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  1. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Gregory

    January 6, 2009 9:38 pm

    Ed, Your article about why pharma doesn't engage with new media is even more timely now. Excellent piece and why oh why doesn't the pharma industry get with it. Not too late but one influential correspondent fewer: http://www.nine-tz.com/ozone/view.php?a=17 Tks

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  2. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Jaynesday

    January 6, 2009 9:26 pm

    Ed notes in his post - "as of last month, we notched about 11,000 unique daily visitors and some 330,000 monthly pageviews on a 30-day rolling basis. There were accolades from The Financial Times and the Association of Health Care Journalists" I'm no advertising expert but wouldn't this be worth something to some businesses? I would think that

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  3. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Just A Thought

    January 6, 2009 8:03 pm

    Maybe Ed is working in the capacity of a walking ad for antidepressants. I knew those meetings with the drug company execs would lead to no good. ;) Sadly I can't stop coming here. Ya get to feeling like a 12 year old who had his Wii taken away for bad behavior. Jonesing for the LOT! I learned

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  4. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    George

    January 6, 2009 7:15 pm

    The PBM's, Big Pharma, HMO's and the rest of the major insurance industries must be having a party! The rest of us "common folk" are quite sad to see you go. Thank you so much for keeping me informed and updated each and every morning. May you and your family be well.

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  5. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    KLamb

    January 6, 2009 5:52 pm

    Ed, Best of luck - you broke ground with a new medium in an industry that needed a platform for discussion and debate. I thoroughly enjoyed following along. Hopefully our paths will cross in the future.

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  6. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    JJB

    January 6, 2009 5:32 pm

    Ed, I was a recent reader and will miss your efforts. Thanks for the information that you provided and good luck.

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  7. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    ATG

    January 6, 2009 4:44 pm

    I've forwarded a LOT of your coverage in the past year, often items that I would have never found elsewhere. Thank you for that. Some Taoist phrase or other (that reminds me of something served at a fast French food chain) goes: if you want the universe to fill your rice bowl, clean it

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  8. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Jim Edwards

    January 6, 2009 4:06 pm

    Sad news. A big gap has opened up. Read Ed's "exit interview" here: http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/1000561/pharmalots-ed-silverman-the-exit-interview/

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  9. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Lee Howard

    January 6, 2009 3:47 pm

    Ed, As a fellow member of the Fourth Estate who covers the pharmaceutical industry on a regular basis, let me say that your blog helped open up a whole new world when I returned to reporting a year and a half ago. On my very first day back, I read a blog you posted about a

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  10. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Justice in Michigan

    January 6, 2009 1:59 pm

    As numbness becomes anger.... It is, indeed, true that the participants contributed a great deal of their knowledge, time, and effort to make this site what it has been. Ed built the campus and much more. We came to teach and learn. And even add to the library. And we did. OK, so we

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  11. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Paul Haider

    January 6, 2009 1:32 pm

    Ed, In a very short period of time, Pharmalot has become widely recognized as a top site for news and comment on prevailing health matters. You should be very proud of your accomplishments and their impact on written communication and debate. We don't often get the chance to say thanks for a job well done as

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  12. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Carrie C.

    January 6, 2009 1:24 pm

    I concur as I will be a lot better off with Pharmalot closed down. This action will definitely reduce the questions about how we conduct our business.

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  13. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Freddie H.

    January 6, 2009 1:22 pm

    Thank God! It will make my life a lot easier!

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  14. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    expharma

    January 6, 2009 1:20 pm

    Ed- thanks for keeping us informed. papers like pharma are shrinking be well

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  15. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    best wishes

    January 6, 2009 1:17 pm

    The crooks in pharma are breathing a little easier today.

