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Obama government launches drug price crackdown

November 4, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, President Obama, US, affordability, market access

President Obama has launched an ‘Affordable Drug Pricing Task Force’, aimed at tackling the spiralling cost of certain prescription medications …

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Recall after mislabelling of Medline Industries’ drugs

October 20, 2015
Manufacturing and Production US, acetaminophen, paracetamol, product recall

Medline Industries is voluntarily carrying out a nationwide recall of the painkiller acetaminophen, due to a labelling error on the …

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Valeant receives court writ over US drug pricing

October 15, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, Isuprel, Nitropress, US, Valeant, subpoena

Valeant Pharmaceuticals has disclosed that it has received two subpoenas in the US, demanding evidence concerning the pricing and distribution …

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Hilary Clinton

Hilary Clinton’s pharma ‘enemies’ amongst her biggest financial supporters

October 14, 2015
Drug pricing, Hilary Clinton, US, pricing reform

Hilary Clinton’s plans to make waging war with pharma companies a central plank of her US presidential campaign have been …

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AstraZeneca purchases former Amgen US facility

September 15, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Amgen, AstraZeneca, US, biologics, manufacturing, production

AstraZeneca has bolstered its US presence with the purchase of a high-tech biologics manufacturing facility from pharma rival Amgen. The …

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Rexulti (brexpiprazole)

FDA approves Lundbeck and Otsuka’s Rexulti for depression

July 14, 2015
Sales and Marketing FDA, Lundbeck, Otsuka, Rexulti, US, brexpiprazole, depression, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia

Lundbeck and Otsuka have gained a yes vote from the FDA for their jointly-marketed antidepressant, Rexulti. The US regulator approved …

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Pharma ‘paid US doctors $1.5 billion’ in 2014

July 7, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Sunshine Act, US, pharma

Some of the largest European drugmakers paid US doctors and teaching hospitals $1.5 billion in 2014 to participate in promotional …

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Teva moves to buy Mylan

April 21, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing India, Mylan, Perrigo, Teva, US, Vigodman, generics, israel, merger

Israeli generics drug giant Teva has made an offer to buy its US rival Mylan for around $40.1 billion. The …

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Merck seeks new Keytruda indication in US

April 20, 2015
Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, NSCLC, PD-L1, US, keytruda, lung, pembrolizumab

Merck is seeking FDA approval for its successful melanoma drug Keytruda to be used treating lung cancer. The Supplemental Biologics …

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FDA grants AstraZeneca immune drug orphan status

April 15, 2015
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, FDA, Iressa, MEDI4736, MedImmune, NSCLC, US, gefitinib, non-small cell lung cancer, tremelimumab

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation to AstraZeneca’s anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody tremelimumab for the treatment …

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US drug spend soars to all-time high in 2014

April 14, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Lipitor, Obama, UK Health and Social Care Information Centre, US, drug spend, prescribing

The number of prescriptions dispensed in the US rose by 13% in 2014 a new report has shown. The increase …

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Eisai cuts 25% of US staff

April 10, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Daiichi, Eisai, US, cuts, layoffs, reorganisation, staff

Eisai’s US business is offloading around 200 jobs as part of some restructuring to create a more ‘efficient and focussed …

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Hundreds of jobs threatened after big pharma deals close

April 7, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Deals, GSK, Jobs, Novartis, US, Valeant, job losses, redundancy, salix

Fresh from deals worth a combined $34 billion, GSK and Salix Pharmaceuticals have announced company restructures that have placed more …

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Pharma to profit from Obama reforms

March 18, 2015
Sales and Marketing FDA, GlobalData, Obama, US, healthcare, insurance

President Obama’s healthcare reforms will drive massive growth in the US pharma market a new report is predicting. The size …

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FDA approves new anti-fungal treatment

March 9, 2015
Sales and Marketing Astellas, Basilea, FDA, US, cresemba, isavuconazonium sulfate, zygomycosis

The FDA has given the OK to Astellas and Basilea for their new treatment in adults with a rare but …

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