The head of Europe's medicines regulator is digging in for a fight over data transparency after being stopped from releasing information on drugs from two U.S. companies by a court ruling. FULL STORY »
A study of conflicts of interest in leading cancer journals showed financial connections between authors and companies sponsoring phase 3 clinical trials had little impact on interpretation of the results. FULL STORY »
German drug company Bayer says it has agreed to buy California-based Conceptus for around $1.1 billion to expand the kinds of birth control it offers. FULL STORY »
In an effort to find a treatment for autism, scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, are leading a $9 million experiment that aims to evaluate the effectiveness of drugs within weeks rather than years. FULL STORY »
Novartis, the Swiss drugmaker already under a strict corporate-integrity agreement because of a past settlement, was targeted by two lawsuits last week by the U.S. attorney's office for New York City alleging widespread payments of illegal kickbacks. FULL STORY »
A new draft bill would establish different regulations for traditional compounding pharmacies and what the legislation is calling “compounding manufacturers,” the large-scale compounders that mix and ship sterile drugs across state lines. FULL STORY »
CareFusion Corp., the publicly traded devicemaker spun off from Cardinal Health, announced that it will enter into an agreement with federal investigators to pay $41 million and avoid criminal prosecution for its past sales and marketing of antiseptic surgical wipes. FULL STORY »
House lawmakers pressed a Food and Drug Administration official on the need for a federal “track-and-trace” system that would boost the security of the pharmaceutical supply chain in the U.S. at a time when counterfeit or substandard drugs are increasingly of concern. FULL STORY »
The U.S. government sued Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Tuesday, claiming it gave kickbacks to pharmacies to switch kidney transplant patients from competitors' drugs to its own. FULL STORY »
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