chock full o’ nuts: 4.11.11 edition
Good morning readers! I don’t actually drink Chock full o’ Nuts coffee – I should probably just try it sometime! I prefer my McDonalds iced caramel coffees in the morning, even over Dunkin Donuts....
View Articlechock full o’ nuts: 04.26.11 edition
Hello readers! I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter holiday weekend, or at the very least, Earth Day. It’s been 2 weeks since I last posted but you can expect to find a new entry this week. In the...
View ArticleFDA drug approvals – strong 2012 but even more will be needed to succeed...
Source: FDA CDER The closing tally for US FDA approvals of new drugs (officially called New Molecular Entities) in 2012 is 39, and represents the highest count since 1996 when the agency approved 53...
View Articlehow pharma tells the story of high-priced college textbooks
Upon perusing through The Atlantic, I came across an article accompanied by the following eye-opening graphic (see above). Entitled “Why Are College Textbooks So Absurdly Expensive?”, I was reminded...
View Articleflu season 2013 – misconceptions and facts about current flu vaccines & drugs
Extracted on 01/12/13 “Flu-pocaplyse 2013″ is upon us, as The Daily Show would likely call it. There’s even a color-coded alert level: dark red for “Intense”, as Google Trends puts it (see chart...
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