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Thursday pharma headlines

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Merck’s old drugs are under more scrutiny, and anti-vaxxers are causing problems by cherry-picking unreliable information. Amgen CEO Bob Bradway racked up a 2018 pay package of $18.6 prescriptions of finasteride, as the drug is known, for hair loss increased to over 2.4 ” Ouch. Annual U.S.

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Clinical trials and pregnancy: regulators weigh in

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Drug developers often face a Catch-22 regarding clinical trials and pregnancy. How feasible is it to establish a drug’s safety for use in a population that may be unwilling or unable to participate in clinical trials? Panelists were asked to discuss the potential use of the drug during pregnancy.

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FDA proposes new model for easy-to-understand prescription guides

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new model for prescription medication guides for brand name and generic drugs, to increase accessibility and reduce medication nonadherence. The agency describes the current system as “confusing, conflicting, incomplete, or repetitive”, based on study data.

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Pharma panics over patent wavers

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Some say pharma should be allowed to make as much as they want because we live in a capitalist society but JAMA recently found out that price increases in branded drugs means that people will often go without their medications. But what about the costs to develop new drugs and the failure rates?

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