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The McDonald's Drug Pipeline & Your Emails
February 20, 2009 at 10:00 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
Is there a pipeline from the C-suite of McDonald's to the ivory towers of biopharma? At least one "Pharma's Market" reader from overseas thinks so.     Read More

Amgen's Epogen & Pedal Pushers
February 19, 2009 at 8:26 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
The "Amgen Tour of California" is getting a lot more publicity than usual because superstar cyclists Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis are trying to make comebacks in the race.     Read More

Eli Lilly Super-Sizes Its Board
February 18, 2009 at 1:39 pm

Posted By: Mike Huckman
Yes, McDonald's has done away with "Super-Size" menu items, but I can still use the American lexicon for, hopefully, an attention-grabbing blog headline.    Read More

BEAT Beats The Street
February 18, 2009 at 11:08 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
CardioNet caught my eye and attention when I got a research note from Rick Wise at Leerink Swann about BEAT beating the Street.    Read More

Stem Cells Sell
February 17, 2009 at 1:45 pm

Posted By: Mike Huckman
Attendance at the 4th Annual Stem Cell Summit is up, by about 50 percent, no less, over last year. All day long privately-held and publicly-traded companies are presenting to around 250 investors.     Read More

Pfizer, Costco & Glaxo's Ofatumumab
February 13, 2009 at 11:37 am


Pfizer's Ups And Downs
February 12, 2009 at 10:44 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
I thought the dust had pretty much settled on the Pfizer-Wyeth story. Then this morning two analysts coincidentally put out research notes on it.     Read More

Attention Eli Lilly: Sam's On The Loose
February 11, 2009 at 10:36 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
I get distracted. I mean, there's a lot to keep track of when you're juggling pharma, biotech and some of the medical device industry. So, thanks to CNBC's bird-dogging assignment desk dude, Jim Forkin, who remembered the significance of February 9th.     Read More

Roche-Genentech: As The Deal Turns
February 10, 2009 at 9:54 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
What's $23 between friends, er, sparring business partners? The question brings back memories of my grandfather who was of the generation that would hold a grudge for years against a distant relative who still owed him a small amount of money.    Read More

For Biotech, Cash Is King
February 9, 2009 at 10:40 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
I'm at the annual "BIO CEO" conference in Manhattan today. BIO stands for the Biotechnology Industry Organization. It's the industry's main lobbying group and it puts on this meeting to give mostly baby biotechs a moment in the investor spotlight.     Read More

Hey, Genentech: Now It's Your Turn
February 6, 2009 at 9:53 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
I've been trying for years to get an interview with Genentech CEO Art Levinson. As far as I know, he's never done a TV chat. Every time I've asked the answer has come back no. I've gotten pretty good access to other execs, but never the top dog.     Read More

Glaxo's "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" Drug
February 5, 2009 at 2:41 pm

Posted By: Mike Huckman
I know it's serious business, and in this case, it involves a terrible disease, but this industry cracks me up sometimes.     Read More

My Big Brother Costco
February 5, 2009 at 11:35 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
Last week, I got two notices that were labeled on the outside as being from Costco and regarding a "Food Safety Recall Notice." They're related to the ongoing peanut (Salmonella) problem.    Read More

Roche Still Gunning For Genentech
February 4, 2009 at 10:51 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
Shares of Swiss drugmaker Roche are trading significantly lower overseas and in over-the-counter activity here in the States after the company reported earnings.    Read More

Progress For Eli Lilly & The FDA
February 3, 2009 at 5:01 pm

Posted By: Mike Huckman
Right around the closing bell today an FDA advisory committee voted unanimously in favor of recommending approval of Eli Lilly's bloodthinner called Effient.    Read More

Merck Lets Its Gardasil Down
February 3, 2009 at 9:55 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
Before Gardasil came to market two to three years ago, some analystys were saying it would become the biggest-selling vaccine in history. But hope and reality have turned out to be two different things.     Read More

Amylin In North Dakota? You Betcha
February 2, 2009 at 1:37 pm

Posted By: Mike Huckman
Diabetes drugmaker Amylin Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in San Diego. Like a lot of companies, though, it's incorporated in Delaware. But, if a couple of major shareholders get their way, AMLN could reincorporate in an unlikely state.     Read More

Pfizer's Friday Night Lights Out
February 2, 2009 at 8:35 am

Posted By: Mike Huckman
So, what do you do at the end of a week where your company's stock was the worst performer in the Dow and you've got some bad news that could make the shares go down even more? You employ one of the oldest PR tricks in the book.    Read More

Roche Rocks Genentech
January 30, 2009 at 5:06 pm

Posted By: Mike Huckman
Genentech shares dropped three percent today or $2.85 to $81.24 after Roche showed some chutzpah and lowered its bid for DNA.      Read More
 

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