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Poison control calls for kratom increase from one a month to two a day, study shows
February 22, 2019Medical 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 …
Poland and Slovenia included in US-EU mutual recognition agreement
February 20, 2019Research 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 …
FDA to crack down on dietary supplements
February 12, 2019Manufacturing 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, …
Reformulated OxyContin led to spike in Hepatitis C infections
February 5, 2019Manufacturing 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, …
Sanders calls on Catalyst pharma to justify $375,000 price tag for rare disease drug which was once free
February 5, 2019Manufacturing 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 …
Purdue Pharma sought to expand into opioid addiction treatments while using McKinsey to counter “emotional messages”
January 31, 2019Business 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 …
Cost of insulin doubled between 2012 and 2016
January 23, 2019Research 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 …
Including prices on TV ads only works when the price is listed alone
January 23, 2019Research 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 …
Gilead inks $1.8 bn deal with immuno-oncology biotech Agenus
December 21, 2018Medical 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 …
Gilead and Scholar Rock collaborate on fibrosis in deal worth more than $80m
December 20, 2018Business 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 …
Amgen donate $2m towards increasing diversity in clinical trials
December 12, 2018Research 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 …
Uninsured patients elibible for no-cost replacement of medicines lost in California wildfires
November 22, 2018Manufacturing 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 …
New $2 million programme aims at increasing diversity in cancer research
October 24, 2018Research 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 …
USA struggles and middle income countries could do more in tackling health inequality according to Oxfam report
October 12, 2018Medical 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 …
Life expectancy falls in America; drugs, alcohol and suicide to blame
September 24, 2018Sales 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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