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Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler |
The Drug Shortages Struggle Clamor for critical therapies prompts probes of prices, production practices. |
Chemistry World November 2, 2011 Rebecca Trager |
Escalating Drug Dearth Spooks White House Manufacturing problems are the principal reason for the rapid growth in drug shortages. |
Chemistry World October 23, 2013 Sarah Houlton |
Pharma manufacturing woes dog industry Many problems arise from quality control failures, according to Nicholson Price from Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom center for health law policy, biotechnology and bioethics, this is not the only problem -- regulatory constraints can prevent process improvements being made. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Fleshing Out FDASIA Medical apps, e-submissions, counterfeit drugs, and imports tucked into fairly "clean" user-fee renewal legislation. In late June leading legislators reached across party lines to quickly approve the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Shortages and Sunshine Disclosure rules the day, as industry confronts demands to report supply problems, results of clinical trials, and payment to doctors. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Pharma Challenges for 2014 Pricing and personalized medicine are key themes shaping drug development and marketing |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2013 |
FDA Pursues Delicate Balancing Act The Agency struggles to ensure access to needed medicines while minimizing potential risks, writes Jill Wechsler. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
New Year, New Issues Look for action in 2012 on drug access, shortages, innovation, and transparency. The 800-pound gorilla in the room is the looming Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Obama health reform legislation. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Big Production Drug manufacturing costs too much and is cumbersome to regulate. FDA's answer: Quality by design, which shifts the emphasis from testing the final product to building quality into the manufacturing process from the beginning. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2013 Jill Wechsler |
Seeking Supply Chain Security FDA wants pharma leaders to do more to ensure drug quality at home and abroad. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2013 Jill Wechsler |
Breakthrough Year for New Drugs More new medicines gained market approval, but marketers face resistance from payers looking to cut healthcare spending. |
Managed Care February 2008 Martin Sipkoff |
FDA Approach to Generics May Be a Mixed Blessing A recently announced initiative is supposed to speed approval of generic drugs, but does it address some fundamental flaws in the approval process? |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Pre-emption and States' Rights Pharma backs federal standards for compassionate use, drug importing, data transparency, and track-and-trace. |
The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Brian Orelli |
A Billion-Dollar Market to Open "Very Soon" Biosimilar drugs are finally coming to the U.S. |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Brian Lawler |
The Coming Generic Drug Boom Generic drugmakers are poised to profit from several key factors. Investors, take note. |
Chemistry World December 22, 2011 Sarah Houlton |
Pharma braces for patent cliff impact It remains to be seen quite how far Lipitor sales will fall. Ranbaxy has six months of exclusivity for generic competition. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 William Looney |
The Long Swim -- Upstream As we near the midway point in the "tween" decade, there is good fortune in store for those in the pharmaceutical industry with the perspective that comes with the long view. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Changes and Challenges at FDA New user fee programs precipitate major changes at an agency under constant and intense scrutiny. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Jill Wechsler |
Transformation to Characterize 2013 FDA policies will reshape drug development, while pressure to cut healthcare spending may alter drug coverage and pricing. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2006 Ron Feemster |
Thought Leader: Q&A with Joel A. Tune Pharma still enlists contract manufacturers as safety valves, but today's drug developers have also begun to outsource the production of increasingly complicated compounds while they are still in clinical trials. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Innovation and Collaboration A rash of "pro-innovative" approaches for testing and regulating medical products offer ways to speed more new products to market. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: A Warning Trend Washington's new answer to drug safety concerns is more warnings and more disclosure of undigested data. But warnings can go too far. Haven't FDA's critics ever heard the story of the boy who cried wolf? |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2007 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: A Full Plate It's going to be a busy year in Washington for the pharmaceutical industry. Drug safety, unapproved uses, e-data requirements, and a shift to personalized medicine are just a few of the hot issues on tap for 2007. |
Chemistry World February 6, 2014 Phillip Broadwith |
Generics give injectables a shot Generics companies are scrabbling for footholds in the world of sterile injectable products. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Budgets, Biosimilars, and Bad Ads While the nation was embroiled in the presidential elections, a number of important legal and regulatory issues absorbed pharmaceutical executives. |
Chemistry World February 14, 2012 Rebecca Trager |
FDA proposes biosimilars approval pathway The US Food and Drug Administration has released its long awaited guidance to assist in the development and approval of so-called 'biosimilars' - biological drugs that are very similar to licensed ones. |
