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• Pfizer Blasted in Canada for $780K CME Program

  BNET - 2009-12-03

  Pfizer PFE can't catch a break in Canada right now. It's being blasted for a C$780,000 continuing medical education program it has set up through the Canadian Medical Association. Critics believe that doctor education should not be influenced by drug companies, which have a different set of interests than patients....

  Tags: Pfizer Inc., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Jim Edwards

• "Creepy" Pfizer Worker Charged With Murder

  BNET - 2009-12-03

  Eric Lau, the Pfizer PFE worker wanted in connection with the beating and stabbing death of a neighbor, was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder. Lau, 32, a contract worker at Pfizer's Pearl River, N.Y., plant, was arrested after a sniffer-dog manhunt in a wooded area near New City, N.Y....

  Tags: Pfizer Inc., Worker, Jim Edwards

• Cops Hunt Alleged Killer at Pfizer; Didn't Show Up for Work After Neighbor Found Stabbed

  BNET - 2009-12-01

  Police have launched a manhunt for a Pfizer PFE worker in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 32-year-old teacher. Eric Lau's 2007 Toyota Scion was found shortly after 8 a.m. this morning in New City, N.Y., according to LoHud.com. Lau at right did not show up to work yesterday...

  Tags: Pfizer Inc., Eric Lau, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jim Edwards

• UPDATED: Suicide Follows Stabbing Linked to Pfizer Layoffs

  BNET - 2009-11-25

  The body of a man was found in the parking lot of Pfizer PFE’s Pearl River, N.Y., site in a possible suicide, police say. Pfizer plans about 200 layoffs at the site. It is the second violent incident associated with layoffs at the company. A few days ago, a former...

  Tags: Layoff, Pfizer Inc., Workforce Management, Human Resources, Jim Edwards

• J&J CEO Rubs Pfizer's Face in Disastrous Consumer Products Sale of '06

  BNET - 2009-11-25

  Toldya: One year ago, BNET noted that Pfizer PFE must have been crazy to sell its consumer products unit to Johnson & Johnson JNJ. The deal included brands such as Nicorette, Zantac and Benadryl. J&J's Q3 earnings report showed that the consumer products unit has done much better than its...

  Tags: Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer Inc., Sales Strategy, Healthcare, Branding, Financial Accounting, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Jim Edwards

• Pfizer Got $160M in Tax Money to Build in Connecticut

  BNET - 2009-11-23

  Want Pfizer PFE to build a new plant in your town? That could be an expensive date, according to a McClatchy-Tribune News service report. It cost Connecticut taxpayers $160 million to host the world's largest drug company between 2000 and 2011: by Jim Edwards

  Tags: Pfizer Inc., Connecticut, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Jim Edwards

• Merck Gives Snapshot of Combined Company: $47B in Sales; Just $7.6B in Cash

  BNET - 2009-11-19

  Merck MRK has produced a set of numbers giving a look at the scale of the combined company with Schering-Plough. One surprise: The new company is still just a little bit smaller than the old Pfizer PFE was. The new Merck would have had annual sales $46.7 billion, compared to...

  Tags: Pfizer Inc., Merck & Co. Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jim Edwards

• Why Pfizer Wants Your Car-Sick Dog to Travel on Thanksgiving

  BNET - 2009-11-19

  Thanksgiving plus recession equals car sickness drugs for dogs, according to a new press release from Pfizer PFE. The company is urging people to bring their dogs with them as they travel for Thanksgiving dinner. Why? Because Pfizer makes a motion-sickness drug for dogs, Cerenia, so now there's no excuse...

  Tags: Car, Thanksgiving, Pfizer Inc., Dog, Jim Edwards

• Pfizer Scientist Stabbed Wife After Job Loss, Police Say

  BNET - 2009-11-18

  A former Pfizer PFE employee who lost his job and “was convinced he could not provide for his family any further,” has been charged with stabbing his wife, according to police. Pfizer is in the process of laying off 19,500 employees in its merger with Wyeth. Asbill was involved in...

  Tags: Job, Pfizer Inc., Job Loss, Recruitment & Selection, Mergers & Acquisitions, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Investment, Finance, Jim Edwards

• As Tax Breaks for Pfizer End, Jobs Disappear

  BNET - 2009-11-16

  As Pfizer PFE reorganizes after its merger with Wyeth, municipalities are finding that the tax deals they once struck to keep the drug giant in town are having short-term advantages at best and, at worst, no effect at all. Pfizer must make 19,500 layoffs across its empire to make the...

  Tags: Job, Merger, Pfizer Inc., Tax Break, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Investment, Finance, Financial Planning, Jim Edwards