My Middle-Aged Life (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I have long been a fan of N.C. Wyeth and I own most of the Scribner Classics which he illustrated. I've read many of them out loud to my children, and it is always gratifying for me to see them reading the books on their own. It was a thrill for me to go to the Brandywine River Museum a few years ago and see all the illustrations from the books larger than life. N.C. Wyeth was the star pupil of artist...
NextBillion.net (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Authored by: Nathan Wyeth Here are stories that caught my eye this week, an event coming up in San Francisco, and an opportunity for bloggers writing at the intersection of technology and poverty: The Financial Access Initiative out of NYU has concluded in a new report that 2.5 billion people don't have access to a financial institution , including microfinance. Jonathan Murdoch, FAI's managing director...
The IN VIVO Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sweden’s Biovitrum on November 5 stumped up just over half a billion dollars for compatriot Swedish Orphan, buying itself a tidy additional SEK800 million ($115 million) in revenues, an extended commercial network and a couple of near-term launch opportunities. The move is yet another step in Biovitrum’s transformation into a specialty pharma company—coming just a week after it offloaded...
The IN VIVO Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
In case you failed to run a Google search this week, you may not have realized that on Tuesday Nov. 10, Sesame Street turns 40 . You gotta admit, the show doesn't look a day over five--and that's without Botox. If you've forgotten how to get to Sesame Street , we have a few reminders--and ear worms -- appropriately tailored for the biopharma industry--hey, it's our version of personalized medicine...
Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Dutch authorities say they have banned use of a batch of Prevnar, which Pfizer acquired as part of its purchase of Wyeth, after three infants died within two weeks of receiving the anti-infection vaccination, Reuters reports. “On average about 5 to 10 deaths are reported annually after babies get vaccines,” a spokeswoman for the Dutch [...]
Drug and Device Law (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Eighth Circuit’s recent overturning (technically, affirming the district court's blow out) of a large punitive damages award in a hormone replacement therapy case got us thinking about punitive damages again. See In re Prempro Products Liability Litigation , ___ F.3d ___, 2009 WL 3518245 (8th Cir. Nov. 2, 2009). Thinking, but not necessarily talking about that case, that is. Herrmann represents...
Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
NEW YORK — Moody's Investors Service upgraded the senior unsecured ratings of Wyeth, citing th...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Moody's Investors Service upgraded the senior unsecured ratings of Wyeth, citing the execution of an outstanding bonds agreement with Wyeth.
ABC News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Moody's Investors Service upgrades senior unsecured ratings for Wyeth
PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has upheld Arkansas district court decisions in a products liability case against pharmaceutical companies that are the makers of hormone therapy drugs that, combined, have been linked to breast cancer. In Donna Scroggin, v. Wyeth, and its divisions; Pharmacia & Upjohn Company L.L.C., (Case Nos: 08-2555, 08-2711 and 08-2713) on appeal from the United...
GOG.com - News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
As one of our first Majesco releases, check out Advent Rising - a true gem of a game that you just might have overlooked. Advent Rising is a third-person action-adventure game, set in a bright, distant future. The greatest feature of this title is its story, with the script written by the famed sci-fi writer Orson Scott Card. You take the role of Gideon Wyeth, a gifted pilot on the most important...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) announced today that its research collaboration with Pfizer for JAK3 has been extended by one year. The Research and License Agreement entered into in December 2006 with Wyeth provided for an initial three year research term. Under this extension, Ligand will receive $3.1 million in research payments to continue conducting...
Gurney Journey (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Tomorrow the Joseloff Gallery of the University of Hartford in Connecticut will open the exhibition "Enchantment Then and Now: Drawing Connections." The exhibition includes J.L. Gerome, William Bouguereau, Howard Pyle, NC Wyeth, Graydon Parrish, Walton Ford, and a selection of other contemporary painters whose work addresses the theme of enchantment, narrative, and romanticism. Above: Howard...
Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The punitive damages will go to an Illinois woman, Connie Barton, who developed cancer after taking Prempro, Bloomberg reports, although the amount was sealed last week by a Pennsyvlania state court judge until another trial begins. A jury also awarded her $3.7 million in compensatory damages after finding the conduct of Pfizer’s Wyeth was “willful [...]
Charlotte Observer: Viewpoint (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
(By Eric Butter, Special to The Observer) In my mind, I still see my grandpa Gerrit as he was 10 years ago. I remember him as many see those old family movie reels: silent, skipping, and far too fast. He was my role model, teaching me to read with his funny character voices in our family room. I remember his "Kermit the Frog" smile and his sparkling eyes. He was patient. He loved. Now, it...
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