Better Living Through Chemistry The World Anti-Doping Agency claims that Italian rider Riccardo Ricco tested positive at the Tour de France after a secret molecule was planted in the blood booster EPO (erythropoietin) during its manufacture. Apparently, Roche included a molecule in the third generation of EPO, called Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator (CERA), that acted […]
25 Shocking Facts Laura Milligan uncovered 25 of the most shocking facts about the pharmaceutical industry. While some aren’t really shocking — like the price of drugs is increasing faster than anything else a patient pays for — some are not widely known — like pharmaceutical companies spend more on marketing than research. The reasons […]
The Connecticut Attorney General is suing McKesson Corp., the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributor, on allegations it illegally inflated wholesale drug costs for many brand-name drugs, including Lipitor and Prevacid. Genzyme Corp. spent $640,000 lobbying the federal government in the first quarter on matters such as on patent-reform legislation and bills that would allow generic drug […]
Pfiscal Responsibility Pfizer announced that it has posted a list of U.S. medical, scientific and patient organization grants and charitable contributions made in the first quarter of this year, part of an ongoing drive throughout the company to increase transparency. Of a total $9.97 million in grants and charitable contributions reported for the first quarter […]
Negotiations in the Senate on patent reform bill S. 1145 seemed to break down this week after Sen. Arlen Specter released a statement saying: The Chairman [Sen. Leahy] and I differ on a number of aspects of the proposed patent reform legislation. . . . . The principal sticking point is the issue of how […]
The Kentucky BioAlliance has established a fund to provide stipends for Kentucky-based biotech companies to attend the annual Biotechnology Industry Organization BIO2008 conference. Companies that are selected will be awarded a stipend to cover up to $800 in expenses associated with attending the annual BIO International Conference. To apply, fill out an application here. Biotech […]
Today is Pi Day 2008. Pi, Greek letter (), is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi = 3.1415926535… Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th at 1:59 p.m. (*As noted in the comments, this only works if you write the […]
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Editor-in-Chief Barista Stephen Jenei is a patent attorney and Owner of Jenei LLC. When not serving up patent chat over a steaming cup of java, he's handling a diverse intellectual property practice in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical fields. More info @ Jenei LLC
