Here are some worthwhile articles for your reading pleasure. As always, I welcome story links from Drug Channels readers.As a special treat, I am including a picture of my Halloween costume at the bottom of the post. Happy Halloween!
Face-Off: Pharmaceutical Distributors
A financial blogger ranks the stock market prospects of the Big 3 drug wholesalers--AmerisourceBergen(ABC), Cardinal Health (CAH), and McKesson (MCK). Can you guess who comes out on top?
CVS Caremark Drug-Benefit Pitches Missed The Mark For Some
The premise of this Dow Jones article from early September: "CVS Caremark Corp.'s (CVS) effort to sell potential clients on the advantages of using a pharmacy benefits manager linked to a retail drug-store chain apparently missed the mark in several cases this year." Listen for a selling season update on next Thursday's earnings conference call.
Health Wonk Review: Killer viruses and the undead public option
This latest collection of wonkery from around the web comes with a healthy serving of groan-worthy Halloween puns. Spooky!
Phillies Hope To End 364-Day World Series Drought
"The last time the Philadelphia Phillies brought a World Series title back to the City of Brotherly Love, the nation's financial sector was in complete ruin, the cost of a gallon of milk was only $2.74, fans watched the Fall Classic while huddled around their slightly-less-streamlined high-definition television sets, and Philadelphia slugger Ryan Howard was just 28 years old." 'nuff said!
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This Halloween, I’ll be dressing up as an RFID tag from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant!An RFID tag is especially appropriate because this blog is sometimes hard to read.
DOH!
