Documents show Wyeth employed ghostwriters for scientific articles - July 8, 2010
Documents opened as part of a lawsuit against pharmaceuticals manufacturer Wyeth Pharmaceuticals have revealed that the company used ghostwriters to prepare 40 medical journal articles. These articles were written to promote the use of the company's hormone-replacement drug, Prempro. Use of hormone replacement therapy dropped, with a corresponding drop in… Read More
EU to look closely at Google antitrust probe - July 8, 2010
The European Union's antitrust chief, Joaquin Almunia, has reportedly said that his office is continuing to investigate antitrust concerns about Google Inc. During a recent speech on digital media in London, Almunia said that the EU investigation is still at an early stage but that officials… Read More
Chinese e-reader market sales to cross 4 million in 2010, says CRI report - July 8, 2010
Industries and markets research firm China Research and Intelligence (CRI), China, has published a new research report on the local e-readers market, which is seen to have entered the rapid development stage since 2009. The sales volume of e-readers in China exceeded 300,000 with the market… Read More
American Chemical Society’s C&EN launches news channel on environmental research - July 8, 2010
The American Chemical Society has announced that its weekly newsmagazine Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) has launched its first news channel - the Environmental SCENE. The channel provides a steady stream of news about environmental research, business, and policy, including coverage of climate change, pollution, toxic… Read More
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre offers drug discovery service with InhibOx - July 8, 2010
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), UK, and InhibOx Ltd., UK, have partnered to create a drug discovery service offering. Users of the new service are expected to benefit from the shared expertise that includes extensive commercial drug discovery experience and from the proprietary technologies developed… Read More
Elsevier announces 2009 Journal Impact Factor highlights - July 8, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the highlights of its journal Impact Factor performance in 2009. Elsevier saw over 65 percent of its journal Impact Factors (IFs) increase from 2008 to 2009. According to the 2009 Journal Citation Reports published by Thomson Reuters, Elsevier journals took… Read More
