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Why Pharma Is Easy Prey For Insider Trading
Bristol :: PA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Over the past year, a growing number of insider trading cases involved information concerning drugs, devices and companies that develop them. But the recent case involving Sid Gilman, a leading Alzheimer's expert and former University of Michigan
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Another Study Finds Merck's Gardasil Is Safe
Stockholm :: Sweden | 9 months ago
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For the past few years, the Merck Gardasil vaccine for HPV, or human papillomavirus, has been a source of controversy. Social conservatives and some parents expressed concern that vaccination would be interpreted by teenagers as a green light for
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Will PDUFA Unravel Over A Budget Stalemate?
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | 9 months ago
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Three months after the latest version of the Prescription Drug and User Fee Act went into effect, the all-important legislation may come undone thanks to wrangling among lawmakers over budget cutbacks, Bloomberg News reports. And so, a large
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Drugmakers Tap Hospital Data For Clinical Trials
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Finding patients for clinical trials is not so easy in the US, but a new test project beginning this month hopes to speed the process and lower costs. Called the Partnership to Advance Clinical Electronic Research, or PACeR, the effort is a
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Congress Probes Distributors Over Drug Shortages
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Secondary drug distributors are now the focus of a congressional probe in the worsening prescription drug shortage. Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has given five distributors two weeks to
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In India, Drug Reps Get 20 Seconds With A Doc
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Remember how side effects of a prescription med were read so quickly in television ads that it was impossible to understand the verbiage? Well, such speaking skills may come in handy in India, where sales reps are lucky if they get one minute to
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Multiple Sclerosis Meds Are Not Cost Effective
London :: United Kingdom | almost 2 years ago
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The price tags for a pair of widely used multiple sclerosis treatments would have to be cut by as much as two-thirds in the US in order to be cost effective at increasing the quality of life...The medications are at least eight times more expensive
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Orphan Drugs And A Fee That Pharma May Avoid
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 years ago
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A bipartisan group of House members wants to spur treatments for rare diseases and is proposing to broaden exemptions for drugmakers that pay a fee on sales made to government health insurance programs. And those fees, which are due by September 30,
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