> Drugmaker Wyeth is facing thousands of lawsuits against it claiming that Prempro and Premarin made them ill. FiercePharma [1]

> PhRMA president and former Republican Congressman Billy Tauzin is beating the streets urging pharmaceutical company members to comply with the group's new voluntary code for drugmakers, which includes a ban on gifts for doctors. FiercePharma [2]

> Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey is setting aside $500,000 to help hospitals implement electronic medical history technology. FierceHealthIT [3]

> South Carolina officials have set plans to launch a health information exchange for the state's 700,000 Medicaid patients. FierceHealthIT [4]

And Finally... This case may bring a new kind of "going postal" to Japan. Article [5]