Derek Lowe, an Arkansan by birth, got his BA from Hendrix College and his PhD in organic chemistry from Duke before spending time in Germany on a Humboldt Fellowship on his post-doc. He's worked for several major pharmaceutical companies since 1989 on drug discovery projects against schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, diabetes, osteoporosis and other diseases.
To contact Derek email him directly: derekb.lowe@gmail.com
Twitter: Dereklowe
I noted with sadness yesterday that Ed Silverman has packed in the Pharmalot blog. He did an excellent job there, picking up a lot of industry news from all over. Most of it was in the “Trouble for Company X” vein, but that’s to be expected. Ed’s a good reporter, and “Things Going Fine Over at Company X” is not much of a story. If this item is correct, though, we’ll be seeing more of him, which I’m glad to hear. The newspaper business is in even worse shape than the drug industry, so I’m glad to see it when someone there lands safely. (People still need pharmaceuticals; they’re not so sure if they need newspapers so much).
Damn! Pharmalot was #2 in my go-to pharma blog read list (after this site). This is a major loss. It doesn't look like Ed's new job will include blogging, so I guess that's about it...
2. HelicalZz on January 6, 2009 10:59 AM writes...
Pharmalot was a wonderful blog and information source. It will be sorely missed. Shame, but so it goes. Regular readers of Pharmalot should consider heading over to the site and just saying thanks. I just did anyway.
3. The Pharmacoepidemiologist on January 6, 2009 2:56 PM writes...
Like KwadGuy, Pharmalot and In The Pipeline were my two must reads every day.
That said, Derek, the blog list needs to be updated. Make that badly updated. Some of these blogs have died, others are no longer being updated. There are lots of new replacements for them.
1. KwadGuy on January 6, 2009 9:21 AM writes...
Damn! Pharmalot was #2 in my go-to pharma blog read list (after this site). This is a major loss. It doesn't look like Ed's new job will include blogging, so I guess that's about it...
Hope you stick around, Derek...!
Permalink to Comment2. HelicalZz on January 6, 2009 10:59 AM writes...
Pharmalot was a wonderful blog and information source. It will be sorely missed. Shame, but so it goes. Regular readers of Pharmalot should consider heading over to the site and just saying thanks. I just did anyway.
Zz
Permalink to Comment3. The Pharmacoepidemiologist on January 6, 2009 2:56 PM writes...
Like KwadGuy, Pharmalot and In The Pipeline were my two must reads every day.
That said, Derek, the blog list needs to be updated. Make that badly updated. Some of these blogs have died, others are no longer being updated. There are lots of new replacements for them.
david
Permalink to Comment4. justice in Michigan on January 6, 2009 10:11 PM writes...
As a Pharmalot "regular," I have been glad to see just how widely Ed's work was recogized. I did not realize the impact Pharmalot had. A great loss.
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