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An ‘America first’ pharma supply chain sounds good. But it won’t work.
17 June 2020 - With a stroke of the president’s Executive Order pen, the Trump administration awarded a $354 million, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2020
Prospective dialogue between developers and regulators makes for better evidence generation
27 May 2020 - EMA, in collaboration with other parties, has recently published two scientific articles outlining the importance of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
Inside the science: companies racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine
25 May 2020 - Even as some states move to ease the lockdowns that have cost tens of millions of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2020
Trump admin taps startup to build nation's first stockpile of key drug ingredients
19 May 2020 - The $354 million project is designed to shore up the drug supply chain and reduce the country's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2020
Top pharma official rejects idea of free COVID-19 vaccine for all
18 May 2020 - A leading representative of the pharmaceutical industry has downplayed the idea of a vaccine against the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 May 2020
A drug company wagers the U.S. won’t dare charge it with crimes
15 May 2020 - Teva, the world’s largest maker of generic drugs, recently pulled out of settlement talks with the Justice ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2020
The pandemic is a chance to revamp India’s pharmaceutical industry
9 May 2020 - Companies could switch from primarily making generics to producing higher-margin licensed drugs. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2020
Drug makers prepare to make coronavirus treatments
23 April 2020 - Preparations would help make doses rapidly if testing pans out, but companies risk large outlays if the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
Coronavirus puts big pharma’s IP regime to the test
21 April 2020 - “Chaotic” is how Jorge Contreras, a law professor at the University of Utah, describes a struggle ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
If pharma helps quench the COVID-19 pandemic, what will it want in return?
21 April 2020 - Make no mistake: the only long-term solution to the COVID-19 pandemic is a safe and effective ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2020
Big pharma has the chance to come to the world’s rescue
20 April 2020 - The pandemic may finally do for the pharmaceutical industry what relentless TV advertising cannot: show off its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2020
NIH to launch public-private partnership to speed COVID-19 vaccine and treatment options
17 April 2020 - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the NIH are bringing together more than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Vaccine development becomes reality TV. Can it make viewers rethink pharma?
14 April 2020 - The pharmaceutical industry’s response to the novel coronavirus may not rescue its ailing reputation. But it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Sanofi and GSK to join forces in unprecedented vaccine collaboration to fight COVID-19
14 April 2020 - Candidate vaccine expected to enter clinical trials in the second half of 2020 and, if successful, to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2020
Vaccine development is a case of 'market failure'
13 April 2020 - Reliance on the private market to develop vaccines has failed, leaving us vulnerable to pandemics such as ...