Talk:Wyeth

Midgely deletion of material
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 * The European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection blamed the presence of illegal steroids in the food supply on "fraudulent exchange and disposal of pharmaceutical waste". A Wyeth factory disposing of the byproducts from synthetic progesterone manufacture was the source of the contamination.

I have put it back in. The same user changed my active voice sentence to passive voice in another edit - no good writing midge but thanks for removing POV style lang which came from the source. Mccready 07:02, 31 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Whatever. I didn't think that a company whose name is not mentioned and I forget using wastewater to make something that was then fed to animals was really either encyclopaedic about Wyeth, nor that the paragraph was well-enough written to remain in the page in its present form. It looks more like a piece of something else to me.  The phrasing is really rather painful, and it is arguably libellous. Midgley 12:09, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Is this information even relevant to Wyeth? The waste disposal was contracted to a 2nd party (Cara), who then sold it to 3rd party (Bioland), who then disposed of it improperly. I think it is notable enough for an article about Bioland, but not Wyeth. This bullet should be removed. Mc roach 00:39, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

please admin please check this
it seems that Centrum will casue eye floaters, i am not familar with wiki so admin please chech this link.

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Someone more familar with editting please correct the folowing
The controversial drug was not Phentermine, but fenfluramine. Wyeths produced it, along with their licenced dexifenfluramine. Fenflurimine is actually a combination of both levo- and dexi- fenfluramine.

The gold standard on this subject is the book Dispensing with the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle over Fen-Phen" by "Alicia Mundy" I Must remain anonymous 07:52, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Xwyethresearcher (talk) 12:16, 8 July 2012 (UTC)start Xwyethresearcher commments 1. Don't know how to edit Wikipedia, admin please review the following misrepresentation of AHP, Wyeth, Ayerst relationship: Wyeth did not merge with Ayerst in 1943. AHP purchased Ayerst, but Wyeth (research was in Philadelphia then Radnor, PA) and Ayerst (research was in Monmouth Junction, NJ and Chazy, NY), and did not merge operations until 1987. They operated as separate companies until the 1987 merger, at which point they were renamed "Wyeth-Ayerst" and several years later "Wyeth". Source (other than being there): From the North American Equine Ranching Information Council (NAERIC),article "History of Premarin"     Link:

"In 1943, the American Home Products Corporation (AHPC) purchased Ayerst, McKenna & Harrison, Ltd., later shortening the name to Ayerst Laboratories and subsequently merging it with Philadelphia-based Wyeth Laboratories in 1987. Wyeth was acquired by Pfizer in 2009."

2. Also saw a comment at bottom of the talk page concerning whether Wyeth is a subdivision of Pfizer--that is not so. Pfizer took over Wyeth [1/26/2009, NY Times) The name Wyeth remained on the products until the merger was approved by the FDA, which usually takes about a year (approved 10/15/2009 Wall Street Journal)   Then the company name of Wyeth changed over to Pfizer, and they begin to produce product labeling as such.  Wyeth is no more, since all approvals went through and they had the time to change over the labeling.

3. There seems to be several typos I noted:  The first comment above regarding fen-phen misspelled the drug names. They are: dexfenfluramine, not dexifenfluramine nor dexi- fenfluramine. The original drug that was marketed was fenfluramine, synthesized as a racemic mixture of the dextro and levo enantiomers. Redux contained only the active isomer dexfenfluramine. Separating and marketing the active isomer is generally done for an improved safety profile (not decreased cost), since racemic drugs contain 50% inactive chemical (ie, inactive for the pharmacologic purpose intended) and may be a source of side effects. This is basic pharmacology/toxicology of racemic drugs. A racemate is often studied and developed as a single isomer (after approval of the racemate) if feasible. This obviously takes additional development time. An example of a racemic drug that would not be marketed as the single isomer is the occasion when ingesting the isolated isomer, it racemizes back into the levo and dextro  enatiomers when it hits the acid environment of the stomach.

4. In the first paragraph of the article, it states that Wyeth was known for producing Advil and Robitussin. This is not so, the OTC division of AHP was Whitehall (originally in Hammonton, New Jersey),renamed Whitehall-Robins some time after purchasing Robins (Richmond, VA)), but Hammonton phased out manufacturing operations in 1994. [Source: NY Times 5/21/1994)

Several purchases and reorganizations took place after the initial Wyeth-Ayerst merger (too many to enumerate here). For example, the AHP name was dropped after selling off the food products and the company decided to focus primarily on pharmaceuticals and renamed this arm Wyeth (there was also Fort Dodge veterinary medicine in Iowa). The above Whitehall-Robins was combined with Wyeth Consumer Health, which included the purchase of Solgar Vitamins and Lederle Laboratories' OTC line (Centrum Vitamins and other products). Source:

My take (as a former employee) is that if I can see numerous factual errors just by breezing through it, the author was not familiar enough with the company. This article should be reviewed and rewritten by someone with a broader knowledge of this company. Xwyethresearcher (talk) 12:16, 8 July 2012 (UTC)XWyethresearcher

Serious controversies about Wyeth products
I'm not experienced enough to edit this page, but there are issues about this company that should be present and aren't. Is there someone that can add this info, please?

1) There is almost certainly a link between Prempro and Premarin and increased breast cancer risk. 2) The methods of obtaining and producing Prempro and Premarin are controversial as they involve animal cruelty. 3) Wyeth continues to push Congress to pass legislation (Bioidentical Health Legislation) to make it illegal for doctors to prescribe compounded medicines which are in direct competition to some of Wyeth's products. These alternative medications are safe and effective, available by prescription only, and necessary to many thousands of patients.

Thank you much! Atelic 07:14, 3 May 2007 (UTC)atelic

Wyeth's ghostwriters

 * "Wyeth Pharmaceuticals hired ghostwriters to produce at least 40 articles in medical journals supporting the use of hormone-replacement drugs by menopausal women, according to files unsealed as part of lawsuits over the products."

Reliable sources: Philadelphia Enquirer, UPI, The New York Times. This is a serious matter and must be added to this article. --Stormwatch (talk) 05:16, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Dristan?
Hey, Dristan redirects to this page. How come there is no Wikipedia entry for that drug? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.151.188.146 (talk) 19:52, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

This page contains a list of drugs, among them Dristan. The word Dristan is in double brackets as though it led to an article with that title but it redirects to the top of the page. This seems like an inappropriate redirect. I think I'm going to get rid of the redirect.Moisture (talk) 01:23, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Assessment comments
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I have assessed this article as C-class and identified the following areas for improvement:  shirulashem     (talk)   17:47, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The article needs to be written in an enyclopedic tone
 * The article needs references

Article Tone
Why does this article read like Wyeth no longer exists?

As a subsidiary of Pfizer, all of the drugs that Wyeth manufactured at still labeled and marked with the Wyeth logo and as far as I can tell, the Wyeth "division" of Pfizer still operates much like it did before the purchase.

Shouldn't this article read like all other subsidiaries - in the present tense? —Preceding unsigned comment added by IndigoAK200 (talk • contribs) 02:28, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

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