Vicodin-Type Pain Pills May Face Stricter U.S. Regulation
Vicodin and other hydrocodone- combination painkillers may face tighter U.S. oversight following repeated reports of misuse and addiction that have been cited by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates pharmaceutical sales, will meet in October to discuss the risks and benefits of hydrocodone preparations used as pain relievers […]
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Drugmakers Bash Germany on Prices
Source For more than a year, drugmakers have chafed at measures instituted in Germany to limit the cost of medicines.. Now, though, drugmakers are starting to push back. In a sternly worded statement released today, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations and VFA, its local counterpart in Germany, warn the German government that […]
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Sandoz recalls some Introvale birth control pills
Novartis AG’s unit Sandoz is voluntarily recalling 10 lots of its generic Introvale birth control pills after a consumer recently reported a packaging flaw. Sandoz said in a post on its website on Tuesday that it decided on the recall after a consumer reported that white placebo tablets were mistakenly placed in the wrong row […]
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Pfizer test group in CT is moving to Singapore
Pfizer Inc.’s 20-person surveillance testing group in Groton CT, part of the company’s Scientific Laboratory Services team that tests products manufactured by contractors, will be moving to Singapore sometime next year. Pfizer confirmed the planned move in an email, saying it was a cost-cutting measure. The company said three people in its surveillance testing group […]
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Merck Serono Workers Considering A Work Strike
Source Having already postponed a threatened strike once, Merck Serono employees are planning a job action for next week, depending upon whether the drugmaker accepts at least one of three proposals that were submitted yesterday. The move comes two months after the Merck KGgA announced that Merck Serono headquarters in Geneva would be closed and […]
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Are Sunshine Laws Making Any Difference?
Source Two years ago, the Physician Payments Sunshine Provision was incorporated into health care reform in response to ongoing concerns that undisclosed financial relationships between drugmakers and some physicians was unduly influencing medical practice and patient care. And so, unless the US Supreme Court dismantles or guts the Affordable Care Act, drugmakers next year will […]
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Europe – Pharma companies begin verified supply chain
Medicines should be safer for European consumers and patients after leading bodies involved in the pharmaceutical supply chain agree a memorandum of understanding to set up a European Medicines Verification System (EMVS), which is to be run through a European Stakeholder Model (EMS) The European Association of Pharmaceutical Full-line Wholesalers (GIRP) teamed up with the […]
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EpiPen Ad By Pfizer Nets Warning Letter
Source In a bit of hyperbole, a television ad created to promote the EpiPen emergency treatment for allergic reactions suggested a quick jab is all that a little boy named Jake would need to fend off any unexpected and threatening foods at a friend’s birthday party. In the ad, his mom says to him: “Even […]
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FDA Does Bad Job on Recall Communiciation
Source The FDA has two systems for alerting physicians to product recalls, yet 20 percent of recalls for Class I products – which are the likeliest to cause patient harm – were not communicated through either system between 2004 and 2011, according to an analysis published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The upshot? Health […]
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Abbott Fills Out Leadership Team for Pharma Spinoff AbbVie
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) on Monday unveiled the leadership team for the proprietary pharmaceutical division that it plans to separate into an independent company. Abbott had previously disclosed that Richard A. Gonzalez, the 57-year-old leader of Abbott’s pharmaceutical business, will serve as chairman and chief executive of the new company, AbbVie, which Abbott plans to establish […]
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