Medications

Bayer vows to fight for patent on anti-cancer drug in India

German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer, maker of Aspirin, vowed Monday to fight a ruling by the patent authorities in India allowing a local company to produce and sell a generic copy of its anti-cancer drug Nexavar.

Medications

A legal approach to reducing drug spending

In a new analysis published in the May issue of Health Affairs, Aaron Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH, associate professor of medicine and director of the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology ...

Medications

Ranbaxy CEO planning expansion in US, elsewhere

(AP) — The head of Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. says he's charging ahead with plans to expand sales in the crucial U.S. market, despite extra oversight from American regulators over quality questions that ...

Medications

Court: Can generic drug maker be sued over design?

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether generic drug manufacturers can be sued in state court for a drug's design defects after federal officials approved the brand-name version.

Medications

AstraZeneca settles legal dispute with Watson (Update)

(AP)—Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has settled a patent dispute with Watson Laboratories, Inc., removing a threat against its top-selling cholesterol-control drug, Crestor.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

University releases beta of COVID-19 exit strategy simulator

A team at the University of Luxembourg's Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), led by SnT Vice-Director Yves Le Traon, has developed an online tool to simulate COVID-19 exit strategy planning ...

Health

Japan firm says skin stain complaints top 7,000

Japanese cosmetics maker Kanebo said Monday the number of complaints about skin discolouring from using its whitening products has topped 7,000 from customers both at home and abroad.

Health

GOP health bill still a mystery before planned vote

The Senate will move forward with a key vote this week on a Republican health bill but it's not yet known whether the legislation will seek to replace President Barack Obama's health care law or simply repeal it.

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