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The European Medicines Agency authorized 81 drugs in 2013, a 42 percent increase over the number of marketing authorizations in 2012, the agency reported Monday. Read More
Boehringer Ingelheim is halting development of deleobuvir-containing hepatitis C (HCV) drugs after Phase III clinical trial data showed the candidate lacked therapeutic value, clearing away one more candidate from the crowded field of new HCV treatments. Read More
Brand drugmakers are denying accusations they’re behind a covert campaign to block proposed patent law changes that would improve access to generics in South Africa. Read More
The Department of Justice wants to rid the pharmaceutical industry of pay-for-performance sales compensation packages, believing they fuel fraud, off-label marketing and other deceptive behaviors, a former top prosecutor says. Read More
A powerful house subcommittee chair wants the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to defend its proposal to remove antidepressants from the list of drugs that must be carried on all drug formularies under Medicare Part D. Read More
The FDA has approved a new formulation of Nuvo Research and Mallinckrodt’s osteoarthritis drug Pennsaid for the treatment of osteoarthritis knee pain, but not the broader indication of signs and symptoms of the disease — adding a new wrinkle to the fight between the two partner companies co-developing the drug. Read More
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says it is no longer acceptable for sponsors to conduct placebo-controlled clinical trials when developing monotherapy drugs for lipid disorders. Read More
The FDA may refine its planned quality metrics program to include rankings of individual drugmaker quality — at the request of industry — that will show how a company’s quality system stacks up against its peers. Read More
Drugmakers should evaluate a product’s UV-visible absorption spectrum before starting clinical development, the ICH says in a new guideline that will standardize photosafety testing standards across the EU, Japan and U.S. Read More
The drug industry wants the FDA to drop plans to require drugmakers to report manufacturing stoppages that will result in shortages within five days of the stoppage occurring. If any timeline is imposed, 15 days is adequate, industry says. Read More