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The California Supreme Court Thursday held that a pay-to-delay agreement between Bayer and Barr Laboratories over a generic of the brandmaker’s antibiotic Cipro violates the state antitrust law. Read More
Dublin, Ireland-based Amarin Pharmaceuticals is asking a New York federal court to declare its off-label promotion of a cholesterol-lowering drug constitutionally protected free speech, after several FDA rejections of its desire to promote the drug for a wider patient population. Read More
Reckitt Benckiser is voluntarily recalling 1.5 million units of four varieties of its Mucinex liquid cold medicines nationwide because the back labels may not show they contain acetaminophen and other active ingredients. Read More
Gilead Sciences is poised to enter the fledgling field of epigenetics after signing a definitive deal to purchase Denmark-based EpiTherapeutics for $65 million. Read More
Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen subsidiary has enlisted a leading bioethicist to help the company determine who should qualify for compassionate use of its experimental drugs, in what J&J is billing as a first-of-its-kind partnership. Read More
After nearly four years of litigation, DaVita Healthcare Partners agreed Monday to pay up to $495 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the kidney dialysis provider of wasting drugs in exchange for sizable Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. Read More
Particulates have forced yet another drugmaker — this time Teva — to recall an injectable. The drugmaker voluntarily recalled eight lots of its anticancer therapy Adrucil after a combination of silicone rubber from a filling diaphragm and fluorouracil crystals was found in vials. Read More
Actavis’ $68 billion acquisition of Allergan drove a record-setting $166.3 billion in pharma deals closed during the first quarter of 2015, a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers shows. Read More