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With research company IMS Health reporting that the number of prescriptions dispensed fell for the first time in a decade in the US, concern is rising that even stable sectors such as pharmaceuticals cannot escape the difficulties in the US retail market.
'We will need to monitor closely the impact that changes in the global economy will have on consumer demand for products,' said Glaxo's chief executive officer, Andrew Witty. The company would look to build on its 'diversified business model' to disburse the risk. He added: 'It's clearly more tricky in the United States than emerging markets, with Europe being somewhere in between.'
Glaxo's consumer healthcare business made sales of 994m, a 4% growth at a constant rate. Sales in Asia-Pacific/Japan grew 5%, and last week the company bought the Egyptian division of Bristol-Myers Squibb for 120m, making it the biggest drug seller in that country.
A Glaxo spokeswoman said the company's core business had not been affected too badly by the financial crisis, adding that sales for the company's asthma drug Advair were up 7% overall and 5% in the US. She said: 'It's more the consumer healthcare segment that has seen a modest decline in sales, since it's more dynamic in nature.'
Glaxo said this month it was planning to cut 850 research and development jobs in Britain and the US in an attempt to improve efficiency and productivity. At the time, Witty told investors the industry faced a series of challenges as an increasing number of products lost patent protection, funders sought more cost-effective healthcare and patients demanded new and better medicines.
Yesterday, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association stopped recommending the use of Glaxo's drug Avandia, in a revision of the international guidelines it had set down in 2006

Neighborhoods and businesses on North Lake Boulevard near Tahoe City continue to battle early morning smoke from prescribed fires in the Tahoe Basin. Smoke hangs thick in the air between Rocky Ridge Road and Lake Forest Road.Though the smoke usually clears out as winds pick up later in the morning, many are affected by the strong odor that permeates buildings, cars and houses.It is really bad in our office, said ONeal Brokers Property Manager Laura Ioli. Smoke gets in through the mail drop in our door and its just as hazy in the office as it is outside.Ioli, who commutes to the ONeal office at the base of Rocky Ridge Road, said the smoke only causes minor discomfort, the smell worse than anything. I forget about it on the drive from Truckee, said Ioli, but when you come around the corner it smells like your in a bonfire.Though Ioli can manage the early morning discomfort, co-worker Lisa Klein must worry about her asthma.The smoke just exacerbates everything, said Klein. I woke up this morning with an awful headache.The North Tahoe Fire Protection District and the U.S. Forest Service know the effects of smoke, taking precautions to keep people informed about burn schedules.Were trying to collect a list of people with respiratory problems so we can alert them when we have prescribed burns, said Fire Protection District Public Information Officer Ed Miller.With autumns cool temperatures, moderate winds and humidity come ideal conditions for the Forest Service to initiate prescribed burns in areas where dangerous fuels have accumulated and could produce unwanted forest fires.One of the most important elements of the prescribed burning process is restricting operation to weather conditions conducive to quick, safe burns

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