Legal

A former Valeant Pharmaceuticals and a former Philidor Rx Services have been found guilty of using a kickback scheme to defraud the company.
Two months after a setback in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congress has authorized “right to try” legislation.
Allergan has gone to great lengths to defend the patents for its blockbuster dry-eye drug Restasis and it looks like the company will have to head back to court again.
In order to drive the manufacture of affordable generic drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is naming names of companies that have attempted to block competition.
Basel, Switzerland-based Novartis announced that between the ASCO meeting and the 23rd Annual Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) meeting being held June 14 to 17 in Stockholm, Sweden, it will be presenting 84 abstracts.
Wednesday was the big day for pharma and biotech companies to unveil abstracts ahead of the annual American Society of Oncology meeting in Chicago next month. Some companies have unveiled positive results that are making investors happy, while others… not so much.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and its developmental partner Sanofi are eying the third quarter of this year to seek regulatory approval for Dupixent (dupilumab) as a potential monotherapy treatment for moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis in adolescents.
FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer’s Retacrit (epoetin alfa-epbx), a biosimilar to Amgen’s Epogen/Procrit (epoetin alfa). The drugs treat anemia caused by chronic kidney disease, chemotherapy, or use of zidovudine in HIV patients.
Members of the U.S. Senate are not done with Novartis regarding payment to Trump attorney.
Shares of Perrigo have yet to rebound following the company’s weekend announcement that it expects the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue a Complete Response Letter for its generic version of Teva’s ProAir asthma inhaler.
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