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The crew at Angewandte Chemie has produced another head-shaking pun in one of their latest abstracts. Read only if (1) you know your 1980s music, and (2) you have a high tolerance for wordplay. When I was in Germany, this sort of joke was known as an "eiskalter" and was greeted with shivers.
2. Old Timer on January 29, 2010 12:34 PM writes...
When I was in graduate school, one of my labmates had a Mannich reaction right in the middle of his total synthesis. Sadly, whenever he'd be bring up more material, this very pun was thrown around often.
Food for thought..
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Pfizer trims drug pipeline after Wyeth merger
Wed, Jan 27 2010
* Pfizer cuts 100 drug-development projects
* Pulls Lyrica application as add-on anxiety drug
* Aims to sell, outlicense many discontinued assets
By Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson
NEW YORK, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it has cut more than 15 percent of its combined drug development programs following the recent merger with Wyeth and will no longer seek U.S. approval to sell pain drug Lyrica as an add-on treatment for anxiety.
1. Bob in FWB, FL on January 29, 2010 12:30 PM writes...
Too many puns like that will have you walkin' like an Egyptian.
Permalink to Comment2. Old Timer on January 29, 2010 12:34 PM writes...
When I was in graduate school, one of my labmates had a Mannich reaction right in the middle of his total synthesis. Sadly, whenever he'd be bring up more material, this very pun was thrown around often.
Permalink to Comment3. PJ Hansen on January 29, 2010 12:54 PM writes...
Great! Now it's stuck in my head. Never thought your site would be the source of ear-worms.
Permalink to Comment4. J-bone on January 29, 2010 1:21 PM writes...
Too many puns like that will have you walkin' like an Egyptian.
Or wishin' it was Sunday.
Permalink to Comment5. RB Woodweird on January 29, 2010 1:50 PM writes...
My I-don't-have-to-run-a-reaction day.
Permalink to Comment6. PharmaHeretic on January 29, 2010 2:01 PM writes...
Food for thought..
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Pfizer trims drug pipeline after Wyeth merger
Wed, Jan 27 2010
* Pfizer cuts 100 drug-development projects
* Pulls Lyrica application as add-on anxiety drug
* Aims to sell, outlicense many discontinued assets
By Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson
NEW YORK, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it has cut more than 15 percent of its combined drug development programs following the recent merger with Wyeth and will no longer seek U.S. approval to sell pain drug Lyrica as an add-on treatment for anxiety.
Permalink to Comment7. Sili on January 29, 2010 2:05 PM writes...
Cute. Even I got it.
If I ever get back in the lab, I think I want to some Mannich reactions with yellow products.
Permalink to Comment8. martin on January 29, 2010 8:55 PM writes...
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Permalink to Comment9. Funny on January 29, 2010 9:34 PM writes...
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10. Dr Van Nostrand on February 1, 2010 8:36 AM writes...
Tell me why
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