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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