Articles Written by:    SHIRLEY S. WANG     

Wyeth: Alzheimer’s Delay, Consumer Products Dip, Lehman Charge

Wyeth disclosed some interesting tidbits during its earnings call this morning: 1. The company is facing a delay enrolling patients in the European trial of its key experimental Alzheimer’s treatment, bapineuzumab. After phase II study results raised ...

From SHIRLEY S. WANG, Wall Street Journal,  22 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Lehman Brothers,  Washington Mutual, Inc.

The Art of Persuasion Comes to Medicine

Robert Cialdini, a noted psychologist who studies persuasion, stopped by to talk with the Health Blog recently. We asked him how people could be persuaded to make better health choices. The author of a new book “INFLUENCE: Science and Practice,” ...

From SHIRLEY S. WANG, Wall Street Journal,  9 Oct 2008

J&J Taps Insider Sheri McCoy to Run Pharmaceutical Business

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Johnson & Johnson has named Sheri McCoy, the new head of its pharmaceutical unit. McCoy, now in charge of surgical products at J&J, will take over for Christine Poon, who’s retiring next March. McCoy, ...

From SHIRLEY S. WANG, Wall Street Journal,  9 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Johnson & Johnson,  Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Digg

Wall Street Woes Send Moneyed Class to Therapy

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. The grim economy and quaking stock market are driving masters of the financial universe to seek professional help for anxiety, and eroding sense of identity or tips on how to deal with angry clients, ...

From SHIRLEY S. WANG, Wall Street Journal,  9 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Digg,  Facebook Inc.

Walgreen Ends Battle with CVS for Longs

RSS -- subscribe to updated headlines to read from anywhere on the Web. For more about RSS, click here. WSJ's Health Blog offers news and analysis on health and the business of health. The lead writer is Jacob Goldstein. He came to The Wall Street ...

From SHIRLEY S. WANG, Wall Street Journal,  9 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Digg,  Facebook Inc.

Testicles May Provide Alternative Source for Stem Cells

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Stem cells’ value derives from their ability to change into different types of cells in various parts of the body and thus may be a way to cure some diseases and repair damaged organs. Scientists are ...

From SHIRLEY S. WANG, Wall Street Journal,  9 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Harvard University,  Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Digg,  Facebook Inc.

Feds to Crack Down on Narcotics Sales Online

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Regulation is becoming all the rage these days, what with the second-guessing of the financial markets. Online pharmacies that sell controlled substances like pain pills to consumers are about to get ...

From SHIRLEY S. WANG, Wall Street Journal,  9 Oct 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Dianne Feinstein,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  Pfizer Inc.

Pfizer Touts Pipeline Progress, but Doubters Remain

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Even as Pfizer is bailing out of drug research for heart disease, the company’s late-stage pipeline has increased to 25 projects from 16 in the past six months. The new figures come from Pfizer’s ...

From SHIRLEY S. WANG, Wall Street Journal,  30 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Pfizer Inc.,  Dow Jones,  Digg

Psoriasis Drug from J&J Beats Enbrel in Study

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. J&J is still awaiting approval from the FDA to sell ustekinumab, the company’s experimental treatment for psoriasis. In the meantime, the results from the first head-to-head study of two biotech drugs ...

From SHIRLEY S. WANG, Wall Street Journal,  18 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration,  Amgen Inc.,  Dow Jones,  Digg,  Facebook Inc.

Drugmakers and Academia Should Collaborate More, Scientist Says

Fine wine flowed last night in New York for Marc Feldmann and Ravinder Maini, scientists from the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at Imperial College London. The pair was feted by Johnson & Johnson for work that paved the way for drugs called TNF ...

From SHIRLEY S. WANG, Wall Street Journal,  10 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Johnson & Johnson

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