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- Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/gsk-was-warned-repeatedly-about-zantac-risks-didnt-act-warnings-bloomberg 126 comments
- Pfizer eyes 400% price hike for Covid vaccine in private US market https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/pfizer-set-charge-between-110-and-130-covid-vaccine-when-us-goes-commercial-model 11 comments
- Side effects surface in 40% of patients on Biogen's Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/aria-side-effects-surface-40-patients-biogen-s-alzheimer-s-drug-aduhelm-jama 3 comments
- Germany considers banning the export of Novo Nordisk's Ozempic https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/germany-considers-banning-export-novo-nordisks-ozempic 17 comments wallstreetbets
- Eli Lilly slashes insulin prices by 70%, caps out-of-pocket costs in major access overhaul https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/lilly-slashes-insulin-prices-70-caps-out-pocket-costs-35-major-access-overhaul 11 comments upliftingnews
- Greece files €214M bribery suit against Novartis https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/greece-files-214-million-euro-bribery-suit-against-novartis 11 comments greece
- Johnson & Johnson says it regrets injecting prisoners with asbestos for scientific experiments, but such experiments were 'widely accepted' at the time. https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/jjs-funding-prison-experiment-surfaces-amid-ongoing-talc-litigation 8 comments science
- Sanofi taps McLaren to apply racing know-how to pharma manufacturing https://www.fiercepharma.com/content/sanofi-puts-mcclaren-passengers-seat-apply-formula-1-racing-know-how-pharma-manufacturing 3 comments formula1
- The FDA has approved Keytruda for treating patients with early renal cell carcinoma—the most common type of kidney cancer—at high or intermediate-high risk of recurrence after surgery, Merck said Thursday. The PD-1 inhibitor is the first immunotherapy to enter the field. https://www.fiercepharma.com/marketing/merck-s-keytruda-blockbuster-frontier-first-class-fda-approval-post-surgery-adjuvant 6 comments wallstreetbets
- Bristol Myers Squibb, after passing on Acceleron, now eyes Aurinia takeout: Bloomberg https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/bristol-myers-squibb-after-passing-acceleron-now-eyes-aurinia-takeout-bloomberg 11 comments wallstreetbets
- Going long on $NVO - DD https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/novo-nordisk-makes-headway-bid-to-rule-obesity-market-stunning-phase-3-semaglutide-data 9 comments stocks
- mRNA latecomer CureVac recruits Bayer to speed COVID-19 vaccine to market https://www.fiercepharma.com/vaccines/mrna-latecomer-curevac-finds-bayer-as-covid-19-vaccine-partner 2 comments europe
- Pfizer's vaccine needs to be stored at "-94° Fahrenheit, and will last for only 24 hours at refrigerated temps between 35.6° and 46.4°." Imagine getting paid $2 billion for a product that doesn't function outside of Pluto. https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/pfizer-moderna-s-covid-19-shot-rollouts-could-be-ice-as-analysts-question-cold 226 comments wallstreetbets
- With new settlement, Novartis has shelled out $1.3B for kickbacks, bribery and price fixing this year https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/novartis-shells-out-729m-to-settle-dragged-out-u-s-kickback-charges-limits-speaker-programs 7 comments economy
- Look for novel coronavirus treatments first, experts say, and vaccines are further off than you think https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/gilead-s-remdesivir-holds-promise-against-novel-coronavirus-experts-say-and-don-t-expect 3 comments worldnews
- Bayer donates millions of tablets of chloroquine to help in COVID-19 fight https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/bayer-preps-u-s-donation-malaria-med-chloroquine-to-help-covid-19-fight-report?fbclid=iwar1efc_vzxbsrjpxg-izik_ly89yeftfmmvnovv82iadpjr9uedgwekoav0 527 comments worldnews
- Bayer preps U.S. donation of malaria med chloroquine to help in COVID-19 fight: report https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/bayer-preps-u-s-donation-malaria-med-chloroquine-to-help-covid-19-fight-report 3 comments business
