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• Possible 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

• Should Pfizer warn state on Pearl River layoffs?

  BNET - 2009-11-25

  Workers at Pfizer Pearl River in New York worry that the company is trying to skirt the law by laying off employees in dribs and drabs so they don't have to notify the state. Report | Report More information about formatting options

  Tags: Pfizer Inc., Skirt

• Pfizer Loses Two HRT Suits Over Breast Cancer

  BNET - 2009-11-24

  The drugmaker was ordered to pay a total of $103 million in punitive damages to two women who were found to have breast cancer after they used the Prempro or Premarin hormone replacement therapies. In one case, a jury awarded $28 million and a judge unsealed another case from last...

  Tags: Breast Cancer, Pfizer Inc., Punitive Damage

• 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

• Pfizer - Prempro: Kris Hundley writes

  BNET - 2009-11-20

  Is Prempro, the hormone drug known to increase the risk of breast cancer, a public hazard? If a judge in Pinellas County determines that it is, hundreds of thousands of documents now under seal in lawsuits against the drug's manufacturer nationwide could be released for the public to inspect. The...

  Tags: Wyeth, Breast Cancer, Pfizer Inc., Statute

• Pfizer Is Best Positioned Big Pharma in China - Goldman

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-20

  ChinaBio Today submits: In an investment review of Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), Goldman Sachs said sales in emerging growth markets would become a significant factor in the company’s revenues, a fact that it considers underappreciated by stock market investors. China is the major emerging market for Pfizer. Goldman expects...

  Tags: Healthcare, ChinaBio Today, Pfizer Inc.

• 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