FDA, Pfizer Inc., Social Media, Federal Government, Government, Jim Edwards

• Venezuela to Pfizer: "Nice Factory Ya Got Here. Be a Shame if Anything Happened to It."

  BNET - 2009-08-27

  Pity poor Pfizer as it tries to perform a simple operations consolidation between two factories in Venezuela. The government just demanded $17 million in back taxes after auditing the company, and is threatening to seize and nationalize one of its factories in "a few days." Pfizer has offered to sell...

  Tags: Venezuela, Factory, Pfizer Inc., Government, Vertical Industries, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance, Jim Edwards

• Pfizer "Bribe" Scandal in Philippines Heats Up; Company Offered Posters to the President

  BNET - 2009-07-15

  An allegation that Pfizer attempted to "bribe" the government of the Philippines with 5 million discount cards to get a price control law postponed has developed into a full-blown scandal in the archipelago nation. Pfizer denies there was an attempt to bribe anyone, and yesterday described the allegations as "absurd."...

  Tags: Philippines, Pfizer Inc., Allegation, Government, Vertical Industries, Jim Edwards