Author Archives: George Koroneos

PhRMA Calls for New Style Search Link Ads

By George Koroneos | Published: March 10, 2010
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), on Tuesday, revealed its comments to FDA about how to handle search link ads on sites such as Google and Yahoo. PhRMA showed off two versions of its recommended search ad, one with a universal symbol that’s easily recognizable as a link to risk information (the sample one [...]
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FDA and GSK on the Hunt for Stolen Drugs

By George Koroneos | Published: February 24, 2010
Image by Johnny Grim via Flickr We typically don’t get emails from FDA  asking for information about stolen goods with massive bold letters, but that’s what just came into our inbox. Looks like a transport truck containing a mix of GlaxoSmithKline’s pharmaceutical and over-the-counter medications was jacked in Puerto Rico on January 29, and the feds [...]
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PhRMA’s Tauzin Calls it a Day

By George Koroneos | Published: February 12, 2010
PhrMA President and CEO Billy Tauzin announced on Friday that he will step down from his post after five years with the pharmaceutical lobby group. The move comes amid speculation that the President’s healthcare reform bill has stalled in Congress thanks in part to the recent Republican Senate win in Massachusetts. Tauzin was an integral part [...]
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Novartis Names Jimenez CEO

By George Koroneos | Published: January 26, 2010
Novartis shocked investors on Tuesday morning when the Swiss-based firm announced that CEO Daniel Vasella would relinquish his post as CEO to Joe Jimenez while retaining his chairman of the board spot. According to a release, this move has been in the works since 2008 and lead to the restructuring of its management team. The executive [...]
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Margaret Hamburg Uncovered

By George Koroneos | Published: January 18, 2010
Judging by the lack of movement on the RSS feeds, most pharma companies gave their employees the day off to celebrate Martin Luther King Day. So, as defacto Pharm Exec photo editor, I thought it might use this quiet time to show off some outtakes from our recent photo shoot with FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, [...]
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