- China turns Roche arthritis drug Actemra against COVID-19 in new treatment guidelines https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma-asia/china-turns-roche-arthritis-drug-actemra-against-covid-19-new-treatment-guidelines 3 comments economy
- Chinese firm copies Gilead's remdesivir, the most promising drug against the new coronavirus https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma-asia/chinese-firm-copies-gilead-s-remdesivir-most-promising-drug-against-new-coronavirus 23 comments worldnews
- If Trump's 'serious' on drug pricing, Sanders says he's willing to pitch in http://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/if-trump-s-serious-drug-pricing-sanders-says-he-s-willing-to-pitch 16 comments politics
- Senate proposes incentivizing generic drugmakers to help control price hikes http://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/senate-proposes-incentivizing-generic-drugmakers-to-help-control-price-hikes 4 comments politics
- JAMA Study: "Although prices are often justified by the high cost of drug development, there is no evidence of an association between research and development costs and prices; rather, prescription drugs are priced in the United States primarily on the basis of what the market will bear." http://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/patent-schemes-hostage-government-payers-driving-u-s-drug-spending-report-says?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=1000019&mkt_tok=eyjpijoitnpbee4ytmlnelu0tkdfmyisinqioijwqkdcylq4vlzmmlh2mljwc241vgywy2ncl3rzynb6zkdlu0lnnlm5njq1dw5mzezhammxew9tnja1dm53azvksguyshdcl2ffv1m3b3orotnytctssvwvvg5wnw1ocxhkadnamvuwwfr1nwzsaz0ifq%3D%3D 56 comments science
- Big Pharma steps up fight to defeat California drug pricing proposal http://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/big-pharma-steps-up-fight-against-california-drug-pricing-proposal 3 comments politics
- Compounder targets Turing's now-pricey Daraprim with $1-per-pill alternative http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/compounder-targets-turings-now-pricey-daraprim-1-pill-alternative/2015-10-22 4 comments worldnews
- Turing Pharma price hike debacle tars entire pharma industry's reputation http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/turing-pharma-price-hike-debacle-tars-entire-pharma-industrys-reputation/2015-09-23?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal 9 comments worldnews
- Romania launches bribery probe into 11 drugmakers http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/romania-launches-bribery-probe-11-drugmakers/2015-07-31 13 comments europe
- What price MS therapy? Thanks to price hikes, $50K-plus, even for decades-old meds. "The simplest explanation is that pharmaceutical companies raise prices...in the United States to increase profits, and our healthcare system puts no limits on these increases," the researchers wrote. http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/what-price-ms-therapy-thanks-price-hikes-50k-plus-even-decades-old-meds/2015-04-27?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal 26 comments science
- Gilead offers India a 99% discount on the Hepatitis C cure, Sovaldi. Today, India responds by rejecting Gilead's patent. http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/gileads-sovaldi-latest-casualty-indias-patent-crusade/2015-01-15 7 comments worldnews
- Costly Vertex Drug is Denied and Medicaid Patients Sue http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/arkansas-stiff-arms-cf-patients-seeking-vertexs-300k-drug-kalydeco-wsj/2014-07-17?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss 5 comments politics
- On topic of yesterday's buzz about ARIA buyout http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/iclusig-back-market-would-eli-lilly-bid-ariad-would-anyone/2014-01-23 12 comments stocks
Linking pages
- UPDATE: Pfizer's oral COVID-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 89%, sending team barreling to FDA | Fierce Biotech https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/pfizer-s-oral-covid-19-antiviral-cuts-hospitalization-death-by-85-sending-team-barreling-to 1270 comments
- Bayer donates millions of tablets of chloroquine to help in COVID-19 fight | Fierce Pharma https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/bayer-preps-u-s-donation-malaria-med-chloroquine-to-help-covid-19-fight-report 530 comments
