Pharmaceutical Industry

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First over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S. begins shipping to stores
Health

First over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S. begins shipping to stores

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
March 4, 2024
Stock traders from various companies work in five circular and one semi-circular trading floor at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Finance

Meet Europe’s answer to the ‘Magnificent 7’—the high-flying ‘Granolas’ that Goldman Sachs is betting will prosper in the continent’s flatlining economy

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March 3, 2024
BOXES OF WEGOVY DRUGS
Lifestyle

Novo Nordisk faces competition close to home as Danish rival Zealand Pharma’s shares jump 35% on ‘groundbreaking’ weight-loss drug trial results

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February 27, 2024
People sit and enjoy drinks in the sunshine at Nyhavn, a waterfront, canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark
Newsletters

Denmark, home to Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk, is now Europe’s third-most prosperous economy

By Peter Vanham and Nicholas Gordon
February 27, 2024
Sanofi CEO: AI promises a great era of drug discovery that could fundamentally change medicine–but only if we allow it to deliver
Commentary

Sanofi CEO: AI promises a great era of drug discovery that could fundamentally change medicine–but only if we allow it to deliver

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February 19, 2024
Patients see first savings from Biden’s drug price push, as Pharma lines up its lawyers
Aging Well

Patients see first savings from Biden’s drug price push, as Pharma lines up its lawyers

By Arthur Allen and KFF Health News
February 16, 2024
Jill Feldman, 54, poses for a photo at her home in Deerfield, Ill., on Jan. 19. Lung cancer patient and advocate Jill Feldman takes pills at home that shrink tumors by blocking a signal that tells cancer cells to grow.
Health

As cancer treatment advances, advocates push back against ‘maximum tolerated dose,’ citing patient suffering

By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
February 6, 2024
Patients given a monthly injection of Amgen’s drug, dubbed MariTide, lost up to 14.5% of their body weight in just 12 weeks, according to a small, early-stage study published Monday in the journal Nature Metabolism.
Health

Experimental once-a-month weight loss injectable shows lasting results in early study

By Madison Muller and Bloomberg
February 5, 2024
U.S. drug price negotiations are underway. Here’s what that will mean for you—eventually
Aging Well

U.S. drug price negotiations are underway. Here’s what that will mean for you—eventually

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February 2, 2024
The last time there was this much hype over a new drug was for Viagra, which was approved in 1998. Yet hurdles remain, when it comes to the ability of patients to access weight loss and anti-diabetes injectables like Zepbound and Wegovy: These drugs cost a lot, insurance coverage is spotty, and patients may need to take them indefinitely to avoid regaining weight.
Health

Weight-loss injectables like Zepbound are making as big of a splash as Viagra, if not bigger. What you need to know about the ‘miracle drugs’

By Emma Court, Madison Muller and Bloomberg
January 31, 2024
‘We are using all the tools we have’: Lina Khan’s FTC takes aim at Big Pharma’s ‘patent thickets’, arguing they keep old drugs too pricey
Politics

‘We are using all the tools we have’: Lina Khan’s FTC takes aim at Big Pharma’s ‘patent thickets’, arguing they keep old drugs too pricey

By Elisabeth Rosenthal and KFF Health News
January 31, 2024
a laboratory monkey sitting in its cage in the breeding centre for cynomolgus macaques (longtail macaques) at the National Primate Research Center of Thailand
Features

What losing vision in one eye helped me understand about animal research

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January 27, 2024
A long-tailed macaque being held by lab employees.
Features

Why Big Pharma can’t quit the lab monkey business

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January 27, 2024
Big Pharma's favorite lab monkey, the long-tailed macaque.
Magazine

Big Pharma’s great lab monkey shortage: A crackdown on smuggling is causing chaos in America’s vital drug development pipeline

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January 27, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration authorized importation of penicillin G benzathine made by a French company, Laboratoires Delbert. Pfizer’s Bicillin L-A, the only version of the drug available in the U.S., has been in short supply since April.
Health

FDA allows imports of French syphilis drug alternate during US penicillin shortage

By Ike Swetlitz and Bloomberg
January 10, 2024

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