The Motley Fool March 3, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Stop Worrying About Follow-On Biologics They're inevitable, but they won't hurt biotech as much as you might think. |
HBS Working Knowledge November 17, 2003 Martha Lagace |
The Politics of Innovation Mark B. McClellan, the new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, described what the FDA is doing to bridge the gap between the high cost of innovation and patients' demand for lower prices. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Crawford Steps Up As FDA's new commissioner takes the reins, his key challenge is restoring trust in the agency. |
Managed Care September 2003 Thomas Morrow |
Managed Care Strategy: Create Competition In Expanding Biotech Field The biotech field is booming, and insurers are scrambling to find ways to deal with the high costs of new "biologic" treatments. One strategy is to try to create more competition among the producers of biotech drugs. |
Searcher June 2012 Stephanie C. Ardito |
The Medical Digital: How Safe Are the Prescription Drugs we Take? Monitoring Adverse Events and Recalls For general information about prescription and clinical trial drugs, the following websites have been around for a while and have excellent reputations. |
Chemistry World June 22, 2011 Sarah Houlton |
US Approves Cancer Drugs Twice as Fast as Europe Cancer drugs are, on average, approved nearly twice as fast in the US than they are in Europe. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2006 Clinton & Wechsler |
What Ever Happened to Critical Path FDA's ambitious program to improve drug development disappeared from view almost as soon as it was announced. Suddenly, it's back, but is it here to stay? |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2006 Bryan Luce |
Back Page: Taking Hold of the Wheel Healthcare decision makers do not consistently consider drugs' value. FDA needs to be pressured to change its stance on communicating economic evidence. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2009 Jill Wechsler |
FDA Turnaround Time Will more resources and new leadership fix FDA, or is a major overhaul in order? |
American Family Physician December 1, 2000 William M. Rados |
Online Information for Health Care Professionals The home page of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has undergone a major revision. The agency's Web site, which includes more than 100,000 documents, is now easier to search and covers the full scope of the FDA's activities... |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2008 Jill Wechsler |
Foreign Affairs FDA missteps and global outsourcing are drawing Congressional scrutiny and prompting new oversight approaches. |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2012 Ron Cohen |
FDA's Necessary Dose of Reality There's no fast-acting salve, but there are several steps that can be taken to streamline many of the procedures at FDA. And it begins with leadership. |
The Motley Fool June 25, 2007 Brian Orelli |
Leading the Pack of Follow-On Drug Makers Generic drug maker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is taking a huge risk to get ahead of the pack, but it's well worth the rewards of being in front of its competitors. Investors, take note. |
Chemistry World August 5, 2013 Maria Burke |
Execution drug cannot be imported into US In a case brought by death row inmates in Tennessee, Arizona and California, a three-judge panel for the District of Columbia agreed with a previous ruling barring the FDA from allowing imports of sodium thiopental. |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
When Talk is Not So Cheap FDA and industry are pushing user fees, while they struggle with curbs on communications. |
Managed Care May 2006 John Carroll |
Effective Ways To Increase Usage of Generics Generics is one of the few areas where insurance plans can economize effectively. BlueCross & BlueShield of North Carolina is one of many insurers that are changing members' and prescribers' behavior. |
Managed Care July 2001 Maureen Glabman |
Provider Shortage Puts HMOs In Bind Increasing demand for physicians and physician extenders is starting to strain the system. To a large extent, this is unexpected bitter fruit of managed care's labor... |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: The Pendulum Swings FDA cracks down on safety. Haven't we been here before? Perhaps in the end, the public will have a better understanding of the dangers associated with all pharmaceuticals and how virtually impossible it is to guarantee a risk-free medical treatment. |
Managed Care April 2002 Paula Sirois |
HMOs Should Prepare Now To Get Handle on Injectables With more than 360 biotech products in the pipeline, high-cost injectable drugs are about to flood the market. How will we control the expenditure? |
Chemistry World February 12, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Hospira buyout is a shot in the arm for Pfizer's biosimilars Pfizer said in a statement that its acquisition of Hospira will create 'a leading global sterile injectables business. |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Brian Lawler |
Is the FDA Still Approving New Drugs? Lately the FDA seems more reluctant to approve new drugs than it once was. Let's take a look at the actual numbers from the past eight years. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler |
Rebates and Reform User-fee renewal legislation sets the stage for new policies affecting reimbursement, research, and regulatory oversight. |
BusinessWeek May 3, 2004 John Carey |
Is Reimporting Drugs A Cheap Fix? Not Really Why reimporting drugs from Canada won't work in the long run |
CIO June 25, 2013 Maryfran Johnson |
The Dangers of Disconnected Data CIOs in the food and pharma industries confront unique challenges in untangling complex supply chains to ensure product safety and availability. |