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  16. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    David Sheon

    January 6, 2009 12:54 pm

    Ed, So sorry to hear about the end of a wonderful era - at least for us readers. I found you to be fair, friendly, and accessible. I hope we have a chance to work together in the future. Best, David Sheon WHITECOAT Strategies

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  17. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Michael

    January 6, 2009 12:15 pm

    Ed, Please come back

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  18. Lilly To Take $1.4 Billion Charge For Zyprexa Probe

    • October 21, 2008

    Steven

    January 6, 2009 11:57 am

    What's curious is that there is no mention of the adverse events report from the FDA. Some 150 patients attempted suicide. Further, some 150 completed suicide in the the first three years Zyprexa was introduced in the market:1997-2000. One has to wonder why Zyprexa wasn't pulled from the market then. Just how many patients have to

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  19. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Everyday Reader

    January 6, 2009 11:53 am

    Ed, I'm an information junkie; I don't work in health care, pharmacy or biotech. I just try to be informed so that I can live a healthy, productive life. In addition to using the news you provided to help me make informed choices about what drugs to (not) take, you enabled me to provide accurate,

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  20. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Ger

    January 6, 2009 11:41 am

    Ed, We thank you very sweetly, we hand you back to the Short People and the parade in your honor, adieu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOEq-ImGWJ0

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  21. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    morebuck

    January 6, 2009 11:01 am

    I am truly sorry to see you go although I understand perfectly why you're doing it! You handled Pharmalot with expert writing, fairness, great invesigative reporting and most of all humor. I shall miss you. And hang on to Mrs. Pharmalot (I truly know what it's like to have a dedicated journalist for a husband,

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  22. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Al B.

    January 6, 2009 10:58 am

    Ed, Sorry to hear that pharmalot will be shut down. As a pharmaceutical professional living in NJ I was reading your site daily but not the Star ledger of NJ! It is big wrong decicion for newspaper executives. I am sure you will do fine wherever you go and please do so quick since our

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  23. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    HelicalZz

    January 6, 2009 10:57 am

    Ed, Thank you for running this site / service these past 2 years. It was appreciated and you'll be missed terribly. Zz

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  24. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Mel

    January 6, 2009 9:39 am

    Ed What big disappointment. I've been so impressed by your blog. Glad to hear that you will continue at Elsevier. Best Wishes and Thanks for all your excellent work!! Mel

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  25. Time Bomb? The Clinical Trial ‘Gold Rush’ In India

    • December 18, 2008

    nipsey russell

    January 6, 2009 9:37 am

    "Constant Gardener was not fiction. It was a true story with fictional aspects to keep the movie company lawyers happy." !!!!! please do tell us the real-life basis of this "true story"!

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  26. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Vibha Sharma

    January 6, 2009 9:27 am

    I will really miss your blog... was almost addicted to it. Seems all good things do come to an end after all. Anyhow, all the best. Regards, Vibha Sharma

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  27. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Cindy Stolten

    January 6, 2009 9:16 am

    Well Ed, what a day for my computer to go down. Just got back online to this news. I don't think there is a better pharma news blog out there. What am I to do now? You hunt down the best news out there! Things that even get past me! Thanks for all of the

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  28. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Jim Mueller

    January 6, 2009 9:08 am

    Ed, Another silent reader who is truly sorry to see you go. Best of luck in your new endeavors. Whatever you do, have fun doing it. Jim Mueller The Motley Fool

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  29. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Ger

    January 6, 2009 9:05 am

    Ed, it is with shock that I find that Pharmalot will be no more. You can take pride in the fact that you carried out your investigative journalism with distinction. You were the one who showed interest in the claims and practices of Dr. Edward Tobinick, a dermatologist who made extraordinary claims about

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  30. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Kerry

    January 6, 2009 8:21 am

    Good luck Ed! We will miss you!!

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  31. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    JimK

    January 6, 2009 8:19 am

    Ed I will miss this site and the various viewpoints; I was amazed at how prolific you were in providing information. I believed that you truly must have been working 24/7, no one could provide the constant flow of information without being continuously tuned in. I learned as almost as much from the postings, even

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  32. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    John Russell

    January 6, 2009 7:44 am

    Ed -- We never spoke, but I was a frequent visitor. I learned much about the industry in a hurry, thanks to you, after I was assigned to cover Big Pharma two years ago. I had a feeling you would be leaving us when I saw that you had accepted the buyout and then saw your

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  33. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    bentcar

    January 6, 2009 7:24 am

    Ed, all the best in your next exciting venture!!! Pharmalot and your firm grasp of the pharma industry will be sorely missed. "Only the good die young." Lb

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  34. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Oscar Y

    January 6, 2009 7:10 am

    Please don't go......................

