An advisory panel for the Food and Drug Administration concluded Wednesday a serious warning on the label of Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix should be removed, according to Reuters,
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Dublin, Ireland-based Allergan will purchase Fort Washington, Pa.-based clinical-stage biotechnology company Vitae Pharmaceuticals for $639 million, twice its market value, according to The Wall Street Journal.
A bipartisan group of Senate and House members on Thursday will introduce a bill that would require drugmakers to justify to HHS any price increase of more than 10 percent at least one month before the new price takes effect,…
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch will appear before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Sept. 21 to explain why EpiPens, which cost $57 per pen in 2007, now run for more than $600 for a two-pack, according…
The largest driver of high drug costs in the U.S. may be government practices that allow drug companies to develop large monopolies on their products, according to a study featured in the Journal of American Medical Association.
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Hanjin Shipping, the world's seventh largest container carrier, filed for bankruptcy two weeks ago, stranding thousands of shipping containers at sea and creating a shortage in the U.S., reported Fortune.
Ajilon Professional Staffing recently conducted a survey that indicated salaries for supply chain executives will increase by 2.9 percent in 2017, a jump from the 2 percent projection for 2016, reported Logistics Management.
An independent trucking group is urging a federal appeals court panel to stop a government regulation that would require drivers to use electronic logging devices to track their hours on the road, reports The Wall Street Journal.
The Food and Drug Administration approved the VisuMax Femtosecond Laser for use in a surgical procedure to reduce or eliminate myopia — nearsightedness — in patients.
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Shire's new drug Cuvitru to treat patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases.