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Opinion: Discarded drugs: a wasteful and costly problem that requires whole-of-government approaches

25.02.2021

Controlling the rising costs of pharmaceuticals, particularly those administered by physicians, has been a top health care priority for policymakers, with recent actions in both Congress and the executive branch. …

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First Opinion / Pharma

Opinion: Three steps can help companies speed FDA approval of new drugs

24.02.2021

Drug developers see Food and Drug Administration approval as a difficult uphill climb, requiring large investments of resources and time. But when it comes to new drug applications and biologics …

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Pharma

Pharma’s ambitious new antibiotic venture hires a CEO to fix a ‘broken’ pipeline

18.02.2021

Several months after a splashy announcement, an ambitious pharmaceutical industry venture to tackle antibiotic resistance has hired its first chief executive officer and received $140 million in additional funding commitments. …

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Pharma

By looking the other way, pharma money helped fuel a toxic political atmosphere in the U.S.

12.02.2021

As the impeachment trial for former President Trump plays out, the pharmaceutical industry can thank itself for playing a role — albeit, a small one — in this unseemly national …

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First Opinion / Pharma

Opinion: The Biden administration needs to look beyond ICER for evaluating drug therapies

09.02.2021

As breakthrough drugs stream out of biopharmaceutical laboratories, how much they should cost and who will get access to them remain thorny issues. During his campaign for president, Joe Biden …

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Pharma

Jazz Pharma to acquire GW Pharma for $7.2 billion, adding CBD-based treatment for severe epilepsy

03.02.2021

Jazz Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday that it is acquiring GW Pharma, adding an approved childhood epilepsy medicine derived from marijuana to its stable of neuroscience products. Under terms of the deal, …

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Biotech

Virtual Event: [email protected]: Facing 2021

13.01.2021

Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. After a difficult year that permanently changed the pharmaceutical industry, what’s next? At this virtual …

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Biotech

What if a pill could lower cholesterol like pricey injectables? Esperion intends to find out

13.01.2021

The most powerful cholesterol drugs ever invented have become a pharmaceutical cautionary tale, failing to reach their commercial potential because of high sticker prices and an inconvenient need for needles. …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Looking back and looking ahead: Vioxx, drug safety, and the legacy of Sen. Michael Enzi

21.12.2020

The prescription painkiller originally known as Vioxx may be making a comeback after its maker, Merck, abruptly pulled it from the market in 2004 following studies that showed the drug …

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