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Poison control calls for kratom increase from one a month to two a day, study shows

February 22, 2019
Medical Communications USA, herbal medicines, kratom, poison control, toxicology

The number of phone calls to US poison control centres over exposures to kratom – an herbal drug with opioid …

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Poland and Slovenia included in US-EU mutual recognition agreement

February 20, 2019
Research and Development EU, GMP, Poland, Slovenia, USA, mutual recognition

Poland and Slovenia have been deemed capable of carrying out Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspections at an equivalent level to …

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FDA to crack down on dietary supplements

February 12, 2019
Manufacturing and Production Alzheimer's, Alzheimers, Cancer, Dietary Supplements, FDA, USA, diabetes

The FDA is cracking down on those selling ‘dietary supplements’, having sent warning letters to companies who claim, without proof, …

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Reformulated OxyContin led to spike in Hepatitis C infections

February 5, 2019
Manufacturing and Production OxyContin, USA, hepatitis C, heroin, infectious diseases, opioids

Efforts to create an “abuse deterrent” OxyContin pill inadvertently led to an increase in the number of Hepatitis C infections, …

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Sanders calls on Catalyst pharma to justify $375,000 price tag for rare disease drug which was once free

February 5, 2019
Manufacturing and Production Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Jacobus Pharmaceuticals, Sanders, USA, pharma, pricing

Shares in Catalyst Pharmaceuticals plummeted Monday, after US Senator Bernie Sanders sent the firm a letter asking them to justify …

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Purdue Pharma sought to expand into opioid addiction treatments while using McKinsey to counter “emotional messages”

January 31, 2019
Business Services, Medical Communications Massachusetts, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, US, USA, opioids

OxyContin drugmaker Purdue Pharma explored expanding into the market for opioid addiction treatments, according to passages from court documents that …

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Cost of insulin doubled between 2012 and 2016

January 23, 2019
Research and Development USA, healthcare, insulin, insurance, pricing

The cost of insulin almost doubled in the United States between 2012 and 2016, according to a report by the …

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Including prices on TV ads only works when the price is listed alone

January 23, 2019
Research and Development Trump, USA, pharma, pricing

Requiring pharmaceutical companies to publish the price of their drugs on adverts on TV, would probably not help to control …

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Gilead inks $1.8 bn deal with immuno-oncology biotech Agenus

December 21, 2018
Medical Communications Agenus, Gilead, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA, immuno-oncology, oncology

California-based firm Gilead Sciences and Massachusetts-based immuno-oncology biotech Agenus have announced that they have entered into a partnership focused on …

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Gilead and Scholar Rock collaborate on fibrosis in deal worth more than $80m

December 20, 2018
Business Services, Research and Development Califonia, Gilead, Scholar Rock, USA, fibrosis

California-based antiviral drugs specialist Gilead Sciences has entered into a strategic partnership with Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech Scholar Rock as part …

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Amgen donate $2m towards increasing diversity in clinical trials

December 12, 2018
Research and Development Amgen, USA, clinical trials, diversity, donation

American multinational Amgen has teamed up with the Lazarex Cancer Foundation in support of an initiative aimed at increasing access …

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Uninsured patients elibible for no-cost replacement of medicines lost in California wildfires

November 22, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing USA, california, insurance, prescription, wildfires

Uninsured citizens in California’s Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties will be eligible for a no-cost replacement of medicines lost …

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New $2 million programme aims at increasing diversity in cancer research

October 24, 2018
Research and Development Cancer, USA, black, cancer research, diversity, latino, native american

The National Cancer Institute are developing a joint cancer drug discovery and development, and research education programme focused towards the …

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USA struggles and middle income countries could do more in tackling health inequality according to Oxfam report

October 12, 2018
Medical Communications Latin America, USA, health, inequality, oxfam

A cluster of Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Uruguay and Argentina, and a cluster of OECD countries with …

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Life expectancy falls in America; drugs, alcohol and suicide to blame

September 24, 2018
Sales and Marketing USA, alcohol, drugs, health, opiod crisis, suicide

Life expectancy has fallen for the second year in a row for people in the United States, according to new …

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