Drugs and Biotechnology

• FACT CHECK: Vaccination not a CIA front. Usually.
  AP (July 14, 2011)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - In his 2009 speech to the Muslim world, President Barack Obama announced a new effort to eradicate polio, which persists in three Muslim countries. One of the biggest hurdles had been persuading some local leaders that vaccination campaigns were independent health efforts, not nefarious programs being run by the CIA.
   
  
• Walgreen says it will split with Express Scripts
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Walgreen Co. said Tuesday it will end a $5.3-billion-per-year relationship with Express Scripts Inc., saying Express Scripts was not paying it enough money to fill prescriptions and was trying to dictate terms of their partnership.
   
  
• EU approves Lilly's weekly diabetes drug Bydureon
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  NEW YORK (AP) - European Union regulators have approved the first once-per-week diabetes medication, the companies that developed the drug said Tuesday.