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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

The new initiative, Care Studio, aims at doctors rather than patients. Then there is the cost of generic drugs. A recent study in the An­nals of In­ter­nal Med­i­cine took a look at al­most 90 gener­ic drugs that the Medicare Part D pro­gram pays for, find­ing that Medicare could’ve saved $3.6

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Exforge antitrust settlement caps Novartis’ year of legal disputes

Pharmaceutical Technology

The agreement outlined that Par would keep its generic equivalent off the market for as many as two years, delaying the generic launch till September 30, 2014. These actions allegedly led to the extension of Novartis’ patents. Please check your email to download the Report.

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Teva shares slide as it faces illegal kickback charges from US government

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.” This is the latest in a string of legal troubles for the Israel-based pharma in the US, where it already faces lawsuits that it improperly marketed an opioid painkiller, and colluded with other pharma companies to fix the price of generic drugs.

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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

Pharmacy Checkers

The FDA’s capacity to evaluate new and generic drug applications and its oversight over drug manufacturing are why we have this degree of assurance. There are 19,000 approved prescription drugs for marketing in the U.S. Of course, the faster a safe and effective medicine can come to market, the better.

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Teva Announces Launch of an Authorized Generic of Epiduo® Forte Gel (adapalene and benzoyl peroxide gel 0.3%/2.5%), in the U.S.

The Pharma Data

The launch of our first-to-market authorized generic version of Epiduo® Forte Gel in the U.S. provides patients with another important treatment option,” said Christine Baeder, SVP, Chief Operating Officer US Generics, Teva USA. Currently, 1 in 11 generic prescriptions dispensed in the U.S.

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The Chemotherapy Drug Shortage: An Unprecedented Crisis

XTalks

The crisis is particularly concerning given that cisplatin and similar platinum-based drugs are prescribed for an estimated ten to 20 percent of all cancer patients, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI)​​.

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Modafinil alternatives: BEST cognitive enhancers

Druggist

A doctor or another qualified prescriber can only prescribe POMs. Well defined licensed use for modafinil means that an NHS doctor would only prescribe it to treat narcolepsy after an appropriate referral is made to a specialist. Is modafinil a smart drug? Modafinil alternatives: conclusion. What is modafinil?

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