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Falling dollar, falling drugmaker prices
Is the U.S. drug industry bargain-basement land right now? Analysts say that the low, low dollar means low, low prices for pharma companies. Rivals in Asia and the Eurozone could snap up drug Read more...
Generics depress profits at Walgreen's
The generic-drug hammer has fallen again, and this time it hit a retail pharmacy. Walgreen's fiscal fourth-quarter profit dropped by almost 4 percent in part because of generics. Read more...
Drug theft costs pharma $1B yearly
Counterfeit drugs and outright theft cost the pharmaceuticals industry some $71 billion a year, according to a new study from a consumer advocacy group known as America's Watchdog. Counterfeiting Read more...
BMS to pay $515M in kickback case
Bristol-Myers Squibb now has the dubious distinction of the third-largest court settlement between a drug maker and the U.S. Attorney's office in Massachusetts. The drug maker agreed to pay $515 Read more...
IMS lists best drug launches of all time
It's not easy being a global pharmaceuticals company. First, you have to develop drugs--and then you have to sell them, not only to your home country, but around the world. And there lies the rub, Read more...
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