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ACCC approves local merger of pharma firms Arrow and Apotex
20 September 2018 - Half of all generic prescriptions could come from one supplier after the competition watchdog approved a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Sep 2018
My Health Record: big pharma can apply to access data
18 September 2018 - ‘Each application would be assessed on its own merits,’ senators told. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Sep 2018
Huge price hikes by drug companies are immoral
19 September 2018 - Several pharmaceutical companies have been jacking up the prices of their drugs in unethical ways. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Sep 2018
Harvard Professor's attack on pharma's clinical trials is absurd
18 September 2018 - Dr. Marcia Angell, a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School and the first woman to serve as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2018
Pharma companies avoid estimated $215m a year in local tax: Oxfam
18 September 2018 - Pharmaceutical companies behind some of Australia’s best-known brands avoided an estimated $215 million a year in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2018
Antimicrobial resistance: FDA discusses reimbursement reforms
17 September 2018 - Reimbursement reforms for antimicrobial treatments could include “a mix of milestone payments and subscription fees for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2018
UK ‘less interesting’ to pharma because of Brexit – Roche CEO
14 September 2018 - The UK could be “less interesting” to pharma and life sciences firms after Brexit, the CEO ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Sep 2018
Can a cancer drug originated in China be a success in the U.S.?
13 September 2018 - While China has prospered in a variety of technologies over the last decade, one area where growth ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Sep 2018
BIO, Allergan and Roche call for FDA flexibility with patient experience data
13 September 2018 - Industry group BIO and biopharma companies Allergan and Roche are calling for the FDA to be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2018
Health secretary’s ‘rip off’ remarks anger UK pharma
11 September 2018 - Row with Vertex has tainted government-industry relations. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2018
Drug firms try to rip off taxpayers, says Matt Hancock
8 September 2018 - Pharmaceutical companies are trying to “rip off taxpayers” and big business must be more socially responsible, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2018
Hospitals are fed up with drug companies, so they’re starting their own
6 September 2018 - A group of major American hospitals, battered by price spikes on old drugs and long-lasting shortages ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2018
Statement from FDA Commissioner on the agency’s global efforts to help assure product quality and transparency at foreign drug manufacturing facilities
5 September 2018 - Over the past 25 years, globalisation of drug manufacturing has prompted the FDA to change its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2018
China is sprucing up its pharma sector
30 August 2018 - The changes are helping multinational drugmakers. In time they may boost the domestic industry. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2018
FDA pushes for development of non-opioid pain medications
29 August 2018 - The FDA is planning new steps to encourage the development of nonaddictive alternatives to opioid pain ...