- 'Fantastic technology and a lousy company': Second Sight's 'bionic eyes' have gone obsolete while still implanted, report finds | Fierce Biotech https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/second-sights-bionic-eyes-have-gone-obsolete-while-still-implanted-report-finds 248 comments
- Pfizer, Moderna's coronavirus shot rollouts could freeze up, experts say, citing cold-storage needs | Fierce Pharma https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/pfizer-moderna-s-covid-19-shot-rollouts-could-be-ice-as-analysts-question-cold 226 comments
- 23andme gets a $300M investment from GlaxoSmithKline, forms 50-50 R&D pact | Fierce Biotech https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/glaxosmithkline-makes-300m-investment-23andme-forms-50-50-r-d-pact 222 comments
- First HIV 'cure' comes with a very big catch | Fierce Biotech http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/first-hiv-cure-comes-very-big-catch/2010-12-15 216 comments
- FDA grants Roche coronavirus test emergency green light within 24 hours | Fierce Biotech https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/fda-grants-roche-coronavirus-test-emergency-green-light-within-24-hours 139 comments
- Targeting a toll-like receptor could attack the root cause of lupus | Fierce Biotech https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/targeting-a-toll-like-receptor-could-attack-root-cause-lupus 137 comments
- GSK was warned repeatedly about Zantac impurity but played down risks: Bloomberg | Fierce Pharma https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/gsk-was-warned-repeatedly-about-zantac-risks-didnt-act-warnings-bloomberg 126 comments
- Life Bio gene therapy restores visual function in primates https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/life-biosciences-gene-therapy-restores-vision-primates-naion 121 comments
- Dendreon: Provenge to cost $93K for full course of treatment | Fierce Biotech http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/dendreon-provenge-cost-93k-full-course-treatment/2010-04-29 106 comments
- Excision's CRISPR gene editing therapy for HIV is heading into human testing after FDA clearance | Fierce Biotech https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/excision-hiv-crispr-gene-editing-therapy-cleared-for-human-studies-by-fda 98 comments
- Patients and prescription drugs: Physician challenges | Fierce Healthcare https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/two-common-challenges-physicians-face-patients-and-drugs 96 comments
- Know Labs unveils pocket-sized glucose monitor that swaps fingersticks for radiofrequency sensors | Fierce Biotech https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/know-labs-unveils-pocket-sized-glucose-monitor-swaps-fingersticks-for-radiofrequency 92 comments
- Google, Epic ink deal to migrate EHRs to the cloud https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/google-epic-ink-deal-migrate-hospital-ehrs-cloud-ramp-use-ai-analytics 75 comments
- BioNTech CEO applies COVID-19 vaccine's mRNA tech to multiple sclerosis | Fierce Biotech https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/biontech-ceo-turns-covid-19-vaccine-s-mrna-tech-against-multiple-sclerosis 71 comments
- Could gene therapy be the solution to obesity and diabetes? | Fierce Biotech https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/could-gene-therapy-be-solution-to-obesity-and-diabetes 67 comments
- The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath - The New York Times http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/us/the-soaring-cost-of-a-simple-breath.html?from=us 57 comments
- Patent schemes, hostage government payers driving U.S. drug spending, report says | Fierce Pharma http://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/patent-schemes-hostage-government-payers-driving-u-s-drug-spending-report-says?amp%3Bmkt_tok=eyjpijoitnpbee4ytmlnelu0tkdfmyisinqioijwqkdcylq4vlzmmlh2mljwc241vgywy2ncl3rzynb6zkdlu0lnnlm5njq1dw5mzezhammxew9tnja1dm53azvksguyshdcl2ffv1m3b3orotnytctssvwvvg5wnw1ocxhkadnamvuwwfr1nwzsaz0ifq%3D%3D&%3Bmrkid=1000019&%3Butm_source=internal 56 comments
- UT Austin scientists design safer Cas9 with improved CRISPR gene editing accuracy | Fierce Biotech https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/ut-austin-scientists-design-safer-cas9-improved-crispr-gene-editing-accuracy 56 comments