So, the Russians are claiming that there are tons of biochemical weapons plants in the Ukraine. And, that’s how they anticipate justifying their use of chem bio warfare in Ukraine- they’ll blame the attacks on Ukrainians attacking their own people. (This is not Syria, folks!) Just like they claim it’s not Russian bombs leveling hospitals, kid centers, and schools, but Ukrainians attacking each other.
Tag Archives: Big Pharma
They’ll poison us one way or another…
qHere it comes. Why I was not truly in favor of the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) Why I am not sold on the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP).
And one really does make sense
Pfizer. AstraZeneca. Eli Lilly. Novartis. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) . And, now Bayer and Merck.
Bayer will be taking over the consumer care (and non-prescription drug) business of Merck. For $ 14.2 billion, Bayer will be come the second largest provider of OTC (over-the-counter) products;’ second mostly because of the merger of Novartis and GSK that we discussed yesterday. And, there’s another part of this deal- Bayer will co-develop a series of cardiovascular therapies (for which Merck will shell out about $ 2 billion).
Can the elephant learn to dance?
So, yesterday, I complained about all these pharma mergers. Not because I am against mergers, but because the money being spent on these megadeals would be better focused on R&D (research and development). Because we need more, better, longer-lasting drugs.
Disruption…
Imagine you’ve been in business for years. Imagine you’ve been successful. (Of course, you have been! Why else would you be in business!) Now, imagine the world is going to change overnight. What would you do now?