Chasing Influenza: History of the Flu

Image via Wikipedia Here is a really informative article on the History of the Flu by Quintiles White Papers. PDF format is the link below. It's Flu season again. Companies are ramping up their stockpiles of Flu Vaccines and you can get the flu shot at Walgreens and CVS these days.

I personally don't believe all the hype and practice safe "People handling" when I go out and use hand sanitizers every chance I get. One day a real Pandemic will emerge like the 1918 Flu and there is not much we can do about it. Novartis, Glaxo SmithKline, Baxter, and MedImmune are your top Flu stocks.

Chasing Influenza

Abbott to Buy Solvay Drug Unit for $7 Billion NYSE: ABT

This just in from the WSJ. Abbott Labs (ABT) acquires Solvay conglomerate for 7B, or 4.8B eu.

Abbott to Buy Solvay Drug Unit for $7 Billion
Abbott Laboratories has struck a deal to acquire the pharmaceutical unit of Belgian conglomerate Solvay SA for roughly €4.8 billion ($7 billion), in another sign of the consolidation of the drug industry.