Regulators

Leavitt: We'll bar subs-par exporters

admin — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:59:56 -0400

U.S. Health and Human Services honcho Mike Leavitt is baring his teeth at Chinese exporters that don't meet certification standards. Saying that regulators simply can't inspect all imported Read more...

Leavitt: We'll bar subs-par exporters

admin — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:59:56 -0400

Lilly backs doc-payment disclosure law

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:59:58 -0400

Let the sun shine in. A Read more...

Silver lining to Big Pharma's cloud?

admin — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:59:56 -0400

Some people see the Big Pharma glass as half-full instead of the alternative. In an investor's-eye look at the industry, Kiplinger ticks off the usual criticisms: patent expirations, tough generics Read more...

Biovail to shut plants, mull sell-offs

admin — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:59:58 -0400

New CEOs often clean house. Biovail's Bill Wells looks like he's trying to Read more...

FDA: Drugmakers responsible for safety

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:59:58 -0400

Congress may be all fired up about funding more foreign inspections by the FDA, but the agency itself? Not so much. In Read more...

Brazil mulls patent-busting on Tenofovir

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:59:55 -0400

The Brazilian government recently deemed the anti-HIV med Tenofovir a "public interest." That's code for, "We're thinking about issuing a compulsory license for this drug." Under Read more...

Impurities found in Sanofi heparin product

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:59:55 -0400

While heparin maker Baxter mulls whether to re-enter the market for that blood thinner, Sanofi-Aventis is announcing that small amounts of an impurity have been found in batches of its heparin Read more...

New companies flooding CMO market

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:59:56 -0400

More evidence that biologic drugs are where it's at: Experts are predicting tough times ahead for contract manufacturers that focus too closely on Big Pharma's bread-and-butter small-molecule Read more...

Teva to expand in Spain with Bentley buy

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:59:56 -0400

Teva Pharmaceutical is on an expansion quest. Today it's agreed to buy Bentley Read more...