Walter Armstrong, Senior Editor

Articles

Glaxo Vies for a Second Act in HIV

A novel joint venture between Glaxo and Pfizer is big on promise. But the combined portfolio and pipeline of HIV drugs? Not so much.

Gilead Buys CV Therapeutics (Update 1)

The morning's other big M&A news comes out of the Bay Area biotech industry, where Gilead Sciences announced that will purchase CV Therapeutics for $1.4 billion.

ASCO's Take-Home and the Oncology Market

With cancer pharma?s most competitive category, the big news from the annual oncology confab can big changes in the market outlook. Two Decision Resources analyst round it up and break it down.

Pfizer's Full-Court Press to Save Chantix

Badly wounded by mounting fears of its safety profile and plunging prescriptions, Pfizer?s novel smoking-cessation drug that promised blockbuster sales is now fighting for its life?with a no-holds-barred ad and PR campaign.

Social Networking Site for Cancer Docs: Bang or bust?

MedTrust Online is pitching customized Web sites linking primary-care physicians to one another, oncology specialists, and a trove of medical content has grabbed a lot of press. Can it fly?