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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
Two new challenges emerged last week to the controversial drug Zohydro ER, as Vermont became the second state to slap restrictions on the drug and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced he would look into the way the FDA approved the product. 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
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) this year plans to analyze the findings from FDA inspections of generic drugmakers’ facilities to determine the effectiveness of inspections on ensuring the quality of generic medicines. Read More
GlaxoSmithKline alerted consumers that five lots of its OTC weight loss drug Alli may have been tampered with after fielding complaints that a different drug was in some of the bottles. Read More
The FDA said Mar. 27 that all manufacturers have voluntarily complied with an agency ban on selling acetaminophen/opioid combination drugs that use more than 325 mg of acetaminophen per tablet. Read More
A federal court tentatively approved a $60 million payout by Hospira to end a class-action lawsuit that claimed the drugmaker misled investors about its quality problems. Read More
The FDA has warned GlaxoSmithKline subsidiary SmithKline Beecham over its failure to adequately address contamination of drug ingredients manufactured at its Currabinny, Carrigaline, Cork, Ireland, plant. Read More
Although great strides have been made by Chinese officials to improve the quality of drugs made in the country, more needs to be done, according to U.S. regulators and drug safety advocates. Read More
AbbVie has dropped two lawsuits against the EMA over the agency’s plans to disclose clinical trial data for its rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira (adalimumab), clearing a major hurdle for the EMA’s transparency initiative. Read More