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Novartis raises drug sales forecast, plans new stock buybacks

Bio Pharma Dive

The pharma company, which will soon split off its generic drug unit, plans to repurchase up to $15 billion of its shares through the end of 2025.

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Inflation threatens supply of life-saving generics to Europe

Pharmaceutical Technology

Inflation at its current levels poses a major threat to generics production and usage. Since the summer, generics makers have been signalling that additional support for help with rising costs is required to keep generics production viable. Inflation can damage production viability of European drugs.

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Should we be worried about pharma’s supply chain?

World of DTC Marketing

QUICK READ: Pharma supply chain issues are a concern for us all but especially patients. The goal of getting a drug to market as fast as possible so they can recoup drug development costs has the potential for mistakes that could cost lives. We can’t continue to develop drugs the same way as we have done before.

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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

PBMs, insurers, pharma companies, and hospitals don’t want to give up their profits even if it’s better for the general population. Then there is the cost of generic drugs. bil­lion in 2020 if it had pur­chased 77 of 89 drugs from Cuban’s firm.

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PBMs and insurers want your prescription money

World of DTC Marketing

The drug industry deserves its share of the blame for the high prices of medications, but the truth is that prescription medications are so profitable that many others want their share of the money. Pharma companies have very little control over patients’ prices for their Rxs. Let’s take a step back for a minute.

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In the News: October Regulatory and Development Updates

Camargo

When the FDA requires a product’s labeling to include a boxed warning (also called a “black box warning” because the text is surrounded by black border), the potential market value of the drug often drops severely. Presumably, Antares’ long-established 90-person urology sales force can achieve pull-thru of this drug product.

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Common sense approach to the pharma industry

World of DTC Marketing

Pharma companies are still too focused on profits while people continue to rely on prescription drugs to compensate for unhealthy lifestyles. The headline and byline in a Times editorial said it all “Don’t Fall for Big Pharma’s Savior Act, Heroic work went into the development of the coronavirus vaccines.