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ChromaDex to move forward with patent infringement action, following unsuccessful challenge by Elysium Health during Inter Partes Review (IPR)
In its year-end financial report, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) predicted product sales for 2019 to range from $80.4 billion to $81.2 billion, about $1 to $2 billion below what Wall Street analysts projected. The company thinks this will largely be due to increased biosimilar competition.
A documentary about Theranos will be shown at Sundance, while ABC News will unveil its own documentary on the company this week.
China government officials told the Xinhua News Agency that the researcher who became world famous for using CRISPR on human embryos “will be transferred to public security authorities,” and the individuals involved in the research will be “severely dealt with according to the law.”
The U.S. government has been pushing to increase access to experimental drugs over the last two years. On August 18, 2018, the RACE for Children Act was signed into law as part of the 2017 FDA Reauthorization Act, which amended the Pediatric Research Equity Act (PREA).
U.S. federal lawmakers are discussing various legislative plans that could lower the out-of-pocket expenses many Americans pay for their medications. The plans are coming from both chambers of Congress and with a divided government, lines in the sand will likely be drawn.
The notorious legacy of OxyContin continues to be a major black mark against Purdue Pharmaceuticals. And that mark is only getting worse as a court case against the opioid manufacturer has revealed company officials used deceptive marketing practices to boost sales of the drug.
Opioid drugmakers being sued in the state of Connecticut are breathing a big sigh of relief today after a judge dismissed lawsuits filed by 37 different municipal governments.
Swiss pharma giant Novartis has found itself at the center of a legal battle that could determine if the company engaged in a research project that was a kickback in disguise.
Federal corporate tax cuts that were framed as a way to give a boost to employment across the United States have been more beneficial to companies and shareholders than the average worker or consumer, a new report issued by the advocacy group Americans for Tax Fairness shows.
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