Ben Comer

Alvaro Alonso, a physician at UMass Memorial Medical Center, won $2,500 for his case video, titled Brainstem Rescue.

Intellisphere launched an oncology news and information site--OncLive.com--on March 15, and changed the title of its Oncology Net Guide print journal to OncLive.

Forest Labs will acquire Clinical Data for $1.2 billion, and expand its primary care sales forces in preparation for the launch of Viibryd (vilazodone HCI), executives said in a conference call.

Savient Pharmaceuticals launched Krystexxa, an orphan drug for chronic gout, and deployed a mix of sales reps, education specialists and business managers to help expedite reimbursement from payers.

Health Union, an online health information and social media company, announced the launch of its first website --Migraine.com--intended to foster "interactions about health conditions between and among patients, caregivers, professionals and providers."

Sally Field's winsome smile may have helped to curb declining sales of Roche's Boniva in 2010, but it didn't carry the drug past Warner Chilcott's Actonel, despite a substantially higher DTC spend.

Savient Pharmaceuticals launched Krystexxa (pegloticase), an orphan drug for chronic gout, on Monday, and deployed a mix of sales reps, education specialists and business managers to help expedite reimbursement from payers, executives said on a conference call.

Health Union, an online health information and social media company, announced the launch of its first website -- Migraine.com -- intended to foster "interactions about health conditions between and among patients, caregivers, professionals and providers." Health Union was co-founded last August by Tim Armand, most recently an executive product director for Avandia at GlaxoSmithKline.

Forest Labs will acquire Clinical Data for $1.2 billion, and expand its primary care sales forces in preparation for the launch of Viibryd (vilazodone HCI), executives said in a call this morning.

FDA broadened the indication on Allergan's Lap-Band to include obese adults with a body mass index of 30 to 40 and at least one obesity-related comorbid condition, such as diabetes, heart disease or gallstones. The expanded indication brings an estimated 37 million Americans into eligibility for the gastric band, according to a company statement.