- Vioxx, Bextra linked to increased stroke risk: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Two painkillers pulled from the market in recent years -- Vioxx (also known as rofecoxib) and Bextra (also known as valdecoxib) - increase the risk of stroke, new research indicates.
- PACKING POWER INTO PRODUCTS (Philly.com)
The letter P, to some ears, stands for power. So it's no coincidence that a plethora of drugs - from Prozac to Provenge - feature this brawny consonant.
- Pfizer's Outside Counsel Model: One Law Firm, No Billable Hours (Law.com)
As of Jan. 1, 2008, Pfizer is giving almost all of its U.S. labor and employment work to Jackson Lewis for the next two years. In return, Jackson Lewis has agreed to an annual cap on its fees -- no billable hours or even flat per-matter fees. Margaret Madden, head of Pfizer's employment law group, described how her group decided to adopt a national counsel model and how it settled on Jackson ...