While You Were Watching the Weather Channel

Dean on the move

A few notes from the weekend that was. Yet again we've dipped into this morning's news, but it was a slow weekend unless you're an armchair meteorologist.

• Made in New Jersey. The NJ Star Ledger takes a look at Wyeth's Alzheimer's disease drug discovery and development programs (The NYT put Wyeth center stage for its own Alzheimer's feature back in June, which we pointed out here). (Hat tip, Pharmalot, where Ed points out that Wyeth's recent spate of troubles may be responsible for its proactive media push.)


• Made in China. Lilly announced early this morning a deal with Hutchison China Medtech, for multiple drug candidates in the oncology and inflammation areas sourced from Chi-Med's herbal medicine discovery platform. Chi-Med will get R&D support and upfront payments on each candidate, plus milestones ranging from $20-29 million per, plus royalties. The release arrived in our in-box at 7am BST, but it looks like the Telegraph had the scoop.


• Made in Heaven. Didja hear the one about Novartis buying Bayer? Pharmagossip helpfully illustrates some real world M&A difficulties.

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