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Zogenix Monday sought a temporary restraining order against Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s recent executive order prohibiting use of the prescription pain drug Zohydro ER in the state. Read More
Shire Pharmaceuticals is recalling three lots of Gaucher disease drug Vpriv after finding stainless steel and barium sulfate particles in a small number of vials. Read More
The FDA will hold a public workshop in early May to discuss the development of standards for the interoperable exchange of information pertaining to prescription drug tracing. Read More
Compounding pharmacies have flooded the FDA with hundreds of comments seeking to protect access to bulk drug substances they use to make products. Read More
Pfizer is recalling three lots of drug products after a packaging mix-up led to a capsule of the wrong drug product in a bottle of an antidepressant. Read More
New authorities granted to the FDA in 2012 that stiffened penalties for drug counterfeiters are failing to curb the problem of fake drugs because they do not apply to distributors of counterfeits. Read More
Merck, Ferring Pharmaceuticals and the World Health Organization have partnered up to study a drug aimed at preventing excess bleeding during childbirth — the leading cause of maternal deaths during childbirth in developing countries. Read More
Mylan is accusing Celgene of violating federal antitrust law by prohibiting the generic drugmaker from obtaining samples of its blockbuster products Thalomid and Revlimid to make generic versions. Read More
ViiV Healthcare is licensing its HIV drug Tivicay to the Medicines Patent Pool in an effort to increase access to adults and children living with the virus. Read More