Camber Pharmaceuticals issued a voluntary recall of one lot of its Montelukast sodium tablets after the bottles were found to contain the wrong drug.
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The FDA is expanding its investigation into valsartan heart drugs, which are used to control blood pressure and prevent heart failure, after discovering an ingredient used in the products is a probable human carcinogen.
In a move expected to save the health system $23 million annually, Boston-based Partners HealthCare has launched its own specialty pharmacy, according to The Boston Business Journal.
Insys Therapeutics must face a lawsuit filed by Aetna that accuses the pharmaceutical company of defrauding the insurer into paying claims for the wrong type of opioid, a federal judge ruled Aug. 24, according to Reuters.
Drugmaker Accord Healthcare issued a nationwide recallfor one lot of its generic high blood pressure medication after a potentially life-threatening labeling mix up.
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Emergent Biosolutions will acquire Adapt Pharma, the maker of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan, for $735 million, according to Bloomberg.
Brand name drugmakers may see another big win as a result of apreliminary trade dealbetween the U.S. and Mexico. As part of the pact, which seeks to update the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, drugmakers will get 10 years…
In response to heightened pressure from the government and the public to lower drug prices, many of the world's largest pharma companies have shelved price hikes for the remainder of the year — sparking debate on whether these freezes will make a…
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, the drugmaker's over-the-counter division, is recalling one lot of bubble gum-flavored children's Advil suspension because of a dosage labeling error, according to USA Today.
When the New England Compounding Center (NECC) tragedy struck in September 2012, causing 64 deaths and 753 injuries from fungal meningitis, the result of tainted steroid injections prepared by a drug manufacturer masquerading as a compounding pharmacy, journalists called me…