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The drugs The name Premarin® spells out in its name what it is made from — PREgant MAres uRINe. Pfizer's Premarin® family of hormone replacement therapy drugs of today includes not only Premarin®, but also similarly manufactured pharmaceuticals — marketed at various times — under the names Prempro®, Premphase®, Provera® and later Aprela® (originally called… Continue reading The checkered history of Pfizer’s Premarin family of drugs
Newest Member of the Premarin Family ― Duavee How will this new drug impact profits and inevitably the PMU mares and their foals? DUAVEE®, the Premarin® ― bazedoxifene combination therapy for the treatment of menopausal symptoms and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis in women who have not undergone hysterectomy was FDA-approved in October 2013 amid speculation… Continue reading Premarin Horses: How many does it take to make a billion dollars? Part 3
Updated 12 Dec 2015 to provide most recent version of our Dear Physician Letter (pdf, 4 pp). Thank you. A MAJOR FOCUS of the Premstoppers campaign is educating doctors and women. First of all, thank you for sending the Dear Physician letter to so many women's health doctors. We always know when you are busy… Continue reading Reach thousands, save thousands with Premarin billboards
Isn't it funny how some things work out and in ways you least expect. A friend of a friend of yet another friend has a niece who is working in New York, who just happens at the moment to be employed at Pfizer. She mentioned that she noticed some mail coming in with cute little… Continue reading Pfizer anti Premarin flyers drifting in
Every year, doctors prescribe hormone replacement therapy (HRT) — also referred to as menopausal hormone therapy — to hundreds of thousands of women experiencing menopausal symptoms. One of the most widely prescribed drugs for HRT is made from animal waste. The drug is Premarin, an estrogen-therapy drug manufactured by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (now a division of… Continue reading Why we must end the use of pregnant mare’s urine in drugs
Written by JANE ALLIN Research Analyst | Int'l Fund for Horses Page 1 A recent report by Agriculture Canada gives tenuous optimism for the stopping of suffering of the mares and foals at the mercy of the pregnant mare's urine (PMU) industry. Giant drug manufacturer Wyeth, a division of Pfizer, has announced they intend to… Continue reading The Rise and Fall of the PMU Industry
Written by JANE ALLIN Research Analyst Pfizer, the world’s largest drug maker, has announced the withdrawal of its new drug application (NDA) for Fablyn® a selective estrogen receptor modulator (“SERM”) for the treatment of both osteoporosis and selected consequences of menopause. As with other SERMs, Fablyn® has been shown to have significant side-effects which contraindicate… Continue reading Pfizer to Withdraw Fablyn NDAs
Written by JANE ALLIN Research Analyst | Int'l Fund for Horses Despite the tainted history of Premarin® and its acknowledged contribution to a plethora of cancers and other maladies in women who trustingly relied upon it for the relief of menopausal symptoms, Wyeth, and now Pfizer, shamelessly continue to promote the use of conjugated equine… Continue reading Premarin Mares and Foals: Aprela, the Lesser Evil?
Though Pfizer is not new to mega deals, Kindler was dubious of such mega mergers till last year. He preferred only bolt-on or product acquisitions to major acquisitions. However, the craving for new sources of revenue and the inability of the company's near-term pipeline to make up the slack when its blockbusters lose patent exclusivity… Continue reading Pfizer, Wyeth deal will keep Premarin market going
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