Pfizer sues over counterfeit Lipitor
Pfizer sues over counterfeit Lipitor
Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday it was suing two companies connected to counterfeit versions of its cholesterol fighter, Lipitor, the world’s top-selling prescription medicine.
Pfizer sues over counterfeit Lipitor
Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday it was suing two companies connected to counterfeit versions of its cholesterol fighter, Lipitor, the world’s top-selling prescription medicine.
The ImClone Story: A Hyped Drug, a Tainted Icon
It was, in retrospect, a festival of hype emblematic of the boom years, when technology stocks seemed to have nowhere to go but up.
Five Hurdles for Biotech
The science is hot and the stocks are up. Here’s what’s needed to deliver on the promise.
Puncturing The ImClone Hype
Could ImClone Systems’ Erbitux be a powerful cancer fighter after all? Maybe.
A new study presented June 1 at a meeting of oncologists seems to boost that contention. But there are still reasons to doubt that Erbitux will be approved soon or that it will eventually be a blockbuster.
Yali Friedman lives in Washington, DC and is author of Building Biotechnology and other books; founder of DrugPatentWatch; and chief editor of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology.

Recent Comments