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October 29, 2007
Dems attempt legislation to require gov't to negotiate Medicare drug prices

Democratic leaders have introduced legislation in the House and Senate that would require the government...

October 29, 2007
Heart disease and hypertension prescription drug use increases among young adults

According to new research conducted by Medco Health Solutions, prescription drug use by younger adults...

October 29, 2007
Mucinex with Codeine receives approvable letter from FDA

The Food and Drug Administration has issued an approvable letter to Adams Respiratory Therapeutics application...

October 29, 2007
Ohio Medicine Shoppe receives compounding accreditation

The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in New Philadelphia, Ohio, has been awarded the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation...

October 29, 2007
Pfizer, Taisho sign letter of intent over schizophrenia drug candidate

Taisho Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer have concluded on a letter of intent with regard to Taisho’s...

October 29, 2007
Sandoz completes $10 million expansion of N.C. facility

Sandoz recently completed the major phase of its Wilson, North Carolina expansion when over 50...

October 28, 2007
Amgen cuts fewer jobs in R.I. than predicted

Despite last month?s reports that drug maker Amgen would lay off 450 employees from its...

October 28, 2007
E-prescribing may help compliance with new Medicaid tamper-proof rule

The delay of the new tamper-resistant Medicaid prescription law may be good fortune for medical...

October 28, 2007
Edwards suggests new drug ads wait for two years

Presidential hopeful John Edwards said Sunday he had outlined a plan to regulate prescription drug...

October 28, 2007
FDA expands age range for meningitis vaccine

The FDA announced this week that they have broadened the age range of Sanofi Pasteur’s...

October 28, 2007
Generic Estrostep poised to break into U.S. market

Under a supply agreement between Warner Chilcott Co. and Watson Pharmaceuticals, generic drug maker Watson...

October 28, 2007
J&J settles lawsuit over Ortho Evra

Ortho Evra manufacturer Johnson & Johnson recently settled a lawsuit with the family of a...

October 28, 2007
Schnucks offers customers free antibiotics

Schnucks Markets has begun to offer free antibiotics this week at 100 of its in-store...

October 28, 2007
Warburg Pincus completes B&L acquisition

Bausch & Lomb and Warburg Pincus on Friday announced that Warburg Pincus has completed the...

October 28, 2007
Wyeth issues recall/replacement program for children's cough-cold dispensing cups

In response to concerns voiced by a pair of Food and Drug Administration advisory panel’s...

October 25, 2007
Akorn to open state-of-the-art facility in Illinois

Akorn has signed a 10-year operating lease for a newly constructed product development facility located...

October 25, 2007
Barr challenges Alcon patent on conjunctivitis drug

Following an Alcon lawsuit against Barr Pharmaceuticals seeking to block Barr’s generic version of Patanol...

October 25, 2007
Cigna instates emergency policies for members affected by wildfires

Cigna has announced that it is pitching in to help its members affected by the...

October 25, 2007
Eli Lilly signs potential $600 million agreement with MacroGenics

MacroGenics has the potential to earn more than $600 million with a recent agreement the...

October 25, 2007
FDA approves supplemental NDA for Januvia

The FDA approved a supplemental new drug application for Merck’s Type 2 diabetes drug Januvia,...

October 25, 2007
FDA says failure to submit DTC ads will rate higher user fees

The Food and Drug Administration is asking companies to notify them if they plan on...

October 25, 2007
House Dems push through revised SCHIP, but GOP claims partisanship

The House of Representatives approved a new version of legislation to expand the State Children’s...

October 25, 2007
Novavax terminates Estrasorb agreement with Allergan

Novavax has terminated its manufacturing supply agreement with Allergan for the drug Estrasorb, which is...

October 25, 2007
OSI’s Tarceva sales climb, as does its income

OSI Pharmaceuticals announced today its financial results for its third quarter; citing one of their...

October 25, 2007
Pfizer's vice chairman Shedlarz announces retirement

Pfizer said Thursday that after 31 years with the comany vice chairman David Shedlarz will...