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3 hrs ago | Vallejo News

Feds: Morning-after pill appeal officially on hold The Obama...

This undated file photo provided by Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., shows a package of Plan B One-Step, an emergency contraceptive.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Biotech, Medicine, Barr Laboratories, Healthcare Industry, US News, Food and Drug Administration

7 hrs ago | National Public Radio

High Court Sides With Regulators In Drug Patent Case

The Supreme Court sided with government regulators in an important case involving the pharmaceutical industry and patent law.

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Related Topix: Patent / Trademark Law, Law

9 hrs ago | AlertNet

U.S. top court says FTC can sue over deals that delay generic drug sales

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday regulators can challenge deals between brand-name drug companies and generic rivals that delay cheaper medicines from going on sale, which regulators say increase costs to consumers by billions of dollars.

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Related Topix: US Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

9 hrs ago | MarketWatch

Supreme Court generics decision hits Actavis

A Supreme Court ruling issued Monday that works against generic-drug maker Actavis Inc. took a bite out of the company's shares in the minutes after it was issued, but others in the company's peer group didn't seem to be affected much by the decision.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

13 hrs ago | Bloomberg

Drugmakers Opened to - Pay for Delay' Suits in High Court Ruling

Drugmakers can be sued for paying rivals to delay low-cost versions of popular medicines, the U.S. Supreme Court said in a decision that rewrites the rules governing the release of generic drugs.

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Related Topix: US News, Clarence Thomas, US Supreme Court, e-Spirit, Bayer AG, Manufacturing, Biotech, Chemicals

16 hrs ago | The News Journal

Creative destruction

As the world of big drug companies streamlines operations by shrinking research-and-development staffs and outsourcing tasks amid patent losses on key medicines, the benefit is two-fold for specialty firms contracted to take on the work.

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Related Topix: Outsourcing, Chemistry, Science, Delaware, Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dupont E I Nemours , Chemicals, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bristol Myers Squibb, Publishing, Media

17 hrs ago | PR-inside.com

"Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis...

The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company's key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Cardinal Health

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Independent.ie

Firm hopes end to fake drugs is on Horizon

AN IRISH engineering company is leading the fight against counterfeit medicines, working with the pharmaceutical industry at home and abroad to implement sophisticated systems to guarantee drugs are genuine.

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The Globe and Mail

Sanofi head sees cures for what ails Canada's pharma sector

'You can't say research and innovation are your absolute priorities and then not protect ideas,' says Christopher Viehbacher, CEO of pharma giant Sanofi.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

PR-inside.com

Now Available: Barr Laboratories, Inc. - Mergers & Acquisitions...

Project Description: MarketLines' Barr Laboratories, Inc. Mergers & Acquisitions , Partnerships & Alliances and Investments report includes business description, detailed reports on mergers and acquisitions , divestments, capital raisings, venture capital investments, ownership and partnership transactions undertaken by Barr Laboratories, Inc.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Barr Laboratories

The Globe and Mail

Are you horny, older women? There'll be a pill for that

I have a few questions for all you women out there. Be honest. Is your libido a bit less lively than it used to be? Are there times when you'd rather watch reruns of Mad Men than have an intimate encounter with your husband? When engaged in foreplay, do you ever think about the grocery list? When you read surveys claiming that average married ... (more)

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Customer Interaction Solutions

Bristol-Myers Squibb and AbbVie Announce Progression-Free Survival...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AbbVie today announced updated efficacy and safety data from a small, randomized Phase 2, open-label study in patients with previously-treated multiple myeloma that evaluated two doses of the investigational monoclonal antibody elotuzumab in combination with lenalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Bloomsbury Publishing, Publishing, Media, Medarex, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Hematology

The Motley Fool

Big Pharma's Biggest Opportunity

Emerging markets have heated up for every industry, but the world's biggest pharmaceutical players have approached the challenges of capturing these promising markets in unique ways.

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MediLexicon

New Report Examines Efforts To Reduce The Impact Of Generic Competition For Popular Drug Lipitor

AARP's Public Policy Institute have released a new Rx Price Watch report examining efforts by Pfizer to reduce the impact of generic competition for the popular anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Health, AARP, Cholesterol, Medicare, Medicaid, Biotech, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry

Pharmaceutical Online

Patheon To Host Complimentary Seminar On "Formulation, Funding and...

Patheon Inc., a leading provider of contract development and commercial manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry, today announced that it will be hosting a complimentary seminar on "Formulation, Funding and First-in-Man: A Stepwise Guide to Clinical Success".

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

SBWire

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAD) and Mylan, Inc....

Growing Stock Report expands its NASDAQ Gainers Watch List adding ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Mylan, Inc. .

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Mylan Laboratories, Healthcare Industry, Marketing

Law.com

Fontenot v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

After plaintiffs-appellees' case was removed from state court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction, the district court allowed the joinder of several non-diverse defendants and remanded the case.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Customer Interaction Solutions

HFMA Survey Results Show Shifting Hospital-Physician Dynamics

Today's hospitals consider physician relationships critical to their success in an accountable care environment - whether through direct employment or affiliation with independent community physicians.

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Related Topix: McKesson, Biotech, Household Products, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

MLive.com

Pfizer reaches $2.15 billion settlement in patent infringement battle

Pfizer Inc. reached a $2.15 billion settlement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries in a nearly 10-year patent infringement legal battle.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Cephalon, Sun Chemical, Chemicals, Protonix, Pantoprazole (generic)

Seeking Alpha

Pharma Majors: 2 To Buy, 1 To Avoid And 1 To Sell

With the health care reform legislation expected to provide coverage for approximately 32 million previously Americans starting in 2014, the pharmaceutical industry should derive benefit from the new law taking effect - even accounting for the rising costs these companies might face because of this legislation.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Merck , Bristol Myers Squibb, Medarex, Bristol-Myers Squibb

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