Guest guest Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Not sure if you have seen this...... coment below seems accurate tho! Clare in Tasmania This means that high cholesterol as an indicator of heart disease was nothing more than a marketing strategy for big pharma to make a ton of money and should be viewed like any other product trend. Bone health and frailty (osteoporosis) is another trend Pfizer is exiting for the same reasons.http://seekingalpha.com:80/article/101402-pfizer-phasing-out-cholesterol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 A prvailing mantra in the pharmaceutical industry has been to "Sell the hell out of a drug before they find out that it doesn't work". Chances are, if Pfizer is bowing out of statin drug production, they have another drug ready to replace it to give themselves a major foothold in the business of the new drug.--- On Sat, 9/5/09, Clare McConville-Harris GOOGLE <theclaremcharris wrote: Clare McConville-Harris GOOGLE <theclaremcharris Pfizer Phasing Out CholesterolUndisclosed-RecipientDate: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 4:59 AM Not sure if you have seen this...... coment below seems accurate tho! Clare in Tasmania This means that high cholesterol as an indicator of heart disease was nothing more than a marketing strategy for big pharma to make a ton of money and should be viewed like any other product trend. Bone health and frailty (osteoporosis) is another trend Pfizer is exiting for the same reasons.http://seekingalpha.com:80/article/101402-pfizer-phasing-out-cholesterol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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