Tag Archives: Novartis

Novartis CEO Dr. Daniel Vasella on producing H1N1 vaccine.

And here’s a good Gawker post on Nouriel Roubini’s recent predictions.

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EyeForPharma Forecasting Excellence USA 2007

EyeForPharma Forecasting Excellence USA 2007 – @ Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. – 2007-10-25~26 A few confirmed speakers include: * Bob Draper, Pre-Submission Forecasting Director, Eli Lilly USA * Lars Nordmann, Director of Forecasting, Organon USA * Etienne Adriansen, Director of Strategic … Continue reading

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Big firms experimenting with internal prediction markets as IAM

— Consensus Point: – General Electric – Best Buy – Motorola – Qualcomm – Siemens – Nokia NewsFutures: – Arcelor – Mittal – Corning – Dentsu – IHG – Lilly – MasterFoods – Pfizer – Siemens – Thomson – Yahoo! … Continue reading

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Addendum on… The ranking of the providers of software for internal prediction markets

Hello Midas Oracle readers, As you have seen, I have published a ranking of the prediction market solution providers to the Fortune-500 firms. It is a ranking based on what I know about their true client list —not what is … Continue reading

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Novartis won approval from an EU drug panel for a new high blood pressure pill called Rasilez.

Wall Street Journal – $$$ Pharmaceutical industry prediction markets, anyone?? — PharmaDAQ – Now they say that it will open it on August 1st, 2007. Will Abbott reverse its decision to withdraw medicines from Thailand amid the generic drugs row … Continue reading

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