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Allergan drops FDA lawsuit as part of off-label settlement

September 02, 2010

Before Allergan could begin settlement negotiations with the Department of Justice (DOJ) -- which ended with an agreement to pay $600 million on Wednesday -- DOJ required the Botox manufacturer to first withdraw a First Amendment lawsuit against the FDA filed last October.

Arnold Palmer fronts Centocor, Us TOO prostate cancer website

September 01, 2010

Golf legend and prostate cancer survivor Arnold Palmer is the celebrity face of a new educational website and program developed by Centocor Ortho Biotech and Us TOO, a nonprofit prostate cancer support organization.

Medscape.com tops with docs, says report

August 31, 2010

Physicians going online (via computer) for health information visit professional sites most often, and they visit WebMD's Medscape -- a free portal for physicians -- more than any other, according to a comScore/ImpactRx study.

Two-for-one: Quadrant pairs journal titles for advertisers

August 24, 2010

Quadrant HealthCom united two titles - The Female Patient and OBG Management - under an alliance providing advertisers with a "ping-pong" opportunity for campaigns.

ASCO Post launches in print, and online

August 19, 2010

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Harborside Press launched the inaugural print issue of ASCO Post in June, and launched a website home for the title yesterday.

SequenceDoc portal to deliver custom journals for docs

August 17, 2010

Custom media provider Sequence Personal, and CMI, have partnered to create SequenceDoc, a portal for physicians offering tailored medical content served up as an on-demand print journal, or as a digital download.

Merck launches asthma site for Spanish-speakers

August 16, 2010

Merck teamed up with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), and former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres, for an asthma education website targeting Spanish-speakers.

Facebook Share widget earns letter

August 16, 2010

A Facebook Share widget found on Novartis' Tasigna (nilotinib) website provoked a DDMAC untitled letter, the fourth DDMAC communiqué Novartis has received this year.

Co-promotion gone bad: Cypress hands Savella to Forest

August 16, 2010

California-based Cypress Bioscience ended its co-promotion agreement with Forest Laboratories on Savella (milnacipran), a fibromyalgia drug approved in January 2009.

GSK restructures bonuses for reps

August 16, 2010

Beginning in 2011, GlaxoSmithKline will reward its sales reps for the relationships they forge with doctors, instead of the amount of drugs they sell.