The European Medicines Agency is starting a review of Gilead's remdesivir after reports that some patients taking the drug developed acute kidney injury.
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The White House doesn't seem likely to sign off on new emergency use authorization standards for COVID-19 vaccines proposed by the FDA, as top officials have raised objections to the guidance, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street…
Shipt, an online delivery service owned by Target, is now offering free flu shots at CVS pharmacies.
Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, part of the Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system, will open a new pharmacy at its Ottauquechee Health Center, Valley News reported.
Since President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 Oct. 1, he has been given a variety of drugs intended to shorten his recovery time and ease symptoms.
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The U.S. needs to strengthen its domestic drug-manufacturing capabilities and reduce its reliance on foreign suppliers, Martin VanTrieste, president and CEO of nonprofit generic drugmaker Civica Rx, wrote in an op-ed for STAT.
Bristol Myers Squibb on Oct. 5 inked a $13.1 billion deal to buy Brisbane, Calif.-based drugmaker MyoKardia, aiming to diversify its drug portfolio beyond oncology medicines.
A group of 16 drugmakers and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation signed a joint statement Sept. 30 promising that future COVID-19 therapies and vaccines will be distributed equally across the globe.
Two senators recently introduced a bill that would establish a subscription-style payment model to expand the antibiotic market.
A lawsuit accusing several drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of conspiring to fix prices for insulin can proceed, a Texas judge ruled Sept. 29, marking the first time drugmakers and PBMs will have to collectively defend their role in the…