Question Authority coverage of Schering-Plough/Vytorin scandal sparks U.S. Attorney interest.

How do we know this? Well, not only have we recevied a lot of interesting stats over the last few months, but now the eminent blog Shearlings got Plowed has analyzed their readership and been able to pinpoint that the reader was . . . Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Kirsch, of the Securities and Health Care Fraud Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office, United States Department of Justice, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, Seventh Floor, Newark, New Jersey.

Pretty cool, and you simply have to read that story!

What most readers may not have realized is that according to the data from Shearlings got Plowed, more specifially the navigation path of Robert Kirsch, he started out his search on . . . Question Authority:


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24th April 2008 05:16:37 PM peterrost.blogspot.com/

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shearlingsplowed.blogspot.com/

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shearlingsplowed.blogspot.com/2008/04/case-for-scrutinizing-analyst-opinions.html

24th April 2008 05:19:06 PM shearlingsplowed.blogspot.com/2008/04/case-for-scrutinizing-analyst-opinions.html

shearlingsplowed.blogspot.com/2008/04/to-more-clearly-explain-sen-grassleys.html

24th April 2008 05:20:32 PM shearlingsplowed.blogspot.com/2008/04/to-more-clearly-explain-sen-grassleys.html

shearlingsplowed.blogspot.com/2008/04/to-more-clearly-explain-sen-grassleys.html

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There's a ton more, but you get the idea.

And of, course, Ed has the full story about Schering-Plough's recent filing showing the government's interest in what may be hiding over at Kenilworth.

One picture says more than . . .

This image was taken with a cell phone, by someone passing by the doctor's lounge area yesterday ~2pm.

It shows how Schering-Plough and Merck are addressing the "communication problem" caused by the Enhance trial and dropping sales of Vytorin and Zetia.

Every nickel counts at Schering-Plough

According to a new travel policy, car service to/from the airport is no longer allowed unless the employee is traveling for a minimum of 7 days. The policy also states that if damage is done to a car left at the airport, the employee's insurance company is responsible before Schering-Plough provides any reimbursement.

So let's see, round trip car service is about $200 for most people, minus cost of parking, meaning the company saves around $100 per trip (high estimate). If we assume 1,000 employees make 10 airport trips per year, that is an annual saving of $1 million.

Fred only has another $999 million to save (excluding half a billion related to cutting back Organon).

All it takes are another 999 bright ideas, just like this one!

(QA assumes Fred's corporate jet is off the table--after all, savings should hit the little people first!)

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Winners and losers in this week's cholesterol war

Astra-Zeneca, Crestor +15%
Pfizer, Lipitor +4%
Merck, Vytorin/Zetia -10%
Schering-Plough, Vytorin/Zetia -17%

Schering-Plough chart of the month

Click for larger!!!

Pathophilia has graphs with a time line.
This might help as well.

Source PharmaGossip.