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The government of France launched its Healthcare Innovation 2030 strategy that aims to turn the country into a European innovation leader within the next eight years.
The vote came just over one week after the FTC announced it would probe claims regarding the role the middlemen play in determining retail prices of prescription drugs.
Frederick National Laboratories, the American Cancer Society and other leaders are picking up the pieces - both good and bad - as COVID-19 becomes endemic.
Industry lobbyists urge Congress to approve a plan that will allow companies not yet generating revenue from their assets to sell NOL carryforwards to larger companies.
FDA
The House of Representatives voted on a bill that would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration more power to ensure biopharma companies run large follow-up trials to confirm accelerated approvals.
Bavarian Nordic announced the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has ordered an additional 500,000 doses of its monkeypox vaccine, Jynneos.
COVID-19 is turning out to be a particularly tenacious disease. And researchers are starting to understand why. Also, a new study found that COVID-19 deaths were higher in Republican-voting counties.
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly came under legal scrutiny this week, while BMS forked over $11 million to settle claims over anticompetitive tactics.
Calls for a reform of drug prices have become a regular occurrence, particularly in the midst of political campaigns. Yet a new report shows the median price of a new drug launched in 2021 was $180,000.
Pfizer’s Paxlovid shows benefits for vaccinated and unvaccinated patients for COVID-19, ages 65 and up while the White House indicates children under five could receive COVID vaccines by June 21.
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