Monthly Archives: June 2007

There He Goes Again – The Stem Cell Dogma

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Mark Senak

During the election for the office of president that pitted Jimmy Carter against Ronald Reagan, there was a famous utterance from "The Great Communicator" – "There he goes again…" said Ronald Reagan. Yesterday, President Bush used his veto power for … Continue reading →

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New Media and Pharma – An Intermittent Series

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Mark Senak

As many of you know this is an intermittent series I’ve been writing on uses of new media by the pharmaceutical industry.  So far, I’ve written about the use of Blog Monitoring, RSS Feeds for press releases and the use … Continue reading →

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Foreign Suppliers of Pharma Products

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Mark Senak

On Sunday, two of the nation’s leading papers, the New York Times and the Washington Post both carried front page articles relating to the safety of medical products or components of medical products from China.  The Times article, "FDA Tracked … Continue reading →

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A Third Approvable Letter

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Mark Senak

On Friday, it was announced that Encysive Pharmaceuticals received a third approvable letter for its NDA for THELIN(tm) (sitaxsentan sodium), for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.  At 8 AM Eastern Time this morning the company is holding a Web … Continue reading →

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Weekly Roundup – 06-15-07

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Mark Senak

Oh dear.  The longest day of the year is next week and that is my favorite day.  Yet it seems I haven’t really enjoyed the full days of sunlight.  For example, yesterday I got up before the sun and got … Continue reading →

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