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Hospital drug making venture picks antibiotics as first products
15 May 2019 - Nonprofit Civica Rx plans to begin distributing vancomycin hydrochloride and daptomycin before the end of September. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2019
A new study sparks a war of words over the drug industry’s commitment to research
14 May 2019 - The pharmaceutical industry spends about $1 in $5 of its revenues on research and development. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2019
The antibiotic industry is broken
2 May 2019 - Take inspiration from the entertainment industry. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2019
Pharma lobby nears spending records with drug prices under fire
23 April 2019 - Drug makers, groups disclose first-quarter spending increases. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
On rising insulin prices, law maker tells pharma execs: 'Your days are numbered'
10 April 2019 - Lawmakers tensed with frustration, some clenching their jaws, while grilling a panel of pharmacy and pharmaceutical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2019
Why J&J raced to put drug prices in some TV ads
28 March 2019 - One notion proposed by the Trump administration to blunt the rising cost of medicines is to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2019
Drug company protections are latest stumbling block for NAFTA rewrite
21 March 2019 - President Trump’s ability to get his revised North American Free Trade Agreement through Congress may hinge ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Mar 2019
Statement by FDA Commissioner on new strategies to modernise clinical trials to advance precision medicine, patient protections and more efficient product development
14 March 2019 - Modernizing clinical trials is an agency wide priority. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Mar 2019
FDA medical adviser: 'Congress is owned by pharma'
13 March 2019 - Pharmaceutical companies are under the spotlight with congressional hearings on the cost of drug prices and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2019
Drug companies and doctors battle over the future of faecal transplants
3 March 2019 - As pharmaceutical companies seek to profit from the curative wonders of human faeces, doctors worry about new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2019
“Repurposing” off-patent drugs offers big hopes of new treatments
28 February 2019 - Towards the end of 2014 a 66-year-old British man named Alistair had a seizure. A scan ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2019
Former Novartis executive wins $1.5 million after claiming she was fired for complaining about a study
26 February 2019 - Min Amy Guo, who had been executive director of the Health Economics and Outcomes Research Group, objected ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Feb 2019
The fighter, the saint, and the odd man out: the executives who will defend pharma before Congress
21 February 2019 - One’s a college dropout. One’s a self-proclaimed street fighter. And one survived a presidential tweetstorm. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2019
Modernising clinical trials for patients with cancer
23 January 2019 - Clinical trials involve evaluating and validating new therapies in humans and represent the fundamental means of making ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2019
Celgene, sold for $74 billion, leaves a legacy of chutzpah in science and drug pricing
22 January 2019 - Nina Kjellson was just two years out of college, working as a research associate at Oracle ...