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With High Deductible Health Plans, It Pays To Shop Around For Care

When Maria and Vadim Brodsky's then 7-year-old daughter needed an MRI two years ago to examine a tumor in her head, they took her to a hospital in their health plan’s network and were dismayed to receive a $4,500 bill. The couple had a $6,000 deductible on their family plan. And even though the bill was reduced to $3,000 — the price the provider and insurer had agreed to by contract &...

FDA Painkiller Abuse Concerns Creating Opportunity For Pfizer

ByCory Renauer:In case you haven't heard, pain medication abuse is getting pretty bad. In the U.S., deaths from prescription painkillers are outpacing those from heroin and cocaine combined. The FDA has noticed and is inadvertently creating new opportunities for pharmaceutical companies in a couple ways. First, the FDA is enthusiastically approving new abuse-resistant versions of popular drugs wit...

Impax launches authorized generic of Zomig, as Mylan debuts copy of Tricor in USA

US drugmaker Impax Laboratories (Nasdaq: IPXL) says that its generics division, Global Pharmaceuticals, commenced shipment of an authorized generic version of Zomig (zolmitriptan) tablets and orally disintegrating tablets, 2.5mg and 5mg, in the USA,...

A Broad Look At Teva's Pipeline

By StockRiters:Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA) is a widely followed Israel-based global pharmaceutical company; however, besides its popular Copaxone drug, I did not find a lot of studies about the other drug candidates in its pipeline. The company is primarily involved in development, manufacturing and marketing of a wide range of products in specialty medicines, generic and OTC products, active pharm...

Mylan Launches Generic Tricor® Tablets

PITTSBURGH, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has shipped Fenofibrate Tablets, 48 mg and 145 mg. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for this product, which is the generic version of Abbvie Inc.'s Tricor&#...

Impax announces shipment of authorized generic Zomig tablets and orally disintegrating tablets

Impax Laboratories, Inc. today announced that its generics division, Global Pharmaceuticals, commenced shipment of authorized generic Zomig (zolmitriptan) tablets and orally disintegrating tablets, 2.5 mg and 5 mg, in the U.S., as part of a Distribut...

The AAPS Journal: Bioequivalence for Locally Acting Nasal Spray and Nasal Aerosol Products: Standard Development and Generic Approval

Type: Brief CommunicationDemonstrating bioequivalence (BE) for nasal spray/aerosol products for local action has been very challenging because the relationship between the drug in systemic circulation and the drug reaching the nasal site of action ha...

Statins May Reduce Exercise Benefits For Obese Adults

Statins, the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide, are often suggested to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease in individuals with obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of medical disorders including excess body fa...

News and press releases: European Medicines Agency reiterates PRAC recommendation for Diane 35 and generics

Following the conclusion of the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) that the benefits of Diane 35 and its generics outweigh the risks in a specific patient group, the French National Agency for the Safety of Medicine and Health Product...

[Redx] licenses cFMS program from [Pharmascience]

[Redx Pharma Ltd.] (employs a medicinal chemistry platform to improve profiles of existing drugs) has licensed development and commercialization rights to an immune-based cancer program from [Pharmascience Inc.] (Canadian branded and generic drug com...

Deals Of The Week Is Keeping Score – Valeant Wants Actavis, Which Covets Warner Chilcott …

Whether the pastime is baseball, Broadway or the daytime soaps, the old adage is that you can’t keep track of the players without a scorecard. The M&A front involving specialty pharma and generic drug makers has become similarly frenzied, as Ca...

DEALTALK: Warner Chilcott buy may be Actavis' best takeover defense

NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. generic drugmaker Actavis , the subject of intense takeover speculation, may have found its best defense: a potential purchase of Warner Chilcott Plc, a specialty pharmaceutical company that has been for sale on and...

Benefits of Diane 35 and generics outweigh risks in specific patient group, says EMA unit; other actions

The European Medicines Agency's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has concluded that the benefits of Diane 35 (cyproterone acetate 2mg, ethinylestradiol 35mcg) and its generics outweigh the risks, provided that several measures are t...

AmerisourceBergen Receives Regulatory Approval of Walgreens and Alliance Boots Equity Investment

AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE: ABC) today announced that the parties have received regulatory approval of the previously disclosed agreement for Walgreen Co. and Alliance Boots GmbH to purchase an equity stake in the Company. On March 19, 2013, AmerisourceBergen announced that it had entered into a strategic, long-term relationship with Walgreens and...

Beware copycat probes after Sanofi generics case

This week's €40.6 million fine against Sanofi could presage further investigations into the legality of techniques used by pharmaceutical companies to protect their franchises from generic competition. However, with the lack of previous cases....

Impax Labs launches Generic Version of Zomig

Impax Laboratories Inc. said Friday it is now selling a generic version of the migraine drug Zomig. Impax is now selling a low-cost generic version of Zomig tablets and orally disintegrating Zomig tablets in two strengths. Zomig, or zolmitriptan, is...

Mylan's Generic Version Of Tricor Tablets For Cholesterol Gets FDA Approval

CANONSBURG (dpa-AFX) - Generic drug maker Mylan Inc. (MYL), Friday said its unit Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated N...

Forcing TRIPS on poorest countries threatens generics firms

Generics companies are likely to suffer if a plea from the world's poorest countries to be exempt from tough international intellectual property rights protection rules is ignored, warns Médecins Sans Frontières. Forcing least developed.....

Impax Laboratories Launches Authorized Generic of Zomig (zolmitriptan) Tablets and Orally Disintegrating Tablets in the U.S.

Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPXL) today announced that its generics division, Global Pharmaceuticals, commenced shipment of authorized generic Zomig® (zolmitriptan) tablets and orally disintegrating tablets, 2.5 mg and 5 mg, in the U.S., as part of a Distribution, License, Development and Supply Agreement with AstraZeneca UK Limited (AstraZeneca)....

EU watchdog backs Bayer acne drug for certain patients

LONDON (Reuters) - Bayer's acne pill Diane 35 and its generic versions are safe to use in certain women when other options have failed, the European Medicines Agency said on Friday.

News and press releases: Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 13-16 May 2013

European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has concluded that the benefits of Diane 35 (cyproterone acetate 2 mg, ethinylestradiol 35 micrograms) and its generics outweigh the risks in a specific patient group, p...

News and press releases: Benefits of Diane 35 and generics outweigh risks in specific patient group

The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has concluded that the benefits of Diane 35 (cyproterone acetate 2 mg, ethinylestradiol 35 micrograms) and its generics outweigh the risks, provided that several mea...

Mylan Launches Generic Tricor Tablets

PITTSBURGH, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has shipped Fenofibrate Tablets, 48 mg and 145 mg. Mylan Pharmaceut...

Acura Pharmaceuticals Is Grossly Undervalued And Poised For Rapid Growth

By StockPro2X:Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ACUR) is very undervalued at its current price per share in the lower 2's and has a very bright future. I began formulating this article prior to the announcement by the FDA that they were pulling commonly abused generic drugs such as generic OxyContin off the market; it was basically a gift to Acura cornering that multibillion-dollar market for abuse res...

Acorda Therapeutics’ Legal Department Recognized on Best Legal Departments List by Corporate Counsel Magazine

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) today announced that the Company’s Legal department has been selected by Corporate Counsel magazine as one of the four “Best Legal Departments 2013.” “We are delighted by this honor,” said Jane Wasman, Acorda’s President, International and General Counsel. “As a department, we aim to creativel...