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Miracle’ cystic fibrosis drug kept out of reach in developing countries
7 February 2023 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals is not making its drug, Trikafta, available in poorer countries, where thousands of diagnosed patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2020
The coronavirus exposed the US' reliance on India for generic drugs. But that supply chain is ultimately controlled by China
17 May 2020 - Sarah Thebarge, a 41-year-old physician assistant living in San Francisco, takes a pill every day to ...
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 25 Apr 2020
Maker of drug touted as coronavirus cure accuses China of gouging
24 April 2020 - Hydroxychloroquine controversially pushed by Trump as COVID-19 remedy. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2020
India again allows export of anti-malarial drug touted for coronavirus
7 April 2020 - President Trump had urged the country, one of hydroxychloroquine’s biggest producers, to release supplies of the medicine. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2020
India has cut off half the supply of a potential coronavirus treatment touted by Trump
6 April 2020 - Nearly half the supply of hydroxychloroquine to the U.S. comes from makers in India, a flow ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2020
Trump administration in talks with India to avoid U.S. drug supply shortage
31 March 2020 - India, the top source of generic drugs and ingredients, has restricted exports but the U.S. wants exemptions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2019
In generic drug plants in China and India, data falsification is still a problem
29 October 2019 - As the generic drug industry faces allegations of data manipulation, headlines about carcinogen-tainted blood pressure medicine, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2017
FDA collaborates to promote safety, quality in clinical trials done in India
12 July 2017 - After more than 16 hours of travel, we touch down in Mumbai late in the evening ...