Content about Pharmaceuticals policy

March 25, 2010
New challenges on the horizon as healthcare overhaul made official

After more than a year that spawned bitter debate, a tea party, a growing divide...

March 24, 2010
Lilly CEO: Innovation will improve health care

Innovation is the way to improve quality and access to health care while controlling costs,...

March 21, 2010
FDA: Three arrested in drug diversion scheme

Three Florida residents were indicted last week on charges related to drug diversion, according to...

March 21, 2010
Health reform draws pharma’s support, but alarm from insurance industry

Passage of the mammoth health-reform bill Sunday night by the U.S. House of Representatives is...

March 21, 2010
PhRMA, BIO, GPhA weigh in on healthcare-reform bill passage

While calling it “not perfect,” an organization representing the country’s drug manufacturers called the healthcare-reform...

March 18, 2010
Drug makers, beware: FDA is watching

Drug companies had better take a close look at their portfolios and make sure they...

March 18, 2010
Valeant buys OTC, generic drug maker

A U.S. drug maker has bought a manufacturer of branded generics and OTC products in...

March 17, 2010
GPhA: Omission of 'pay-for-delay' deals in health bill 'good news for American consumers'

A ban on patent settlements between branded and generic drug companies appears to have been...

March 17, 2010
PhRMA names new chairman

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America elected Pfizer president and CEO Jeffrey Kindler as...

March 17, 2010
Teva to acquire Ratiopharm

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries beat out Pfizer in the race to acquire German generic drug maker...

March 16, 2010
FDA shuts down unapproved Glenmark, Konec drugs

The Food and Drug Administration has ordered two generic drug companies to stop marketing unapproved...

March 16, 2010
MiddleBrook expanding promotion of Moxatag through IncreaseRx program

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals plans to promote its extended-release antibiotic by expanding a Web-based marketing program, the...

March 16, 2010
Pending court ruling, Teva to delay marketing Temodar generic

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will start marketing its version of a brain tumor drug only if...

March 15, 2010
Mylan, Takeda reach agreement on Actos, Actoplus Met patents

Mylan has settled patent litigation cases with Takeda concerning two diabetes drugs, the generic drug...

March 15, 2010
Rx abandonment on the rise in patients with commercial health plans, market research study said

Patients using commercial health plans in 2009 abandoned their prescriptions at a rate 24% higher...

March 15, 2010
Teva seeks to market Shire's ADHD drug

Teva is hoping to get a generic drug for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder into...

March 14, 2010
FDA demands REMS for Bydureon

Drug makers Eli Lilly, Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Alkermes encountered a speed bump in their efforts...

March 14, 2010
Ranbaxy to launch generic Actos

India’s Ranbaxy Labs will launch a generic version of a diabetes drug in two years,...

March 14, 2010
Rx suppliers prepare for patent-protection storm

Drug companies stand to lose a lot of money in the coming years, as the...

March 11, 2010
Caraco launches colon, rectal cancer generic

Caraco Pharmaceutical Labs has launched a generic version of a drug for treating colon and...

March 9, 2010
FDA committee recommends approval for InterMune’s Esbriet

A Food and Drug Administration committee has recommended approval for an investigational drug for treating...

March 9, 2010
NACDS, NCPA praise passage of Senate's 'jobs' bill

Two organizations representing the drug retailing industry and the nation's independent pharmacies applauded the passage...

March 9, 2010
Watson reaches patent settlement for Actos generic

MORRISTOWN, N.J. Watson Pharmaceuticals and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America have settled a patent litigation case...

March 8, 2010
GPhA hopes Office of Generic Drugs gets more funding from Congress

An organization representing the generic drug industry is hoping that Congress gives the Food and...

March 8, 2010
Watson seeks approval for generic Opana

Watson Pharmaceuticals has filed a regulatory approval application for a generic version of a painkiller...

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