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February 4, 2008
Perrigo announces record sales for Q2

Perrigo today announced the results of its second quarter fiscal year 2008 and the six...

February 4, 2008
Roche's Humer steps down as CEO, remains chairman

Roche Holding’s chief executive officer Franz Humer stepped down from his position yesterday, turning over...

February 4, 2008
Studies explore intra-nasal mode of combatting Alzheimer's

Studies have been taken place for decades to find ways to combat Alzheimer’s disease, but...

February 3, 2008
AHF Pharmacy opens seventh location in California

Over the weekend, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation opened its newest AHF Pharmacy in West Hollywood,...

February 3, 2008
AstraZeneca profits fall 13 percent in Q4

AstraZeneca recently reported its fourth quarter and full year results. Profits for the company in...

February 3, 2008
FDA approves Schering-Plough’s Asmanex

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Schering-Plough’s asthma inhaler Asmanex twisthaler 110 mcg for...

February 3, 2008
FDA asks for $2.4 billion in proposed 2009 budget

The Food and Drug Administration has released its proposed budget for fiscal 2009 from the...

February 3, 2008
FDA looks at excessive sleepiness with Eli Lilly’s Zyprexa

The Food and Drug Administration has stated that Eli Lilly’s schizophrenia drug, Zyprexa, when taken...

February 3, 2008
Federal grand jury to investigate Biovail’s Cardizem LA

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston has notified Biovail that it is the target of...

February 3, 2008
FTC challenges patent settlement between Bayer and Barr

The Federal Trade Commission is arguing that if a ruling upholding a 1997 settlement between...

February 3, 2008
Lilly and PsychoGenics partner on neuropsychiatric disorder treatments

PsychoGenics and Eli Lilly have entered into a drug discovery agreement aimed at identifying drug...

February 3, 2008
Maryland lawmakers form biotechnology caucus

According to published reports, a group of Maryland lawmakers have formed a biotechnology and life...

February 3, 2008
NCPA hails Bush campaign to prevent teenage drug abuse

The independent pharmacy industry’s chief advocacy group is hailing the Bush administration’s new campaign to...

February 3, 2008
Roche asks for clearance to bring Mircera to market

Roche is asking a U.S. judge for clearance to sell an anti-anemia drug by offering...

February 3, 2008
Teva to stop offering generic Protonix

Teva has decided not to sell a generic version of the acid reflux drug Protonix,...

February 2, 2008
Study shows no link between ADHD medication and drug abuse

A new report published in the March issue of the American Journal for Psychiatry states...

January 31, 2008
ECRM Generics 2008

It’s apparent that the pharmaceutical landscape continues to be dominated by major brand-name drugs losing patent protection and a flurry of generic launches aimed at taking whatever share of the market they can. That’s good news and bad news for pharmacy retailers; good in that the generic introductions are expected to drive huge profit gains during their initial 180-day exclusivity period, bad in that prices tend to fall away quite dramatically in the period thereafter due to the increased competition that results, depressing top-line sales growth.

January 31, 2008
FDA approves Mylan’s generic Kytril

Mylan has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its application for a...

January 31, 2008
FDA gives tentative approval to Aurobindo for generic Imitrex

Aurobindo Pharma has received tentative approval from the Food and Drug Administration to market and...

January 31, 2008
FDA rejects Labopharm’s Tramadol after response to second approvable letter

Labopharm’s appeal of a second approvable letter from the Food and Drug Administration for a...

January 31, 2008
FDA warns of increased thoughts of suicide associated with antiepileptic drugs

The Food and Drug Administration has released information stating that there is an increased risk...

January 31, 2008
KV acquires Gestiva from Hologic in $82 million deal

Hologic and KV Pharmaceuticals have signed an agreement under which Hologic will sell full rights...

January 31, 2008
Mass. D.A. looking into Vioxx allegations against Merck

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts is investigating Merck over the promotion...

January 31, 2008
NASCAR's Carl Edwards signs endorsement deal with Claritin

Schering-Plough has signed a sponsorship deal with NASCAR star Carl Edwards, under which the company’s...

January 31, 2008
Reviewer leaks confidential NEJM study to GSK

A peer reviewer for The New England Journal of Medicine broke confidentiality by leaking a...

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