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Guyon Espiner investigates PHARMAC: The NZ Buyer’s Club
23 May 2019 - Guyon Espiner reveals how lung cancer patients are buying cut-price drugs from India, as other New Zealanders ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2019
Two words to help Ned Sharpless revolutionise clinical trials: data standards
13 May 2019 - In the classic 1967 film “The Graduate,” young Benjamin Braddock was given one word of advice ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2019
Grandstanding, not real change: why drug prices in TV ads will be confusing and irrelevant
13 May 2019 - In a fit of hubris, President Trump believes he is making drug makers “come clean” by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2019
The UK’s new medicines pricing deal – opportunities and risks for pharma
10 May 2019 - January 2019 saw the introduction of the new Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2019
MPs call for 'life-changing' Kuvan to be made affordable
11 May 2019 - A number of MPs are calling on a drug company to make a "life-changing" treatment affordable ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2019
Lilly's Cyramza (ramucirumab) becomes first FDA approved biomarker-driven therapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
13 May 2019 - This new indication - the fifth FDA approval for Cyramza in an advanced or metastatic cancer - ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2019
Intellipharmaceutics announces FDA approval for generic Pristiq
10 May 2019 - Intellipharmaceutics announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. FDA for the Company's abbreviated new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2019
Teva and other generic drug makers inflated prices up to 1,000%, State prosecutors say
11 May 2019 - According to a new lawsuit, generic medications including oral antibiotics, blood thinners, cancer drugs, contraceptives and HIV ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2019
'It’s absurd' - allergy sufferers beg PHARMAC to fund EpiPens
13 May 2019 - An ice cream factory in the family sounds like every child’s dream. But for Dylan Wright, just ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2019
U.S. FDA accepts Takeda’s biologics license application for a subcutaneous formulation of vedolizumab (Entyvio) for maintenance therapy in moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis
9 May 2019 - An additional treatment modality would provide more flexibility in how patients receive vedolizumab, a biologic with a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2019
FDA approves prior approval supplement for Bivigam
10 May 2019 - ADMA Biologics announces that the U.S. FDA has approved the Company’s prior approval supplement for Bivigam (immune ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2019
Sunovion and PsychoGenics announce that SEP-363856 has received FDA breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of people with schizophrenia
10 May 2019 - SEP-363856 offers an innovative approach to the treatment of schizophrenia including the potential to be the first ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2019
Pharmacy benefit managers are the sole check against drug manufacturers’ pricing power
9 May 2019 - Administration’s proposed rule on rebates increases prescription drug prices, disrupts consumer access. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2019
Speed up cancer funding, ALP told
11 May 2019 - The head of Australian drug company Specialised Therapeutics, Carlo Montagner, has warned that Bill Shorten’s cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2019
House Democrats pass bill to roll back Trump guidance related to Obamacare
9 May 2019 - The House passed a bill Thursday afternoon aimed at shoring up protections for those with pre-existing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2019
Allegations of widespread fraud raise questions about the safety of generic drugs made overseas
10 May 2019 - It is something we've all heard before: generic drugs are the same as brand-name drugs. They ...