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Beating the Big C

Pharmaceutical Technology

It has boosted anti-tumour research by 60% since 2005, at a cost of $1.6bn, in the hope of increasing the share of company sales attributed to cancer drugs from the current level of 5% “There are a lot of patients that are suffering,” said Pfizer chief executive Jeffrey Kindler. So what’s driving the growth?

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Interview: Dr Alan S Louie – US Food and Drug Administration Delays

Pharmaceutical Technology

NB: Recent figures show the pharmaceutical industry spent $168m lobbying congress in 2007, how successful were the industry’s efforts and what are the main administration issues concerning the industry at present? For example when Pfizer took all its advertising off after the Vioxx scare, the sales of their products went down.