Keyword: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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US States Sue Invidior Over Opioid

26.09.2016 - In a joint action, 35 US states and the District of Columbia (which governs the country’s capital city of Washington) have filed an antitrust lawsuit against British drugmaker...

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Mylan CEO to Testify on EpiPen Hikes

19.09.2016 - Heather Bresch, head of Mylan Pharmacueticals, will face questions from the US Congress s at a hearing this week focused on sharp price increases for the company's life-saving...

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US Legislator Challenges Drugmakers on Lethal Injections

29.07.2016 - A US legislator who authored a law that keeps most of the state of Arkansas' lethal injection policy a secret has challenged the right of pharmaceutical producers to object to...

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FDA Warns GSK on Contamination at UK Plant

26.07.2016 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent a stern letter to Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) warning about ongoing cross-contamination problems at its facility in Worthing, UK. The...

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AstraZeneca Tries to Block Crestor “Copycats”

15.07.2016 - AstraZeneca has filed a lawsuit to prevent the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from approving the sale of generic versions of Crestor, its multi-billion-dollar cholesterol...

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FDA Halts Cancer Trial After Deaths

14.07.2016 - The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered Juno Therapeutics to suspend its Phase II immunotherapy trials with adult patients suffering from relapsed or refractory B cell...

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FDA Approves Pill for all Hepatitis C Forms

04.07.2016 - The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Gilead Sciences’ combination pill Epclusa, the first to treat all major forms of hepatitis C. This is the latest in a series of...

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US Firm to Test Zika Vaccine

23.06.2016 - The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for testing of a new experimental DNA-based Zika vaccine developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals. In cooperation with its...