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Complaints of particulates found in vials of nine lots of Cubist Pharmaceuticals’ anti-infective drug Cubicin prompted the company to initiate its second recall of the drug in as many days. Read More
Drugmakers could see their wait time to begin clinical trials in Brazil cut by more than a third under a proposed regulation calling for protocols to be reviewed in their entirety, rather than stage by stage, which is the current policy. Read More
To improve ANDA submissions, the FDA should spend more time with generics companies before they file an application, as is done with brand manufacturers in the run-up to an NDA, the Generic Pharmaceutical Association says. Read More
The FDA has given Mapp Biopharmaceutical its blessing to send two additional doses of its experimental ZMapp Ebola monoclonal antibody to Liberia, after agency officials facilitated communication between the drugmaker and Liberian health officials. Read More
A patient advocacy group is using a recently created pathway for challenging generic drugs through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to contest the patent on Wyeth’s antibiotic Tygacil outside a Hatch-Waxman ANDA. Read More
Drugmakers are worried that FDA draft guidance on how to identify and report counterfeit or suspicious goods could lead to numerous false alarms and potential shortages unless the guidance is amended. Read More
Industry groups are pressing for dialogue with Indian regulators after the Delhi High Court declined to stay a government order establishing price controls on formulations used in 108 nonscheduled drugs for diabetes and cardiovascular disorders. Read More
The FDA approved a new indication for Millennium Pharmaceutical’s profitable oncology drug Velcade, the latest attempt by the drugmaker to expand the chemotherapy product’s uses. Read More
McKesson agreed to pay the federal government $18 million to settle allegations the distributor improperly shipped vaccines to providers in an unusual whistleblower settlement. Read More