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AstraZeneca has sold global rights, excluding the U.S., to its Entocort gastroenterology drug to Tillotts Pharma for $215 million, as it focuses on cancer and diabetes therapies. Read More
The FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion has warned Herndon, Va., drugmaker ASCEND Therapeutics US for distributing promotional cards about its EstroGel product that omit important risk information. Read More
Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee are asking the FDA why extended-release opioids require black box warnings and immediate-release versions of the painkillers do not. Read More
A study of nearly 28,000 women linked antidepressants Paxil and Prozac to a small increase in birth defects, but cleared three other antidepressants of such concerns. Read More
The FDA is requiring stronger label warnings for non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, after a comprehensive review of new safety information affirmed an increased risk of heart attack or stroke. Read More
The House of Representatives Friday approved the 21st Century Cures Act by a vote of 344 to 77, moving focus to the Senate where efforts have begun to develop comparable legislation. Read More
Increasing data is driving collaboration among drugmakers, insurers, health systems and technology firms to deliver cost-effective and improved treatments to patients, a just-released PwC report concludes. Read More
The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee largely appeared to agree that Eli Lilly’s lung cancer drug necitumumab offers some late-stage lung cancer patients increased survival time, despite an increased risk of adverse events, but didn’t vote on whether to recommend the product for approval. Read More
Teva said Wednesday that it has launched a generic version of Janssen Pharmaceutical’s migraine drug Axert in the U.S., following receipt of FDA approval. Read More
The European Medicines Agency has issued draft guidance on the manufacture of finished dosage forms, clarifying what information drugmakers should include in the quality section of the common technical document that is part of a premarket application. Read More