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The European Commission updated its 2011 action plan against antimicrobial resistance, pledging to boost research into the development of new treatments and alternatives — including support for small- and medium-sized companies — and develop guidelines for the prudent use of the drugs. Read More
The Supreme Court’s ruling this week on a patent dispute over printer toner cartridges could have wider effects on the pharmaceutical industry, international sales and product reimportation. Read More
A class action lawsuit claims that Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech misled shareholders and bribed regulators at the China Food and Drug Administration to expedite its drug and clinical trial applications. Read More
The Association for Accessible Medicines filed a lawsuit against the attorney general of Maryland, hoping to block the state’s recently passed law ostensibly banning generic drug price gouging. Read More
The PTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board once again ruled that a patent for AbbVie’s Humira was invalid and unpatentable, responding to additional challenges by Boehringer Ingelheim. Read More
Unable to resolve persistent manufacturing problems, New Jersey-based drugmaker Pacira Pharmaceuticals is ending production of its DepoCyt chemotherapy drug and closing the California plant where it is made. Read More
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) wrote to the CEOs of Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and Eli Lilly asking them to justify recent steep price hikes for insulin medication. The cost of insulin has increased more than threefold in the last decade, which, Klobuchar said, is likely due in large part to the relative lack of competition, while insulin manufacturers have failed to document a corresponding increase in production costs. Read More
The lawsuit alleged that Allergan representatives targeted doctors around the country and pushed Restasis and other drugs for off-label uses. Read More