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  35. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Nancy Frugé

    January 6, 2009 6:17 am

    “psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry abide by different ethics and values” Sharfstein S: Presidential address: advocacy as leadership. Am J Psychiatry 2006; 163:1712–1715

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  36. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Barry Herman

    January 6, 2009 3:36 am

    Ed, I will miss Pharmalot a lot, not a little, but a lot! You were a great resource of industry-related issues and it provoked some important and interesting discussions (aside from those of the Kool-Aid drinkers). Hope to see you pop up in the blogosphere some time soon! Barry Herman, M.D. Area Medical Officer, Sanofi-aventis (formerly with Pfizer, Inc.) The views

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  37. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Nancy Frugé

    January 6, 2009 3:19 am

    "Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall." William Shakespeare Pharmalot can be anywhere...

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  38. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Lilly

    January 6, 2009 1:54 am

    Thanks ed for providing a site for so many, including me read and learn and sometimes comment. To pass on information. Its been big help to many. Lilly

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  39. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Tanin

    January 6, 2009 1:10 am

    Dr Ed, Thanks for providing an excellent pharma news blog. I wish you the best of luck in the future. P.S. would be interested if anyone knows any other pharma news blogs (other than "In the Pipeline", of course).

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  40. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Bruce Hamilton

    January 6, 2009 12:42 am

    Ed, It's been a rapid journey, and you've shown how well industry news can be provided in blogs. I'm sure you'll easily find another place, and thanks for all the effort you've contributed. Good luck for the future. Please keep having fun, Bruce Hamilton

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  41. Off-Label Avastin Use Tied To Eye Injuries

    • December 19, 2008

    billybob

    January 6, 2009 12:02 am

    no need for nasty. I agree with Irv. maybe, just perhaps a few RS in teaching hospitals across Canada are involved in a common study were controls regarding the 'mixing' of the drug in a non-sterile environment and non-sterile techniques to acommplish this? I'm sure Health Canada will find out what was the cause.

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  42. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    PGN

    January 5, 2009 11:49 pm

    All the best!!

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  43. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Matt

    January 5, 2009 11:40 pm

    Thanks for keeping us up to date on the goings on of Big Pharma.

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  44. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    CMC Guy

    January 5, 2009 11:31 pm

    Ed, Trust you will find success in whatever your next venture(s) including finding aspects that are not so consuming you can enjoy your family time. All the best, CMCguy

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  45. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Bruce Goldberg

    January 5, 2009 11:17 pm

    Ed, Thanks for the education over the past two yrs. It's been great learning from you...as well as getting encouragement from you and your site. Bruce G.

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  46. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    former marketing exec

    January 5, 2009 11:13 pm

    Dear Ed, We will miss you and your intelligent reporting. Best wishes for continued success in all your endeavors.

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  47. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Theo

    January 5, 2009 11:02 pm

    Ed, Congratulations on your new role, what/where - ever that may be. Your Pharmalot 'brand' was a great resource to the pharma industry. Any replacement will likely be a generic! Your stock value is high, so your next 'brand' is likely to be a success. T

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  48. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Nick Basta

    January 5, 2009 10:58 pm

    Ed, the saying goes that you know who the pioneers are--they're the ones with the arrows in their backs. You've brough a high level of professionalism to what is usually pretty thoughtless ranting and raving on the Web. Will miss your high-quality reporting and valuable insights into the industry for sure. Best of luck in

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  49. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    jlater

    January 5, 2009 9:44 pm

    Ed, It has been an absolute pleasure reading your blog the past few years. As a youngster I grew up reading the Star-Ledger and enjoyed reading the business section about Pharma as I entered the industry. Even though I have now crossed the Hudson, I was delighted when Pharmalot first appeared and

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  50. Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks

    • January 5, 2009

    Philip Rudnick

    January 5, 2009 9:37 pm

    My best to you and Hank Greenberg. Shalom Phil Rudnick

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