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Snake In The Grass: J&J Can Recoup Tylenol Losses
What can Johnson & Johnson ceo Bill Weldon do with all those millions of bottles of pediatric Tylenol that have been recalled this year? Rather than throw them in the trash, Bill can donate them to the US military for a perfectly good cause
Martin Gardner, RIP
I note with sadness that Martin Gardner died this weekend at the age of 95.. Many will know him from his longtime “Mathematical Games” column in Scientific American (where I first encountered him while I was growing up in the 1970s). In recent years, he devoted a lot of time to speaking up for skeptical causes and against all sorts of quackery, a cause I respect very much (although I sometimes wonder how much good it does)
Friday Book Recommendation
Here’s another outside the field – in fact, it’s outside of a lot of people’s fields. Where Is Everybody?
Adcica (Cialis) letter from the FDA
Promotional materials are misleading if they fail to reveal material facts in light of the representations made by the materials or with respect to consequences that may result from the use of the drug as recommended or suggested by the materials. Although the web page presents the most common side effects associated with Adcirca, it fails to include any of the Contraindications or Warnings and Precautions information for this drug product
Adcica (Cialis) gets a letter from the FDA for omitting key risk information
Promotional materials are misleading if they fail to reveal material facts in light of the representations made by the materials or with respect to consequences that may result from the use of the drug as recommended or suggested by the materials. Although the web page presents the most common side effects associated with Adcirca, it fails to include any of the Contraindications or Warnings and Precautions information for this drug product .
Read the full storyColorful Junk
Last Saturday night I stayed out until 3:30 AM, then slept in the back of our van. Now, that may sound like a pretty good evening for some of you, but it might seem a little odd for a guy like me
Viva Viagra Missile Guy Vows to Continue His Quixotic Fight Against Pfizer
Ayre Sachs, the retired Israeli army sergeant who parked his “erectile projectile” Viva Viagra missile in front of Pfizer’s Manhattan headquarters, is not going to go softly into the night after losing his trademark infringement case to Pfizer (see ” Warning to Buzz Marketers: ‘Pfizer did not get the joke.’ “). That’s Mr. Sachs in the photo below





