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21 Sep 2009When a Patent of Big Pharmaceutical blockbuster drug’s gets expiry, generic-drug makers step in. Here are the top-selling generic drugs and the branded drugs they’re displacing.
When Big Pharma invents a new drug, it works like a cash machine for these Giant Pharma. With USA patents protecting new discoveries from competition, drug developers Giant like Pfizer, [...]
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17 Sep 2009FDA approved Single Dose H1N1 Vaccines.
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved four vaccines for the H1N1 influenza virus, while other companies, including GlaxoSmithKline, have reported promising results from clinical studies with a single-dose vaccine.
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17 Sep 2009On Sept. 14, 2009, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a public–private partnership between the European Commission and the European pharmaceutical industry, represented by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), announced (PDF) the topics of research of its second call for proposals. IMI was launched in 2007 to “support more efficient discovery and [...]
Global Antiviral/Antibiotics Market Review 2008.
The global pharmaceutical markets expanded to $770 billion in 2008. Biotechnology took $120 billion (15,6%) and generic drugs once again increased it share of the global pie to $80 billion (10,4%). The antibacterial market leaders were Zosyn, Floxin and Cravit.
Several blockbuster drugs got patent expiry. Lipitor retained its [...]
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5 Sep 2009Are you going to die if you do not drive a latest Ferrari car to office even you have 2009 models collecting dust in the garage? Maybe no. Drive safe.
Are you going to die if you do not have your regular dinner at a Italy restaurant? May be no. Your secretary will call Pizza Inn [...]
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5 Sep 2009September 3, 2009: As part of its ongoing campaign to lower drug prices and increase access, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) unveiled its latest advocacy campaign challenging Merck and Co. Pharmaceuticals over the steep price of its key HIV/AIDS drug, Isentress (raltegravir). The first phase of the public awareness campaign includes a postcard mailer, scheduled to arrive [...]
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