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Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Pricey specialty drugs helped CVS Health cope with tobacco withdrawal and top analyst expectations in the second quarter.
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Pharma Tech Industries, a pharmaceutical contract manufacturer and packager of powder products, has promoted Matthew Milner, who has risen through the ranks in supply chain operations at the company since 2008, to Director of Supply Chain Operations.
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Catalent Pharma Solutions welcomed the announcement by OPKO Health that the FDA has accepted for review OPKO’s New Drug Application for a new treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and vitamin D insufficiency, which uses Catalent’s proprietary ...
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Xcelience, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced today that it has made a structured cash investment in Powdersize, a Pennsylvania-based company specializing in milling, micronization and powder size classification ...
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CVS Health Corp. deliberately overcharged some pharmacy customers for generic drugs by submitting claims to their insurance companies at inflated prices, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in San Francisco.
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The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that some doctors and pharmacies are getting confused by the similar names of an antidepressant and a blood-thinning medicine.
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Novartis has announced a swap of clinical assets for equity with Mereo BioPharma Group Ltd.
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Analysts say they expect more tie-ups are coming in the generic drug industry in the wake of Teva's mammoth deal for the generic drug business of Allergan.
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Cytovance Biologics, Inc. announces that it has teamed up with NeuroFx to develop and manufacture stem cell derived, cell-free therapy for neurological conditions.
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A federal appeals court has ruled that Novartis can begin selling its lower-cost copy of an Amgen Inc. drug in September.
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PAREXEL International Corporation has launched the next generation of its Perceptive MyTrials® platform with advanced analytics capabilities.
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Pfizer has expanded its research on vaccines to eventually safeguard people from cradle to grave, from shots for pregnant women to protect their babies from the moment of birth to vaccines for senior citizens with waning immune systems
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More than 1 in 5 sexually active teen girls have used the morning-after pill — a dramatic increase that likely reflects that it's easier now for teens to buy the emergency contraceptive.
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Amgen on Tuesday received European approval for its first-of-a-kind cholesterol drug that lowers levels of the artery-clogging substance more than older drugs that have been prescribed for decades.
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Bristol-Myers said Tuesday that federal regulators will help speed up development for one of its experimental HIV drugs.
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