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Monday was a gloomy day for industry as two separate drug trials went belly up. AstraZeca's Recentin proved that it wasn't up-to-snuff compared with Avastin, and the Roche/Biogen Idec arthritis collaboration treatment, ocrelizumab, may have led to fatalities.

Three ad agencies came up with two similarly designed ways of keeping track of online healthcare conversation, harnessing the power of social media sites like Twitter and Digg.

The Indian generic firm Ranbaxy was dealt another blow this week as its version of the enlarged prostate drug Flomax was denied approval in the US just as it was about to go to market.

Pfizer's strategy to use Wyeth's drug pipeline to increase its sales has paid off as the drug giant announced that its fourth quarter earnings nearly doubled year-to-year. Too bad investors are running in fear of an ugly 2010 forecast.

California's biotech industry takes its own pulse in a new survey that tracks how the state is doing in serving as the nation's medicine cabinet and avatar of drug innovation.

All eyes are on PatientsLikeMe's new epilepsy site. The social network is backed by UCB, but the pharma firm is taking a hands-off approach. Is this the future of pharma social media?

GlaxoSmithKline announced that it would open up its library of prospective molecules and investigational vaccines. This move gives researchers free access to study experimental treatments for illnesses that plague the world's poorest countries.

At time when people can't even get a 3 percent cost-of-living increase, how can pharma justify price hikes pushing 500 percent (in some categories). A new study by the government's General Accountability Office examines why drug products took a massive price leap in recent years.

The push for government transparency continues with Phase I of FDA's plan to expose the inner workings of that secretive cabal known as the Food and Drug Association. First up, fancy new FAQs.

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Transparency can be a double-edged sword - especially if you are a doctor receiving money to speak on behalf of a drug company. Sure the pay day is nice, but does the public outing open you up to scrutiny?