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Pfizer Adds FoldRx to its Specialty Care Unit

By George Koroneos | Published: September 1, 2010
Pfizer on Wednesday announced that it acquired a small rare-disease drug firm, FoldRx, for an undisclosed sum of money. Pfizer spokeswoman Gwen Fischer told Pharm Exec that the deal came together in a matter of weeks, and that FoldRx will be fully incorporated into Pfizer’s research division. All of FoldRx’s employees are expected to become Pfizer [...]
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GSK Scores High in Market Access

By George Koroneos | Published: June 23, 2010
GlaxoSmithKline ranked number one in a study of pharmaceutical companies offering access to medicines to emerging and developing nations, proving that the UK drug giant has a far stronger grasp on new markets than its US and Japanese counterparts. The study ranks 20 companies based on significant criteria including pricing, patents and intellectual properties, capacity enhancement, [...]
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Pharma Digital Smarts Quantified in IQ Index

By Julian Upton | Published: May 26, 2010
Pfizer’s Viagra and AstraZeneca’s (AZ) Nexium took the top two slots on a new Digital IQ Index measuring the digital competence of 51 pharma brands across eight therapeutic categories. The ranking, created by think tank L2 in partnership with media agency PHD Network, evaluated brands’ digital presence across four criteria: platform (including site effectiveness and [...]
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Judgment Day for Pfizer Factories

By Oriana Schwindt | Published: May 19, 2010
For once, pharma sales reps and R&D guys can breathe a sigh of relief. The latest round of industry layoffs comes from Pfizer, but this time it will affect the manufacturing force, which will be downsized by 6,000 employees by 2015. In 2006, the company announced plans to save $4 billion to $5 billion, and after [...]
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A Crash Course in SaaS

By Oriana Schwindt | Published: May 12, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Our magazine is called Pharmaceutical Executive—indicating a focus on the c-suite. But we know many of our readers aren’t executives (yet), and may not have quite the same in-depth knowledge as their bosses. So, for those who hear the term “SaaS” bandied about in conversations and fake their way through discussions about it [...]
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