It argues that if limits are imposed on drug prices in America, there will be less to invest in innovation and everyone will suffer, since the rest of the world free-rides on American spending.
Even once effective RFID chips are in place on drug packaging, other problems may arise.
Do you wind up concentrating a fantastic amount of resources on people who are chronic drug abusers or chronically drunk and ignoring the mother of three who is simply down on her luck?
Other drug firms are rumored to have passed on licensing the drug because they did not want to go up against Pfizer with a weaker pill.
Isis and Lilly now are testing the drug on 600 patients in final-phase trials.
They claim there is growing evidence criminals are placing drug couriers on board and attempting to corrupt crew.
Further trials of this compound are on hold because the drug caused cardiac toxicity at high doses in animal tests.
Then again, the equity markets are hooked on the liquidity drug.
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The idea is that when drugs are still on patent, drug companies will spend huge sums marketing even the tiniest benefit in order to increase market share.
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Two biotech companies testing high-risk treatments for fatal cancers are approaching a day of reckoning on Monday, when doctors will convene to advise the Food and Drug Administration on whether their drugs are worth approving.
Investors are still waiting for news on Cypher, a drug-coated stent that many are hoping will make up for slowing drug sales.
GSK, maker of Paxil, the antidepressant, and Flonase, an antiallergy steroid, wants to appear open and accessible at a time when drug companies are on the defensive.
The Cleveland Clinic researchers who drew attention to the heart risks of Vioxx in 2001 are shining the spotlight on another drug: Pargluva, an experimental diabetes pill developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck .
There are currently 71 prisoners convicted of drug charges on death row in Indonesia and 41 of them are foreigners, she added.
If investors discount stocks even based on frivolous patent challenges, drug companies are not being rewarded for the drugs they actually have on the market.
Most of these low-budget movies are based on true stories of Mexican drug barons.
The problem is that we are commonly depending on academics to identify drug safety issues.
But it worked so well that patients are living longer and staying on the drug for years.
He says several drug companies are working on medicines based on the approach, but any treatments are years away.
Seventy people have been arrested, 12 others - including police officers and alleged drug dealers - are on the run.
See also this great 2009 Wired piece on how drug companies are struggling with the placebo effect, by Steve Silberman.
Scientists are also closing in on how the drug causes damage in pregnancy, which is aiding drug makers in developing new, safer derivatives.
Once a drug is on the market, physicians are free to prescribe it for other conditions, though drug companies can't promote such off-label uses.
Existing drug regimens are based on various genetically engineered versions of the natural immune system protein alpha interferon combined with a second chemical, ribavirin.
Despite the label's warning that women of childbearing age should use birth control while on Qsymia, there are concerns that women will still get pregnant while on the drug.
While Glaxo and Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) have hired sports figures Mike Ditka and Rafiel Palmiero to help market their drugs, Lilly and Icos are focusing on the benefits of their drug.
Already, eight of ten prescriptions are for generics, and the drug industry is focusing on higher priced, specialty products for patients who are not helped by existing options.
The findings are based on reports by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
As to whether the words will lead to practical co-operation, Mexican officials say they are getting more help with intelligence on the drug gangs from their American counterparts.
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