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Pfizer recalls 1M birth control packs after mixup

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 02/01/2012 - 07:53

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills because of a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally....


 

Pfizer maneuvers to protect Lipitor from generics

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Tue, 11/29/2011 - 14:27

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UCSF-Pfizer partnership yields projects aimed at clinical trials

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Tue, 10/25/2011 - 22:00

(University of California - San Francisco) An 11-month-old partnership between UCSF and Pfizer Inc., aimed at rapidly moving new therapies into human clinical trials, has selected its first projects for funding and joint development.


 

What the Pfizer (V)? - Few Consequences of a Long History of Bad...

Health Care Renewal  Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:43

The recent in-depth investigation by Fortune reporters of 10 years of dysfunctional leadership at Pfizer, the "world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company," raised many issues about leadership and governance in health care (see our post here).  In a


 

Pfizer begins payouts in fatal Nigeria drug study

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 08/11/2011 - 08:47

KANO, Nigeria (AP) -- Drug maker Pfizer Inc. says it has begun paying victims and their families affected by its fatal 1996 meningitis study in northern Nigeria....


 

Pfizer begins payouts in fatal Nigeria drug study

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Thu, 08/11/2011 - 08:47

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Report says Pfizer may try to market OTC Lipitor

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 08/03/2011 - 15:03

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pfizer Inc. on Wednesday declined to comment on reports it hopes to start marketing an over-the-counter version of its cholesterol drug Lipitor, the world's biggest-selling prescription drug, after the original version loses patent protection in November....


 

10 Years of Pfizer Leadership - "A Saga of Ambition, Intrigue, B...

Health Care Renewal  Mon, 08/01/2011 - 13:32

A remarkable story about mismanagement of health care has appeared in the mainstream media, and most remarkable is that this article in Fortune chronicled 10 years of poor leadership by three CEOs at Pfizer Inc, the world's biggest drug company

The CEO Who Would Not Leave

In 2001, William C Steere Jr retired as CEO, but did not really leave, muddying the chain of command: