Tag Archives: Pharmaceutical industry

Novartis Heart Failure Drug faces European Setbacks

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European regulators have dealt a setback to a novel heart failure drug under development by Novartis. The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended...

How To Prevent Antibiotic Apocalypse

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Want to protect your kids from drug-resistant bacteria? Open your  wallet. Governments and insurance companies need to commit to paying 10 or 50 times more than they already do if industry is...

The Coming Patentocalpyse

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At 7:30 pm on December last year, when New York City was getting ready to celebrate the end of 2013, Anthony Hayes was driving to the offices of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, a securities law...
    






WellDoc Raises $20 Million To Market First Mobile Prescription For Diabetes Management

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WellDoc, which sells a type 2 diabetes interactive management program on a mobile device, raised $20 million from Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and Windham Venture Partners. “Big pharma is...
    






Beyond Economics: How Price Controls Are Killing Millions Of Patients

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Due to maximum-wage policies, it currently takes about a decade for working medical therapies to reach patients. Stronger incentives in the clinical trial process responsible for the delays would...
    






The Avorn-Stossel Debate On GSK Halting Payment To Doctors For Drug Promotion

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GSK recently announced that it would no longer pay doctors to promote its drugs, a move that has generated a good deal of discussion.  The PBS Newshour entered the fray by featuring a debate between...
    






The Best Black Friday 2012 Smartphone Sales Revealed

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Happy Thanksgiving or should I say Cyber Black Thursday. Whatever, the Black Frlday 2012 sales are going on today and offer plenty of smartphone deals. We have analyzed the smartphone deals...

Black Friday 2012 Smartphone Sales are Here

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Happy Thanksgiving or should I say Cyber Black Thursday. Whatever, the Black Frlday 2012 sales are going on today and offer plenty of smartphone deals. We have analyzed the smartphone deals...

The Top 10 Best Black Friday 2012 Smartphone Deals Crowned

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We have analyzed the smartphone deals advertised in the Black Friday 2012 Ads and selected the best smartphone deals listed below. The best deals though are already on sale today on Amazon Wireless....