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The FDA has permanently barred an Arlington, Va., distributor from doing business in the U.S. after he was convicted of two felonies for selling counterfeit products. Read More
Early notice of production shutdowns by manufacturers of life-supporting and life-sustaining drugs and biologics have allowed the FDA to avert more than 550 potential drug shortages in the last three years, the agency says in a final rule mandating early notice. Read More
Purdue Pharma has withdrawn its supplemental new drug application for reformulated OxyContin, causing cancelation of an FDA advisory committee meeting to discuss whether postmarket studies of the product’s extended-release tablets show reduced misuse. Read More
Eli Lilly’s lung cancer drug necitumumab improved overall survival when used with two combined chemotherapies, but caused a small uptick in sudden deaths, the FDA says in a preliminary review issued Tuesday. Read More
Allergan will pay $250 million to acquire the worldwide rights to two of Merck’s investigational small molecule oral calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) antagonists for use against migraines. Read More
AstraZeneca and Cephalon have agreed to pay $54 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that they knowingly underpaid quarterly rebates owed to states under the Medicaid program. Read More