Feb 25, 2010
By:
Susan Haigney
Arnesto Segredo of Miami, Florida, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for conspiring to divert prescription drugs.
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Oct 1, 2009
By:
Susan Haigney
On September 25, the European Medicines Agency's (EMEA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended the authorization of two vaccines for use in Europe against the H1N1 influenza: GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) Pandemrix and Novartis's Focetria.
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Apr 23, 2009
By:
Susan Haigney
Pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer announced on April 16, 2009 that they are joining forces to create a new HIV-focused drug company.
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Mar 26, 2009
By:
Susan Haigney
On March 19, 2009, IMS, the leading provider of market research for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, reported that annual sales of prescriptions in the US grew 1.3% from 287.6 billion in 2007 to 291.5 billion in 2008.
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Mar 5, 2009
By:
Susan Haigney
President Obama nominated Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as his new Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Feb 26, 2009
By:
Susan Haigney
The US Food and Drug Administration stated its considerations in regards to the three draft annexes to the International Conference on Harmonization's Q4B document.
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Nov 26, 2008
By:
Susan Haigney
In a letter to Acting Comptroller General Gene Dodaro dated November 19, 2008, Congressman Joe Barton (R-Texas) requested that the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the US Food and Drug Administration's handling of the highly-publicized, tainted heparin scare that occurred in 2007 and 2008.
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Sep 25, 2008
By:
Susan Haigney
In an effort to clarify its policy on the use and creation of genetically engineered animals (GE animals), the US Food and Drug Administration released the draft guidance "The Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals Containing Heritable rDNA Constructs" on September 18.
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Sep 18, 2008
By:
Susan Haigney
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued two warning letters to Ranbaxy Laboratories.
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