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• The Placebo Effect: My Genes Made Me Do It

  …individual genotypes." Interestingly, this study linking genotypes to placebo response was funded in part by Eli Lilly and Pfizer . (Leuchter and several of his coauthors also receive speaking fees from the drug companies and serve as paid consultants …

  By Sharon Begley

  07/22/2009Health
• Are We Taking the Wrong Approach to Curing Alzheimer’s?

  …diplomatically, "but we clearly raise some issues that must be resolved. Perhaps Dimebon"—the trade name under which Pfizer and the biotech company Medivation are developing dimebolin —"is such a potent neuroprotectant that doubling the amyloid …

  By Sharon Begley

  07/16/2009Health
• The Consult: Cigarettes Are Not Candy And Other News From Around The Web

  …instead of fake handbags, it's fake pharmaceuticals, and instead of public humiliation, people are dying: worldwide, Pfizer has reported a 30 percent increase in seizure of counterfeit prescription drugs, In Africa and East Asia, up to 67 percent …

  By Kate Dailey

  06/11/2009Blogs
• The Consult: Stings, Czars, and Free Viagra

  …for taxing sugary drinks and sodas. An aggressive pick - but where's the surgeon general appointment? ( NYT ) RX Relief Pfizer is giving away 70 of it's most popular drugs - including Lipitor and Viagra - to customers who have lost their job and have …

  By Kate Dailey

  05/15/2009Blogs
• Let’s Make A Deal

  …start to skimp on pills, creams and treatments. Mega-deals in the drug sector—the recently announced nuptials between Pfizer and Wyeth, and between Merck and Schering-Plough—have accounted for a big chunk of this year's deal volume. "The …

  By Daniel Gross

  04/25/2009Tech and Business

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