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BMS is the S&P’s Darling as Generic Plavix Blocked, FDA Accelerates Breast...
BMS had a good day yesterday: courts upheld its patent for Plavix (a $6-billion world market) and blocked Apotex's generic version, while FDA announced that it would accelerate review of BMS's new...
View Article“PharmaManufacturing TV” Resumes: Interviews with Puerto Rico’s Governor,...
We'd developed an RSS feed of Bloomberg and AP clips pertinent to pharma, but let it slide a bit, due to technical issues and the fact that Bloomberg et al. didn't cover the drug industry (at least on...
View ArticleGood to Great Doesn’t Apply to Pharma P.R.
The Leadership Sphere blog just reviewed the classic business book "Good to Great," with some insights on leaders and one pharma industry leader in particular. The best leaders combine personal...
View ArticleMore Job Cuts Expected at BMS and J&J
I hate posting news like this.BMS plans to cut staff later this year, mainly in "back office" and "infrastructure" positions (translation: IT, manufacturing and operations?) More from CNNBut this...
View ArticleGSK, BMS and a Pharma Downsizing Update
GSK just announced today that it would be eliminating 900 jobs at its facility in Cidra, Puerto Rico. More from the International Herald Tribune. But Pharmalotreports that BMS will be announcing...
View ArticleScrooged for the Holidays…
Sadly, this year will bring bad news, in the form of pink slips, for thousands of U.S. workers in a number of industries, as The Guardian recently reported (Click here for a sobering update). BMS...
View Article…and an Update on BMS’ Productivity Transformation Intiative
 Didn't want to be flip within the body of that last post, as the situation is anything but funny and it's not really any one person's fault (and not this individual's).But  now, a brief moment with...
View ArticleJ&J, BMS, Allergan, Pfizer Head Newsweek's List of Green Pharma Companies
Newsweek has just released its list of the 500 greenest companies, including sector breakdowns. Here are the top pharma companies, headed up by J&J (number 3 overall) and Bristol-Myers Squibb. read...
View ArticlePaul McKenzie on Thinking Like an Engineer (Whatever Your Job in Pharma) -...
At the Bioprocess International Conference in Raleigh this week, keynote speaker Paul McKenzie showed that he is taking some of the thinking that he had brought to BMS (read on for a 2007 cover story...
View ArticleJ&J, Baxter, BMS Sit Near Top of Newsweek's Green Rankings
Getting some good news for a change, Johnson & Johnson ranks fourth among all companies in Newsweek's annual Green Rankings, ahead of other pharmaceuticals that made the top 100, including: Baxter,...
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